Schedule La Guarimba International Film Festival Summer 2023
The second decade of La Guarimba Film Festival begins with a courageous and groundbreaking programme. It will be a special, in-house edition at the Terrenito, a piece of land that we have transformed into the Cultural Center that Amantea did not have.
Despite the recurrent promises of local politicians, La Grotta Park is yet again unusable, abandoned to itself and full of rubbish that was left from events carried out by the local council administration more than eight months ago. The legendary Arena Sicoli is still closed, as are the other two halls in the town, and there is no trace of a library that was promised by several mayors, including the current one.
Our distrust of the local political class has never served as an excuse for immobility, but quite the opposite: where there is abandonment and darkness, La Guarimba brings light and desire to take action and create new things. On the occasion of the eleventh edition it will be no different.
As always, we offer the public free entry, thanks to our private and institutional sponsors: Fondazione Calabria Film Commission, Italian Ministery of Culture, UNHCR, GIPHY Artists, Canada Embassy, Flanders Representation in Italy, Hungary Academy in Rome, Israel Embassy, Germany Embassy, Forum Austriaco di Cultura, and Polish Institute in Rome.
The 11th edition of La Guarimba will be held under the High Patronage of the European Parliament, the Patronage of Senato della Repubblica, Consiglio dei Ministri, Province of Cosenza, and Touring Club Italiano.
We will provide chairs, lights, the organizing team, and a six-day program of outdoor cinema under the stars, complemented by concerts, children’s workshops, meetings, and the vibrant presence of a community of international artists who gather in our village for this remarkable festival.
Governments come and go, but La Guarimba remains!
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 founded by Sara Fratini and now organized by Valeria Weerasinghe.
For this edition, the invited artists are Mikel Murillo (Spain, author of the official poster), Carlos Luis Sánchez Becerra (Venezuela), Matteo Dang (Italy), Kelly Schiesswohl (United States), Margaux Bigou (Tahiti), Vishnu M Nair (India), Sacha Beeley (UK), Ngadi Smart (Sierra Leone), Des Skordillis (Australia), Santiago Pérez (Colombia), Antonella Pastén (Chile), Yaka Hara (Japan), Khoren Matevosyan (Armenia), Liana Raberanto (Madagascar) and Mikkel Sommer (Denmark).
LIDO AZZURRO – LUNGOMARE, 5
8:00 | BEACH CLEANING
IL TERRENITO, VIA MAZZINI 32
18:00 | DOODLE SPACE | Free drawing workshop
20:30 | OPENING CONCERT by Orchestra Di Fiati Mediterranea
21:00 | OPENING SCREENING
Rebulding Ukraine by UNHCR | 6′ | Ukraine
21:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages
The Loneliest by Tommaso Ottomano | 5′ | ItalY | MUSIC VIDEO
Serafina by Anna Matilde Eugenia Simonetti, Noa Epars | 10′ | Switzerland | DOCUMENTARY
Sit down, don’t touch anything by Frederic Siegel | 6′ | Switzerland | ANIMATION
The other end of the street by Kálmán Nagy | 22′ | Austria | FICTION
San la muerte by Eze Matteo | 2′ | Argentina | ANIMATION
Paradise awaits by Henna Välkky, Samuel Häkkinen | 1o′ | Finland | FICTION
22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied children
Man by Clemens Lukas Bretscher | 6′ | Germany | MUSIC VIDEO
Astonishing little feet by Maegan A Houang | 10′ | USA | FICTION
Really good friends by Adam Sekuler | 10′ | USA | DOCUMENTARY
Discussions animées entre entendeurs de voix by Tristan Thil | 12′ | France | ANIMATION
Brasier by Emilie Mannering | 19′ | Canada | FICTION
Sweet dreams by Maria Zilli, Sara Priorelli | 5′ | Italy | ANIMATION
00:00 | SCREENING “INSOMNIA” | Experimental films
Confina-dance by Noé Balthazard | 4′ | France
1 MTH/MIN by Ethann Néon | 4′ | Belgium
Lockdown dreamscape by Nicolas Gebbe | 7′ | Germany
AMO by Emmanuel Gras | 20′ | France
Abyss by Jeppe Lange | 13′ | Denmark
IL TERRENITO, VIA MAZZINI 32
18:00 | STARTING POINT CITY TOUR
21:00 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages
Mermaids and pirates by Marcello Maida, Luca Giraudo, Filippo Scimone, Simone Coppola | 10′ | Italy | MUSIC VIDEO
Everything is fine by Audrey Nantel-Gagnon | 10′ | Canada | DOCUMENTARY
Stay by Yu Sun | 5′ | United Kingdom | ANIMATION
Super by Nikolas Kouloglou | 20′ | Greece | FICTION
Ice merchants by João Gonzalez | 15′ | Portugal | ANIMATION
Crocodile tears by Khaled Moeit | 16′ | Egypt | FICTION
22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied children
Worms by Raman Djafari | 3′ | Germany | MUSIC VIDEO
Split ends by Alireza Kazemipour | 14′ | Iran | FICTION
Apostles of cinema by Darragh Amelia, Gertrude Malizana, Jesse Gerard Mpango, Cece Mlay | 16′ | Tanzania | DOCUMENTARY
Letter to a pig by Tal Kantor | 17′ | France | ANIMATION
Fracture by Panagiotis Fafoutis | 13′ | Greece | FICTION
Slow light by Katarzyna Kijek, Przemysław Adamski | 11′ | Poland | ANIMATION
LIDO AZZURRO, LUNGOMARE, 5
10:30 | CONFERENCES
10:30 | SUBTITLING AS A FILMMAKER TOOL | With Marta Miquel Iriarte (La Guarimba).
