Artecinema
October 16–20, 2024
The 29th Artecinema Festival will be inaugurated on Wednesday October 16, 2024 at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples and will continue from October 17 to 20 at the Augusteo Theatre.
Every year, Artecinema features a selection of newly produced documentaries that delve into the biographies and poetics of major artists, architects, and photographers on the international scene.
Five days of filmography devoted to contemporary art, photography, architecture which delves into aspects related to the all-too-often little-known creative genesis: through the documentaries, viewers are able to enter into the artists’ studios, and observe and better appreciate the creative process of the works, the materials used, and the themes addressed.
Films from different countries around the world will be presented, many of them world, European or Italian premieres, divided into sections: Art and Environs, Architecture and Design, Photography.
The complete festival programme is available at artecinema.com.
October 16, 7:30pm
San Carlo Theatre, Via San Carlo, 98, Naples, Italy
Entrance ticket
October, 17–20, 4–11:30pm
Augusteo Theatre, Piazzetta Duca D’Aosta, 263, Naples, Italy
Free entrance
Scheduled films
Art and environs
Arte Povera. Appunti per la storia
Andrea Bettinetti, Italy, 2023, 90 minutes, Italian
Brancusi, les métamorphoses de la sculpture
Alain Fleischer, France, 2023, 52 minutes, French
Italian premiere
Emilio Isgrò. Autocurriculum sotto il sole
Davide Bassanesi, Italy, 2024, 70 minutes, Italian
Georgia O’Keeffe—Painter of the Faraway
Evelyn Schels, France, 2021, 52 minutes, English
Italian premiere
Hopper X Vermeer
Annie Dautane, France, 2023, 52 minutes, French
Italian premiere
Jan Fabre—The Crown of Love. The Ultimate Performance
Giovanni Troilo, Italy, 2024, 42 minutes, Italian, English
Jeff Koons. Un ritratto privato
Pappi Corsicato, Italy, 2023, 80 minutes, English
Lucio Fontana
Barbara Pozzoni, Italy, 2024, 60 minutes, Italian
Mark Rothko, la peinture vous regarde
Pascale Bouhénic, France, 2023, 52 minutes, French, English
European premiere
Meet the Artist: Philippe Parreno
Matteo Lonardi, United Kingdom, 2024, 6 minutes, English
Miranda July in “Friends & Strangers”—Art21
Chiemi Karasawa, United States, 2023, 14 minutes, English
Italian premiere
Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest Tv
Amanda Kim, United States, South Korea, 2023, 109 minutes, English, German, Korean
Obvious, hackers de l’art
Thibaut Sève, France, 2023, 75 minutes, French, English
Italian premiere
Politics of Listening: Lawrence Abu Hamdan—Art21
Ian Forster, United States, 2024, 15 minutes, English
Italian premiere
Pussy Riot: Rage Against Putin
Denis Sneguirev, France, 2023, 52 minutes, French, English, Russian
Italian premiere
Serena Scapagnini—Lo Spazio Oltre
Nicola Campiotti, Italy, United States, 2024, 12 minutes, Italian, English
World premiere
Soviet Barbara, the Story of Ragnar Kjartansson in Moscow
Gaukur Úlfarsson, Iceland, 2023, 90 minutes, Icelandic, English, Russian
Taking Venice
Amei Wallach, United States, 2023, 98 minutes, English
The Pilgrimage of Gilbert & George
Mike Christie, United Kingdom, 2024, 87 minutes, English
World premiere
The Soul of Art—The Merzbacher Collection
Yves Kugelmann, Switzerland, Germany, 2024, 46 minutes, German
World premiere
The Warhol Effect
Lloyd Stanton, Paul Toogood, United States, 2024, 88 minutes, English
Italian premiere
Architecture and design
Beyond the White Cube
Giulia Magno, Italy, United States, 2024, 17 minutes, English
European premiere
Green Over Gray. Emilio Ambasz
Francesca Molteni, Mattia Colombo, Italy, 2023, 55 minutes, Italian, English, Spanish, Japanese
We The Others
Francesca Molteni, Italy, 2024, 57 minutes, English, Portuguese, Italian, French
Photography
Le fotografe 2—Chiara Fossati. Come te
Francesco G. Raganato, Italy, 2023, 24 minutes, Italian
Tehachapi
JR, France, 2023, 92 minutes, French, English
