Schedule La Guarimba International Film Festival Summer 2022
For the tenth consecutive year, the small coastal town of Amantea, in the southern region of Calabria, will host the biggest short film festival in Italy, returning from the 7th to the 12th of August 2022 to celebrate its anniversary and confirm its mission to “bring the cinema back to the people, and the people back to the Cinema”.
La Guarimba is a story of emigration in reverse: the return to Calabria to invest and build the future with the establishment of a film festival. This small cultural association, founded by two twenty-year-olds who refused to live in a pre-set world, over the years has been an adventure, a game and above all, a safe place.
In the ten years since the first edition in the historic Arena Sicoli, La Guarimba has represented the voice and the arms of many battles of civilization, carrying out urban redevelopment projects in abandoned spaces of Amantea, engaging in fights against social and racial discrimination, inaugurating community spaces in a town without any dedicated place for culture, creating film training programs for both students in Calabria and Puglia and for young international directors, bringing a traveling exhibit of migrant cinema in the five Calabrian provinces and ultimately fighting to bring the cinema to the people and the people to the cinema.
Over the years, La Guarimba has been awarded the Medal of the President of the Republic and the Representation Award of the Chamber of Deputies; has received the High Patronage of the European Parliament, the Patronage of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the support of the European Commission, as well as from various embassies of countries around the world. An important achievement for a project that started from the bottom in an area that has always struggled to build relationships with the institutions.
For us, La Guarimba is a life project, a model of community, sharing and exchange. A bet we won right in front of local pessimism, the global economy and the myth that tells Southern Italians that there is nothing to be done here in the South.
For this tenth anniversary, we have prepared an edition with cinema from all continents and for all types of audiences, with workshops and activities for children, concerts for the youth, an illustration exhibition, conferences and many other beautiful surprises.
We are waiting for you from the 7th to the 12th of August in Amantea to celebrate this great festival of Culture together!
LA GUARIMBA ENTRY IS FREE
ALL THE FILMS WILL BE SCREENED WITH ITALIAN AND ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ARTISTS FOR LA GUARIMBA
Every day, starting at 18:00, we will host the exhibition “Artists for La Guarimba” an annual online and offline illustration exhibition organised by Sara Fratini. For this edition, the invited artists are Mikel Murillo (Spain), author of the official poster, Jonathan Phanhsay-Chamson (France), Diana Ejaita (Italy/Nigeria), Kamila Bassioni (Egypt), Christella Bijou (Rwanda), Delaram Faghani (Iran), Maria Niño (Venezuela), Catalina Vázquez (Colombia), Christoph Sarow (Germany), Amanda Mijangos (Mexico), Monica Liaw (Taiwan), Samantha Curcio (Australia), Rehua Wilson (New Zealand), Ruwangi “Roo” Amarasinghe (Sri Lanka) and Satu Kettunen (Finland).
LIDO AZZURRO OF AMANTEA
8:00 | BEACH CLEANING
IL TERRENO – VIA MAZZINI, 32
20:00 | PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK “ARTISTS FOR LA GUARIMBA – 10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION”
21:00 | CALABRIA-O-RAMA | Screening of films produced in Calabria
PARCO LA GROTTA
18:00 | MONKEYS, PENCILS AND WORDS | Creative communication workshop for children and kids
