Aquileia Film Festival - International Festival of Archaeological Film
August 3rd, 2010 | by Heather |Aquileia from Wednesday 28 to Friday 30 July, the magnificent Basilica of the Patriarchs will be the backdrop to the first edition of 'AQUILEIA FILM FESTIVAL - International Review of Aquileia archaeological cinema organized by the Foundation in collaboration with Viva and the Archeology Review / Civic Museum of Rovereto.
At the opening night will be special guest Valerio Massimo Manfredi, archaeologist, writer and television face of La7, where he successfully conducted the program "Stargate - the boundary line" and continues to lead "Empire". It is the most widely read Italian author in the world in the last ten years, with over 10 million copies sold, after the great success of editorial and public trilogy "Alexandros" dedicated to Alexander the Great.
Every evening, from 21.00, the screening of two documentary film production with an international voice-over in Italian, which will range from the mysteries of the Pyramid of Cheops to the ancient Greek myths, the secrets of the Parthenon to the slopes of the salt in Danakil . The public will be invited every night to fill the ballot papers and the movies that have been getting more acclaim will receive, at the end of the third evening, the prize Aquileia, a reproduction of the mosaic tribute Mosaic School of Friuli.
Admission is free. All performances will take place outdoors in the beautiful setting of Piazza Chapter, while in case of rain, screenings will take place in the adjacent Sala Romana.
Info line: 347-5422876,
ufficiostampa@fondazioneaquileia.it
Detailed program of the festival:
• Wednesday, July 28, at 21
Opening of the Festival with Valerio Massimo Manfredi
The Deluge: myth or truth director Martin Papirowski, Germany, 43 'The Bible tells of a terrible disaster: the flood. The science is uncertain whether the flood there was actually thousands of years ago or whether it is just a legend. To try to find the director and the author of the documentary depart and arrive from the Black Sea to Australia.
Nemi, the mystery of the lake submerged My director Massimo, Italy, 52 'What were two ships, two hundred feet long and wide twenty-five in a small lake in the province of Rome? Who built? Why were they destroyed? The film takes us to the discovery of an incredible story.
• Thursday, July 29, at 21
Cheops revealed director Tran Florence, France, 52 'The one of the seven wonders still standing: the Great Pyramid of Cheops is building pharaonic higher, bigger and enigmatic. After forty-five centuries, the mystery is still intact as it was built?
The Garden of the Gods directed by Michael Schlamberger, Austria, 52 'Nothing has been most influential in the European world of Greek myths. The inspiration for this came from the poetry of the lush greenery of Hellas: from fascinating stories and facts of nature, a journey through the ... "Garden of the Gods".
• Friday, July 30, at 21
Secrets of the Parthenon director Gary Glassman, France, 78 'How did the Greeks to cut, carry and assemble 13,400 heavy blocks of marble from the Parthenon is made? A great film made with the international team of specialists in the temple.
Danakil salt ... the track director Alex Dardani, Italy, 30 'The Danakil is a land of extreme. The border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Afar are nomadic people of these solitudes. Shepherds and cattle breeders. Quarrymen of salt: the extract from a bottom of the sea disappeared resurfaced.
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