It is required to Montone (Perugia) from 4 July 8 2018 the twenty-second edition of 'Umbria Film Festival, organized by the Umbria Film Festival, directed by Chiara Montagnini and with the artistic direction of Vanessa Strizzi, the organizational direction Marisa Berne, the honorary presidency of Terry Gilliam and the contribution of GAL Alta Umbria. The village of Montone was the focus of the projections that have animated Piazza Fortebraccio: from preview screenings of feature films, to children's short films and those made by Umbrian videomaker, for the section of the competition Umbriametraggi, the round table on migrant. Among the guests of the festival, American filmmaker Terry Gilliam, back from Cannes where he presented the troubled movie Don chisciotte and presented in Montone - moderated by journalist
Francesco Alo – a screen talk about his life and his work with his autobiographyGilliamesque. But the Irish actor Dermot Murphy, that - moderated by journalist Federico Pontiggia – It presented the opening film, The Drummer and the keeper. Another key event, the show Oh That Chaplin!, by and with Lello Arena,with live music, piano and cello, written from a few scores and letters of the great English actor.
The Children's Jury ruled the winner short:
WISHING BOX, di Wenli Zhang e Nan Li, US short-telling in animation, the magic and fun story about a silly pirate and his adorable little monkey, that is like greed and success. The short – They say members of the jury – He taught us not to be too greedy, because who wants too, nothing will. We liked it because it was fun and made us laugh out loud. He was very animated and has enthralled us the story development. It was an exciting and fascinating history.
In the section Umbriametraggi, who presented a selection of short Umbrian filmmakers, both Augustuscolor awards
best short Film
THE WARD, in Emilio Series, the following reasons: for the painstaking care of the image, the sophistication of black and white, the precise timing and measured acting in the service of a story that explores from within, with strong look and without pietism, the discomfort of mental illness.
Special Jury Mention
QUOTA, of Stefano Ceccarelli e Virginia Palumbo, the following reasons: for treating a complex issue such as suicide with poetic balance, constructing a story not rhetoric in which they carefully measured.