Tg Cultura, edition of 2 May 2024

In this edition we talk about Riviera International Film festival; of the exhibition on Italian archaeological missions in Iraq; of the Pink Night in Romagna and the Vicenza jazz festival

FROM SUSAN SARANDON TO RAOUL BOVA , THE STARS OF THE RIVIERA FILM FEST

The stars of Italian and international cinema shine again in Sestri Levante from 7 to 12 May for the eighth edition of the Riviera International Film Festival. Hollywood icon Susan Sarandon and other Oscar winners Eva Orner and Pietro Scalia, the president of the jury Andrew Dominik and the director Gianluca Santoni with the actors Barbara Ronchi, Andrea Lattanzi will be parading on the inaugural red carpet on Tuesday 7 May at the Ariston Cinema and Andrea Sartoretti for ‘I and the dry’, the only Italian film in competition which will open the festival. Raoul Bova and Rocío Muñoz are also expected this year on the shores of the Bay of Silence. At the center of the festival are the 11 films by directors under 35 and the 10 environmental-themed documentaries entered in the two main competitions to which is added, for the first time this year, a contest dedicated to short films, ‘Riff shorts’.

IN ERBIL AN EXHIBITION ON ITALIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSIONS

An exhibition dedicated to Italian archaeological missions in Iraqi Kurdistan. Organized by the Italian Consulate, the exhibition was inaugurated in Erbil and will be open to the public from 2 to 21 May. With 31 photographic panels the unique story of this fascinating part of the world is told, often remembered as the ‘cradle of civilisation’ and considered a new frontier for scholarly research. “I am proud and grateful for the field work of our archaeologists. We are very happy with this exhibition, the real protagonists are the Italian archaeologists, the universities and the directorates of antiquities of Kurdistan”, said the Italian consul Michele Camerota.

ROMAGNA BECOMES A GREAT DANCE FLOOR WITH THE PINK NIGHT

From 5 to 7 July Romagna will be transformed into the largest open-air dance floor in Italy. A real summer New Year’s Eve, a Pink Night in the name of dance, from folk rhythms to sports dance, from country to smooth, from disco dance to hip hop, from rock to indie hop, passing through the world of clubbing and nightclubs. A great collective party, which will see the whole of Romagna go wild until dawn, along the 110 km of coast (and not only) between the provinces of Rimini, Forlì-Cesena, Ravenna and Ferrara, from the beach to the hills, from the clubs to the places of art, including free concerts with big names in national and international music, artistic installations, exhibitions, fireworks, shows, magical scenography, painting streets, squares, bathing establishments, hotels, monuments pink.

FROM 13 TO 19 MAY THE NEW FESTIVAL CONVERSATIONS-VICENZA JAZZ

One hundred concerts and one star: the piano, the undisputed protagonist of the twenty-eighth edition of New Conversations-Vicenza Jazz, the festival scheduled from 13 to 19 May with the title ‘A dream eighty-eight keys long’. During the event, Uri Caine, Omar Sosa, Craig Taborn, Marialy Pacheco, Antonio Faraò, Dado Moroni, Danny Grissett, Margherita Fava and Francesca Tandoi will alternate in front of the keyboard. The tonal palette will expand with the other canonical instruments of African-American music thanks to the performances of Bill Frisell, Paolo Fresu, Paquito D’Rivera, Trilok Gurtu, Chico Freeman and Dhafer Youssef with Eivind Aarset. As per tradition, the concerts will not be limited to theatres, spreading throughout the city, from venues to ancient buildings, churches, museums, cinemas, bookshops, streets and squares of the historic centre.