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Elvira Notari
"the rediscovery of the first female Italian director, a symbolic and political gesture" - LA REPUBBLICA
PLOT: Just three feature films, two short documentaries, and a few fragments: this is all that remains of the filmography of Elvira Notari, the first Italian female film director. While her life remains partly an enigma – she left no letters or diaries, and few photographs of her exist – today, 150 years after her birth, her work is at the center of renewed interest. A protagonist of the golden age of Neapolitan silent cinema, Elvira made over 60 films that, intertwining popular culture and an authentic view of city life, captivated audiences from Naples to the Little Italies of the United States. With the advent of sound, and affected by fascist censorship, she abandoned filmmaking in 1930, and her work fell into silence. Today, Elvira returns to the spotlight thanks to the work of scholars and artists who are recovering her legacy and reinterpreting it through the creation of new works. Intertwining historical memory and contemporary rediscovery, Elvira Notari: Beyond the Silence offers a vibrant and nuanced portrait of a film pioneer whose work resonates again in the present.
CAST: Eduardo Notari, Teresa Saponangelo, Flavia Amabile, Giuliana Bruno, Francesca Consonni, Cristina Vatielli
YEAR: 2025
LENGTH: 94 min.
AWARD: • Nominated Best Documentary on Cinema: Venice Film Festival
GENRE: Documentary
RATING: USA: no rating
TIMES: Detroit: April 19, 5:00 p.m.
   
  Cleveland: April TBA, 7:00 p.m.
  St. Louis: April TBA, 5:00 p.m.
  Pittsburgh: April TBA, 7:00 p.m
 
  Please note, while the trailer may not include subtitles, the film will be screened with English subtitles.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES:    
Valerio Ciriaci , was born in Antwp in 194, .

Regarding his films, Ciriaci said: "It's".		 Ciriaci
DISTRIBUTOR: Awen Films,236 W27th Street, Room 1004, New York City