Storytelling has always been linked to the ability to rework and rewrite, leading to moments of rebirth. Cinema is no exception.
A story unfolds and is transformed into a cinematic narrative whether from world events (and how those events are told) or from personal reflections that later emerge. Existing stories in different mediums, whether as a book, a work of art, or a video game, take on another life on the cinematic screen. Even a musical composition can be transformed.
However, let’s concentrate on literature and its relation to cinema. Again this year, several of the programme’s films derive from books: at times the book itself is more well-known than the film, at other times the opposite; the question remains the same, which is better, the book or the film?
