Free streaming for the 2020 edition of archeocineMANN, the archaeological film festival

The second edition of archeocineMANN, the archaeological film festival organized by the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Archeologia Viva and Firenze Archeofilm, will be streamed this year from December 2 to 5. Films from the 2020 edition will be available for free access on streamcult.it where registration is required, while the full program is available on the organizers’ websites: museoarcheologiconapoli.it, archeologiaviva.it and firenzearcheofilm.it.

There will be many previews that will take the audience on a journey through time, traveling to the most remote places on the planet: thus, it will be possible to enter the tunnels of the Pyramid of Cheops, where an international mission will lead viewers to the discovery of a new mysterious cavity; again, in the documentary Apud Cannas, in 3D-based animation, unpublished aspects of the famous Battle of Cannae will be revealed. The millennial history of the city of Olympia will be all in the film shot where the most prestigious games of antiquity were born, which still bear the name of that famous place: the Olympics, precisely.

Instead, it is by an Italian, Alberto Castellani, Mesopotamia in memoriam. Notes on a Violated Heritage. The season of the great empires: in the documentary, the archaeological investigation will be accompanied by an analysis of the current state of Iraqi sites, after the damage wrought byIsis (and others). Space, then, to the Middle Ages, “revised and corrected” with great irony, in the film that sees in the role of Matilda of Canossa the former “tourist by chance” Syusy Blady (aka Maurizia Giusti). And again, far from the fanciful Hollywood narratives, here is the (real) world of gladiators, in an ideal anticipation of the great exhibition that MANN will host in March 2021.

There will be no shortage of news about the most famous megalithic site of all time, Stonehenge, identified by archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson’s team with a large cemetery, as well as a focus on Pompeii’s final hours, through recent discoveries by a team of French scholars. For fans of folklore and millennia-old traditions, in-depth space on dragons and monsters in the imagination of past peoples; finally, the masterpiece film dedicated to the great Achaemenid capital Persepolis is not to be missed.

MANN’s most appreciated film productions will enrich the program: it will be possible to see the documentary Agalma by young director Doriana Monaco, which tells, with the voices of Fabrizio Gifuni and Sonia Bergamasco, the life “behind the scenes” of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. The film, selected for the 17th edition of Venice Days 77, was produced by Antonella Di Nocera(Parallel 41 productions) and Lorenzo Cioffi(Ladoc) with MANN. Again, streaming will feature the short films of The Genesis of MANN. A Journey with Cartastorie in four videos and the trailer for the documentary Thalassa. Storytelling.

Not only films, but also stories and lived experiences: virtual viewers will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with big names in archaeological research and popularization with interviews with Patrizia Piacentini (Egyptologist, director of the Aswan Excavation Mission), Pierfrancesco Callieri (director of the Italian excavations in Persepolis), Giuliano Volpe (archaeologist and writer), and Syusy Blady (actress and TV host).

After the conclusion of the streaming and the awarding of the MANN Prize to the film chosen by the jury of experts of the review, archeocineMANN will continue on demand until December 10: an important opportunity, also aimed at professors and students to interweave content and themes, between archaeology, art and cinema. In this way, the festival will serve as a real “platform” of in-depth study for high schools: the MANN will provide free films, including four national premieres, shorts, interviews and extra content. Also this year, in collaboration with theMoby Dick Association, the Schools Prize will be awarded to the best film, selected by a jury of more than 200 students from Neapolitan high schools.

Comments Archaeological Director Paolo Giulierini, "The MANN as a portal of international archaeology. From Olympia to Canne, from the Egypt of the Pyramids to the Arles of the Gladiators, from Stonehenge to Peru, from the dragons of the Middle Ages to the last hours of Pompeii: the Archaeological Museum of Naples invites you on a journey through time and space starting from our masterpieces. We had imagined the second edition of archeocineMANN as a party in the new auditorium. We decided to confirm the announced dates and spread the great international archaeological cinema in free streaming, because we believe in the important cultural value of this appointment organized with Archeologia viva and Firenze Archeofilm. And we also do so with a special commitment to distance education, offering materials of the highest quality that can support teachers and will surely fascinate viewers of all ages. Between MANN and cinema, as is well known, the relationship is very close: famous films (from Cadaveri eccellenti to Napoli velata), auteur video clips, documentaries, but not only, have been shot in our theaters. The Museum is also a producer of audiovisuals for the web, starting with the Obvia project and the encounter with the world of Neapolitan animation, up to works for the big screen, from the short Antico Presente to Agalma, which took us to the last Venice Film Festival. Our proposal is, therefore, to discover more and more archaeological cinema, which entrusts scientific disclosure to the power of the image and the suggestion of storytelling. We look forward to seeing you in our virtual hall."

“At MANN we present the best cinematographic works recently produced worldwide and still never proposed to the general public,” says Piero Pruneti, director of Archeologia Viva. “These are works that document the most up-to-date research on the relationship between humans and the planet from the origins of the species to historical civilizations. It is a very controversial relationship, especially when it comes to cohabitation and resource sharing, which we must keep in mind, because it can teach us many useful things at this critical stage for all of humanity, seemingly disoriented about a future that promises to be worrisome. Once again, we cannot understand where we want to go if we do not know who we are and where we come from.”

The definition of archeocineMANN’s program, as well as the organization of the IT infrastructure and filming, are the responsibility of the Museum’s Educational Services(Lucia Emilio- Manager, with Elisa Napolitano and Antonio Sacco) together with Archeologia Viva, Firenze Archeofilm. Technical support is provided by Fine Art Productions.

Free streaming for the 2020 edition of archeocineMANN, the archaeological film festival

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