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14-496: The Ischia Film Festival ( IFF ) is an annual international film festival held in the Aragonese Castle on the island of Ischia , Italy in late June to early July. Founded in 2003 and as of 2023 still directed by Michelangelo Messina, the festival focuses on film locations. Feature films in competition are eligible for four awards, and there are separate awards for short films and other categories. The first edition of

28-463: A causeway ( Ponte Aragonese ). A first castle was built by Hiero I of Syracuse in 474 BC. At the same time, two towers were built to control enemy fleets' movements. The rock was then occupied by Parthenopeans , the ancient inhabitants of Naples . In 326 BC the fortress was captured by Romans, and then again by the Parthenopeans. In 1441 Alfonso V of Aragon connected the rock to

42-522: A European film festival is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Aragonese Castle Aragonese Castle ( Italian : Castello Aragonese ) is a castle built on a small tidal island east of Ischia (one of the Phlegraean Islands ), at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples , Italy. The castle stands on a volcanic rocky islet that connects to the larger island of Ischia by

56-586: A particular emphasis on their locations. It runs an international competition for feature films , short films , and documentaries . It is organised by the Art Movie & Music Association, and held each year from late June into early July in the Castello Aragonese . Each year, the IFF presents a Lifetime Achievement Award to international filmmakers and actors, after which the winners become part of

70-436: A permanent honour committee of the festival. The committee includes Margarethe von Trotta , Peter Greenaway , John Turturro , Krzysztof Zanussi , Vittorio Storaro , and Tony Servillo . Feature films are eligible for the following awards: Awards are given in the following categories for best film in each, along with special mentions for each: As of 2023, the organisers of the festival include: This article about

84-576: A volcanic rocky islet that connects to the larger island of Ischia by a causeway ( Ponte Aragonese ). It is accessed through a tunnel with large openings which let the light enter. Along the tunnel there is a small chapel consecrated to John Joseph of the Cross ( Italian : San Giovan Giuseppe della Croce ), the patron saint of the island. Outside the castle are the Church of the Immacolata and

98-458: The British troops laid siege to the island, then under French command, and shelled it to almost complete destruction. In 1912, the castle was sold to a private owner. Today the castle is the most visited monument of the island. The castle is built on a small tidal island east of Ischia (one of the Phlegraean Islands ), at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples , Italy. The castle stands on

112-636: The Cathedral of Assunta. The first was built in 1737 on the location of a smaller chapel dedicated to Saint Francis, and closed after the suppression of Convents in 1806 as well as the nunnery of the Clarisses. Ischia Film Festival , an international film festival , is held in the castle each year from late June into early July. The castle was used as Riza's 'Fortified Fortress' in the 2019 film Men in Black: International . It

126-666: The Italian convents were no longer dependent on the Spanish houses but were formed into a separate province. He was appointed as the Vicar Provincial of the Alcantarine Reform in the Italian peninsula as a result of this. As the superior he ordered that no beggar should be dismissed from the convent gate without some form of relief: in times of need he devoted to their necessities his own portions and even that of

140-475: The convent he lived at. When he trekked across the mainland as the provincial he would not make himself known at the inns where he lodged because he disliked distinction and did not believe such should be paid to him. He desired those whom he restored to health to take some certain medicine that the cure might be attributed to a mere natural source and with regard to his own prophecies - which were numerous - he affected to judge from analogies and experiences. He

154-523: The festival was held in 2003 under the direction of Michelangelo Messina, when it was called the Foreigner Film Festival. By the second edition it had changed its name to Foreign Film Festival (subtitled European Location Film Festival), and by the third edition in 2005 it had changed its name to Ischia Film Festival. The 21st edition ran from 25 June 25 to 1 July 2023. The festival is dedicated to film locations, hosting films which have

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168-482: The island with a stone bridge instead of the prior wood bridge, and fortified the walls in order to defend the inhabitants against the raids of pirates. Around 1700, about 2000 families lived on the islet, including a Poor Clares convent, an abbey of Basilian monks (of the Greek Orthodox Church ), the bishop and the seminar, the prince with a military garrison. There were also 13 churches. In 1809,

182-455: The religious name of "John Joseph of the Cross". He was the first Italian to follow the reform movement of Peter of Alcantara . In 1674 he was sent to found a convent for the order at Afila in Piedmont and assisted in the actual construction itself. He was ordained to the priesthood - much against his will it should be noted - and as the superior performed the lowliest tasks. In 1702

196-675: Was also mentioned in the book The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History . This article about a castle in Italy is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . John Joseph of the Cross He was beatified in 1789 and later canonized in 1839. Carlo Gaetano Calosirto was born on 15 August 1654 on the island of Ischia off the coast of Naples . He entered the Order of Friars Minor in Naples before he turned sixteen and assumed

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