Despite the difficulties of the pandemic, the Gran Paradiso Film Festival and the Festival International Nature Namur have worked to offer to the audience extraordinary images of nature. In a such delicate moment, these two important international Film Festivals of nature cinema have been able to adapt themselves and transform criticality and uncertainties into opportunities for growth and renewal.

The 23^rd Gran Paradiso Film Festival with its theme: “New paths in the post-Covid19 era-the challenge of sustainability” recovers in this edition space and time, embracing the entire summer season, involving the whole territory of the Gran Paradiso and opening up for the first time to the whole world on the web, with outdoor and streaming events and online movies.

The 26^th Festival International Nature Namur will express its support to photographers and naturalist directors that could present their works through FINN. Main events, that will take place from 9 to 18 October, will be held at the Citadelle of Namur which will host photographic exhibitions, animations for schools and screenings of films in competition, offering a real place of exchange and sharing between the public and the professionals of nature cinema.

The Artistic Director of the Gran Paradiso Film Festival, Luisa Vuillermoz, will be member of the technical jury of this edition that will award the “Grand Prix” to the best film in competition and other prizes in the category of professional directors.

Both Festivals have adapted the format and programmed the events to ensure the safety of the audience.

The Award Ceremony will be held on Saturday, August 22 at the Villaggio Minatori of Cogne.  The “Stambecco d’Oro” Trophy, the “Cortonatura” Prize and other awards will be assigned to the best films in competition.  The event will open with a tribute to master Morricone by the SFOM of Aosta and will continue with a teleconference interview with Prof. Enrico Giovannini, co-founder and spokesman of Asvis (Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development) on the theme “New paths in the post-covid19 era – the challenge of sustainability”. The entire event will be streamed on the festival website www.27.gpff.it.

Friday, August 21 at 17.00, at the Villaggio Minatori of Cogne, the six short films n of the Cortonatura session will be screened and the exhibition “Il Pianto della Terra (The cry of the Earth)” will be inaugurated by the artist Barbara Tutino, that will personally accompany the audience to discover her works.

Last Festival week will start at Maison Pellissier in Rhêmes-Saint-Georges, on Tuesday, August 18 at 21.00, with the screening of the film event “The Elephant Queen” by Victoria Stone and Mark Deeble, in collaboration with Apple TV. In the afternoon the short-films competition “Cortonatura” will be held, accompanied by three exhibitions dedicated to mountains:

Gran Paradiso VR – The experience of Nature, the new virtual installation that simulate the ascent to the top of Mt. Gran Paradiso enjoying a 360º panorama; the “Chamois of the ice” that will tell the mysteries of a recent discovery of a chamois mummy on the Tsissetta glacier (Cogne valley) and the “Animated Stones” by the artist Arianna Bernini who, with an exhibition and a live painting session will fascinate the audience.

L’emergenza sanitaria in atto impone a tutti di rimanere in casa e per questo Fondation Grand
Paradis e il Gran Paradiso Film Festival hanno deciso di rimanere vicini al pubblico portando nelle
abitazioni suggestive immagini di natura. Grazie all’innovazione tecnologica, la cultura, l’arte e lo
spettacolo non si fermano.

A partire dalla sera di lunedì 30 marzo e fino a lunedì 13 aprile alcuni dei migliori film del Gran
Paradiso Film Festival saranno pubblicati sul sito www.27.gpff.it/gpffathome/ e visibili in streaming dalla “tana” di
casa e daranno vita al concorso #gpffathome che assegnerà la “Marmotta d’Oro” e la “Marmottina
d’Oro”.
Fino al termine della rassegna il pubblico potrà iscriversi alla giuria e, dopo aver potuto apprezzare
dal proprio divano tutti i film, potrà votare e far vincere il documentario preferito.
Tra i partecipanti alla giuria verranno sorteggiati 20 zaini Lowe Alpine da montagna offerti dal
progetto P.A.C.T.A.– Promouvoir l’Action Culturelle en Territoire Alpin con altrettanti Fondation Grand
Paradis Pass che potranno presto essere utilizzati per visitare i siti di interesse culturale e
naturalistico.

Se assistere ai documentari non fosse sufficiente a soddisfare la voglia di natura, sarà anche possibile
con Gran Paradiso VR – The experience of Nature, salire la via normale alla cima del Gran Paradiso e
vivere l’esperienza virtuale dell’ascesa all’unico massiccio che supera i 4000 metri interamente in
territorio italiano.
Tutti i dettagli, lo streaming, gli aggiornamenti e maggiori approfondimenti sono disponibili sul sito
www.27.gpff.it.

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