The Umbria Film Festival returns to enliven the Umbrian villages of Montone (Pg) and Umbertide (Pg), in the Alta Valle del Tevere, with an autumn event that from Friday, Oct. 25 to Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024 will offer a calendar of events centered on the original combination of cinema and quality wine and food productions of the territory.
The event is part of the project “Umbria, the flavors of cinema” a tourism promotion initiative strongly desired by the Region of Umbria and curated by the Network of Umbrian Film Festivals, with the aim of promoting the deseasonalization of tourism in the territory through synergy and the original combination of film screenings and sensory experiences, highlighting alternative places and routes compared to the most beaten tourist routes and promoting a deeper knowledge of regional resources with the proposal of walks and trekking to discover the artistic and naturalistic dimensions of the region together with guided tastings in suggestive wineries and oil mills.
Program of events
Friday, October 25th
Location: Cantine Blasi
- 7:00 PM: Opening event with tasting of wines and local products and concert Anna Ox;
- from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m., you can immerse yourself in the evocative photo exhibition UFF. Colour, Black & Wine, set up in the historic Blasi winery, an 18th century architectural marvel.
Guided tours, in exclusive groups of a maximum of 20 people, will offer an exclusive and fascinating experience where past and culture meet. - 9:00 PM: Screening of Il Vegetale, film directed by Gennaro Nunziante, starring Fabio Rovazzi and Luca Zingaretti (comedy);
Saturday, October 26th
- Matinee with an exclusive screening for the students of the ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Campus in Umbertide of the film Quanto basta, directed by Francesco Falaschi. The director will be present as guest of honor to interact with the students during the morning.
Location: Cantine Blasi
- 6:30 PM: Cinematic Aperitif featuring a tasting of the well-known Singapore Sling cocktail, wines, and a light buffet dinner.
The preparation of the Singapore Sling — the favorite cocktail of the characters of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, played by Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro — is by Sara Polidori, world champion bartender and excellence of the upper Tiber valley. - from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m., you can immerse yourself in the evocative photo exhibition UFF. Colour, Black & Wine, set up in the historic Blasi winery, an 18th century architectural marvel.
Guided tours, in exclusive groups of a maximum of 20 people, will offer an exclusive and fascinating experience where past and culture meet - 8:30 PM: Q&A with Terry Gilliam, President of the Umbria Film Festival and honorary citizen of Montone;
- 9:00 PM: Screening of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a film directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro.
Sunday, October 27th
Location: Montone – Umbertide
- 9:00 AM: Departure from Piazza Fortebraccio for the guided tour of the city A Journey Through Time in the Village of Montone and the Tutto T’orna exhibition at the Church of the Museum Complex of San Francesco;
- 10:30 AM: Tasting of vin santo and typical local products at Cantina Morganti (Consortium of Smoked Vin Santo of the Upper Tiber Valley and Slow Food presidium)
- 11:30 AM: Guided tour of the Montecorona Abbey, location of some scenes from “Life of Dante” by Pupi Avati, followed by a visit to the Montecorona Hermitage, led by the cloistered monks of the mystical Camaldolese site of the 11th century (Umbertide)
PLEASE NOTE: for Sunday 27th it is necessary to have a means of transport, given that travel will take place by car.
