City of Light [Città di Luce]

[ DOCUMENTARY ]

City of Light [Città di Luce]

An important part of the festivities for San Ranieri, in Pisa, is the “Luminara”, which takes place on the evening of June 16, the eve of the patron saint’s feast day.

AWARDS & SELECTIONS

Avanca _ Intern’l Meeting of Cinema, Tv, Video and Multimedia (Jul 2015) – Avanca, Portugal * Out of Competition
Salento Finibus Terrae _ Intern’l Short Film Festival (Jul 2015) – San Vito dei Normanni, Italy * Official Selection
International Hall of the Light (May 2015) – Bogota, Colombia * Official Selection
Viva Film Festival (May 2015) – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Official Selection
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile _ Intern’l Short Film Festival (Apr 2015) – Minsk, Belarus * Out of Competition
Beeston Film Festival (Jan 2015) – Nottingham, UK * Best Documentary Award Nomination
Filmmakers of the Year Film Festival (Dec 2014) – Jakarta, Indonesia * Silver Award
Ko&digital _ Intern’l Solidarity Film Festival (Nov 2014) – Barcelona, Spain * Official Selection
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SYNOPSIS

An important part of the festivities for San Ranieri, in Pisa, is the “Luminara”, which takes place on the evening of June 16, the eve of the patron saint’s feast day.
The architectural details of the palaces, churches, towers and bridges along the Arno river are recreated with wooden frames which are fitted onto the buildings and on these frames candles are attached and lit after sunset. Over 100,000 lumini [how candles are called in Italian when they are inside a container, glass in this case] burn and reflect on the river. The city along the Lungarno simply glows.

+ Written, Directed, Edited by Alessandro Brucini
+ Cameramen: Alessandro Brucini, Jacopo Mancini
+ Music: Kevin MacLeod
+ Executive Producer: Roberto Merlino
+ Co-Producer: Jacopo Mancini
+ Producer: Alessandro Brucini

+ In order of Appearance:
Mauro Del Corso, Children of “Zerboglio” Primary School,
Delio Gennai, Elena Rodighiero, Piera Orvietani, Agostino Agostini

+ Special Thanks to:
Cariello Family, Giaconi Family, Royal Victoria Hotel [Pisa]

+ In collaboration with:
Municipality of Pisa [“Historical Events” office]

+ This film is the contribution of CorteTripoliCinematografica
to the elaboration of the nomination of the “Luminara” to the
“UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”