THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EMOTIONS

Welcome to Cinema Ritrovato – the thirty-eighth edition! – where once again we will celebrate the irreplaceable experience of collective film-viewing. Besides the three open air spaces – Piazza Maggiore, Arena Puccini and Piazzetta Pasolini – no fewer than eight cinemas will host the nearly five hundred films in the programme: restored masterpieces and hidden gems of every era, provenance and format. In addition to the usual two screens of the Lumière, DAMSLab, Cervi and the Europa, Arlecchino and Jolly cinemas, this year will also include the Modernissimo, which last November was returned to its former splendour and to the city following a long and complex reconstruction project which will conclude during the festival itself with the opening of the new entrance in the middle of Piazza Re Enzo. The Modernissimo project had to be conceived and realised, and it needed institutions which could support and finance it, but without the public which filled the cinema Lumière for over forty years, without the international audiences of Cinema Ritrovato which demonstrated its prestige, without a community that believes in the cinema and its history, today the Modernissimo would not exist. With gratitude and pride, and in the company of an extraordinary roster of international guests, we await you for another memorably journey through space and time in order to rediscover the history of the cinema.

Il Cinema Ritrovato is also one of the great international festivals of silent cinema. Rediscovering silent cinema, bringing it to new life, also means rediscovering, reconstructing, improvising and composing the music that accompanies it. As always, the best musicians of silent cinema as well as recognised young talent come to Bologna from all around the world. Their personal search for that magical harmony or the perfect tension between image and music are some of the reasons that make every viewing at Il Cinema Ritrovato, a unique and special one.

The award aims to encourage and give visibility to quality home entertainment Dvd and Blu-Ray from around the world. The competition is open to Dvd and Blu-ray released between February 2023 and March 2024 of critically acclaimed films made before 1994 (30 years ago) and thus generally in line with the festival’s theme. The awards are divided into five categories: Best Dvd/Blu-ray (The Peter Von Bagh Award), Best Single Release, Best Special Features (bonus), Best Rediscovery of a Forgotten Film, Best Series/Best Box.

THE CINEPHILE MAGAZINE

This year too, a team of film critics headed by Roy Menarini will cover the festival with daily news, interviews, editorials and reviews. A group of young cinephiles, ranging from 16 to 20 years old, will join the editorial board of Cinefilia Ritrovata. Their best contributions will be published on-line