The 21st Naples Film Festival was held from September 23rd to October 1st.
In the Europe / Mediterranean section several new talents emerged:
– Italian director Fabio Massa with Mai per Semper (a dramatic story about friendship and love, the struggle between good and evil)
– Croatian director Barbara Vekaric with Aleksi (the story of a girl trying to escape the boring life her family imposes on her)
– Moroccan director Mohamed Zineddaine with The Healer (set in the suburb of Khouribga, a town near a phosphate mine)
In the “Authors’ Travel” section the festival marked the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the French New Wave with screenings of films by Godard and Truffaut.
New Spanish cinema was also highlighted. Several first films were screened, including Diana Toucedo’s documentary Thirty Souls, which closed the festival.
Her film follows twelve year old Alba who lives in a small mountain village in Galicia, where time has stopped. As she explores abandoned houses, forgotten villages and empty forests which seem to conceal a parallel world, she becomes fascinated by the mysterious reality of death. In this unsettling world, Diana Toucedo sets us thinking, wondering.
Source: https://www.cineuropa.org/
