Marzamemi Cinefest

The event is designed to popularize and promote the Mediterranean indentities through performances, events and manifestations aimed at the promotion of maritime traditions and, in particular, of the ancient artisanal “fishing crafts” or a specific processing system characterizing a territory. Marzamemi, since 1600, is the cradle of seafaring traditions, Tonnara of international importance, known throughout the world. To this day the ancient village resists the multiple influences of global mass standardization, the goal of the project is to preserve this identity so still rooted among the last fishermen and Shipwrights of Marzamemi.

The Festival will be divided into three macro-sections, one dedicated to docu-films and feature films concerning the protection of maritime culture, fishing idendity and seafaring villages; a section aimed at the literature of Mediterranean Indentities, through the presentation of books with the presence of their authors and publishers; and a final section concerning the rediscovery of family seafood cuisine, shipboard cuisine and its promotion through showcooking, tastings, lectures and debates, in the particular of the lesser-known species fished.

Marzamemi’s importance in cinema has been consolidated over the years with films of international importance shot right in our ancient village, such as SUD by Gabriele Salvatores, L’AVVENTURA by Michelangelo Antonioni, MARIO E IL MAGO by Brandauer, IL VIAGGIO by Vittorio De Sica. MONTALBANO, KAOS by the Taviane brothers, L’UOMO DELLE STELLE by Giuseppe Tornatore, I FANTASMI DI PORTOPALO with Beppe Fiorello, IMMATURI LA SERIE by Paolo Genovese with Luca and Paolo, up to the very recent STRANIZZA D’AMURI by Beppe Fiorello.

The event will be a 360-degree festival revolving around the village and its inhabitants, who to this day some are still fishermen and many others are entrepreneurs in the area who aim to offer tourists the excellence of the village and the entire Val di Noto.