Ten years of Matchpoint

The Game is Still Serious Business

Authors

Keywords:

urban regeneration, community cinema, game

Abstract

This paper retraces the experience of making the short film Matchpoint (Italy, 2016) ten years after its release, using this experience of community cinema as a pretext for a broader reflection on the role of the Sri Lankan community in the urban development of the city of Naples, on artistic research as a collaborative practice, and on the role of play as a driver of urban development.

Author Biography

  • Pasquale Napolitano, Naples Academy of Fine Arts

    Pasquale Napolitano is a filmmaker and multimedia designer. He is a full professor of Audiovisual Languages ​​and Techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. His most recent fields of investigation are experimental documentary and community cinema. He has participated in numerous exhibitions, festivals, residencies, and some of the most significant festivals in Italy and internationally. As a filmmaker, he works on a hybrid between documentary and art film, with numerous titles to his credit. His most recent work is Il Laboratorio (Italy, 2024).

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Published

31-05-2026

How to Cite

Ten years of Matchpoint: The Game is Still Serious Business. (2026). BLACKOUT. Cinema and Other Visions, 1(00). https://blackout.abana.it/index.php/blackout/article/view/15

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