{"id":15705,"date":"2021-07-27T10:14:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T10:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.27.gpff.it\/?p=15705"},"modified":"2021-07-27T10:14:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T10:14:10","slug":"full-house-for-the-opening-ceremony-of-the-24th-edition-of-the-gran-paradiso-film-festival-starring-dario-vergassola-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.27.gpff.it\/full-house-for-the-opening-ceremony-of-the-24th-edition-of-the-gran-paradiso-film-festival-starring-dario-vergassola-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Full house for the opening ceremony of the 24th edition of the Gran Paradiso Film Festival starring Dario Vergassola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"IT\">A f<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">ull house<\/span><span lang=\"IT\"> at the<\/span><span lang=\"FR\"> Maison de La Grivola<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">, in Cogne, watched with curiosity and attention <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">the opening ceremony of the 24th edition of the Gran Paradiso Film Festival<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">, which was<\/span> <span lang=\"IT\">live streamed in two nearby local venues<\/span> <span lang=\"IT\">and on the web<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"IT\">During the ceremony, attended by Festival <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">partners <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">and several<\/span> <span lang=\"IT\">high-ranking <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">regional officials<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">, the theme of this year\u2019s edition <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">&#8211; &#8220;Building from memory&#8221; &#8211;<\/span><span lang=\"IT\"> was unveiled alongside the extensive <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">programme of events that will take place in the municipalities of Gran Paradiso<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">area<\/span> <span lang=\"IT\">from 28 July to<\/span> 13 August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">ceremony<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> was <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">presented<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> by the Festival&#8217;s Artistic Director, Luisa Vuillermoz, and <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">by the<\/span> <span lang=\"IT\">quick-witted comedian, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Dario Vergassola, who entertained the public and the authorities with his <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">signature<\/span> <span lang=\"IT\">dry humour<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"IT\">Festival partners underlined<\/span> <span lang=\"IT\">the importance of the event for the Gran Paradiso area, and drew attention to the<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> growing <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">environmental sustainability awareness among the wider public. Vergassola commented<\/span>: <span lang=\"IT\">\u201cThe Festival is all about <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">quality<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">: the official selection includes outstanding<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> documentaries. Never before has <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">the <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">need for nature<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">, as well as the importance of protecting the planet, been so strongly felt<\/span>. <span lang=\"IT\">The Festival is clearly dear to its audience, and <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">partners <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">and <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">stakeholders are <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">justly <\/span>proud<span lang=\"IT\"> of it<\/span><span lang=\"RU\">&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"DE\">Registration <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">to join<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> the <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">Festival<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> jury<\/span><span lang=\"IT\"> is still open.<\/span> <span lang=\"IT\">In a clear sign of <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">significant growth <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">from past editions, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">375 entries <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">have been registered to date<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15331 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.27.gpff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CS3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Gran Paradiso Film Festival is a Fondation Grand Paradis<\/span><\/i><i> <\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">project, realised within the framework of the PACTA Project Promouvoir l&#8217;Action Culturelle en Territoire Alpin (Interreg V-A Italy-France ALCOTRA 2014-2020); in collaboration with: <\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"IT\">the <\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Department of Environment, Transport and Sustainable Mobility of the Autonomous Region of <\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"IT\">the Aosta Valley<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">; with the support of: <\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"IT\">the <\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism, <\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"IT\">the <\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Department of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, Sport and Commerce<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"IT\"> of the <\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Autonomous Region of the Aosta Valley,<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"IT\"> The Regional Council of Aosta Valley, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, Gran Paradiso National Park<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">, Compagnia Valdostana delle Acque; Municipality of Cogne; with the participation of: Federparchi, <\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"IT\">Italian Alpine Club; Fondazione Comunitaria della Valle d&#8217;Aosta, the Alpine Convention<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">; with the patronage of: Municipality of Aymavilles, Municipality of Introd, Municipality of Rh<\/span><\/i><i>\u00ea<\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">mes-Notre-Dame, Municipality of Rh<\/span><\/i><i>\u00ea<\/i><i><span lang=\"IT\">mes-Saint-Georges, Municipality of Valsavarenche, Municipality of Villeneuve and Ente Progetto Natura; technical sponsorship &#8211; <\/span><\/i><i>Montura.<\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A full house at the Maison de La Grivola, in Cogne, watched with curiosity and attention the opening ceremony of the 24th edition of the Gran Paradiso Film Festival, which was live streamed in two nearby local venues and on the web.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.27.gpff.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.27.gpff.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.27.gpff.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.27.gpff.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.27.gpff.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.27.gpff.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.27.gpff.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.27.gpff.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.27.gpff.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}