Cortomobile
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Cortomobile is a four-wheeled cinema
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....

, designed inside a green Alfa Romeo 2000
Alfa Romeo 2000
Alfa Romeo 2000 is a car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturing company Alfa Romeo as a successor to the 1900.First shown in 1957 on the Turin autosalon, the car was produced in two models, the Berlina with and the Spider with since 1958. In 1960, the Sprint was added...

, year 1974.

It can guest two viewers only, which can choose their own show, from a "short-menù", a list of short films and animations located beside the car.

Since its first screening in 2006 the turned-into-cinema vintage car has been performing in Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

, Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

, Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

 and all over Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....

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In 2009 Cortomobile has been protagonist of the First Car Film Festival
First Car Film Festival
The First Car Film Festival was held in the province of Florence, Italy on the 8th and 9th of March 2009.-History:First Cortomobiles screening took place in the province of Prato, Tuscany, in July 2006...

 in the province of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

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The "Short-menu"

During Cortomobile's performance, the viewers are invited to choose their own screenings from a Short-menu, a complete list of selected short films, animations and videos
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 available, around forty. Among the directors included in the Short-menu: Adriano Valerio, Antonio Meucci, Simone Lecca.

Festival and stops

2009
  • Spring/Summer: Cortomobile On Tour - Sankt Pölten
    Sankt Pölten
    Sankt Pölten is the capital city of the State of Lower Austria in northeast Austria. With inhabitants , it is Lower Austria's largest city...

     Höfefest (Austria
    Austria
    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

    ); Fossano
    Fossano
    Fossano is a town and comune of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Cuneo. It is the fourth largest town of the Province of Cuneo, after Cuneo, Alba and Bra....

    ; Potenza
    Potenza
    -Transportation:Potenza is a rail junction on the main line from Salerno to Taranto, managed by FS Trenitalia; it has also a connection to Altamura, served by the Ferrovie Appulo Lucane regional company...

    .
  • March: First Car Film Festival
    First Car Film Festival
    The First Car Film Festival was held in the province of Florence, Italy on the 8th and 9th of March 2009.-History:First Cortomobiles screening took place in the province of Prato, Tuscany, in July 2006...

     (Certaldo
    Certaldo
    Certaldo is a town and comune of Tuscany, Italy, in the province of Florence, located in the middle of Valdelsa. It is about 35 kilometers southwest of the Florence Duomo....

    )


2008
  • October: 4th Day of Contemporary
  • Spring/Summer: Tuscany Tour - Florence
    Florence
    Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

    ; Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci
    Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci
    Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci is sited at 277 Via della Repubblica, Prato near Florence, Italy. The centre is devoted to the contemporary arts of the last three decades. The complex composes the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Centre of Information and Documentation, including the...

     Videominuto (Prato
    Prato
    Prato is a city and comune in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city is situated at the foot of Monte Retaia , the last peak in the Calvana chain. The lowest altitude in the comune is 32 m, near the Cascine di Tavola, and the highest is the peak of Monte Cantagrillo...

    ); Viareggio
    Viareggio
    Viareggio is a city and comune located in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 64,000 it is the main centre of the northern Tuscan Riviera known as Versilia, and the second largest city within the Province of Lucca.It is known as a seaside resort...

    .


2007
  • November: Torino Film Festival
  • July: Pelago
    Pelago
    Pelago is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 20 km east of Florence. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,396 and an area of 54.8 km²....

     On the Road
  • Spring/Summer: Tuscany Tour
  • May: Facoltà di Architettura di Firenze


2006
  • November: Creativity Festival Florence
  • September: 63a Venice Film Festival
    Venice Film Festival
    The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...

  • July: Bacchereto (Prato
    Prato
    Prato is a city and comune in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city is situated at the foot of Monte Retaia , the last peak in the Calvana chain. The lowest altitude in the comune is 32 m, near the Cascine di Tavola, and the highest is the peak of Monte Cantagrillo...

    ), First stop
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