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Italian films head to Buenos Aires’ Ventana Sur

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- Various feature debuts are being showcased in the European Screenings section of the most important audiovisual market in South America

Italian films head to Buenos Aires’ Ventana Sur
2Night by Ivan Silvestrini

With various titles in the European Screenings section, Italy has a strong presence at Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires (29 November-3 December 2016), the most important audiovisual market in South America, promoted by Argentina’s National Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts together with the Cannes Film Festival’s Film Market, and supported by Creative Europe

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There are five companies on the ground showcasing their slates. Intramovies is selling the rights for 2Night [+see also:
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, the second film by Ivan Silvestrini, starring Matilde Gioli and Matteo Martari, which goes on general release on 14 February 2017; Worldly Girl [+see also:
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by Marco Danieli, which was awarded in the Venice Days, at the Annecy Film Festival and at the Bratislava Film Festival; and Zeta [+see also:
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by Cosimo Alemà. Meanwhile, True Colours' titles are all fresh from the Lido: Indivisible [+see also:
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by Edoardo de Angelis, winner of the Francesco Pasinetti – SNGCI Award for Best Film at the 2016 Venice Film Festival; the documentary Liberami [+see also:
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by Federica Di Giacomo, winner of Best Film in Horizons at Venice this year; I Was a Dreamer [+see also:
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interview: Michele Vannucci
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by Michele Vannucci, also selected in Horizons and set to hit cinema screens in the coming days; Piuma [+see also:
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by Roan Johnson, in competition at Venice; and Tommaso [+see also:
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 by Kim Rossi Stuart, presented out of competition.

Meanwhile, Fandango's catalogue includes the documentary See You in Texas [+see also:
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, the feature debut by Vito Palmieri, which won the Audience Award at the 2016 Biografilm Festival; Sun, Heart, Love [+see also:
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 by Daniele Vicari, in the Official Selection at the 2016 Rome Film Fest; and The Space Between [+see also:
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, the feature debut by Ruth Borgobello and the first ever Italian-Australian co-production, presented in Alice nella Città at the Rome Film Fest.

Another title hailing from Alice nella Città is Babylon Sisters [+see also:
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, the feature debut by Gigi Roccati, co-produced with Croatia and sold by TVCO. And The Open Reel is selling The Nest [+see also:
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, a co-production with Switzerland, and the feature debut by Swiss-Peruvian director Klaudia Reynicke, which was presented in the Filmmakers of the Present section of the Locarno Film Festival.

The Roma Lazio Film Commission will be attending Ventana Sur for the third year running in order to introduce the call for Lazio Cinema International, which will award €10 million for the support of international co-productions, and to present a selection of independent films shot in the Lazio region, such as Ears [+see also:
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by Alessandro AronadioAnywhere You Will [+see also:
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by Roberto CapucciS is for Stanley [+see also:
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by Alex Infascelli and Maria per Roma [+see also:
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 by Karen Di Porto.

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(Translated from Italian)

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