Lucca Film Festival 2024
From September 21 to 29, international cinema returns to Tuscany
From Sept. 21-29 in Lucca comes the 20th edition of the Lucca Film Festival, under the artistic direction of Nicola Borrelli. A truly rich program with numerous guests: Chiara Mastroianni opens the Lucca Film Festival with a tribute to her father Marcello, on the afternoon of Sept. 21 at Palazzo Pfanner with the exhibition Marcello the successful antidiva, open to the public until Oct. 27. Director and screenwriter Paul Schrader is featured at Cinema Astra in a masterclass, Sept. 26 at 12 noon, open to the public and a retrospective of his films, receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award on Sept. 27. U.S. actor, screenwriter, writer, director and producer Ethan Hawke on Sept. 26 at 9 p.m. presents the Italian premiere of his latest directorial film, Wildcat, and receives the Golden Panther Award. Actor Matthew Modine presents The Martini Short on Sept. 25 at 9 p.m. Also lighting up the Lucca FF parterre are director Pupi Avati, on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 9 p.m., who is honored with a screening of his horror classic The House of Laughing Windows; director Tonino De Bernardi, who receives the Lifetime Achievement Award on Sept. 24; director and screenwriter Massimo Gaudioso, who holds a masterclass on Sept. 22; and actor Federico Cesari, who receives the Nuovi Protagonisti Award and holds a Q&A with the audience.
Matthew Modine Rich and varied Lucca Film Festival 2024: the exhibition dedicated to Marcello Mastroianni and numerous screenings for a total of 50 Italian premieres from around the world, including 12 feature films, 12 short films, 10 environmentally themed LFF For Future shorts, 10 Italian premieres for Buona la prima!
La mostra MARCELLO L’ANTIDIVO DI SUCCESSOFor the feature film section, this edition marks a record number of entries: more than 230 works arrived from all over the world for the international competition, curated by Stefano Giorgi and Mattia Fiorino. 12 feature films in Italian premiere to explore universally important themes and investigate film cultures from all over the world. This year's competition-the jury is composed of actress Lidia Vitale, director Valerio Mieli and screenwriter Guido Iuculano-is composed entirely of debut works, mostly from outside Europe.
For the international short film competition, curated by Laura Da Prato and Dario Ricci, now in its 10th edition, more than 500 works arrived from all over the world.The 12 short films selected are judged by a professional jury composed of producer Simone Gandolfo, director and Rai author Luca Rea and make-up artist Dalia Colli, and are screened at Cinema Astra on Sept. 26 from 5 p.m. and Sept. 27 from 3 p.m. 4 out-of-competition and 12 in competition, including 3 European premieres.
Actress Carolina Crescentini chairs the jury of the second edition of LFF for Future.
Carolina Crescentini (ph. Alessandro Pensini)Closing the festival is another premiere, the screening of Familia, directed by Francesco Costabile recently presented at the Venice Film Festival, which will feature the director, actor Francesco Di Leva and young actor Francesco Gheghi as guests.
