June 22, 2021
Notti di Mezza Estate, XI Edizione
Piazzale degli Uffizi
June 28, July 5, 12, and 19, 2021, at 9:30PM
On the occasion of Estate Fiorentina 2021, within the framework of the initiative Apriti Cinema at the Piazzale degli Uffizi, Lo schermo dell’arte presents the 11th edition of Notti di Mezza Estate, a programme of documentaries and artists’ films: High Maintenance – The Life and Work of Dani Karavan by Barak Heymann (2020), Picasso in Palestine by Rashid Masharawi (2012), letter to a friend by Emily Jacir (2019), Ettore Spalletti. by Alessandra Galletta (2019), and Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device by Alan Yentob (2019).
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May 25, 2021
Crowdfunding in support of the
Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research
by Emily Jacir
Lo schermo dell’arte promotes the fundraising campaign launched by Palestinian artist Emily Jacir to help rebuild the Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research in Bethlehem, raided by the Israeli occupation forces after the bombing that took place on May 16, 2021.The Dar Jacir is at the centre of her film letter to a friend presented at Lo schermo dell’arte 2020 and in programme at Palazzo Grassi on Thursday, May 27, 2021.
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May 24, 2021
Lo schermo dell’arte for Secret Florence 2021
Cinema La Compagnia, Florence
June 10, at 8:30 PM
Lo schermo dell’arte takes part in the sixth edition of Secret Florence, presenting the remastered in 4k version of A Bigger Splash (1974) by Jack Hazan.
Free entrance with compulsory reservation via email: info@cinemalacompagnia.it
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May 12, 2021
PALAZZO GRASSI
Palazzo Grassi invites Lo schermo dell’arte
8th edition
May 27 – 30, 2021, Venice
Four days and fourteen titles: an exclusive selection of films from the thirteenth edition of Lo schermo dell’arte. Every day there will be four screening sessions accessible upon reservation that will allow you to attend the screenings during the morning or during the afternoon. Reservations required through this link.
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April 28, 2021
EXHIBITION
Resisting the Trouble. Moving Images in Time of Crisis
May 4-June 4, 2021
After several postponements due to the sanitary emergency that has frozen the cultural activity throughout the country, on the 4th of May the exhibition Resisting the Trouble – Moving Images in Times of Crisis will open to the public. The exhibition is set up in the spaces of Manifattura Tabacchi, a former industrial complex, now the focus of a major urban renewal project, and it is open until June 4th.
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April 26, 2021
CINEMA CLASSROOM
Più Compagnia Virtual Theatre
April 12-17, 2021
Cinema Classroom ended with great success, a streaming programme of films and conversations curated by Lo schermo dell’arte, dedicated to dedicated to teachers and students of upper secondary schools of the outlaying districts of Florence and of the neighbouring municipalities of the Metropolitan Area, that involved more than 700 students and about 20 teachers for a total of 7 schools and 32 classes. The classes kept on working on films and ideas that emerged from conversations with papers, projects and research in relation both to humanistic and to scientific subjects. Project realised thanks to the contribution of Fondazione CR Firenze within the framework of “PARTECIPAZIONE CULTURALE”.
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March 17, 2021
FRAME TO FRAME
Lo schermo dell’arte takes part in FRAME TO FRAME. A (DIGITAL) WEEK DEDICATED TO EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA, organised by the Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare in Bolzano in occasion of the exhibition TIME OUT dedicated to the animation pioneer Robert Breer currently underway at their space.
From the 19th until the 26th of March, 2021, the Foundation will share with its public a dedicated newsletter.
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November 16, 2020
VISIO Young Talent Acquisition Prize
Lo schermo dell’arte announces the winner of the sixth edition of the VISIO Young Talent Acquisition Prize: the artist Helen Anne Flanagan, whose work Gestures of Collapse (2019) will become part of the Seven Gravity Collection.
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November 11, 2020
Lo schermo dell’arte 13th Edition
The catalogue’s PDF of the 13th edition of Lo schermo dell’arte is now available.
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October 30, 2020
FLASH ART
Media partner Lo schermo dell’arte 2020
For its 13th edition Lo schermo dell’arte will have Flash Art as sole media partner.