20:30 | OPENING CONCERT by Orchestra di Fiati Mediterranea
21:00 | OPENING SCREENING | Film shot in Calabria and produced by La Guarimba
La Mia Mantia by Giulio Vita & Andre Paduano | 30′ | Italy
21:30 | SLÁVA UKRAYÍNI | Screening of Ukrainian short films
The diaper cake by Anastasia Babenko | 18′ | Ukraine
In the field by Oleksandr Shkrabak | 20′ | Ukraine
15.02.22- 24.02.22 Kyiv by Hristina Novikova & Alisa Sizykh | 4′ | Ukraine
22:15 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages
El arte de recuperarte by Dante Zaballa | 3′ | Argentina | MUSIC VIDEO
Daydreamers by Ante Pask | 12′ | Belgium | FICTION
Sauna by Anna Lena Spring & Lara Perren | 4′ | Switzerland | ANIMATION
In Light by Alice Fassi | 8′ | Italy | DOCUMENTARY
I gotta look good for the apocalypse by Ayce Kartal | 6′ | France | ANIMATION
4AM by Mehdi Fikri | 11′ | France | FICTION
23:00 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied children
Summer 91 by Rupert Holler | 4′ | Austria | MUSIC VIDEO
Warsha by Dania Bdeir | 15′ | Lebanon | FICTION
The train driver by Christian Wittmoser & Zuniel Kim | 6′ | Germany | DOCUMENTARY
My fat arse and I by Yelyzaveta Pysmak | 10′ | Poland | ANIMATION
Inherent by Nicolai G.H. Johansen | 17′ | Denmark | FICTION
When the moon was gibbous by Erika Grace Strada | 4′ | Denmark | ANIMATION
LIDO AZZURRO OF AMANTEA
2:00 | SCREENING “INSOMNIA” | Experimental films
Eyes and horns by Chaerin Im | 6′ | Republic of Korea
Los colores del niño dios by Santiago Pérez Rodríguez a.k.a Mito the cat | 2′ | Colombia
Motorcyclist’s happiness won’t fit into his suit by Gabriel Herrera | 10′ | Mexico
One thousand and one attempts to be an ocean by Wang Yuyan | 11′ | France
Virtual voice by Suzannah Mirghani | 7′ | Qatar
IL TERRENO – VIA MAZZINI, 32
15:00 | GIPHY CAMP WORKSHOP | Presentation and instructions for animators
PARCO LA GROTTA
18:00 | MONKEYS, PENCILS AND WORDS | Creative communication workshop for children and kids
21:00 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages
Monsters by Taisia Deeva | 3′ | Ukraine | MUSIC VIDEO
More than I remember by Amy Bench | 14′ | USA | DOCUMENTARY
Other half by Lina Kalcheva | 13′ | United Kingdom | ANIMATION
Sound of the night by Chanrado Sok & Kongkea Vann | 20′ | Cambodia | FICTION
Noir-Soleil by Marie Larrivé | 20′ | France | ANIMATION
Like the ones I used to know by Annie St-Pierre | 18′ | Canada | FICTION
22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied Children
Cold Heart by Raman Djafari | 4′ | Germany | MUSIC VIDEO
Matka/Polka by Joanna Suchomska | 15′ | Poland | DOCUMENTARY
Young by Kristian Håskjold | 23′ | Denmark | FICTION
Ding by Malte Stein | 5′ | Germany | ANIMATION
Venus of Willendorf by Zuzanna Grajcewicz | 23′ | Poland | FICTION
Bye little block! by Éva Darabos | 9′ | Hungary | ANIMATION
IL TERRENO – VIA MAZZINI, 32
10:00 | CONFERENCE “SUBTITLING AS A FILMMAKER TOOL” | With Marta Miquel Iriarte and Sherin Abu Taleb
10:30 | CONFERENCE “WORKFLOW WITH MYAIRBRIDGE” | With Giulio Vita
11:00 | CONFERENCE “ON UNCERTAINTY, VULNERABILITY, AND EMOTIONALITY IN ANIMATION” | With Raman Djafari
11:30 | CONFERENCE “TAIWAN/INDIGENOUS/CINEMA” | With Limuy Asien
Funded by Divisione Culturale dell’Ufficio di Rappresentanza di Taipei
15:00 | GIPHY CAMP WORKSHOP
PARCO LA GROTTA
18:00 | MONKEYS, PENCILS AND WORDS | Creative communication workshop for children and kids
21:00 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages
Storgetnya by Hovig Hagopian | 20′ | France | DOCUMENTARY
Stay soft by Maegan Houang | 4′ | USA | MUSIC VIDEO
A Guitar In The Bucket by Boyoung Kim | 15′ | Republic of Korea | ANIMATION
I am afraid to forget your face by Sameh Alaa | 15′ | Egypt | FICTION
Goodbye Jérôme! by Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard & Chloé Farr | 8′ | France | ANIMATION
