Saturn Against The Earth | 90th Anniversary Cinema Event

Ninety years ago, a young Cesare Zavattini, the father of Neorealism, imagined the future by creating the first Italian science fiction comic series – Saturno contro la Terra. It is a work that has become iconic in global graphic novel history. To celebrate its 90th anniversary, Italian digital craftspeople have brought the characters to life using cutting-edge animation technologies.

This special event screening, brought to Event Cinemas as part of the Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival in conjunction with The Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney, will also include an interview with Prof. Lorenzo Benadusi on the history and social impact of Italian science fiction over a century of cinema.