Scattered between land reclamations and rice fields, near Jolanda di Savoia, there is an almost uninhabited village called Gherardi.

Bringing a country back to life through culture. This is the goal of "Gherardi the cinema village", a project conceived by Stefano Muroni, founder and president of the Ferrara La Città del Cinema creative chain. The hamlet of Jolanda di Savoia could be repopulated thanks to the filmmakers of tomorrow and the students of the Florestano Vancini School of Film Art in Ferrara, which today has about 150 students.

The mission: The path was presented to Gherardi at the headquarters of the Controluce production company. In addition to Muroni and Valeria Luzi, companions in life and work, there were Elisa Trombin (deputy mayor of Jolanda di Savoia), Diego Carrara (director of Acer Ferrara), Daniela Sciarra (Bonifiche Ferraresi), Ruggero Villani (Confcooperative), some inhabitants of the town and ten students of Vancini representing the school. Institutions and residents said they were enthusiastic about the Gherardese project. Muroni, who knows the hamlet well, explained: "The project was born to enhance the last foundation garden village conceived as a table in the early 1900s, the result of the great reclamation works that began in the Lower Ferrara area in 1872; this year it's 150 years ".

Then, he adds: "Our goal is to help repopulate and regenerate the village of Gherardi through the creativity of the new generations, where you can live in full sustainability". Gherardi wants to become a pilot project and demonstrate how, through art and culture, it is possible to revive internal areas burdened by depopulation.

Act one: Color first. From 1 to 5 September 2022, nationally renowned street artists worked to create five murals with a cinematic flavor.

The works are inspired by "The snow in the glass" by Florestano Vancini, "Bitter rice" by Giuseppe De Santis, "The woman of the river" by Mario Soldati, "The garden of the Finzi Contini" by Vittorio De Sica and "E. T. - The extraterrestrial "by Steven Spielberg. The works were signed respectively by Wasp, Mozone, Giulia Pasa Frascari, Basik, Bolo and Paolo Psiko. "These are the first five, the goal - Muroni underlines - is to get to twenty murals". The Cinema Village will not be a showcase, but a living and community place: a student residence, an editing room, training rooms, abandoned buildings will be recovered and even the village restaurant could be reborn. Not only that, Acer and Jolanda di Savoia have signed an agreement to grant a first accommodation that will host students of the Vancini school.
(source: La Nuova Ferrara 31/08/2022 lanuovaferrara.it/ferrara/cronaca/2022/08/31/news/cosi-gherardi-rinasce-nel-nome-del-cinema-ripopoliamo-il -borgo-1.100081740)

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