In the last few years, a film and audiovisual production made by subjects resident in Italy but of foreign origin (immigrants, second and third generations) has emerged, which remains on the margins of the national industry, both in terms of the possibility of accessing public funding and in terms of viewing spaces. Unlike France and England, in fact, Italy still does not have policies capable of economically supporting the development of a "new Italian cinema", because in fact there is no inclusive and pluralistic conception of national identity, not even in legal terms. The question is far from accessory with respect to the strategies of production/distribution and the models of representation conveyed by the "migrant cinema". In fact, if subjects with Italian citizenship usually deal with migration issues - even though they have never experienced it -, migrant subjects and/or subjects of foreign origin cannot access public support for the realization of their works or - even more paradoxical - they are forced to crystallize their poetics on the theme of migration in order to access some form of funding. In light of this, the essay intends to focus on the project MigrArti, a call opened by MiBAC in 2015 and which has lived for three editions, which promotes creative initiatives in the fields of cinema, music, theater and art, increasingly exploited by migrants to introduce their traditions and their values in Italian society and culture. The objective is threefold: to question the concept of "Italian cinema" in relation to the cultural changes underway; to provide a picture of the financing of migrant cinema in Italy; to analyse the structure of the MigrArti call, as it has changed over time, in order to understand which subjects are favoured, which production and distribution models are implicitly supported, which themes and for which purposes.
Negli ultimi anni si è fatta strada una produzione filmica e audiovisiva realizzata da soggetti residenti in Italia ma di origine straniera (immigrati, seconde e terze generazioni), che resta ai margini dell’industria nazionale, sia rispetto alla possibilità di accedere ai finanziamenti pubblici sia rispetto agli spazi di visione. Diversamente dalla Francia e dall’Inghilterra, infatti, l’Italia non dispone a tutt’oggi di una politica in grado di sostenere economicamente lo sviluppo di un “nuovo cinema italiano”, perché di fatto non esiste una concezione inclusiva e pluralistica dell’identità nazionale, neppure in termini giuridici. La questione è tutt’altro che accessoria rispetto alle strategie di produzione/distribuzione e ai modelli di rappresentazione veicolati dal “cinema migrante”. Se infatti sono di norma i soggetti con cittadinanza italiana a trattare i temi della migrazione – pur non avendola mai esperita in prima persona -, i soggetti migranti e/o di origine straniera non possono accedere ai sostegni pubblici per la realizzazione delle loro opere o – caso ancora più paradossale – sono costretti a cristallizzare la propria poetica sul tema della migrazione per poter accedere a qualche forma di finanziamento. Alla luce di questo, il saggio intende focalizzarsi sul progetto MigrArti, un bando aperto dal MiBACT nel 2015 e giunto alla sua terza edizione, che promuove iniziative creative nei campi del cinema, della musica, del teatro e dell'arte, sempre più sfruttati dai migranti per introdurre le loro tradizioni e i loro valori nella società e nella cultura italiana. L’obiettivo è triplice: interrogarsi sul concetto di “cinema italiano” in relazione ai cambiamenti culturali in atto; fornire un quadro del finanziamento al cinema migrante in Italia; analizzare la struttura del bando MigrArti, così come è cambiato nel tempo, al fine di comprendere quali soggetti sono favoriti, che modelli produttivi e distributivi sono implicitamente sostenuti, quali temi e in vista di quali fini.
Il progetto MigrArti: finanziamento pubblico e accesso al mercato del cinema migrante in Italia
Piredda Maria Francesca
2019-01-01
Abstract
In the last few years, a film and audiovisual production made by subjects resident in Italy but of foreign origin (immigrants, second and third generations) has emerged, which remains on the margins of the national industry, both in terms of the possibility of accessing public funding and in terms of viewing spaces. Unlike France and England, in fact, Italy still does not have policies capable of economically supporting the development of a "new Italian cinema", because in fact there is no inclusive and pluralistic conception of national identity, not even in legal terms. The question is far from accessory with respect to the strategies of production/distribution and the models of representation conveyed by the "migrant cinema". In fact, if subjects with Italian citizenship usually deal with migration issues - even though they have never experienced it -, migrant subjects and/or subjects of foreign origin cannot access public support for the realization of their works or - even more paradoxical - they are forced to crystallize their poetics on the theme of migration in order to access some form of funding. In light of this, the essay intends to focus on the project MigrArti, a call opened by MiBAC in 2015 and which has lived for three editions, which promotes creative initiatives in the fields of cinema, music, theater and art, increasingly exploited by migrants to introduce their traditions and their values in Italian society and culture. The objective is threefold: to question the concept of "Italian cinema" in relation to the cultural changes underway; to provide a picture of the financing of migrant cinema in Italy; to analyse the structure of the MigrArti call, as it has changed over time, in order to understand which subjects are favoured, which production and distribution models are implicitly supported, which themes and for which purposes.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.