Cinema and the Solidarity World: two moments of support and friendship, in the North with “Corti e Fieno” and in the South with “CineO ‘”

ROME – Short and Hay, the first rural film festival. Always an independent and research festival, Short and Hay was born in 2010 from an idea ofWhite Asylum Association and is directed by Paola Fornara and Davide Vanotti. Now in its thirteenth edition, it is the only film festival in Italy entirely dedicated to the world of rurality, with screenings and meetings based on a kind of cinema that looks at the earth, its fruits and those who take care of it. In the agricultural world, the role of women is fundamental, as in the cinema that tells it: this year, in fact, half of the films on offer are signed by female directors.

The organizers explain. “Over the years cinema has been interpreted by our group as an ethical choice. We disclose the cultural work of those who choose daring and lonely paths, preserving the memory of fatigue and transmitting the concrete image of a planet to love: it is here and now that it is worth getting your hands dirty and fighting without easy expedients “. In addition to animating the villages and farmhouses of Lake Orta, the offer was expanded by projecting also in the historic Social Cinema of Omegna and during the year the collaborations with other Italian rural and urban areas were strengthened, from the Cascina Cuccagna of Milan to the Community of Valcamonica and Val d’Ossola.

Cinema as an ethical choice. In the jury, Paola Casella, Anna Maria De Luca, journalist, Silvia Clo Di Gregorio, Alessandro Bressanello. Thirty-five films arriving from all over the world, with many Italian and Piedmontese premieres scheduled. This year we will travel to Russia, China, Turkey, Spain, Italy, France, Senegal, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Estonia, USA, Cambodia, Portugal, Palestine and Lebanon. The popular jury can vote through the site shortefieno.it 35 films.

CineO ‘, from 12 to 14 October in Bari. The festival CineO ‘ was created to bring quality cinema to children and adolescents admitted to Italian hospitals and to home care. Many films in competition: from “Oxygen!“By Beatrice Sancinelli to”Sea Shadow“By Vincent Bal. The spectators will be school children, inside which the sections of School in Hospital are located: through the platform www.cinemainospedale.it they will also be able to participate in meetings with directors and create together creative cinematic animation ateliers. The films will be voted for by all children and the awards ceremony will take place on October 14th. On the same day it will be presented in a special event “Aqua magica at Villa d’Este”By Ylenia Azzurretti: this is a first video promoted by the Institute of Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este for the access and inclusiveness of these places to children who cannot visit them for health reasons.

Cinematherapy. For some time now the known and practiced indicates how the viewing of films creates a “pause effect” for the sick from a psychological point of view, determining a state of well-being on a neurological level. Neuroscience has further validated this thesis (neurocinematics) by measuring the physical effects when viewing moving images and noting improvements. Cinema in Ospedale is part of the European network Movies in Hospital in partnership with Sit me Continent (Croatia), BUFF (Sweden), JEF (Belgium), Kinodvor (Slovenia, Pack Magic (Spain) and is co-financed by the Italian Ministry of Culture – MIC – sez. Special Projects and from the European Community – EACEA CREA-MEDIA-2021-AUDFILMEDU.