Salerno Film Festival


Salerno Film Festival or The Film Festival of Salerno has operated since 1946 in the Italian city of Salerno.

History

The Film Festival of Salerno had its first event in 1946, when it happened to be the first festival of the so-called movement of "reduced step," that lowered all 35 mm movies to 16 mm ones, for a more comfortable spreading.
That historical edition was attended, among others, by Vittorio De Sica, Rossano Brazzi, Adriana Benetti, María Mercader, Mariella Lotti. On that occasion, the projections were held not only in Salerno but also in Cava de' Tirreni, Positano and Amalfi.
Since its first edition, the festival has been held annually. The location is at the cinema/theater Augusteo, located at the ground floor of the northern Palazzo di Città and even sometimes at Teatro Verdi
In the last edition where showed 120 movies, with huge public presence. Some of these movies received international recognition.
The president of the Salerno Festival, dr. Mario De Cesare, pinpointed in summer 2018 that this is the second "historical" Cine Festival of Italy, following the worldwide famous Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia.
The 2019 edition started with the "Red Carpet" program, in Hollywood style.