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Torino GLBT Film Festival 2015

<p>[ April 29, 2015 to May 4, 2015. ] Torino GLBT Film Festival – In 1981 Ottavio Mai and Giovanni Minerba decided to stage their own rebellion against mainstream movies where homosexual “characters” were always relegated to marginal roles and/or to offensive stereotypes. Their opposition took the form of their first film, shot in video, Dalla vita di Piero. The film was well received [...]</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://seasonsofpride.com/2015/02/torino-glbt-film-festival-2015/">Torino GLBT Film Festival 2015</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://seasonsofpride.com/">Seasons of Pride</a>.</p>
April 29, 2015toMay 4, 2015

Torino GLBT Film Festival – In 1981 Ottavio Mai and Giovanni Minerba decided to stage their own rebellion against mainstream movies where homosexual “characters” were always relegated to marginal roles and/or to offensive stereotypes. Their opposition took the form of their first film, shot in video, Dalla vita di Piero. The film was well received at Festival Cinema Giovani di Torino, Turin’s festival for young film-makers, and was then presented at several international festivals. So the seed of the Torino International Film Festival on Homosexual Themes, “From Sodom to Hollywood”, was planted. Turin, Italy.

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“Da Sodoma a Hollywood” è uno dei più antichi festival GLBT in Europa. Nato nel 1986 come piccola e coraggiosa manifestazione “a tematica omosessuale”, nel 2015 compirà 30 anni.

“Da Sodoma a Hollywood” is among the oldest GLBT Film Festivals in Europe. Born in Torino in 1986 as a small and daring “gay themed” event, it will celebrate its 30 years in 2015.

Questo Festival muove i primi passi nel 1985, poco dopo la nomina di Marziano Marzano ad Assessore alla Cultura del Comune di Torino. Con coraggio e nonostante le molte polemiche, Marzano sostiene il progetto di Ottavio Mai e Giovanni Minerba, giovani filmaker determinati a dare visibilità anche in Italia alle opere cinematografiche a tematica GLBT, troppo spesso senza una distribuzione. “Da Sodoma a Hollywood” nasce così nel1986, ottenendo anche il contributo della Provincia di Torino e della Regione Piemonte, oltre all’importante sostegno artistico e culturale di altre realtà italiane ed estere presenti sul territorio.

Nata in un primo momento come rassegna-vetrina, nel 1989 la manifestazione si trasforma in Festival ed ottiene presto il riconoscimento del Ministero del Turismo e dello Spettacolo. Dal 2006 è passato sotto la gestione del Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino e negli ultimi anni la sua risonanza è costantemente cresciuta, arrivando a superare le 40.000 presenze annuali dall’edizione del 2008.

Fin dall’inizio il Festival ha avuto tra i suoi obiettivi non soltanto quello di presentare film in anteprima nazionale, ma soprattutto quello di dare visibilità tanto ad un cinema che altrimenti non avrebbe alcuna possibilità di circuitazione in Italia, quanto a promettenti artisti provenienti da tutto il mondo, sempre mantenendo uno stretto legame anche con lo spettatore “comune”.

Ogni anno il Festival presenta oltre 100 titoli tra opere in concorso, retrospettive, omaggi, eventi speciali e focus tematici cari alla comunità GLBT. Nel corso dei suoi ventisei anni la manifestazione ha visto la partecipazione di artisti del calibro di Gus Van Sant, Claudia Cardinale, Eytan Fox, Derek Jarman o Christophe Honoré, in alcuni casi invitati per rendergli omaggio, in altri “scoperti” quando ancora muovevano i primi passi nel mondo dello spettacolo.
Dal 2010 è stato istituito il Premio Dorian Gray, una statuetta appositamente ed originalmente realizzata dal maestro Ugo Nespolo, destinato a personalità che durante la loro carriera si sono distinte per il loro supporto alla causa GLBT. James Ivory, Lindsay Kemp e Luciana Littizzetto sono stati i primi tre artisti insigniti del riconoscimento.

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This Festival took its first steps in 1985, shortly after Marziano Marzano had been put in charge of the Culture Department within the city of Torino’s administration. Despite the controversy raised by his decision, Marzano bravely supported the project of Ottavio Mai and Giovanni Minerba, two young filmmakers who were determined to give visibility in Italy to GLBT-themed productions, which too often enjoyed no distribution. “Da Sodoma a Hollywood” was therefore born in 1986, with support also from the Provincial Administration and the Regional Council. Several other Italian as well as foreign institutions active on the local territory also joined to bring to the festival their fundamental cultural and artistical contribution.

Initially born as a small film show, the event turned into an actual festival by 1989, and gained soon after the full recognition of the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment. Since 2006, Torino GLBT Film Festival is organized under the auspices of Turin’s National Museum of Cinema and its fame has been constantly growing, attracting more than 40,000 spectators every year.

Since the very beginning, the Festival aims not only at screening the previews of numerous new movies, but also at promoting a cinema which wouldn’t otherwise circulate in Italy. It has also always been committed to supporting young and promising artists from different countries, while cultivating a close contact with the larger public.

The Festival presents every year over 100 titles spread across its different sections, from competition selections to retrospectives, tributes, special events and thematic forums revolving around the GLBT world. Throughout its twenty-six editions the event has hosted great artists like Gus Van Sant, Claudia Cardinale, Eytan Fox, Derek Jarman and Christophe Honoré. In some cases guests are invited so that a tribute to their work could be paid, while in others they were so “discovered”, at an early stage of their careers.

Since 2010, the Dorian Gray Prize – a statuette specifically designed by Ugo Nespolo – is awarded to those artists who have been found to stand out for the GLBT cause over the years. James Ivory, Lindsay Kemp e Luciana Littizzetto were the first to receive the award.

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