The Lucca Film Festival is a cinema season held at Cinema Centrale and San Girolamo Theatre, in the centre of Lucca.
The eleventh edition of the Lucca Film Festival, that from this year unites with the European Cinema Festival of Viareggio, is dedicated to the Canadian director, producer and screenwriter David Cronenberg. The event runs from 15 to 21 March and features a retrospective of Cronenberg’s films.
The international exhibitions dedicated to him, organised by the New Events Committee for Lucca in partnership with the Festival and produced by the Toronto International Film Festival and daVolumina in Turin, will run from 15 February to 3 May.
• The exhibition Evolution, which includes over a hundred props, costumes, drawings, sketches, photos and unreleased films, is on show at the Ragghianti Foundation, in the old town centre, with an annexed special section entitled M.Butterfly, in the Puccini Museum – Casa Natale. Curated by Piers Handling, director of the Toronto International Film Festival, and Noah Cowan, artistic director of the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
• Red Cars, a multimedia installation dedicated to Ferrari and the world of racing, based on the publication of 2005, screenplay for the never made film, is on show at the State Archive (ex-Macelli) in Lucca. Curated by Domenico De Gaetano, director of Volumina, and Alessandro Romanini.
• 70 frames chosen by Cronenberg from his most famous films make up the exhibition Chromosomes, on show at the GAMC in Viareggio and curated by D. De Gaetano and A. Romanini.
Details:
EVOLUTION Lucca/Ragghianti Foundation
via San Micheletto, 3 – tel. + 39 0583 467205+ 39 0583 467205 – info@fondazioneragghianti.it
RED CARS Lucca/State Archive Exhibition Space (ex- Macelli)
Via Pubblici Macelli, 155
Hours: from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 7pm for both exhibitions. Closed Tuesday.
Ticket prices: single inclusive ticket Evolution and Red Cars: full € 7,00 – reduced € 5,00
Also available at www.luccafilmfestival.it
M.BUTTERFLY
Lucca/Puccini Museum – Casa Natale
Corte San Lorenzo, 8 – tel. +39 0583 584028+39 0583 584028 – info@puccinimuseum.it
Hours: until 30 March from 10am to 1pm, Fridays from 10am to 4pm, weekends from 10am to 6pm. Closed Tuesday.
Festival week hours 10/18. Closed Tuesday
From 1 April from 10am to 6pm, weekends from 10am to 7pm. Always open
Ticket prices: € 3,00 with single inclusive ticket Evolution and Red Cars
CHROMOSOMES
Viareggio/ GAMC “L.Viani” Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art
Palazzo delle muse, Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini – tel. +39 0584 581118+39 0584 581118– gamc@comune.viareggio.lu.it
The Festival’s president is Nicola Borelli. Funded by the Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca Foundation, with support from Regional Authorities of Tuscany, Lucca Town Council, Banca del Monte di Lucca Foundation and the collaboration of the Provincial Authorities of Lucca.
Associazione Vi(s)ta Nova