ASSOCIAZIONE
LIBERA
MARCHIGIANA
ANIMATORI
Alberto Barbera
Direttore artistico della Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia
JERZY KUCIA
Regista di film d'animazione
On Saturday 18 November we will award the 2023 ALMA Prize to the artist Claudia Castellucci. After Béla Tarr (2020), Ascanio Celestini (2021) and Jean-Marie Straub (2022), it will be the artist from Cesena who will receive the Bronzetto del Catria, the recognition that ALMA annually assigns to an international personality from the art world who is distinguished by the quality of its work. We are waiting for you at the Church of San Francesco in Cagli (PU), Italy.
PLAN
4.00 pm
Prelude to the ancient organ by Giovanna Franzoni
4.30 pm
We demonstrate and follow the darkness and nothingness
A dual lesson taught by Robert Walser
by and with Claudia Castellucci and Carla Bottiglieri
5.45pm
Postlude to the ancient organ by Giovanna Franzoni
6.00pm
Awards ceremony
We are waiting for you!
On Saturday 11 November we will be at the inauguration of ARTLAB, in via Guerrini 25 in Pesaro, a new space dedicated to art, education, music... At 5.30pm we will present the activities of our association and upcoming projects. We are waiting for you.
For info visit the Instagram page @artlab_pesaro
Passaggi Festival, Fano. ALMA and Samuele Canestrari meet again to discuss his latest publication entitled Screaming at death with your head in your pillow (Tricromia, Rome). On that occasion we will also present our publications.
We are waiting for you on Friday 23 June at 21 in Fano in the former Church of San Francesco!
We are waiting for you on Saturday 27 May at 5.30 pm at the Municipal Library of Mombaroccio (PU) in Piazza Barocci, 4
On Friday 30 December 2022 you are invited to the Ridotto del Teatro in Cagli (PU) where ALMA offers a selection of twenty animated shorts made by its associated artists.
Non-stop screenings from 11am to 6pm.
Animation authors
Alessia Angelini, Anima (Annamaria Gentili), Anna Rita Baldarelli, Emanuela Bartolotti, Ahmed Ben Nessib, Andrea Bonetti, Samuele Canestrari, Giorgia Cecchini, Mara Cerri, Pietro Elisei, Magda Guidi, Massimo Saverio Maida, Giulia Marcolini, Kalico Jack, Giacomo Passanisi , Beatrice Pucci, Francesco Ruggeri, Paola Sorrentino, Martina Venturini. Free admission
We are waiting for you on Friday 9 December 2022 at Fabbrica Urbana in Fano (PU) for the ALMA Awards ceremony from 5 to 9 pm. This year the prestigious awards go to Jean-Marie Straub, Mara Cerri and Chiara Lagani. The concert by Alda closes the event. Free admission subject to availability. info@almanimatori.com
STATE OF NATURE
Inauguration Saturday 1st October at 5.30 pm Station of the Artists, Gambettola (FC)
Works by: Rojna Bagheri, Anna Rita Baldarelli, Luciana Bencivenga, Giulia Betti, Laura Bianchi, Andrea Bonetti, Simona Bursi, Luca Caimmi, Eugenio Carlini, Giorgia Cecchini, Darkam Arcadia (Eugenia Monti), Magda Guidi, Emanuela Orciari, Niccolò Tonelli, Anthony Valenti.
Thursday 29 September 2022 at 9 pm
Experimental Theater, Pesaro
We are waiting for you! Free admission
STATE OF NATURE
City Museum, via Tonini 1, Rimini
A mega exhibition of ALMA designers/animators at the Cartoon Club festival in Rimini: Emanuela Bartolotti, Laura Fuzzi,
Eugenio Carlini, Giulia Marcolini, Niccolò Tonelli,
Massimo Saverio Maida, Andrea Bonetti, Luciana Bencivenga, Simona Bursi, Guido Brualdi, Ilenia Manfroni,
Darkam (Eugenia Monti), Samuele Canestrari, Luca Caimmi, Gastone Mencherini, Viola Bartoli, Claudia Piras, Alice Bartolini, Alessandra Romagnoli, Anthony Valenti, Rojna Bagheri,
Elisa Mossa, Magda Guidi, Sara Antimi, Tina Carlini, Enrico Nanni, Giorgia Cecchini, Anna Rita Baldarelli, Emanuela Orciari,
Julia Gromskaya, Martina Venturini, Alessia Travaglini,
Francesco Ruggeri, Soul (Annamaria Gentili), Marica Maggiotti, Ahmed Ben Nessib, Pietro Elisei, Simone Massi, Giacomo Passanisi, Beatrice Pucci, Alessia Angelini, Mara Cerri, Collettivo Kalico Jack, Marco Capellacci, Roberto Catani, Paola Sorrentino,
Andrea Petrucci.
