Celebrating arthouse film in Ravenna with the MEFF
- The old Mosaico d'Europa Film Festival has become the Mosaico d'Essai Film Festival, broadening its scope to include films from all over the world; it will be held from 17-21 November 2015
The ‘E’ did stand for ‘Europe’, now it stands for Essai: the old Mosaico d'Europa Film Festival has become the new Mosaico d'Essai Film Festival. From 17-21 November 2015, at the Palazzo del Cinema e dei Congressi in Ravenna, the MEFF returns with a wider offer of films, giving cinephiles the chance to see movies that have won awards all over the world and have not yet been released in Italy, with the selection not being limited to just European titles.
This year in its ninth edition, the festival showcases films of a different style, giving film lovers a taste of the rich artistic variety of contemporary movies. This year’s programme includes Miss Julie [+see also:
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The programme will also feature the multi-award-winning Jauja [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)
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