10:45 | CREATIVITY PIONEERS | With Adama Sanneh (Moleskine Foundation)
11:30 | CALABRIA FILM COMMISSION PRESENTS: LE VOCI CALABRESI DEL MEDIA TALENT | With Giampaolo Calabrese (Calabria Film Commission), Andrea Coluccia (Creative Europe Desk Italy Media), Luca Marino (Indaco Film), Saverio Tavano (Lighthouse Films), Alessandro Gordano (società Lago Film), Matteo Russo (Calabria Movie International Short Film Festival)
IL TERRENITO, VIA MAZZINI, 32
21:00 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages
Nous sommes la terre by Zoè Rose | 5′ | France | MUSIC VIDEO
Will you look at me by Shuli Huang | 20′ | China | DOCUMENTARY
Intro by Anne Isensee | 7′ | Germany | ANIMATION
The calf by Simon London, Matthew Sunderland | 14′ | New Zeland | FICTION
Your dad by Anita Kühnel Szabó | 16′ | Hungary | ANIMATION
The bottle opener by Julien Dewitte | 15′ | Belgium | FICTION
22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied Children
Chasseur chassé by Lolita Do Peso Diogo, Gabriel Wéber | 4′ | France | MUSIC VIDEO
Our males and females by Ahmad Alyaseer | 11′ | Jordan | FICTION
Washers of rent by Jeferson Romero | 17′ | Colombia | DOCUMENTARY
In the big yard inside the teeny-weeny pocket by Yoko Yuki | 7′ | Japan | ANIMATION
Lucienne in a world without solitude by Geordy Couturiau | 27′ | France | FICTION
Pentola by Leo Černic | 7′ | Italy | ANIMATION
IL TERRENITO, VIA MAZZINI, 32
09:30 | CREATING LOOPS x GIPHY WORKSHOP
21:00 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages
Be gone by Sijia Luo | 4′ | China | MUSIC VIDEO
1 kilo 3 euros by Ani Mrelashvili | 16′ | Germany | DOCUMENTARY
It was only a rock that looked like someone by Matisse Gonzalez | 11′ | Mexico | ANIMATION
Adieu Gaston by Victor Guilbaud | 15′ | France | FICTION
Le chant du cachalot by Adeline Faye | 12′ | France | ANIMATION
The banishment by Yilmaz Özdil | 20′ | Turkey | FICTION
22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied Children
Mamour by Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka | 4′ | France | MUSIC VIDEO
Until I lie still by Yana Eresina | 27′ | Austria | FICTION
Romeo by Sara G. Cortijo | 11′ | Spain | DOCUMENTARY
My year of dicks by Sara Gunnarsdóttir | 25′ | USA | ANIMATION
Bulldozer by Mads Koudal | 14′ | Denmark | FICTION
Mom, what’s up with the dog by Lola Lefevre | 7′ | France | ANIMATION
IL TERRENITO – VIA MAZZINI, 32
21:00 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages
I gotta cry by Francesca Colombara | 3′ | Italy | MUSIC VIDEO
Berook by Andreas Johansson | 21′ | Sweden | DOCUMENTARY
Telsche by Sophie Colfer, Ala Nunu | 9′ | Poland | ANIMATION
Mulika by Maisha Maene | 14′ | Congo | FICTION
Ecce by Margherita Premuroso | 7′ | Italy | ANIMATION
An Irish goodbye by Tom Berkeley, Ross White | 20′ | Ireland | FICTION
22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied Children
Us by Marco Santi | 5′ | Italy | MUSIC VIDEO
The boy who could not feel the pain by Eugen Merher | 20′ | Germany | FICTION
Blush by Iiti Yli-Harja | 15′ | Finland | DOCUMENTARY
A guerra finita by Simone Massi | 5′ | Italy | ANIMATION
Takanakuy by Gustavo Vokos | 19′ | Brazil | FICTION
Money and happiness by Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak Jr | 10′ | Serbia | ANIMATION
SECRET LOCATION
01:30 | FEMINIST PORN | Presented by Benedetta Panisson
Cravings by Ori Pinch | 10′ | USA
Stalking Athens by Officer Flower | 11′ | Germany, Greece
Celestial bodies by Ryan Suits | 5′ | USA
02:00 | CONCERT “DEL CARIBE CON AMOR” | with Guayaba
IL TERRENITO, VIA MAZZINI 32
21:00 | SCREENING “10 YEARS OF GUARIMBA”
21:30 | STORIE DALL’IRAN | Screening of short films dedicated to Iranian culture
Silkworm by Amir Honarmand | 30′ | Iran
File by Sonia K. Hadad | 20′ | Iran
48 hours by Azadeh Moussavi | 20′ | Iran
23:00 | AWARDS CEREMONY
23:30 | VITALIANO CAMARCA AWARD
F.A.Q.
Which is the price of the entrance?
Since our first year, the entrance for the screening is free, because our goal 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.
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