Wednesday 29 June 2022
ALMA awaits you in Mondaino (RN) at 20.30 for the inauguration of this new extraordinary exhibition of our associated artists. Dinner and to follow the exclusive concert of BEVANO EST!
Saturday 12 March 2022 Andrea Bonetti drawings on display at the Teatro Dimora di Mondaino (RN). Inauguration at h 19.30
We are waiting for you!
Reservations are recommended, you can enter with the greenpass
WOW STOP MOTION
In collaboration with the Municipality of Apecchio (PU, Italy) ALMA organizes an animation cinema workshop by the artist and illustrator Luca Di Sciullo. The workshop will be held on Saturday 13 November 2021 from 3 to 6 pm at the Scipione Lapi State Comprehensive Institute in Apecchio, with the participation of the school teachers. For information and registration: almanimatori@gmail.com
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WOW
ALMA, in collaboration with the Municipality of Cantiano (PU, Italy), organizes an educational workshop suitable for children aged 5 to 11 with the aim of expanding their cognitive and perceptive abilities and developing creativity and imagination. The workshop is held by Giulia Betti and Anna Rita Baldarelli, ALMA associated artists. The course will be held on Saturday 6 November 2021 from 3 to 6 pm at the Primary and Kindergarten School of Cantiano with the participation of the institute's teachers. For information and registration: almanimatori@gmail.com
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Barco Ducale, Urbania (PU)
The Artistic Residence project is back
23 August - 29 August 2021
Organizers ALMA, OTTN Projects
Media Partner Contemporary Italian
Partner Senzabagno
Sponsor Municipality of Urbania
During the pandemic year 2021 in which all convivial and social activities were limited by the restrictions due to Covid, ALMA decided to embark on a "journey" with Ascanio Celestini. A dialogue formed by questions and answers was established in which an attempt was made to investigate the various facets that the hypothetical life of any man can have. The 2021 edition of the Residenza al.BAR.co aims to create drawings that come from the study of these texts. Subsequently texts and drawings will compose a book. 10 young contemporary artists were chosen who in different years were trained at the School of the Book of Urbino and who are represented by the association ALMA (Associazione Libera Marchigiana Animatori).
ARTISTS INVITED IN RESIDENCE 23 24 25 August 2021
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Carola Rossi
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Omar Cheikh
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Samuele Canestrari
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Giulia Marcolini
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Ahmed Ben Nessib
ARTISTS INVITED IN RESIDENCE 27 28 29 August 2021
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Eugenio Carlini
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Anthony Valenti
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Viola Bartoli
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Alessandra Romagnoli
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Giuseppe Scala
MOMENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
On the last day of each working group's stay at the Barco Ducale (25 and 29 August) a snack / aperitif is scheduled at 6 pm with a presentation / study-visits open to the public. Each artist will show their portfolio, talk about their artistic research, the works produced and discuss the residency experience.
The Barco Ducale of Urbania (PU) is one of the bases of ALMA
Thursday 26 August 2021 we are waiting for you in Cagli and Acqualagna (PU) for the delivery of the Special Animation Award to the great Lorenzo Mattotti.
In Cagli at 6 pm there will be the award ceremony and the meeting with the artist (free event with reservations required by sending an email with the name of each participant: almanimatori@gmail.com). The ceremony will continue in Acqualagna at 9.15 pm with the screening of the film The famous invasion of the bears in Sicily (free event with reservations required here: cinemacqualagna).
Greenpass please.
Saturday 31 July at 6 pm we will be at the Cloister of San Francesco in Serra De' Conti (AN), guests of NottenerAnima '21.
«Animation Cinema and Visual Arts. Schools, publishing and anthologies: how to meet animation cinema?».
Info: NottenerAnima
We look forward to seeing you in Pergola (PU) on July 30 for an evening with the works of two ALMA associated artists: Julia Gromskaya and Simone Massi. The event, curated by Stefano Franceschetti, will be an opportunity to deepen the techniques and poetics of the two illustrious exponents of international animation cinema.
