Cinemambiente: way to the thirteenth edition

by Annalisa Audino

It will be since 1st to 6th June, the first and most important Italian festival dedicated to environmental issues: Cinemambiente Festival, directed by Gaetano Capizzi and organized with the National Museum of the Cinema of Turin. Arrived at his thirteenth Edition, for the 2010 Edition, the festival moves from autumn to spring for linking in an important international event to raise awareness on issues of ecology and sustainability, The International Day for the Environment to be held on 5th June.

The review has as main objective the growth, through cinema, of the culture of the environment: screenings, debates, exhibitions, art initiatives, meetings, presentations of books and many other events intend to communicate the eclecticism of the environment and especially our role for its safeguarding. Two events, in particular, will demonstrate this year the international character of the festival: projections of No impact Man, the Italian film, preview, which tells the experiment of Colin Beavan and his family who have lived for a year to zero impact, and Mallaig, winner of best documentary Oscar 2010, on the serious danger of extinction of dolphins.

Interesting will be in any case all screenings of the Festival. The International Documentaries Competition consists of a dozen titles, including The end of the line of “Rupert Murray”, a searing document on risk of extinction of many species of fish, that became a case in England; the winner of Al Gore Reel Current Award Garbage Dreams by Ever Iskander, on "garbage people" that in Cairo collect approximately three tons of waste per day and live in a shantytown of waste; Big River man by John Maringouin, winner of the Sundance 2009, concerning the crossing of the Amazon swim of Martin Strel, said "man fish" by Indians, hero and show man in Slovenia.

The international character of the festival combines attention to Italy, with its negative cases of unauthorized alteration of the environment, but also of various experiences. The Italian documentary competition will tell some cases, such as Le White by Simona Risi, on asbestos of white houses of Rogoredo in Milan, and People of Alpes by Giovanna Poldi Allai, Sandro Nardi, Philip Lilloni, which tells instead a place where the relationship man/nature is still very strong, whose protagonist is the musician Lindo Ferretti.
The three competitions joins the section panorama: particular attention will be given to some of the cornerstone topics of festivals including the Focus on biodiversity, the Focus urban green (whose scope is presented the garden, which tells the community garden greatest of all the United States) and ambient/actions, which will host the projection of Logorama, Oscar 2010 as best short animation. Inevitable finally link with squares, that will be affected by a number of initiatives on the environment, including the 5th June Park(ing) Day, on June 6th the Bike Pride and the national gathering on guerrilla gardens, in addition to moments of literary debate.

Moreover, Envi editorial staff is glad to underline that this year into the context of Cinemambiemte Festival, the yearly AICA Prize will be also organized.
The AICA Prize, at its 7th edition, since 2004, aims to award who focus citizens’ attention on environmental issues, throughout communication campaigns, creating an environmental culture and awareness.
There are three yearly prizes: the AICA Prize “Communicating with Citizens improves the Environment”; the special prize “Communicating the Kyoto Protocol” and the Career Prize (entitled to Mr. Beppe Comin, one of the pioneers of environmental communication in Italy).
The first category focuses every year on a specific topic, that this year will be “Communicating the biodiversity”.
The award-giving ceremony is scheduled for June, 6th, 9 p.m.