Welcome to the twinning association site of the City of Chichester in West Sussex and the City of Ravenna, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Our Next Our Event will be …

Italian Cinema: From Neo-realism to Surrealism – the Cinema of Federico Fellini

Monday, 9 February 2026

An illustrated talk by Patrick Hargood and Mike Jennings of the New Park cinema’s Education Team

to be held at Chichester Cinema at New Park

Federico Fellini (1920-1993) was one of the most imaginative and highly respected film makers of the 20th century. The extraordinary personal cinema he created over nearly fifty years, weaving the realities of daily life, dreams, fantasies and autobiography in stunningly creative images still astound us today.

This illustrated talk will explore this outstanding cinema magician’s life, career and major influences, from his early days in comics, radio and journalism, his marriage to the star of many of his films, Giulietta Masina, to his scriptwriting collaborations, to his early great films in the 1950s, and then his later period of world-wide fame as the director of films such as ‘8½’, and ‘La Dolce Vita’. We will show many extracts from his films and reveal his extraordinary imagination, producing images and sounds that linger in the audience’s memories forever.

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*Current Members are advised to look out for our next monthly email that will provide full details for obtaining ‘Members’ tickets for this event

Friends of Ravenna activities and benefits of membership :

Monthly meetings, with an Italian theme, on either cultural, historical, musical or lifestyle topics
Biennial visits between the members of the Chichester and Ravenna twinning associations
Projects between our cities with clubs, local societies and educational organisations
Italian conversation groups
Circulation of a quarterly newsletter
We meet in the Assembly Room of the Council House in North Street in Chichester PO19 1LQ. The meetings regularly start at 7.30 p.m.