After a reduced edition due to the health emergency caused by Covid 19, which did not however prevent us from spreading beauty in 2020, through webinars, artistic proposals and masterclasses, the 3rd edition of the Contest/Event started: Film the beauty of fragility in 2 minutes. Bullies and Heroes Places of the soul and geographical places, organized by the Center of Studies of Psychology of Art and Expressive Psychotherapies APS and by CESVOT – Tuscan Volunteering Center, conceived and directed in 2017 by Paola Dei, Psychologist of Art and Film Critic SNCCI and Theater Critic ANCT, after years of studies and research on the treated subjects and after a long collaboration with international architects: Mexico, Spain, Poland, England and with the collaboration of Local and International Bodies and Institutions including the Municipality of Siena, the Province of Siena, the National Union of Film Critics, Tulipani di Seta Nera Sorriso Diverso, the University of Design (Mexico), The Women of Wine, Association ALI Free Independent Artists. But other International collaborations and participations are coming with the aim of making known the wonderful territories of the Province of Siena in the world through a message of beauty able to translate into images, in a few minutes, the phenomenal experience of the external world through a process of creative composition linked to interiority.

After the experience of the other Editions, in which also participated CSC, AGIScuola, ANAC, Region of Tuscany, 100 authors of cinema, where the young people helped by their teachers highlighted the countless potentialities of the audiovisual language in living a multisensory aesthetic experience and describing the “Beauty” of places, the third edition is declined in the “Beauty of fragility”.

Divided into three sections: Children from 5 to 11 years, Children/young people from 11 to 18 years, Young people from 18 to 25 years, the Contest proposes to tell a wonderful place that needs restoration, an affectionate gesture in times of Coronavirus, a flower that tries to bloom among the rubble, a white road in a particular moment, the vineyards of a wine company in autumn, gestures of districts, a sincere smile. Learning to grasp the beauty of fragility allows to understand that delicacy can become a resource, that anger and contempt can become acceptance, that arrogance can become respect and lead us into the paths of the true culture of inclusiveness. The Women of Wine open their cellars to welcome the young people in this wonderful period of the year that offers unusual colors and certainly able to stimulate the arts.

The works will be selected by a technical jury of experts and by the young people of some schools of Rome and Veneto who will have the opportunity to interact with the young people of Siena through their works, learning to know the territories and the beauties of Tuscany with an enriching emotional exchange expressed with the works. On October 30 the selected works in the three categories will be communicated. The Winning Work for each of the three sections will receive a Cup dedicated to the Bullies and Heroes Contest. All participants (Schools, Associations, Groups, Districts, Individuals) will receive a participation parchment and the first Three winners of the three sections, a Cup dedicated to the Contest.

During the awarding a copy of the book: The calm fortress. Martina the bullies and the gnomes written and illustrated by Paola Dei prefaced by Francesca Santucci Apollo Edizioni will be donated to the participating primary schools.

During the path are also offered free online webinars (Interactive seminars): The beauty of diversity. Different smiles coordinated by TSN, An education path to Image and audiovisual coordinated by CSPA, How to shoot a video coordinated by a Video maker, Fellini told in colors coordinated by ALI, Painting with wine coordinated by Women of Wine, Projection of a film dedicated to diversity and to the importance of arts for prevention, rehabilitation, care.

For info visit the Facebook page: Center of Studies of Psychology of Art and Expressive Psychotherapies APS.

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