FILM Celebrating 100 years of Pasolini

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September - October 2022

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A NEW POP-UP CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY OPENS IN SLIEMA

Anew pop-up contemporary art gallery in Tigne Street, Sliema will open this September, offering a place to exhibit and experiment for local and international artists. R Gallery, run by architect Mark Sullivan, is first and foremost an homage to its patrons Peter and Liliana Ripard, with a scope of contributing a space for recreational display. The building itself is an Art Deco edifice built at the turn of the 20th century, used as a place of sanctuary for British military personnel who were stationed in Malta during the Second World War.

The pop-up gallery, grounded by Corinthian columns and gargoyles, has now been revisited and transformed into a raw, rich structure for art-makers and practitioners to experiment, display and contribute to the multi-faceted art scene on the island. French artist Julien Vinet will be spearheading the opening with a show introducing his new body of work on the 22nd of September.

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Celebrating a century of cinema legend Pasolini

Pasolini 100 is a worldwide endeavour, celebrating 100 years since Pier Paolo Pasolini’s birth with two nights of lectures of screenings of the master’s works.

This free event, taking place on the 7th and 8th September, is being organised by the Department of Italian, the Master of Arts in Film Studies of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Malta, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta. It will take place in the beautiful settings of the Bibjoteka National Library.

The project is co-sponsored by Shadeena Entertainment Ltd, Sajjetta, Kukumajsa Productions Ltd, Falkun Films and Nizza Films and is being curated by Francesca Zammit.