Schedule La Guarimba International Film Festival 2020 Summer
“This is not going to go the way you think!” says Luke Skywalker to Rey in The Last Jedi. That unpopular film struck me for the director’s ability to re-propose a story already seen and to force us hardcore fans to grow and learn that things will not always go as we hope for.
While organizing this eighth edition in quarantine due to a global pandemic, I hear the words of Uncle Skywalker rumbling in my head, and more than discouragement, they give me the right determination to bring the cinema back to people and people back to the cinema.
We find ourselves in a new world, angry and afraid. But cinema itself teaches us that crisis is essential for the transformation of the hero.
It was tough. We were expecting 2020 to be a year for stability and growth, and instead, we find ourselves with fewer sponsors and added costs. But we didn’t complain. We connected to regional and national networks, compared ourselves with other realities and institutions on Zoom, to find solutions together.
We immediately rejected the idea of an online festival. A festival is not just a place where you see movies and that’s it. It is a meeting place, a pagan ritual that needs our physical presence. An online festival is not a festival. It can also be beautiful, but it’s a different experience, it’s not a festival. Above all, it is not La Guarimba, because we are, first and foremost, a community.
A tribe of monkeys who love cinema and meet every year in Amantea. This refusal must be contextualised within the Calabria Region with an administration that has just settled, with no call for proposals for culture available at the regional or national level nor in the Municipality of Amantea, dismissed because of mafia. Add the biggest world crisis after the war, and dinner is served.
But it is exactly this context that pushes us to act according to what we believe is our role on the ground. It is precisely in these moments that we must safeguard Culture and the desire/need to be together. In addition, we believe it is important to respect the 1160 directors who entered our competition with the promise that they could have been part of the 165 short films of the official program.
It will be a different edition, and we hope it will be an opportunity to reflect on the obsession of the massiveness of events and the contempt for quality. We hope that finally, we will understand the importance of the little Guarimbas around the world, lighting up towns without cinemas, which remind us how nice it is to sit down to eat together and confront each other as equals.
It won’t be as we had planned, but it will be nonetheless.
¡Hasta La Guarimba Siempre, compañeros!
LA GUARIMBA ENTRY IS FREE
ALL THE FILMS WILL BE SCREENED WITH ITALIAN AND ENGLISH SUBTITLES
MUNICIPAL PARK LA GROTTA
21:00 | TRIBUTE TO ENNIO MORRICONE by Orchestra di Fiati Mediterranea
21:30 | OPENING SCREENING | Films shot in Calabria and produced by La Guarimba
Sant’Antonio Dove sei by Pere Sastre
22:00 | SCREENING SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION | FILMS FOR ALL
Traveler by Raman Djafari & Daniel Almagor | 4’ | Germany | MUSIC VIDEO
The Explosion of a Swimming Ring by Tommi Seitajoki | 10’ | Finland | FICTION
Why Slugs have no Legs by Aline Höchli | 11’ | Switzerland | ANIMATION
By the People, for the People by Clara Dias & Pedro Petriche | 11’ | Brazil | DOCUMENTARY
Stay awake, Be ready by Pham Thien An | 14’ | Vietnam | FICTION
PRESENTATION SUPERLOOP GIPHY
Screening of the best gifs received
