BIMIFF #4 - ENG

B I M I F F I N T E R V I E W 39
CHATEAU DE LUMIÈRE was created in 2014 by you, Donati, and Ivana
Giordan. Can you tell us more about the work of your Cultural Association?
We are a non-profit cultural association, we propose to promote
culture, art, especially Cinema. The name Chateau De Lumière is a
clear homage to the Lumière brothers, inventors of cinema. We
started our activities in 2014, with the production of my first Italian
short film Caput Mundi. Ivana Giordan is an Italian professional
actress who, besides being a co-founder of our association, made
effective participation in the short. In 2016 we started the project of a
documentary written and directed by me about the Ceará sculptor
Sérvulo Esmeraldo. We even recorded interviews, we filmed images of
several of his sculptures exhibited outdoors in Fortaleza, all with
money from our own pockets during a vacation in Brazil. But the
distance hindered the process and unfortunately, Sérvulo passed
away in February 2017 before we could do a special interview with
him and without the sponsorship coming through. I was very
frustrated by this and abandoned the project. But, I intend to resume
the work and find the necessary sponsorship to make this tribute to
the great artist Sérvulo Esmeraldo. Starting in 2020 the Chateau De
Lumière will hold an annual showcase of Italian short films called
"Corti al Castello" (Shorts in the Castle). The event takes place during
the Italian summer in the tiny and fascinating medieval village of
Moresco, in the Marche region (pronounced "Marque" in Italian). The
screening takes place outdoors in Piazza Castello, the medieval heart
of Moresco, which is dominated by the heptagonal tower of the castle
that gave rise to the village. We still don't have a sponsorship that
would allow us to hold a festival, for now, it's just a screening, but we
have instituted the audience award.
The event is presented in three nights with two distinct categories:
1- short films with women as the protagonist
2- short films made in the region.
3- Closing night: Concert and presentation of the two winning short
films.
In the first two nights, we distribute to the public the ballot papers
with the list of the projected short films. After each screening people
vote from 1 to 5. We count the votes before the last night. On the
closing night, we present a concert with piano and flute and then
declare the two winners of the respective categories. We have the
sponsorship of the city, which is limited to the cession of the square
with chairs for the public, plus the material needed for the projection
(projector, mixer, screen) and we have the support of some local
producers who offer the excellent wine and oil produced in Moresco
as a prize to the winners, as well as providing us with a cocktail at the
opening of the event. We are looking for investors so that the show
can grow to the point of becoming an international film festival.
In September 2021, Chateau De Lumière produced Annavespa which
had post-production completed in January 2022.
"Annavespa" film scene