The annual appointment with Lo schermo dell'arte Festival of cinema and contemporary art is back. Over the course of four evenings, the Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi presents a selection of films from the 2024 edition of the Florentine festival.
Programmed are documentaries dedicated to the protagonists of the art world and artists' films, including Time by Garret Bradley, Arte Povera by Andrea Bettinetti, Ernest Cole by Raoul Peck and Duck by Rachel Maclean. The first event will open with the live-performance Edge of Life by John Menick.
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The programme
Thursday 6 March, from 6 pm
- Edge of Life, live performance by John Menick, 2024, 40'. Followed by a Q&A
From 7 pm
- La Gola by Diego Marcon, Switzerland/Germany/Austria/UK, 2024, 22'22''
- Duck by Rachel Maclean, UK, 2024, 16'30''
- The Book of Flowers by Agnieszka Polska, Romania, 2023, 9'35''
- Alreadymade by Barbara Visser, The Netherlands, 2023, 82'
Friday 7 March, from 6 pm
- Time by Garrett Bradley, USA, 2020 81'
- Radical Women by Isabel Nascimento Silva, Brazil, 2023, 71'
Saturday 8 March, from 6 pm
- Among the Palms, the Bomb, or: Looking for Reflections in the Toxic Field of Plenty by Lukas Marxt and Vanja Smilijanic, Austria/Germany, 2024, 85'
- 'Lolo & Sosaku' The Western Archive by Sergio Caballero, Spain, 2024, 66'
Sunday 9 March, from 5 pm
- Arte Povera, Appunti per la storia by Andrea Bettinetti, Italy, 2023, 93'
- Ernest Cole: Lost and Found by Raoul Peck, France/USA, 2024, 106'