The Criminals by Serhat Karaaslan | 24′ | Turkey | FICTION
22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied Children
Anabase by Benjamin Goubet | 28′ | Switzerland | FICTION
Sweet Nothing by Joana Fischer & Marie-Christine Kenov | 4′ | Switzerland | ANIMATION
Ghosts by (LA) HORDE | 8′ | France | MUSIC VIDEO
A Job Like Any Other by Annick Roussy | 20′ | Canada/Quebec | DOCUMENTARY
Steakhouse by Špela Čadež | 10′ | Slovenia | ANIMATION
Sideral by Carlos Segundo | 15′ | Brazil | FICTION
IL TERRENO – VIA MAZZINI, 32
15:00 | GIPHY CAMP WORKSHOP | Open to children and kids
PARCO LA GROTTA
21:00 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages
A Bite Of Bone by Honami Yano | 10′ | Japan | ANIMATION
Breakpoint by Nicolas Panay | 18′ | France | FICTION
VO by Nicolas Gourault | 19′ | France | DOCUMENTARY
Dynamite by Jim Vieille | 4′ | France | MUSIC VIDEO
Lovebirds by Víctor Moreno | 18′ | Spain | FICTION
Drone by Sean Buckelew | 15′ | USA | ANIMATION
22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied Children
Sonho by Douglas Ratzlaff Bernardt | 14′ | Brazil | MUSIC VIDEO
North Pole by Marija Apcevska | 15′ | North Macedonia | FICTION
Mr. Pete & The Iron Horse by Kilian Vilim | 7′ | Switzerland | ANIMATION
Salvo by Federico Cammarata | 30′ | Italy | DOCUMENTARY
Downfall by Rona Fayad | 4′ | Lebanon | ANIMATION
Pitbull by Fabián López León | 18′ | Mexico | FICTION
IL TERRENO – VIA MAZZINI, 32
10:00 | AMANTEA CITY TOUR FOR GUARIMBEROS
15:00 | GIPHY CAMP WORKSHOP | GIFs submission
PARCO LA GROTTA
18:00 | THE CHILDREN JURY | The young spectators meet the festival programmers
21:00 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages
A Place In Blue by Seung eon Yi | 8′ | Republic of Korea | ANIMATION
Party Poster by Rishi Chandna | 21′ | India | DOCUMENTARY
Lili Alone by Zou Jing | 22′ | China | FICTION
Omen by DRUST | 5′ | United Kingdom | MUSIC VIDEO
Lemongrass Girl by Pom Bunsermvicha | 17′ | Thailand | FICTION
Red Giant by Anne Verbeure | 10′ | Belgium | ANIMATION
22:15 | SUPERLOOP GIPHY | Screening of the best GIFs received
22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied Children
La Route Des Jeunes by Justine Stella Knuchel, Saro Vallejo & Juan Manuel Vegas | 14′ | Switzerland | DOCUMENTARY
Bestia by Hugo Covarrubias | 15′ | Chile | ANIMATION
Techno, Mama by Saulius Baradinskas | 7′ | Switzerland | FICTION
Your Bad Animals by Ido Shapira & Amit Cohen | 12′ | Israel | ANIMATION
Zabut by Giuseppe Schillaci | 20′ | Italy | FICTION
Bye Bye by David Maruchniak | 5′ | Argentina | MUSIC VIDEO
PARCO LA GROTTA
21:00 | AWARDS CEREMONY
21:30 | INDIGENOUS FILMS | Screening of short films dedicated to the Atayal, Sami, Maori, Mosotho, and Wayuu people
A Tayal by Laha Mebow | 23′ | Taiwan
The Tongues by Marja Bal Nango | 15′ | Norway
Matua by Kaitiaki Rodger | 9′ | New Zealand
Behemoth: or The Game of God by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | 13′ | Lesotho
Mugan Boe by Olowaili Green Santacruz & Juan Esteban Díaz Puerta | 4′ | Colombia
22:30 | TAIWAN FOCUS | Screening of Taiwanese independent short films
Funded by Divisione Culturale dell’Ufficio di Rappresentanza di Taipei
A Piece Of Cake by Wen-Yi Tseng | 6′ | Taiwan
My Grandmother Is An Egg by Wu-Ching Chang | 8′ | Taiwan
Q & A by Limuy Asien | 15′ | Taiwan
23:15 | A SCREEN FOR GLAS ANIMATION | Screening of animation short films curated by GLAS Animation Festival
Ghost Dogs by Joe Cappa | 11′ | United States
Pests by Juliette Laboria | 7′ | France
Sierra by Sander Joon | 16′ | Estonia
00:00 | CLOSING SCREENING
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
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?
Yes!
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