24/04/2003 - Cannes will remember Italy’s great filmmaker with a restrospective of Fellini’s entire body of work. Pupi Avati is in competition

Il cuore altrove by Pupi Avati was the sole Italian film selected for the official competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Two first-films: L’isola by Costanza Quatriglio and Il Cormorano by Edoardo Gabbriellini were selected for, respectively, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week. Marco Tullio Giordana’s five-hour TV film entitled La meglio gioventù scored with the selectors of the prestigious Un Certain Regard competition. Thus Italy will be well-represented in every section of France’s premiere film event.
Cannes will also remember some of Italy’s great filmmakers of the past with a restrospective of Fellini’s entire body of work, and tributes to Pier Paolo Pasolini and Alberto Lattuada. The Critics’ Week programme also includes a short films by Ila Bêka (In utero) while two shorts by Nanni Moretti: Il grido d’angoscia dell’uccello predatore and L’ultimo cliente will screen in Special Sessions.
Three Italian co-productions were also chosen: Alexandre Sokurov’s Father and Son, Crimson Gold by Alexandre Sokurov and The Moab Story by Peter Greenaway – both of which were produced by Mikado Film, with the latter also coproduced by Gam Film.

(Translated from Italian)