Info: t. 0721 7373274
culturaturismo@comune.pergola.pu.it
The ALMA 2021 Prize awarded to Ascanio Celestini. We are waiting for you on Sunday 18 July at 5 pm at the Bramante Theater in Urbania (PU). The artist's award ceremony will be opened by a musical performance by Guido Brualdi and Adult Matters. Free admission subject to availability, reservations required here: almanimatori@gmail.com
On Tuesday 29 June the ALMA 2020 Prize will be awarded to the great Hungarian master Béla Tarr. Live broadcast of the expected event with the director at 9 pm on the Almanimatori Facebook page.
Friday 25 June, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona.
At 7 pm the "Cinema di Poesia" prize, received last March by Corto Dorico, will be awarded to Alma.
We will also present the latest issue of the magazine SOLSTIZI and two short films by our associated artists will be screened:
Sospeso by Martina Venturini and In memoria di te by Giacomo Passanisi.
See you at the Mole!
21st June 2021
At 11 am at the Astra cinema of Pesaro there will be the presentation of the third release of Solstizi, the Magazine of Alma, within the Pesaroff57.
Exactly one year after its birth, here we are at the third issue of SOLSTIZI, ALMA’s magazine. In this time span, despite the pandemic, we have consolidated and increased relationships with friends, intellectuals, artists and institutions. There are new projects in the pipeline that will involve our associated designers and international masters. We will soon come out by revealing the names of the two great artists who will receive the ALMA Award and the Special Animation Award 2021 after those awarded in 2020 to Béla Tarr and Giannalberto Bendazzi.
In the meantime, we are pleased to inform you that the family has expanded and in the ALMA Team, the five founding members have been joined by Giulia Marcolini and Monica Vitali, a contribution of new energy and sensitivity useful for this journey that our president Sandro Pascucci has defined: "Singular plural, local global".
Go to the menu solstizi magazine, open the PDF and enjoy!
We look forward to seeing you on Sunday 16 May 2021 at 4.30 pm at the Castello della Porta di Frontone (PU) for the presentation of the "Bronzetto del Catria" which has become the «ALMA Award». The prize was awarded to the great Hungarian director Béla Tarr. Presentation of SOLSTIZI (ALMA magazine); introduction by Daniele Tagnani (Mayor of Frontone) and Alberto Alessandri (President of the Montana Union of Catria and Nerone). The day ends with the poet Franco Arminio.
Limited seats. Reservations: almanimatori@gmail.com
Corto Dorico Film Fest
from 20 to 28 March 2021 on Mymovies.it
Programming of animated films by ALMA associated artists:
Sogni al campo by Magda Guidi and Mara Cerri; Fiumana by Julia Gromskaya; D’istante by Rojna Bagheri; El alma es la memoria by Sergio Gutierrez; Sospeso by Martina Venturini; Per tutta la vita by Roberto Catani; Il sentiero by Emanuela Bartolotti; Caviglie by Samuele Canestrari and Francesco Ruggeri; Silenziosa-mente by Alessia Travaglini; Stoicheia by Massimo Saverio Maida; Mayday, mayday! by Annarita Baldarelli; Strange home by Giulia Marcolini and Elena Castiglioni; La cicogna by Francesco Ruggeri; Morte per due canne di Skunk by Anima (Annamaria Gentili); Momentum and impulse by Marica Maggiotti; Ekart by Ahmed Ben Nessib; Hooks by Pietro Elisei; The darker light by Andrea Bonetti; La virgola nel cassetto by Marco Capellacci; Animo resistente by Simone Massi; In memoria di te by Giacomo Passanisi; Soil is alive by Beatrice Pucci.
PER TUTTA LA VITA (2018) BY ROBERTO CATANI
The opening theme of the XVII Corto Dorico Film Fest (entrusted to ALMA) was created by the associated artist Ahmed Ben Nessib.
AHMED BEN NESSIB
Thursday 25 March 2021
Corto Dorico Film Fest
SPECIAL AWARD CINEMA OF POETRY
TO THE ALMA COLLECTIVE
18.30 | live on Facebook and Youtube
Online meeting with Magda Guidi and Stefano Franceschetti Presentation of SOLSTIZI magazine
SOGNI AL CAMPO (2020) BY MARA CERRI AND MAGDA GUIDI
21st December 2020
During the longest night of the year comes alive SOLSTIZI N.1, ALMA’s magazine.
Go to the menu solstizi magazine, open the PDF and enjoy!
We are waiting for you on Sunday 4 October at 6pm at the
Art Gallery Corte Zavattini 31 in Cesena for the presentation
of SOLSTIZI, the Alma magazine.
