Magnitudo Film announces new docu-film on Giotto and the Scrovegni Chapel, Unesco World Heritage Site

Giotto ’s Cappella degli Scrovegni and the fresco cycles of 14th-century Padua, just a few days ago places recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, included in the World Heritage List, will be the protagonists of a docu-film produced by Magnitudo Film.

Urbs Picta: Giotto and the Dream of the Renaissance will be directed by Francesco Invernizzi (director also of Canova, Leonardo - Cinquecento, Mathera - L’ascolto dei sassi) and will be written by Bancarella Prize winner Matteo Strukul, bestselling author of the tetralogy of novels about the Medici of Florence, and Silvia Gorgi, author of a pentalogy of popular essays on the city of Padua. Scientific advice is provided by Andrea Colasio, Councillor for Culture of the City of Padua, an institution that has granted its patronage to the film work.

Magnitudo Film’s latest production already counts the support of the Veneto Film Commission and focuses on the story of the commissioning of the Scrovegni Chapel and the seven other 14th-century sites, which all together constitute the Padua Urbs Picta: the struggles between dynasties of important patrons will be told, among them the Scrovegni, Giotto’s patrons, but especially the Carraresi, who were lords of Padua for a century, defending the city’s independence from the Serenissima, protecting art and beauty, protecting artists such as Francesco Petrarca, Guariento d’Arpo, Giusto de’ Menabuoi and many others, and making their court the most splendid and refined in 14th-century Italy.

“Yesterday - just two years ago in 2019 - Matera and today Padua: Magnitudo Film’s commitment to enhance the heritages of humanity in Italy and above all, bring these values to the world and to movie theaters continues,” commented Francesco Invernizzi, CEO of Magnitudo Film and director of Urbs Picta: Giotto and the Dream of the Renaissance. He thus announces the new production made with 8K technology. “It is a further confirmation of how our country is able to be a world leader in the commitment, protection and enhancement of artistic, historical and cultural heritage. We want to tell about this recognition, a reason for national pride and witness it for future generations.”

Magnitudo Film announces new docu-film on Giotto and the Scrovegni Chapel, Unesco World Heritage Site

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