{:en}PRESS RELEASE (3/23/2017)
Saturday, March 25, a Loano, to the 4:30 pm, at the Mondadori Bookstore the presentation of the book “The child who loved the moon” of Rino Alaimo (2017, Picarona Publisher).
The meeting will be attended by the author Rino Alaimo, designer and director. “The child who loved the moon”, his first work, is an adaptation of the short film “The boy and the moon“, winner of the Giotto Prize at the 2012 Giffoni Festival.
“The book,” reads the book cover, "tells through illustrations a delicate fable that shows the strength of true love and teaches us to pursue our dreams with tenacity. The illustrations have a strong visual impact through the use of color contrasts.".
The protagonist of the tale is a child who falls madly in love with the moon and goes on dangerous adventures to win her. Love is the engine that moves all things, and the fairy tale teaches that with tenacity, dreams can be realized.
Rino Alaimo Was born in Agrigento in 1982. He studied advertising graphics at the “Leonardo Da Vinci” Secondary High School in Finale Ligure, where he graduated in 2001 and graduated in Disciplines of Arts, Music and Performing Arts - D.A.M.S. from the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Genoa. He directed the short films, “A Million Miles from Earth” (2004) winner of several national awards (including Premio Marte live 2006 and Best Special Effects Award at Joe D'Amato Horror Festival 2005) and “Silenzio di sirena,” produced by Solobuio snc in 2006.
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