Cortomobile is a four-wheeled

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, designed inside a green

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, year 1974. It can guest two viewers only, which can choose their own show, from a "short-menù", a list of short films and

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located beside the car. Since its first screening in 2006, the ''turned-into-cinema'' vintage car has been performing in

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and all over

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. In 2009, Cortomobile has been protagonist of the First Car Film Festival in the province of Florence.

The "Short-menu"

During Cortomobile's performance, the viewers are invited to choose their own screenings from a ''Short-menu'', a complete list of selected short films,

and

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available, around forty. Among the directors included in the ''Short-menu'': Adriano Valerio,Italian filmmaker, presently living in Paris
Adriano Valerio
at the

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Antonio Meucci, Simone Lecca.

Festival and stops

2009 * Spring/Summer: Cortomobile On Tour - Sankt Pölten Höfefest (

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);

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; Potenza. * March: First Car Film Festival (

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) 2008 * October: 4th Day of Contemporary * Spring/Summer: Tuscany Tour -

; Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci Videominuto ( Prato);

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. 2007 * November: Torino Film Festival * July:

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On the Road * Spring/Summer: Tuscany Tour * May: Facoltà di Architettura di Firenze 2006 * November: Creativity Festival Florence * September: 63a

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* July: Bacchereto ( Prato), First stop

Notes

References

* Jessica Goethals
"Film in motion finds its way through Florence."
''The Florentine.net'', November 2, 2006

External links

Cortomobile Official Site
Animation film festivals Film festivals in Italy Short film festivals {{animation-stub

The "Short-menu"

Festival and stops

See also

Notes

References

External links