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Otctober 21, 2020
VIENNALE
Vienna International Film Festival 2020
The film Zeus Machine. l’invincibile by Zapruder, presented at the 11th edition of Lo schermo dell’arte, is in programme at the Viennale – Vienna International Film Festival on October 31 and November 1, 2020.
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October 20, 2020
VISIO
9th Edition
November 9– 14, 2020
Florence
The twelve selected artists for the ninth edition of VISIO – European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images are: Jonas Brinker, Claudia Claremi, Helen Anna Flanagan, Valentina Furian, Megan-Leigh Heilig, Marcin Liminowicz, Edson Luli, Olena Newkryta, Ghita Skali, Peter Spanjer, Emilia Tapprest and Tora Wallander.
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October 14, 2020
MOVING ARCHIVE
4th edition
October 26 – 30, 2020. A project dedicated to users of the Libraries of the Metropolitan City of Florence.
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October 3, 2020
VISIO – European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images, 9th Edition
Florence
We received 96 applications by artists from 33 different nationalities: Albania, Austria, Belgium, China, Colombia, Cuba, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Morocco, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom.
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October 1, 2020
SECRET FLORENCE – MAKING OF
Lo schermo dell’arte and Istituto Marangoni Firenze present the video SECRET FLORENCE – MAKING OF.
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September 18, 2020
LO SCHERMO DELL’ARTE – 13TH EDITION
Florence, November 10–14, 2020
The first previews of the 13th edition of Lo schermo dell’arte are online. The programme will be published on October 9th, 2020.
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September 17, 2020
VISIO – European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images, 9th Edition
Florence
The call for applications to the ninth edition of VISIO – European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images is now open. Deadline for applications: Thursday the 1st of October 2020, at 11PM.
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September 8, 2020
PALAZZO GRASSI INVITES LO SCHERMO DELL’ARTE – 7TH EDITION
Venice
The screenings initially scheduled at Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi in March 2020 have been postponed from Monday the 28th of September until Thursday the 1st of October 2020.
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September 7, 2020
LO SCHERMO DELL’ARTE FOR CENTRO NAZIONALE DI PRODUZIONE VIRGILIO SIENI
PIA, Palazzina Indiano Arte
On September 13, October 11 and November 8, 2020, Lo schermo dell’arte will present three videos on the topic “game and reality” by the artists Anna Franceschini, Harun Farocki and Roberto Fassone as part of the project Tric e Trac – Giocare e abitare curated by Centro nazionale di produzione Virgilio Sieni.
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July 24, 2020
OPEN CALL WINNERS
Artists’ Film Italia Recovery Fund
The jury of Artists’ Film Italia Recovery Fund has selected 4 winner artists for the production of an original video work: they are Beatrice Favaretto, Caterina Erica Shanta, Riccardo Giacconi, and Roberto Fassone. Congratulations!
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June 16, 2020
OPENING OF THE CALL FOR PRODUCTION
Artists’ Film Italia Recovery Fund
The fundraising campaign is now closed and the call for the production of video works realised by Italian or resident in Italy artists under 35 years old is officially open. Deadline: July 7, 2020.
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May 22, 2020
STREAMING PROGRAMME
Artists’ Film Italia Recovery Fund
In order to raise funds for the campaign Artists’ Film Italia Recovery Fund, Lo schermo dell’arte launches a three artists’ film streaming programme available exclusively on the new virtual theatre Più Compagnia.
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May 14, 2020
ARTISTS’ FILM ITALIA RECOVERY FUND
Fundraising campaign until June 15, 2020
Lo schermo dell’arte is organizing a network of individuals and institutions to provide support through a fundraising campaign that will help finance the production of original video works by young Italian artists.
One hundred percent of the funds that are raised will be allocated, through a public call, to young Italian artists whose projects have been put on hold by the emergency caused by COVID-19.
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March 12, 2020
ART NURTURES THE SOUL
Artist’s cinema in times of crisis, March 12 – April 3, 2020
Free streaming of 12 films by Adrian Paci, Alfredo Jaar, Alterazioni Video, Flatform, Jeremy Deller, Jordi Colomer, Luca Trevisani, Martina Melilli, Omer Fast, Phil Collins, Rä di Martino, and Rebecca Digne on MYmovies.
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January 7, 2020
VIDEO INTERVIEWS
The video interviews realised during the Festival with Jeremy Deller, Flatform, Sergio Caballero, Masbedo and Luca Vitone are online.
Video Library