ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “The cinema has accompanied and interpreted the growth of our country, contributing to support its path in the horizon of freedom and democracy. He helped to form the language of Italians, to perceive it as a precious and shared heritage. There are no few pictures of the cinema that became true icons.” Thus the president of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, on the occasion of the Ceremony of presentation of the candidates to the Awards “David di Donatello”. “In the years this appointment has enriched itself with participation and meanings. Among memorable moments, important successes on a global scale, but also between difficulties and challenging changes. Because cinema lives in society and history, and in its own way, it is also a creator,” he added.
Cinema is “a heritage of the country that should be considered, supported, valued, encouraged.” “Encouraged in productions, as well as in experiments. Cinema is also work. The Italian film and audiovisual industry employs more than one hundred thousand people, taking into account the many – really many – crafts indispensable to the realization of the products. They must be added a long supply of production and services, with an induced that goes well beyond those directly engaged in films and TV series. A cultural and social richness, as is known, but also economic, which can be preserved and increased only if we will be able to keep high the quality of ideas, the competitiveness of productions, the link with the public. Cinema must continue its path because it is our path,” he added.
“This year the eightyth of ‘Sciuscià’ by Vittorio De Sica, points among the highest in neo-realism, which the following year won the first Italian Oscar. In that same year, the Republic was born. Italy was willing to rebuild from the rubble of war and dictatorship and, through the screen of the cinema, it looked itself without hiding the most problematic realities and without sacrificing deeper human values; those that allow progress. The cinema has walked with the Republic“, he said. “He told, he excited, captured attention, broadcast ideas, provoked fun and emotion. The cinema – he added – was also the face, and a boast, of our country along this path. He was excellent and appreciated. He made known the Italian genius and taste. He attracted sympathy, curiosity, friendship. He has shown the world our beauty, our landscapes, our way of life, our sociability. The widespread appreciation for Italian quality in the world is due to the images and words from the cinema.”.
– photo of repertoire Quirinale –
(ITALPRESS).
