Rumors of a Crisis
If it’s true that you never forget your first time, our goal for our second edition was to create (once again) an unforgettable experience. For years, cinema has essentially been an event. There is no longer a broadly defined cinema audience, but there is certainly an ever-growing audience interested in experiencing culture firsthand, especially when the offering is geared towards spectacle. The temptation to focus solely on
Our region has been severely tested first by the pandemic, then by repeated floods. However, over the past year and a half, we have realized that the sense of crisis we experience in the streets of our cities is not so different from that perceived elsewhere, in places far from us and therefore not immediately comparable. The perception of a broader, in some ways global, crisis has been strong, and cinema once again has been a powerful medium through which to amplify this listening. We have thus chosen to turn our gaze towards New York, in search of a contemporary voice in the storytelling of people, characters (or perhaps masks), and the city itself, which, even today, is perhaps one of the most reliable litmus tests of the West, economically and culturally close to the United States.
The voice is that of Tim Sutton, a director who has taken on the task of telling the stories of the people around him primarily on an existential level. Not that there was a lack of meticulous work on the aesthetic level, with a search for images capable of associating narrative and directorial devices with neorealistic traits, with an aestheticizing photography that is mutually influenced by that of the great names of contemporary European cinema. The voices are also those of Mexican Miguel Salgado and Canadian Chris Nash, who, more than others, with their works bring to Faenza firsthand the story of human despair pushed to its extreme consequences.
Voices of a crisis that we wish to listen to, analyze, and challenge, having understood that this edition lives on the necessity of meeting. Thus, MEET NOAM is born, the rethinking of the space of the Municipal Art Gallery, imagined not just as an exhibition place but as a true center of sharing in the heart of Faenza, a few steps from the square and the city center’s halls. The Festival, together with the people who organize it, ideally wants to meet the city and the spectators, offering multiple opportunities, from the exhibition to the live podcast, through numerous meetings with guests, scholars, and industry professionals.
Therefore, this edition could not miss a look at the future of cinema but also at that of new generations. NOAM, in its constant commitment to involving younger people, has decided to expand its activities in schools, placing image education at the center of the project. In this context, the new short film competition comes to life, a valuable opportunity to showcase other perspectives and work on a laboratory experience of vision. NOAM LAB thus represents the most significant expansion of our offering and allows the event to start new lines of research.
Andrea Valmori – Artistic Director NOAM Festival
Program
Wednesday, October 23
Thursday, October 24
Friday, October 25
Saturday, October 26
Sunday, October 27
Information
Prices
Pass Collection Hours at MEET NOAM
Wed 23 – Thu 24 – Fri 25
from 10:30 AM to 9:30 PM
Sat 26
from 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Sun 27
from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Locations
All events take place in Faenza
Cinema Europa
via Sant’Antonino, 2
Cinema Sarti
via Cesare Scaletta, 10
MEET NOAM
Municipal Art Gallery of Molinella
voltone della Molinella, 2
Manfrediana Library
via Manfredi, 14
Rione Rosso
via Campidori, 28
Courtyard of the Celestini Palace
via Giulio Castellani, 25
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NOAM | Faenza Film Festival
2nd Edition
October 23 – 27, 2024
Organized by
Filmeeting APS
noamfestival.it
staff@filmeeting.it
Co-financed by
Erasmus+ Program of the European Union
Italian Youth Agency
