http://www.stradedelcinema.it

Apologies for being a little in the day with news of Strade del Cinema, Italy’s less-heralded international festival of silent cinema and music. The festival takes place in Aosta (near Turin), at the Aosta Roman Theatre, and this year runs 6-13 August. The festival is organized by the Strade del Cinema Cultural Association and the City of Aosta, in collaboration with the Turin National Museum of Cinema/Fondazione Maria Adriana Prolo and the support of the UNESCO Italian National Commission. This year’s festival is dedicated to Charlie Chaplin, and is free to all. Its distinctive feature is the emphasis on music by young musicians, participants in the festival’s Young European Musicians Contest.

Here’s the festival programme:

AUGUST 6
ROMAN THEATRE – 21h30
Opening Event in collaboration with AOSTACLASSICA
Tribute to Stanley Kubrick through Gyorgy Ligeti’s music
Orchestra Laboratorio SFOM diected by Mauro Gino

AUGUST 7
ROMAN THEATRE – 21h30
YOUNG EUROPEAN MUSICIANS CONTEST

Retrospective Charlie Chaplin 2

The Fireman, music by Chirichiello e i casi a parte
producer: Charles Chaplin for Lone Star Mutual; director: Charles Chaplin; photography: Frank D. Williams and Roland Totheroh; with: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Lloyd Bacon, Albert Austin; release date: 12 June 1916.

The Vagabond, music by Yati Durant Ensemble
producer: Charles Chaplin for Lone Star Mutual; director: Charles Chaplin; photography: Frank D. Williams; photography assistant: Roland Totheroh; with: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Lloyd Bacon, Albert Austin; release date: 10 July 1916.

AUGUST 8
ROMAN THEATRE – 21h30
YOUNG EUROPEAN MUSICIANS CONTEST

Retrospective Charlie Chaplin 2

The Adventurer, music by Parallelo Dramma
producer: Charles Chaplin for Lone Star Mutual; director: Charles Chaplin; photography: Roland Totheroh; with: Charles Chaplin, Henri Bergman, Edna Purviance, Martha Golden, Eric Campbell; release date: 22 October 1917

The Floorwalker, music by Simone Maggio
producer: Charles Chaplin for Lone Star Mutual; director: Charles Chaplin; photography: Frank D. Williams; photography assistant: Roland Totheroh; with: Charles Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon, Albert Austin; release date: 15 May 1916

AUGUST 9
ROMAN THEATRE – 19h00
YOUNG EUROPEAN MUSICIANS CONTEST

Retrospective Charlie Chaplin 2

The Tramp, music by Lili Refrain
producer: Jess Robbins for The Essanay Films; director: Charles Chaplin; photography: Henri Ensign; with: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Fred Goodwins, Lloyd Bacon; release date: 11 April 1915

Shangaied, music by Magus
producer: Jess Robbins for The Essanay Films; director: Charles Chaplin; photography: Henri Ensign; with: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles, Lawrence A. Bowes; release date: 21 June 1915

AUGUST 10
ROMAN THEATRE – 21h30
YOUNG EUROPEAN MUSICIANS CONTEST

Retrospective Charlie Chaplin 2

Easy Street, music by Illya Amar
producer: Charles Chaplin for Lone Star Mutual; director: Charles Chaplin; photography: Roland Totheroh; with: Charles Chaplin, Henri Bergman, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin; release date: 5 February 1917

Work, music by Elia Casu/Antonio Pinna Duo
producer: Jess Robbins for The Essanay Films; director: Charles Chaplin; photography: Henri Ensign; with: Charles Chaplin, Billy Armstrong, Edna Purviance; release date: 21 June 1915

AUGUST 11
ROMAN THEATRE – 21h30
YOUNG EUROPEAN MUSICIANS CONTEST

Retrospective Charlie Chaplin 2

The Pawnshop, music by PanGea Orchestra
producer: Charles Chaplin for Lone Star Mutual; director: Charles Chaplin; photography: Roland Totheroh; with: Charles Chaplin, Henri Bergman, Edna Purviance, John Rand; release date: 2 October 1916

The Rink, music by Federico Missio Movie Kit
producer: Charles Chaplin pour Lone Star Mutual; director: Charles Chaplin; photography: Roland Totheroh; with: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Lloyd Bacon, Albert Austin; release date: 2 October 1916

AUGUST 12
ROMAN THEATRE – 21h30 – EVENTS
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TURIN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CINEMA
Events: Tigre Reale (Italy, 1916)

Music by Paolo Angeli, Gavino Murgia and Antonello Salis

Tigre Reale (ITALY, 1916)
director: Giovanni Pastrone; writer : Giovanni Vergada (1873); photography: Giovanni Tomatis, Segundo de Chomón; producer: Itala Film, Turin; original length: 1742 m; copy length: 1600 m ; titles: italian; censor certificate: 11662 du 20/6/1916; release date in Rome: 9/11/1916; preview: Turin, “Salone Ghersi”, July 1916; Rome, 9 november 1916 With: Pina Menichelli (Countess Natka), Alberto Nipoti (Giorgio la Ferita), Febo Mari (Dolsi), Valentina Frascaroli (Erminia), Gabriel Moreau (Count De Rancy), Ernesto Vaser, Enrico Gemelli;
restored copy: 35mm bn col, 1592 mt., 69′ a 20 ft/s

AUGUST 13
ROMAN THEATRE – 21h30 – EVENTS
Events: Safety Last (USA, 1923)

Music by Neil Brand

Safety Last (USA, 1923)
production: Hal Roach pour Hal Roach Studios; director: Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor; writers: Hal Roach, Sam Taylor, Tim Whelan; photography: Walter Lundin; artistic direction: Fred Guiol; with: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young, Westcott B. Clarke; release date : 1 April 1923.

More information on the festival website (which seems to tell you a lot about the music but not much about how to get there, where to stay, and so forth).