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PRESENT AND FUTURE OF DOCUMENTARY CINEMA: DOC/IT AND SOLINAS AWARD ARE GUESTS OF VENICE DAYS
02/09/2008
Yesterday, at the Authors’ Villa took place the DOCU-DAY. In order to talk about documentary two appointments were scheduled: the first at 11.30 with Doc/It–Italian Documentary Filmmakers Association, that presented the Doc/It Award–Sicily Film Commission, assigned to the best documentary of those presented in all sections of the 65th Venice Film Festival; the second, named Documentary Cinema: from the idea to the film, at 15.30 with Solinas Award–documentary for cinema, in collaboration with Apollo 11, in order to discuss, together with the members of the Jury and the Scientific Committee, planning, development and diffusion in the cinema, and announcing the group of finalists of this award first edition.
The Award Directress, Annamaria Granatello, talking about the Solinas, said: “Together with Apollo 11 we are searching an ideal process as to crumble the dramatic situation and to solve the problem of realization and promotion of these works”.
Thanks to Agostino Ferrente, the Apollo 11’s Director, Committee was created, gathering critics, directors and producers, and a Jury of specialists for selecting the 11 finalists.