23:00 | SCREENING SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION | ACCOMPANIED CHILDREN
Blow to the Head by Caleb Wood | 3’ | USA | VIDEOCLIP
Community Gardens by Vytautas Katkus | 15’ | Lithuania | FICTION
Urges by Angela Stempel | 2’ | USA | ANIMATION
Watermelon Juice by Irene Moray | 10’ | Switzerland | FICTION
Rain by Piotr Milczarek | 5’ | Poland | ANIMATION
Supereroi senza Superpoteri by Beatrice Baldacci | 13’ | Italy | DOCUMENTARY
LIDO CARIOCA OF AMANTEA
2:00 | SCREENING “INSOMNIA” | Experimental films
The Little Soul by Barbara Rupik | 9‘ | Poland
Terror Fervor by Phoebe Parsons | 6’ | Canada
Don‘t Know What by Thomas Renoldner | 8’ | Austria
Fantasmia by Luise Fiedler | 7’ | Germany
Finding Uranus by Ivan Li | 7’ | Canada
MUNICIPAL PARK LA GROTTA
21:00 | SCREENING SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION | FILMS FOR ALL
Joseph in the Bathroom by Lucas Hrubizna | 4’ | Canada | VIDEOCLIP
Year of the Robot by Yves Gellie | 31’ | France/Belgium | DOCUMENTARY
In Passing by Esther Cheung | 4’ | Canada/China | ANIMATION
Maradona’s Legs by Firas Khoury | 20’ | Germany/Palestine | FICTION
Intermission Expedition by Wiep Teeuwisse | 8’ | Netherlands | ANIMATION
Ward’s Henna Party by Morad Mostafa | 23’ | Egypt | FICTION
23:00 | SCREENING SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION | ACCOMPANIED CHILDREN
I’m not Feeling very Well by Sunčana Brkulj | 4’ | Croatia | VIDEOCLIP
Fish by Ingrid Liavaag | 14’ | Norway | FICTION
El Infierno by Raúl de la Fuente Calle | 23’ | Spain | DOCUMENTARY
Internet Explorer by Willem Stessens | 15’ | Belgium | ANIMATION
Martin fell from a roof by Matías Ganz | 15’ | France | FICTION
MUNICIPAL PARK LA GROTTA
21:00 | SCREENING SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION | FILMS FOR ALL
Hana Mash Hu Al Yaman by Omer Ben-David | 4’ | Israel | VIDEOCLIP
Movements by Dahee Jeong | 10’ | Republic of Korea | ANIMATION
Still Standing by Tan Wei Ting | 20’ | Singapore | FICTION
And yet we‘re not Super Heroes by Lia Bertels | 12’ | Belgium/Portugal | ANIMATION
Sticker by Georgi M. Unkovski | 19’ | Macedonia | FICTION
Our Territory by Mathieu Volpe | 20’ | Belgium/Italy | DOCUMENTARY
23:00 | SCREENING SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION | ACCOMPANIED CHILDREN
Gholü by Leo Nicholson | 2’ | UK | VIDEOCLIP
The Van by Erenik Beqiri | 15’ | France/Albania | FICTION
Brother, Move on by Antshi von Moos | 9’ | Switzerland/India | DOCUMENTARY
Älgen by Erik Svetoft | 8’ | Sweden | ANIMATION
Tide by Manon Coubia | 30’ | France | FICTION
MUNICIPAL PARK LA GROTTA
21:00 | SCREENING SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION | FILMS FOR ALL
Colors by Kristian Mercado | 4’ | USA | VIDEOCLIP
Inès by Elodie Dermange | 4’ | Switzerland/France | ANIMATION
From a Distance by Liang Zhao | 19’ | China | FICTION
Traces by Pablo Briones | 14’ | Switzerland/Argentina | DOCUMENTARY
Daughter by Daria Kashcheeva | 15’ | Czech Republic | ANIMATION
Dogwatch by Albin Wildner | 30’ | Austria | FICTION
23:00 | SCREENING SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION | ACCOMPANIED CHILDREN
Hungry Child by Saman Kesh | 8’ | USA | VIDEOCLIP
Sh_t Happens by Michaela Mihályi & David Štumpf | 13’ | Czech Rep./France/Slovak Republic | ANIMATION
I’ll End up in Jail by Alexandre Dostie | 21’ | Canada | FICTION
Ethereality by Kantarama Gahigiri | 15’ | Switzerland | DOCUMENTARY
Ha Ha Ha by Samuli Valkama | 9’ | Finland | FICTION
MUNICIPAL PARK LA GROTTA
21:00 | SCREENING SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION | FILMS FOR ALL