With the patronage and contribution of
Ministry of Culture – Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual
Ministry of Education and Merit
National Plan for Cinema and Images for Schools
Municipality of Faenza
NOAM LAB is part of
Image-Network
Project selected by
With Children within the framework of the Fund for combating child educational poverty
Coordinated by
Solco Ravenna Consortium
Main partner
LA BCC Cooperative Credit Bank of Ravenna, Forlì, and Imola
Organizational partners
Cinemaincentro
Cinema Europa
Cineclub Il Raggio Verde
Cinedream Multiplex Faenza
Manfrediana Municipal Library of Faenza
International Short Film Festival Antonio Ricci
Cultural partners
longtake
Cineteca di Bologna
MUBI Italy
WeShort
Eclettica
Media partners
CineFacts
Menabò Group
Podcast partner
Casaba
Local partners
CNA Cinema and Audiovisual Ravenna
CNA Romagna Faentina Area
Bottega Bertaccini
Fmarket
Caffè Nove100
Clandestino
Mens Faenza
Artistic Director
Andrea Valmori
Deputy Director and General Coordination
Gian Marco Magnani
General Curatorship of the Selection
Marco Lovisato
Feature Film Section Selectors
Andrea Chimento
Andrea Valmori
Short Film Section Selection
Riccardo Copreni
Andrea Valmori
Hospitality and Passes
Alessandra Pellegri
Laura Sansoni
DCP Management and Projectionist
Simone Romboli
Event Supervision
Filippo Pizzigoti
Support to Organization
Alice Giussani
Agnese Graziani
Simone Riccardi
Mattia Rizzi
Silvia Santinami
Francesco Sosta
Set Design
Fabio Monducci
Press Office and Newsletter
Margherita Giusti Hazon
Website
Lorenzo Paganelli
Simone Romboli
Social Media
Manuela Erbi
General Curatorship of Subtitles and Translations
Sofia Quadrelli
Support to Subtitles and Translations Curatorship
Francesca Egidio
Subtitles
Annalisa Betti
Francesca Bonati
Giorgia Bueti
Veronica Massolin
Precious Mica Basilio
Bianca del Fabbro Alvarez
Giulia Tessicini
Interpretation
Sofia Quadrelli
Caterina Zucchelli
Illustration
Alice Iuri
Graphic Design
Matteo Vandelli
Trailer and Visuals
Emma Onesti
Videomaking
Carlo Alberto Biasioli – Conifere Studio
Photography
Viviella Costantino
Bookshops
Moby Dick Bookstore – Faenza
Frab’s Magazine – Milan
Catalog Supervision
Gian Marco Magnani
Catalog Editor-in-Chief
Mattia Rizzi
Catalog Printing
Fabbri Lithography – Modigliana
Design and Creation of Awards
Andrea Salvatori Studio
Set Construction
Faenza Legno – Faenza
Lorenzo Eventi – Faenza
Algheri Arredamenti – Faenza
Officina Meccanica Magnani – Faenza
Service
Milk Shake Service – Lugo
Staff Coordination
Alessandra Pellegri
Giulia Vallicelli
Festival Staff
Cristiano Buffa
Nicola Cavina
Arturo Chesi Visani
Francesco Colombo
Alessandro Cricca
Federico Falcone
Federica Fanelli
Isotta Giacinto
Camilla Guerzoni
Isabella Magnani
Luca Mambelli
Vittoria Mami
Annachiara Medri
Silvia Medri
Danae Nikou
Gian Luca Nediani
Michela Nieddu
Nicola Oriani
Nicola Peroni
Sofia Rabbito
Matilde Raffoni
Michele Ragazzini
Sheri Shahaj
Emilia Tassi
Silvia Turrini
Zhenghao Ye
Mattia Zanetti
Filmeeting APS Board of Directors
Federico Francesconi – President
Agnese Graziani – Treasurer
Mattia Rizzi – Secretary
Special Thanks
Livia Bertocchi
Matteo Bolognesi
Luna Capalti
Francesco Corbara
Giovanni Delvecchio
Tommaso Frangini
Nicola Giada
Rachele Giovannini
Romeo Gjokaj
Luca Gorini
Alessandro Loprieno
Margherita Mortara
Emilio Occhialini
Marianna Panebarco
Eleonora Proni
Giulia Quintabà
Manuela Rontini
Nevio Salimbeni
Eva Sangiorgi
Simone Soranna
Deborah Ugolini
Jimmy Valentini
Municipality of Faenza
– Massimo Isola
– Andrea Fabbri
– Niccolò Bosi
– Antonio Veca
– Paola Bagnolini
– Mattia Calderoni
Cinemaincentro
– Alberto Beltrani
– Claudio Valente
Cinema Europa
– Don Massimo Geminiani
– Don Marco Ferrini
– Marco Utili
Cineclub il Raggio Verde
– Gabriele Lega
– Federico Lega
– Enrico Gaudenzi
Cinedream Multiplex Faenza
– Andrea Malucelli
– Benedetta Bentini
– Paolo Martinengo
Manfrediana Municipal Library of Faenza
– Daniela Simonini
– Giorgia Plachesi
– Giulia Romualdi
International Short Film Festival Antonio Ricci
– Matteo Papi
– David Vukich
