Peroni Nastro Azzurro ACCADEMIA DEL FILM

You saw the photos on the Photo Blog from Peroni Nastro Azzurro's Accademia Del Film's Wrap party a couple of weeks ago, and you quite possibly attended the party and enjoyed the free entertainment on offer without any idea what all the celebrations were actually in aid of. Well, the clue is in the name. Peroni Nastro Azzurro were celebrating the start of their new 'Accademia Del Film', dummy!

The Peroni Nastro Azzurro Accademia Del Film is basically an institution set up to promote the uniqueness of Italian cinema. As part of this, the Accademia selected a small group of young filmmakers and encouraged them to get involved in projects embracing the values of Italian cinema. Gabriela Muccino (he of Will Smith and general Hollywood fame) directed the first short film and it is now up on their website for all the world to see.

If you study film a lot, you will probably notice the neo-realism that was once a reaction against the fascism of Mussolini, but now has come to typify Italian filmmaking; the honesty and gritty lack of heroism of the characters, and signs of humanity's perpetual struggle that characters tend to endure in the Italian depiction of life. If not, you can enjoy film with a fresh palate and take from it what you will.

You can watch the finished film here:

http://peroniitaly.com/gb/

And also watch some of the films they made around the stylistics of Italian cinema below.

On Heritage:

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On Imagination:

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On Realism:

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On Aesthetics:

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