Dinosaurs in Love by Hannah Jacobs, Katy Wang & Anna Ginsburg | 1’ | UK | VIDEOCLIP
Alguacer by Samuel Moreno Alvarez | 26’ | Colombia | DOCUMENTARY
Gravedad by Matisse Gonzalez | 10’ | Germany/Bolivia | ANIMATION
Rajâa, the Return by Charlie Kouka | 22‘ | France/Tunisia | FICTION
The Levers by Boyoung Kim | 9’ | Republic of Korea | ANIMATION
El Puente de los Niños Traviesos by Fabián León López | 17’ | Mexico | FICTION
23:00 | SCREENING SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION | ACCOMPANIED CHILDREN
Missed by Marco Santi | 4’ | Italy | VIDEOCLIP
Da Yie by Anthony Nti | 20‘ | Belgium | FICTION
Entropia by Flóra Anna Buda | 10’ | Hungary | ANIMATION
Cayenne by Simon Gionet | 11‘ | Canada | FICTION
All Cats are Grey in the Dark by Lasse Linder | 18’ | Switzerland | DOCUMENTARY
MUNICIPAL PARK LA GROTTA
21:00 | AWARDS CEREMONY
Presentation of the Audience Award “Vitaliano Camarca” and Awards Ceremony
21:30 | SCREENING CORTI MIGRARTI with Paolo Masini, creator of the MigrArti project
Schiavonea by Natalino Zangaro | 15’ | Italy
My Tyson by Claudio Casale | 15’ | Italy
La Gita by Salvatore Allocca | 15’ | Italy
22:30 | AMERICANIA | Screening of U.S. short films by Sam Morrill
New York New York by Spike Lee | 4’
We Are George Floyd by Julian Micheaux Marshall | 6′
Moving by Adinah Dancyger | 8’
In Limbo / NYC by Tim Sessler | 4’
Hudson Geese by Bernardo Britto | 6’
Delivered by Law Chen | 4’
Los Angeles plays New York by John Wilson | 19’
23:30 | KARMALA | Homage to the cinema of Sub-Saharan Africa by Keba Danso
La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil by Djibril Diop Mambéty | 45’ | Senegal
In the months preceding the festival, in collaboration with our partners, we organized several conferences and online workshops to give continuity to our educational mission, guaranteeing our audience useful tools for their own paths and touching on the themes most dear to the festival: from the impact to workers’ rights in the video clip industry, passing through our now famous tour in the historic center of Amantea.
6th JUNE – FUNDRAISING FOR DOCUMENTARIES: A GRANT APPLICATION WORKSHOP
in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy, USC School of Cinematic Arts & American Film Showcase
20th JUNE – WORK RIGHTS IN THE MUSIC VIDEO INDUSTRY
in collaboration with WE DIRECT MUSIC VIDEOS
4th JULY – IL GESTO SERIALE un’indagine sul cambiamento
in collaboration with Scuola Holden
17th JULY – How can creators, thinkers and leaders serve the environment
in collaboration with Parley for the Oceans
18th JULY – DIGITAL AMANTEA CITY TOUR
in collaboration with Joy of Rome
Which is the price of the entrance?
Since our first year, the entrance for the screening is free, because our objective is to bring the cinema back to the people and the people back to cinema!
But I want to contribuite anyway
Puoi fare una donazione o acquistare una maglietta, una borsa, un gadget o una stampa delle nostre locandine ed aiutarci ad essere sostenibili
You can make a donation or buy a t-shirt, a bag, a gadget or a poster and help us to be sustainable!
Can we bring our children?
The festival doesn’t know the censorship but, after 23:00, some projections can hurt the sensibility of some people. That’s why we created “La Grotta dei Piccoli”, a space dedicated to children that will consist of animation movies projections during all the evenings of the festival.
There will be any food?
Not this year. The new regulations for events in Italy does not allow selling food nor drinks.