Contemporary cultural narratives speak to our common aspirations, fears, and perplexities. Ritually retold, these stories reinforce a constructed history and sustained narrative that we collectively buy into. There is no reality outside representation. Subconsciously we are structured by this repertoire of codes and grammar of meaning.
The "Cefalù Film Festival Pino Scicolone" is a meeting point for the presentation and promotion of films and videos of every nationality, genre and duration that address the themes of friendship, the city, peace and the future. The third edition will take place on a free theme. Films and short films of up to fifteen minutes can compete. The films in foreign languages ust have subtitles in Italian.
'The time of an instanteous presence that is no longer even the present moment in relation to a past or a future" (Baudrillard 30) Entangled in an endless cycle of distraction, the western world inhabits the space of post-history where all grand narratives dissipate and technological dependency diminishes the tangibility of our experiences.
