The Art of Memory

The XVII edition (23-27 Oct 2024) is dedicated to the art of memory, a refined and complex technique where memories intertwine with emotions and thought. With a tribute to Goliarda Sapienza and her writing, which is steeped in memory and the senses: so that the cinema of memory can also be a cinema of joy.

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Sulla terra leggeri (Weightless)

Gian struggles with amnesia and is haunted by fragments of the past, which emerge in his mind like grainy archival images.

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Experimental Stories. CHANTAL AKERMAN

In the summer of 1967, when she was only 17, Chantal Akerman applied for the Brussels Film School with these four 8mm short films.

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The Art of Memory Archivio Aperto 17th edition

Refined and complex, memory is cultivated, according to an ancient tradition, with actual techniques. One remembers through images and spaces, in the well-known utopia of the memory theater, but also, as Giordano Bruno asserted, through feelings and emotions. Perhaps by remembering and feeling emotions, one actually thinks, as contemporary theories on emotional intelligence suggest.

Competition

Silence of Reason

Kumjana Novakova

The film tells the singular experiences of violence and torture to women during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Autism Plays Itself

Janet Harbord

A film shot in 1957 in at the Maudsley Hospital, London, captures the movements and behaviour of children under observation for atypical behaviour. In the present day, three autistic respondents watch the footage, bringing new insightful interpretations of the children’s behaviour as they explore the sparse environment of the clinic.

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Merman

Ana Lungu

An archival documentary about three men making images of women, in Romania, from WWII until the Revolution.

Behind Closed Doors

João Pedro Bim

In 1968, Brazil’s military government passed a law that ushered in the most violent period of the dictatorship. The meeting was recorded, but remained secret for decades.

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