Cortomobile is a four-wheeled
cinema
Cinema may refer to:
Film
* Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
* Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image
** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking
...
, designed inside a green
Alfa Romeo 2000
The Alfa Romeo 2000 (officially known as ''Tipo 102'', Italian for ''Type 102'') is a luxury car produced by Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo between 1958 and 1962, as a successor to the 1900 Super. It was replaced in 1962 by the Alfa Romeo ...
, year 1974. It can guest two viewers only, which can choose their own show, from a "short-menù", a list of
short films and
animations
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...
located beside the car.
Since its first screening in 2006, the ''turned-into-cinema'' vintage car has been performing in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...
,
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...
,
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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,
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...
and all over
Tuscany
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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,
animations
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...
and
videos
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) syste ...
available, around forty. Among the directors included in the ''Short-menu'': Adriano Valerio,
[Italian filmmaker, presently living in Paris]
Adriano Valerio
at the Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...
Antonio Meucci, Simone Lecca.
Festival and stops
2009
* Spring/Summer: Cortomobile On Tour -
Sankt Pölten Höfefest (
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
);
Fossano
Fossano ( pms, Fossan) is a town and ''comune'' of Piedmont, northern Italy. It is the fourth largest town of the Province of Cuneo, after Cuneo, Alba and Bra.
It lies on the main railway line from Turin to Cuneo and to Savona, and has a branch l ...
;
Potenza.
* March: First Car Film Festival (
Certaldo Certaldo is a town and '' comune'' of Tuscany, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Florence, in the middle of Valdelsa. It is about southwest of the Florence Duomo.
It is 50 minutes by rail and 35 minutes by car southwest of Florence, and it is 40 ...
)
2008
* October: 4th Day of Contemporary
* Spring/Summer: Tuscany Tour -
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...
;
Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci Videominuto (
Prato);
Viareggio
Viareggio () is a city and ''comune'' in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 62,000, it is the second largest city within the province of Lucca, after Lucca.
It is known as a seaside resort as ...
.
2007
* November: Torino Film Festival
* July:
Pelago
Pelago is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about east of Florence. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,396 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: ...
On the Road
* Spring/Summer: Tuscany Tour
* May: Facoltà di Architettura di Firenze
2006
* November: Creativity Festival Florence
* September: 63a
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...
* July: Bacchereto (
Prato), First stop
See also
*
Short films
*
Alfa Romeo 2000
The Alfa Romeo 2000 (officially known as ''Tipo 102'', Italian for ''Type 102'') is a luxury car produced by Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo between 1958 and 1962, as a successor to the 1900 Super. It was replaced in 1962 by the Alfa Romeo ...
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
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