by Silvia Musso
It took place on Friday, May 20 the press conference to launch the fourteenth edition of the International Festival of Cinemambiente, the most important festival in Italy dedicated to environmental issues, directed by Gaetano Capizzi and organized in collaboration with the Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Turin.
The press conference, hosted by the Museo Nazionale of Cinema, had as usual a large audience. The institutions present - Piedmont Region, Province and Municipality of Turin - have highlighted the importance of this event for the whole area.
Cinemambiente is not limited to a few days, but it is a real project that covers the entire year thanks to the many activities coordinated with local governments and schools.
Then Gaetano Capizzi presented the meaning of the graphic line of the poster for this edition. This is an origami crane, animal that in Japanese symbolism means "Best wishes for a speedy recovery". During the days of the festival, which takes place from May 31 to June 5, there will be colored sheets and instructions for creating these origami. Once collected, they will be sent to Japan with the most sincere hope that the Japanese people can recover as soon as possible from the nuclear tragedy that has recently affected them.
The opening film of the festival, which will be screened simultaneously in the three Cinema Massimo halls at 9.00 p.m., 31st May, will be "Waste Land ", 2011 Oscar nominee for Best Documentary. "Waste Land", directed by Lucy Walker, with the help of Harley and Karen João Jardim. describes the work of Vik Muniz, a contemporary artist, South American native, who creates his works using discarded materials and waste. Through a story of social redemption, the camera will closely monitor, without judgments, the world of "pickers", those who make a direct "recycling" of waste in the slums of large cities and bidonville in South America.
Among other films that will be presented, many of which have nuclear energy or the issue of water privatization as their main theme, there are also the Finnish "Into Eternity" about the storage and disposal of radioactive waste and "También la Lluvia "(Even the rain) - a complaint about the water war involving Bolivia in 2000.
At the competition there will be also many films from Italy and Piedmont, firstly "Dust" by Niccolò Bruna and Andrea Prandstraller dedicated to the problem of asbestos that has struck the Italian town of Casale Monferrato in north Italy.
«Over the years the festival has steadily grown its position as one of the largest environmental film events on the international scene - said Gaetano Capizzi - CinemAmbiente is also the first zero emissions festival: CO2 emissions produced during the Festival are in fact compensated, its products are made with recycled and FSC certified materials. The Festival has also joined the protocol of Agenda 21 on the purchase of environmentally sustainable materials».
Also this year has been the collaboration between AICA and its member Cinemambiente has been confirmed. On June 5th, in the final evening of the Festival, it will be also organized the annual AICA Prize now in its eighth edition.
The AICA Prize rewards those who, through communication campaigns, brings environmental problems to the attention of citizens, helping to create a consciousness and an environmental culture.
The Award is divided into three categories: “Communicating with citizens, improve environment”, Special Prize "Communicating the Kyoto Protocol" and the Career Prize "Beppe Comin”. Every year the first category focuses on a specific theme that this time will be "Communicating the forests”.
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