The Lovers Film Fest starts with 53 screenings scheduled

Fifty-three films scheduled, 4 world premieres, 6 international, 3 European and 28 Italian are the numbers of the 39th edition of Lovers Film Festivalthe oldest Italian festival on LGBTQI+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersexual) themes directed by Vladimir Luxuria and founded by Giovanni Minerba And Ottavio Mai scheduled in Turin from tomorrow to April 21st.

To the Lovers Film Fest the only Italian screening of the doc on rapper Lil Nas

Also on the bill on Saturday at 6pm is the only Italian screening of the documentary by Carlos López Estrada And Zac Manuel Lil Nas (USA, 2023, 95 min.) on the life of the famous African-American rapper originally from Atlanta.

«Vladimir Luxuria – they underline Enzo Ghigo And Domenico De Gaetano, respectively president and director of the National Cinema Museum – with his enthusiasm and sensitivity he is leading the festival towards a goal that confirms it as a fundamental event for authentic, equal and sensitive representation to the needs of the LGBTQI+ community. This year too, the selection is international, fully embracing the festival’s historic vocation to give voice to cinematographic products from all over the world. There are two national productions in selection and we trust that over time this number will increase to reflect the plurality of artistic perspectives and perspectives that express the theme in Italian cinema and make it a vehicle of inalienable rights”.

Vladimir Luxuria at the helm of Lovers Film Fest

To support Vladimir Luxuria, Angelo Acerbiassistant director and selection manager and selectors Elisa Cuter And Alessandro Uccelli.

«This year, in a climate of hatred and war, we have decided to respond with love – he declares Vladimir Luxuria – which, in fact, is also the theme of our guiding image, signed by Valenti Stecchi. A kiss at the cinema, the symbolic gesture of love. A kiss between two men that moves a man and a woman who are watching the film. The demonstration that when love is told well it moves everyone’s feelings, then we couldn’t help but dedicate this year’s festival to Sandra Milo who will look at us from a cloud surrounded by angels thinking “don’t do this, don’t suffer , I am fine”; she was one of the nicest people I’ve met in show business. Always available. Always energetic. It is not just the loss of a great actress but of a point of reference for the world of world cinema.”

The inauguration tomorrow with godmother Maria Grazia Cucinotta

The 2024 patroness will inaugurate the festival tomorrow at the Mole Antonelliana Maria Grazia Cucinottaprotagonist of a talk with Vladimir Luxuria. The opening film will be Duino Of Juan Pablo Di Pace.