From Saturday 22 to Sunday 30 July the Cinema delle Terre del Mare, the festival of the Humanitarian Society of Alghero that sails all along the Riviera del Corallo with a week of meetings and sea view screenings. The traveling festival for cinephiles on the move is a project born as a review in 2009. A true declaration of love, a tribute to seventh art and its relationship with the sea.
The Cinema of the Lands of the Sea in Alghero
Among the guests of this edition there are many international personalities, with their works awarded in the main festivals of the world. Among these are the Polish director Aga Woszczyńska, the Palestinian Maha Haj and the Kosovar Kaltrina Krasniqi. French director David Ernaux-Briot and Gambian-born actor Morr Ndiaye. And again, among the Italians, Paolo Pisanu, Francesca Coticoni, Giovanni Pompili and Sergio Naitza.
Quality first works and award-winning films in the most important festivals in the world.
The selection of Cinema of the Lands of the Sea once again this year it brings the most interesting stories from the Italian and international scene to Alghero. Starting with Mixed by Erry by Sydney Sibilia, undoubtedly the Italian comedy of the year, which opens the festival with a special event on Saturday 22 July, starting at 21 pm in the pool area of the Baretto di Iron port. The evening, in collaboration with Baretto Eventi, will be enriched by a video interview with screenwriter Armando Festa and a poolside dinner served while the film is being watched.
The reflections of the artistic director
“In recent years – explains the artistic director Alessandra Sento – filmmakers have become a community. Beaches are familiar places where we feel at home. After all, every film is like the beginning of a journey. And as the traveler welcomes and lets himself be welcomed, the sea receives and returns. Many of our stories come from the sea and return to it. It is the movement of the tide. A movement that those who live on an island know well. The dream of Alghero city of cinema has gone viral. Let yourself be infected".