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THE DUCAL BARCO OF URBANIA (PU-ITALY) THE FIRST ALMA BASE
19th September 2020
We are waiting for you on Saturday 19th September in the evocative atmosphere of the Barco Ducale of Urbania (PU-Italy) for the delivery of the «Special Animation Award 2020» to the great Giannalberto Bendazzi! From 5 pm many artist friends will present recent publications and animated films: Marco Taddei (Vasto, Massa, Follina), Samir Galal Mohamed (Milan), Veronica Guerra (Venice, Pesaro), Denise Rocchi (Ravenna), Guido Brualdi (Pesaro), Samuele Canestrari (Modigliana, Forlì-Cesena), Nicola Fucili (Berlin), Federico Gargaglione (Berlin), Marco De Leonibus (Pescara), Roberto Catani (Jesi), Pietro Elisei (Spoleto), Anna Rita Baldarelli (Mondaino, Rimini), Alessia Travaglini (Paris), Martina Venturini (RSM), Massimo Saverio Maida (London, Fano), Francesco Ruggeri (Urbino).
21st June 2020
During the longest day of the year comes alive SOLSTIZI, ALMA’s new magazine.
It’s 29,7 cm long and weighs 9,5 Mb, it’s eyes are already awake and it’s in a good shape, but most importantly it breathes well because sometimes what we miss is breathing, during these times sadly.
Go to the menu solstizi magazine, open the PDF and enjoy!
Urbino, 21st of March 2020
SPRING OF BEAUTY
ALMA, Associazione Libera Marchigiana Animatori (Free Association of Animators from the Marches, Italy), is born.
ALMA has been founded by Sandro Pascucci, Elisa Mossa, Magda Guidi, Stefano Franceschetti, Simone Massi and brings together animators and illustrators from the Marches (or who studied in the Marches) who graduated from Scuola del Libro in Urbino during the time.
Ph Charly
MAGDA GUIDI, SANDRO PASCUCCI, SIMONE MASSI, STEFANO FRANCESCHETTI, ELISA MOSSA
"Beginning with the name - beautiful!- the Scuola del Libro of Urbino let us notice how “different” it is. Not less demanding or compliant. Quite the opposite. Just thinking about how many relevant artists have been schooled on those desks and between those walls is enough: how many other institutes designated to educate new generations can show up a curriculum like this? Now a group of these artists, alongside their lecturers, reunites in an association of volunteers with the ambition to support and enhance the practice of animation and illustration. Friends, friends, I’m with you!"
Alberto Barbera
Art Director of the Venice International Film Festival
ROBERTO CATANI'S STUDIO HAS MOVED WITH US (THANKS ROBERTO)
"Thanks for the honour of being friend of the new association of animation artists ALMA. I’m sure that this association of people with similar talents will be an influential organization in the italian animation and illustration field, a creator of ideas and initiatives to provide more decent work conditions for the artists, as well as to spread this art’s influence to an extended audience.
The creative potential of the graduates and lecturers from the Scuola del Libro of Urbino will be a guarantee.Good luck to all of us for this excellent challenge!"
Aleksandr Petrov
Oscar Award 2000, Los Angeles
ELISA MOSSA AND ALESSANDRA ROMAGNOLI AT WORK
"I am with you and I think that your ALMA association is an excellent idea to support the Scuola del Libro of Urbino, a source of talent, as for the art of animation, the animators’ interests, of the illustrators and you will succeed. My best wishes."
Georges Schwizgebel
GIORGIA BASILI, DRAWING FOR THE POSTER OF INTERNATIONAL PESARO FILM FEST 2019
"Dear Simone and partners, of course I want to be a friend of ALMA association! A nice and noble idea. Italy is the land of the arts, and will continue to astonish the world. It’s from my apartment, where I work, like many others, that I wish all the warmest best to all of you. There will come a day when we’ll exchange our films - plants, flowers, that we cultivated during the time of cholera…"
Michel Ocelot
César Prize 2019, Paris
MARA CERRI, DRAWING FOR THE POSTER OF RICCIONE TTV FESTIVAL 2018
"I’m glad to be a friend of your ALMA association. I love Italy, my favourite country in the world, and I love italian animation which is one of my world’s favourite cinematography. The continuous transformation movement developed by Italians is a unique language, it’s like the visual and poetic translation of that line of thoughts when we stay alone to reflect about our intimate things. The origin of this unique expression, poetic language and movement, is clearly identifiable and identified: the Scuola del Libro of Urbino."
Regina Pessoa
Annie Awards 2020, Hollywood