
If Federico Fellini were alive today, he would almost certainly be celebrating his 100th birthday with the release of another epic film. Celebrate Fellini’s 100th Birthday by Walking in his Footsteps Italian cult filmmaker Federico Fellini has been dead for 30 years, but that’s no reason not to celebrate his 100th birthday.

Thankfully, the museum is now open and surely one that will captivate audiences from around the world.Įlsewhere in art, Christian Rex van Minnen is exhibiting his latest body of work at NANZUKA’s three locations in Tokyo.This article, written by Barbie Latza Nadeau, was published by The Daily Beast. The Fellini Museum was supposed to open in 2020 to commemorate the centennial year of the filmmakers birth, however it had been delayed due to the pandemic. Along with a corridor dedicated entirely to Fellini’s wife, Giulietta Masina.įurther on and visitors can find installations of the people the director worked with, interactive portions that feature Fellini’s library, along with a feather that visitors can blow on, activating some of the many drawings and images associated to his nighttime escapades. For example, there is a giant laying sculpture of actress, Anita Ekberg, who played the movie star, Sylvia, in La Dolce Vita. Each room is just as fantastic as the dreamlike scenarios of his films. The museum aims to fill the nostalgia of Fellini lovers around the world, along with cultivating a new generation of fans to one of cinema’s most celebrated directors.

The second location is a fully rebuilt medieval site, which has since been converted into the contemporary art museum, Palazzi Dell-Arte Rimini (PART).


The site was all but destroyed by heavy bombing during World War II, but was restored and reopened in 2018. The first is the Fulgor Cinema, a 19th Century building that is said to have been the place that Fellini first fell in love with movies. The museum is constructed within two historic buildings which are separated by a picturesque Italian piazza.
