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"Archangels" alight upon film clubs

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Simone Scafidi has joined the ranks of a number of Italian directors (such as Vittorio Moroni, Pietro Reggiani and Giorgio Diritti) who in recent years have come up with alternative distribution methods for their films. His debut feature Gli Arcangeli (“The Archangels”) will be released on January 18 in two cities, Rome and Tortona.

Next week, the film will hit screens in Milan and Genoa and then continue its tour, the schedule for which is still being set.

In the capital, Gli Arcangeli will have itinerant distribution, a novel solution that involves five film clubs. The film will have seven guaranteed and continual days of programming, albeit in different places (for dates and times, please see gliarcangeli.blogspot.com).

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Produced and distributed by (dis)ORDET, the film stars Andrea Riva (Best Actor at the Milan International Film Festival), Francesca Inaudi and Franco Branciaroli. According to the director, it is “a story of passion, made up pain and courage, hope and fear. I wanted this film to be different from all other films. Even at the risk of seeming strange to cinema, of being a non-classifiable object”.

The experiment could create followers, because by reducing each “exhibitor’s” margin of risk it offers a path that others could easily take. Especially when – as in the case of Gli Arcangeli – digital technology further cuts down on transportation costs, allowing a film to be shown in places (including film clubs, social centres, cultural associations) not outfitted for film screenings.

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(Translated from Italian)

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