Kicking off on July 22 at Villa Cattolica, home of the Guttuso Museum, is the tenth edition of Animaphix, the festival of experimental animation cinema and New Contemporary Languages, conceived by Rosalba Colla and organized by the QB cultural association, with the honorary sponsorship of the Municipality of Bagheria and the Sicilia Film Commission, Assessorato Turismo Sport e Spettacolo of the Sicilian Region.
The festival will be presented to the press at 5:30 p.m. July 22 at Villa Cattolica in Bagheria. The presentation will be followed by a guided tour of the museum for journalists and partners and a welcome drink.
It will get into the heart of the festival at 9 p.m., after the institutional greetings, with “Sonámbulo”, an exclusive cine-concert by Giovanni Sollima – one of the greatest virtuosos of the cello and an internationally renowned composer – who will retrace the pictorial works of Bulgarian director and artist, Canadian adopted Theodore Ushev, offering those present music ranging from baroque to rock, to metal.
The press conference will be attended by festival creator Rosalba Colla, co-artistic director Andrea Martignoni, Bagheria mayor Filippo Maria Tripoli and vice mayor and culture councillor Daniele Vella. The artists who will exhibit as part of the festival and the directors of the films featured in this tenth edition will be present. Moderating the conference will be journalist Marina Mancini.
The complete press kit with all the information about the final program will be released by the Animaphix press office in the coming days.
Admission to the concert is free while seats last. The press conference is aimed at journalists and festival partners.
For journalists wishing to attend the press conference, accreditation is required by sending e mail to: ufficio.stampa@comune.bagheria.pa.it

Animaphix has always aimed to promote and disseminate auteur animated cinema and video art in Sicily, with an eye toward the new frontiers of audiovisuals, enhancing high quality authors and productions and opening the door to collaborations, productions and co-productions with other European countries, with a program full of events for a diverse audience. A festival that has chosen Bagheria and the Guttuso Museum, and that aims to promote the image of Sicily through cinema and new contemporary languages.

“We are pleased to inaugurate the tenth anniversary of the Animaphix festival together with the press that has always followed us with interest, both locally and nationally” – says Animaphix director Rosalba Colla, who invites journalists to participate in the moment dedicated to them. “I would like to thank all the partners who have supported us on many levels, contributing to the growth of the Festival, which this year has expanded its offerings, hosting a full schedule of special events that include the immersive experience of virtual reality, to offer the public multiple moments of spectacle and entertainment.”

“I address my heartfelt thanks to Rosalba Colla, who with Animaphix Film Festival for several years now has been projecting our city into a dimension of significant cultural depth,” says the mayor of Bagheria, Filippo Maria Tripoli. In the wake of the events that are still linked to the 50th anniversary of the Guttuso Museum, on Villa Cattolica that contains it, the spotlight of an international festival that moves between innovation, inclusion and sustainability is turned on.”

Animaphix – Nuovi Linguaggi Contemporanei Film Festival is made possible thanks to the contribution and patronage of the Ministry of Culture – General Directorate for Cinema and Audiovisual; the Sicilia Film Commission – which operates within the Department of Tourism, Sports and Entertainment of the Sicilian Region; and the Municipality of Bagheria. With the support of the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Sicily (Arpa Sicilia), the Arts and Humanities Council of the Quebéc Ministry of Culture and Communications, the Quebéc Delegation in Rome, the Instituto Cervantes in Palermo, the Embassy of the Czech Republic, the Czech Center in Rome, and the Polish Institute in Rome.