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Claudio Gubitosi turns 70, a celebration for the founder of Giffoni

2021-10-20T09:34:29.728Z


Claudio Gubitosi, founder and director of Giffoni, turns 70. Today 20 October, on his birthday, will be celebrated by the whole team and the whole territory. (HANDLE)


(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 20 - Claudio Gubitosi, founder and director of Giffoni, turns 70. Today 20 October, on his birthday, it will be celebrated by the whole team and the whole territory. At the age of 18, thanks to his strong determination and the ability to design with a clear vision, he founded the Giffoni Film Festival, for over 50 years the point of reference for the best international cinema for young generations. Gubitosi has dedicated his entire life to them, becoming for many a "father", a figure always present and available to listen. It is by being close to his giffoners - especially in the toughest moments, such as during the pandemic - that the Director has built a community that today is present in 53 countries around the world. Since 2009 he decides to transformGiffoni event in a cultural factory active all year round.


   The conception and realization, first of the Cittadella del Cinema and then of the Multimedia Valley, in continuous evolution, are one of his greatest achievements: designed to offer stimuli and opportunities to young talents. They are the most important reality in Southern Italy dedicated to training, production and innovation declined with the languages ​​of art, cinema, entertainment, in a word of culture.


   Two important moments will characterize the day of the birthday: the first, at 11.30 in the Council Chamber of the Municipality of Giffoni Valle Piana, in the presence of the local authorities, will represent the homage of the territory which "is grateful - as the mayor Antonio Giuliano writes - for having brought Giffoni to the world and the world to Giffoni ". The second moment will take place in the afternoon, in the spaces of the MultimediaValley, where the team will meet to congratulate the director Gubitosi in a moment of celebration.


    Furthermore, from 18 to 21 October, the website www.giffonifilmfestival.it will be totally dedicated to this appointment with the possibility of consulting videos, photos, texts that tell the most important stages in the life of Claudio Gubitosi who is inextricably linked to an intuition, an idea that has been able to conquer the world, that of Giffoni, a festival, a creative company, the place of innovation and happiness.

(HANDLE).


Source: ansa

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