The Fiorano Modenese short film festival kicks off with Giovanni Muciaccia
Ready, set, go. Tomorrow, Sunday 27 April, marks the official start of the tenth edition of the Ennesimo Film Festival. And it does so with an opening day that celebrates creativity, participation and, of course, cinema. At the Astoria Theatre in Fiorano Modenese, the beating heart of the Festival – where the main events are concentrated – Giovanni Muciaccia will kick off the festivities with a show-workshop designed to stimulate the creativity of young and old alike. Starting at 5 pm, the historic face of children’s television will take participants back to their childhood because, after all, cinema, like art, always stems from a creative gesture. The event is free and open to the public. The day does not end there.
After this initial dive into the imagination, at 9 p.m., the Festival gets underway with the screening of the first official selection of short films, ‘Family affairs’. This is a series of short audiovisual works that address, from different and often surprising perspectives, the intimate, emotional and sometimes contradictory dynamics of family relationships. The audience will be asked to vote for their favourite short film right from the start, contributing decisively to the awarding of the City of Fiorano Prize, one of the most heartfelt and popular awards of the Festival – as well as one of the most historic.
The following day, Monday 28 April, Ennesimo continues in the spirit of tradition with Fuorifuoco. This event, which over the years has become a real point of reference for the community, celebrates sport as a visual narrative. At the Astoria Theatre, starting at 9 p.m., short films dedicated to the world of sport, including competition, passion and inclusion, will be screened. Once again, the audience – which will include members of local sports clubs – will play a leading role, awarding the Fuorifuoco prize. All Ennesimo Film Festival events are free of charge. The complete programme is available on the Festival website.
Registration is also still open for Escape City: a large interactive open-air set scheduled for the afternoon of 1 May, starting at 4 p.m. It is a real urban escape room designed to engage adults, children, families, film enthusiasts and curious people of all ages. It is not just a game, but an immersive cinema-themed experience that combines storytelling, mystery and interaction. Participants will be asked to move through the streets of Fiorano Modenese in search of clues and puzzles to rediscover their city from a different perspective. Participation in Escape City is free, as are all the Festival’s initiatives, but places are limited: to take part in the activity, you must book through the Eventbrite digital portal.
Incipit, the Ennesimo Academy course designed for first-year secondary school students, began today and will continue on 27 and 28 April. This course brings cinema directly to schools and transforms students into real protagonists of a film production, supported by a director who will turn them into his crew. This year, the young actors, students from class 1B of the Bursi Institute in Fiorano, are being coordinated by director Francesco Clerici. The result of the filming will be screened on the final evening, Sunday 4 May.