from 24 August 6 September SudTitles, with the support of SIAE, It offers two weeks of Italian cinema, between classic and contemporary cinema. Admission is free.

Missed opportunity summer Palermo, returns for the fourth consecutive year ESCO (uncovered) the summer review of open-air cinema edited bySudtitles Cultural Association e realized thanks to the support of SIAE - Italian Society of Authors and Publishers and to the support of Municipality of Palermo. The demonstration, dedicated to Italian cinema, It will take place from 24 August 6 September al Monumental complex of S. Maria Spasimo Palermo.

Made by the same work group that continuously animates Palermo's cinematic life - from Sicilia Queer filmfest, a I GO OUT in winter, al Bastardo Theater Festival, to collaborations with many festivals and reviews (including the Taormina Festival and the Festival dei Popoli in Florence, for making subtitles) – ESCO (uncovered) organized by SudTitles and curated by Andrea Inzerillo, Giorgio Lisciandrello, Tatiana Lo Iacono and Simona Marino also this year proposes a focus on contemporary Italian cinema, thanks to SIAE who for the past three years has believed in the project and has embraced its program.

THE PROGRAM.

A program that ranges between different film genres, giving space to many comedies, drama films, documentaries of contemporary cinema, with particular attention paid to the proposals of the young authors and to the most significant and / or little-seen films in Palermo in the last season, without forgetting the great ones classics of Italian cinema.

It starts 24 August with the tribute to Paolo Villaggio and the projection of Fantozzi of Luciano

Salce in restored version; while closing, the 6 September, for the forty years since the death of Roberto Rossellini provides for the projection of I travel to italy in restored version; in the middle of (3 September), a tribute to Pirandello on the 150th anniversary of his birth, With the’Henry IV of Bellocchio introduced by Umberto Cantone. It's still Upwelling (2 September), a "political" documentary by Pietro Pasquetti (who will attend the screening) e Silvia Jop on the Messina of the busy Pinelli Theater and of Renato Accorinti. The Zen of Ludovica Tortora De Falco with They tell us (29 August); the exorcisms of the winning film of the section Horizons of the Venice Film Festival last year (Liberami of Federica Di Giacomo | 25 August) but also the best faces of Sicilian actors, with the two films starring Isabella Ragonese (The father of Italian | 30 August| e Sun Heart love | 5 September). And then a treat with the tribute to Furio Jesi, unforgettable figure of an Italian intellectual who was also a professor at the University of Palermo and who is the protagonist of a project that will be presented by Carlo Trombino and Claudia Martino with Gianni Gebbia and many others (closing, the 6 September).

 

THE PRESENCES. Some of the directors of the films screened will be present at the Spasimo to introduce the films and dialogue with the public. It is in particular about Alessandro Aronadio per Ears, and of Antonio Piazza and Fabio Grassadonia along with the cast of Sicilian Ghost Story (28 August), with the

story of little Di Matteo (which concludes his Italian tour before leaving for Brazil for a big film party at Spasimo).

PREVIEWS. Two previews come to ESCO directly from the prestigious Locarno Film Festival and before arriving in cinemas all over Italy: it's about Easy – An easy trip easier (27 August) of Andrea Magnani and of Granma (2 September) of Daniele Gaglianone e Alfie Nze, the latter written by Gianni Amelio and of particular relevance to the issue of migrants.

ANIMATION. In continuity with the last edition of ESCO (uncovered) which has dedicated a focus to the cinema of Simone Massi, the attention continues al animated films and the collaboration with Animaphix, the animation film festival that takes place in Bagheria which offers a selection of 19 Italian animated short films that will introduce the feature film in screening every evening.

“Cinema has once again become a presence in the city, thanks to the efforts of many operators and enthusiasts. When SIAE decided to support our summer film arena project by assigning us a three-year loan, the idea was to start a path that could no longer be questioned - he claims Andrea Inzerillo –. It is time for a significant systemization of film promotion in the city to take place, because for too many years the lack of a clear project (which has at its center the Cinema De Seta with a recognizable and continuous programming) makes the work done in this direction by the individual forces of this city extremely tiring ".

