SOCIAL FILM FESTIVAL ARTELESIA BENEVENTO

The Social Film Festival ArTelesia is organized by the non-profit Cultural Association “Libero Teatro”.
The event is supported by the MIC Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual, the Film
Commission Campania Region, Cesvolab and the patronage of the Presidency of the Council of
Ministers, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Education and Merit, UNAR - National Office against
Racial Discrimination, the Province of Benevento, the Municipality of Benevento, the Chamber of
Commerce of Benevento, Arcigay Napoli, the University Center Synapses of the Federico II University
of Naples, the University of Sannio, the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples, the University of
Salerno, the UCAM San Antonio de Murcia University (Spain), the CADMUS. Students from the
aforementioned universities will participate in the organization of the sixteenth edition as Interns.
PURPOSE OF THE COMPETITION
The Social Film Festival ArTelesia intends to promote cinema both in Italy and abroad. The Festival
represents a showcase for the promotion of films of cultural interest, belonging to the independent and
non-independent cinema circuit. An ideal place for lively confrontations between producers, authors
and distributors, but also between the production universe and the target audience, the Festival
promotes the dissemination of films of high artistic value, capable of contributing to cultural growth
and the formation of a mature awareness criticism in young people.
THEMES
- I BELONG TO ME: respect for one's own individuality, knowing how to be beyond all appearances,
cultivating one’s freedom against all dependencies
- INTEGRATION: respect for ethnic and cultural identity against all forms of discrimination
- ROOTS: discovery and enhancement of the historical-artistic heritage of the territories
- ORTHOMETRY: Stories of sustainable agriculture
- FREE THEME
SECTIONS
- Filmmaker: emerging and professional directors, production and distribution companies