In Italia ci piace divertirci, lo dimostrano il Carnevale di Venezia conosciuto per le sue splendide maschere e il Carnevale di Viareggio con i suoi maestosi carri.
Ma in Sicilia non sia da meno. E’ vero che spesso capita di non potere realizzare delle edizioni di carnevali minori come quelli di Adrano o Misterbianco per mancanza di fondi, ma per fortuna alcuni restano “immortali”.

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Here at Mizzica.com we try to discover and present you all the best Sicily has to offer: that’s why we’re happy to introduce you to Magma – International Short Film Festival.

Magma is an international short film festival that will celebrate its 9th edition this year, and will take place in Acireale (CT) from July 22 to July 25 in the beautiful scenario of the Chiostro ex Liceo Gulli e Pennisi, in the center of Acireale.

Organized by Scarti Cultural Association, it has been continuously growing in the last years and it is now considered among the most important movie festivals in Italy.

In recent editions, Magma has screened some of the best short movie coming from more than 50 different countries. Some of those, like the spanish 7:35 de la mañana , have been selected to compete for Hollywood Academy Awards.

This year Magma will host 31 movies coming from 16 countries. Movies are organized into four competitive categories: narratives, documentaries, experimentals, animations.

Check out Magma’s website to find the complete list of selected movies for the 2010 edition.

And enjoy Paseo, Magma 2009 winner.

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