Mario Macaluso

Mario Macaluso is a journalist, educator, and author. Born in Polizzi Generosa, he lives in Cefalù. He holds a degree in Philosophy and has undertaken studies in Theology, with a research focus on the philosophy of communication, language, and cinema understood as a form of thought.

He is the founder of Cefalunews, an online journal dedicated to cultural and local affairs, president of the Associazione Siciliana Musica per l’Uomo ETS, and founder and president of the Cefalù Film Festival, an international event that promotes dialogue between cinema, culture, and new technologies, supported by a jury of experts from around the world.

Throughout his career, he has explored the relationship between philosophy and cinema, focusing on the transformations of audiovisual language in the digital age. In 2002, he founded cinemaitaliaonline.it, a research platform devoted to Italian and international cinema and home to the first online dictionary of Italian cinema.

He is the author of numerous books dedicated to culture, memory, and the identity of places, including Cefalù in 20 parole, Viaggio a Cefalù, Dietro la quarta parete, Cefalù città della musica, Il segreto della quinta voce, and Cefalù: 133 storie di amore per la città.

He wrote and published the novel Il Segreto del Re (The King’s Secret), a work that intertwines history, memory, and symbolic narration, offering a profound reflection on the relationship between power, faith, and the identity of places, and reaffirming his commitment to stories that inhabit the long durée of culture.

He has also extended his narrative research to the world of sport with Storie nerazzurre, investigating football as a cultural, identity-based, and memorial phenomenon.

He is actively engaged in promoting the educational value of cinema and audiovisual languages, particularly within the school system, through projects and initiatives dedicated to younger generations.