This year the event counts on the free patronage of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism – General Direction for Cinema; of the Sicilian Region - Department of Tourism, Sport and Entertainment - Special Office for Cinema and Audiovisual / Sicily Film Commission, part of the "Contemporary Senses".

Admission is free until all available places are exhausted.

EXIT PROGRAM 2017

Thursday 24 August

Pinocchio / Italy 1999 / 6’ / animation
by Gianluigi Toccafondo

Fantozzi / Italy 1975 / 104’ / comedy / restored version
by Luciano Salce

Friday 25 August

Being dead or being alive is the same thing / Italy 2000 / 4’ / animation
by Gianluigi Toccafondo

Liberami / Italy-France 2016 / 89’ / documentary

Federica Di Giacomo

Saturday 26 August

Little Russia / Italy 2004 / 16’ / animation
by Gianluigi Toccafondo

Ears / Italy 2016 / 90’ / comedy
Alexander Aronadio

This will be the director
Sunday 27 August

Brigands without legend / Italy 2012 / 15’ / animation
by Gianluigi Toccafondo

Being Rossana Rossanda / Italy 2017 / 60’ / documentary
by Mara Chiaretti

Easy - Easy easy travel / Ukraine-Italy 2017 / 91’ / comedy / regional preview
Andrea Magnani
Monday 28 August

The funambola / Italy 2002 / 6’ / animation
by Roberto Catani

The festival / Italy 1998 / 3’ / animation
by Roberto Catani

Sicilian Ghost Story / Italy 2017 / 122’ / dramatic
by Antonio Piazza and Fabio Grassadonia

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the directors and the cast will be present
Tuesday 29 August

Head in the clouds / Italy 2013 / 8’ / animation
by Roberto Catani

They tell us / Italy 2016 / 67’ / documentary
by Ludovica Tortora De Falco

the director and the cast will be present
Wednesday 30 August

the way Cueto 8 / Italy 2011 / 10’ / animation
by Mara Cerri and Magda Guidi

Yup, But… / Italy 2000 / 3’ / animation
by Magda Guidi

Because I'm a genius! Lorenza Mazzetti / Italy 2016 / 62’ / documentary
by Steve Della Casa, Francesco Frisari

The father of Italian / Italy 2017 / 93’ / dramatic
Fabio Mollo
Thursday 31 August

Here it is now / Italy 2004 / 4’ / animation
by Magda Guidi

Dalila / Italy 2015 / 6’ / animation
by Magda Guidi

The tenderness / Italy 2017 / 103’ / dramatic
by Gianni Amelio

Friday 1 September

Submarine Test January 1967 / Italy 2013 / 6’ / animation
by Virgilio Villoresi

The stuff of dreams / Italy 2015 / 101’ / comedy
by Gianfranco Cabiddu

Saturday 2 September

For Pina / Italy 2015 / 5’ / animation
by Michele Bernardi

Street vendors / Italy 2015 / 5’ / animation
by Michele Bernardi

Thepwelling / Italy 2016 / 77’ / documentary
by Pietro Pasquetti and Silvia Jop

sarat present the director Pietro Pasquetti
Granma / Italy 2017 / 35’ / dramatic / regional preview
by Daniele Gaglianone and Alfie Nze

Sunday 3 September

Detours / Italy 2015 / 3’ / animation
Nico Bonomolo

Confino / Italy 2016 / 11’ / animation
Nico Bonomolo
TRIBUTE TO PIRANDELLO

Henry IV / Italy 1984 / 95’ / dramatic
Marco Bellocchio

introduces the film Umberto Cantone
Monday 4 September

Beauty / Italy 2014 / 10’ / animation
by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro

Peep Show / Italy 2016 / 8’ / animation
by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro

The war of the peasants / Italy 2016 / 91’ / comedy
by Davide Barletti, Lorenzo Conte

Tuesday 5 September

To Santiago / Italy 2013 / 12’ / animation
Mauro Carraro

Sun Heart Love / Italy 2016 / 113’ / dramatic
by Daniele Vicari
Wednesday 6 September

Animated Journal / Italy 2015 / 4’ / animation
by Donato Sansone

TRIBUTE TO FURIO JESI

Organized by the Onisco Cultural Association

Trip to Italy / Italy-France 1954 / 85’ / dramatic
by Roberto Rossellini