{"id":11902,"date":"2026-10-23T15:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondazionearnaldopomodoro.it\/?p=11902"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:39:38","slug":"proiezione-del-film-processo-politico-al-festival-archivio-aperto-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondazionearnaldopomodoro.it\/en\/proiezione-del-film-processo-politico-al-festival-archivio-aperto-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Screening of Processo politico<\/em> at the Archivio Aperto Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PROCESSO POLITICO 1971-2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Domenica 25 ottobre 2026, ore 14:30-16:30
\n<\/strong>Ex Chiesa di San Mattia, Via Sant’Isaia 14, Bologna
\nFree entry<\/p>\n

On the occasion of the 19th edition of the Archivio Aperto Festival<\/strong><\/a>, the Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation<\/strong> and the Homemovies Foundation<\/strong> are pleased to present a screening of Processo politico<\/em>, an investigative and experimental film born out of the collaboration between Francesco Leonetti and Arnaldo Pomodoro in 1971.<\/p>\n

Produced in 1971 by the collective behind the magazine \u201cChe fare\u201d and directed by Francesco Leonetti and Arnaldo Pomodoro, the film examines the socio-political context of the years 1969\u20131970 in Italy, denouncing the death of the anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli and recounting the defamation trial brought by Commissioner Luigi Calabresi against the weekly magazine \u201cLotta Continua\u201d, which had accused him of the murder. By combining genres and different temporal perspectives, documentary and fiction, the film stands as a significant example of that \u201cmilitant cinema\u201d<\/strong> which, between the 1960s and 1970s, became an important tool of counter-information. Presented at the International Exhibition of New Cinema in Pesaro in 1971, Processo politico<\/em> was judged excessively experimental and provoked harsh reactions from both audiences and critics. After being screened only a few times in the following months, the film eventually disappeared from circulation. In 1995, Leonetti and Carla Cerati rediscovered a working print and reconstructed a shortened version of the film.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the restoration and digitization project carried out in 2024 by the Home Movies Foundation<\/strong> and promoted by the heirs of Francesco Leonetti<\/strong> together with the Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation<\/strong>, after more than fifty years Processo politico<\/em> returns to its original form, in the version considered definitive by the authors in 1971.<\/p>\n

The film screening of the newly restored 16mm print<\/strong> of the film will be introduced by the project coordinators through historical photographs and other archival documents documenting its production and its reception by audiences and critics.<\/p>\n

With contributions from Federico Giani<\/strong>, Bitta Leonetti<\/strong> (Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation), Jennifer Malvezzi<\/strong> (Home Movies Foundation), Aurora Donzelli<\/strong> and Mirco Dondi<\/strong> (University of Bologna). Moderated by Paolo Simoni<\/strong> (Home Movies Foundation).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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