To mark the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, the National Cinema Museum presents its evening entitled A century later: the First International Film Competition of the 1911 Universal Exposition.

To mark the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, the National Cinema Museum presents its evening entitled A century later: the First International Film Competition of the 1911 Universal Exposition on Wednesday, 30 March 2011, at 8.30 p.m. in Cinema Massimo’s Screen Three. The evening will feature screenings of the winning films in a restored version, with a piano accompaniment by Stefano Maccagno. The evening’s programme will also feature period photographs that capture the salient moments of the exhibition itself. Free admission.

In 1911, during the 50th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, Turin held an extraordinary International Exposition which included among its most important events the first film awards, with prizes in various different categories.

A century later, the National Cinema Museum, in partnership with the Cinémathèque de Toulouse, Bologna’s film archive and the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (Experimental Cinematography Centre)-National Film Archive, presents these films once more in restored versions.