The Discovery of the “Third World”: The Programming Policies of the Italian Antifestivals (1960-1976)

Authors

  • Andrea Gelardi University of St Andrews (UK)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2280-9481/14490

Keywords:

Antifestivals, Third World Cinema, Film Festival Programming, Third-Worldism, Film Festivals

Abstract

This paper explores the micro-histories, organization developments and programming policies of the Italian antifestivals between 1960 and 1976. It analyses how and why the antifestivals were created as a deliberate rupture with the conventional festival model, in the attempt to emancipate the appreciation of films from commercial and diplomatic interests, and to provide visibility to the then-emerging cinematic waves: Underground Films, Yugoslav Black Wave, and Third World Cinema. In particular, this exploration hinges on the ways these festivals heralded the discovery of Third-Worldist Latin American cinema as both an aesthetically innovative cinematic wave and a political act of intervention and solidarity.

Published

2022-07-14

How to Cite

Gelardi, A. (2022). The Discovery of the “Third World”: The Programming Policies of the Italian Antifestivals (1960-1976). Cinergie – Il Cinema E Le Altre Arti, 11(21), 163–177. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2280-9481/14490

Issue

Section

Miscellanea