29/04/2014 - The Italian film festival organised by the Luce Cinecittà Institute will take place up until May 6 in the Japanese capital and on May 11-12 in Osaka

A total of 14 films will feature in the 14^th edition of the Italian Film Festival in Tokyo. Organised by the Luce Cinecittà Institute together with the Italian embassy and the Italian culture institute, the event presenting Japan with the best in recent Italian productions is currently underway, running from April 26 to May 6 in Tokyo and on May 11-12 in Osaka.

Films in programme are: Miele [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Valeria Golino
interview: Valeria Golino
film profile] by Valeria Golino, Viva la libertà [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Roberto Andò
film profile] by Roberto Andò, Un giorno devi andare [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Giorgio Diritti
film profile] by Giorgio Diritti, La mafia uccide solo d'estate [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Pierfrancesco Diliberto
film profile] by Pif, The Fifth Wheel [+see also:
trailer
interview: Giovanni Veronesi
film profile] by Giovanni Veronesi, Salvo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Fabio Grassadonia and Anton…
interview: Sara Serraiocco
film profile] by Antonio Piazza and Fabio Grassadonia, South Is Nothing [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Miriam Karlkvist
film profile] by Fabio Mollo, Welcome President [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Riccardo Milani, Che strano chiamarsi Federico! [+see also:
trailer
making of
film profile] by Ettore Scola, La prima neve [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Andrea Segre, Una piccola impresa meridionale [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Rocco Papaleo and Different Eyes [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Silvio Soldini and Giorgio Garini. The Special Programme (films which already have Japanese distribution but are presented in their premieres) will feature Golden Lion winner Sacro GRA [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Gianfranco Rosi
film profile] by Gianfranco Rosi and Oscar winner The Great Beauty [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Paolo Sorrentino
film profile] by Paolo Sorrentino.

Year after year, the Italian film festival in Tokyo manages to gather a great deal of cultural interest, involving over 15,000 spectators including Japanese distributors, local and international reporters, with important market ramifications (at least 40% of films screened end up being distributed in Japan). The 2013 edition included the sale of Magnifica presenza [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Ferzan Ozpetek, Piazza Fontana: the Italian Conspiracy [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Marco Tullio Giordana, Il rosso e il blu [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Giuseppe Piccioni and Gli equilibristi [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Ivano De Matteo, which came out in Japanese movie theatres between autumn 2013 and the first few months of 2014.

Accompanying their respective films in Japan this year will be directors Roberto Andò, Gianfranco Rosi, Giorgio Diritti, Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia, Fabio Mollo, Rocco Papaleo and actors Alessandro Haber and Jean-Christophe Folly.

(Translated from Italian)