14/09/2015 - Featuring eight of the best films of the year. An Italian Name by Francesca Archibugi will open the fourth edition of the event, being held from 16 to 20 September

The Hong Kong International Film Fest Society (HKIFF), the Istituto Luce Cinecittà, the Italian Cultural Institute of Hong Kong and the Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong present the fourth edition of Cine Italiano! – Cinema Italian Style in Hong Kong. From 16 to 20 September, some of the most representative films of Italian cinema of the past year will be shown at The Grand multiplex cinema.

To celebrate this event, which never fails to spark the curiosity of the Hong Kong public, the opening ceremony of the event will be attended by Francesca Archibugi, the director of opening film An Italian Name [+see also:
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film profile], a family comedy which is based on the French play Le prenom and has won two Nastro d’Argento awards.

After the opening film, the event will be offering a range of more recent Italian productions: films by the most prominent of directors, such as The Invisible Boy [+see also:
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interview: Gabriele Salvatores
film profile] by Oscar-winning filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores, Greenery Will Bloom Again by master director Ermanno Olmi and Leopardi [+see also:
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interview: Mario Martone
film profile] by Mario Martone, the winner of numerous accolades such as an Italian Golden Globe and a Ciak d’oro award for Best Film, will be shown alongside films by directors of more recent fame such as Black Souls [+see also:
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interview: Francesco Munzi
film profile] by Francesco Munzi, the winner of eight David di Donatello awards including for Best Film of the Year and Best Director, Noi e la Giulia [+see also:
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film profile] by Edoardo Leo, which won the Nastro d’Argento for Best Comedy, and The Dinner [+see also:
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interview: Ivano De Matteo
film profile] by Ivano De Matteo.

La buca [+see also:
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film profile] by Daniele Ciprì will close a selection which this year, covers a number of different genres (comedy, drama, thriller, noir, period film) as testimony to the variety of styles and subject matter used in contemporary Italian cinema.

As stated by Roberto Cicutto, the President and AD of Lice-Cinecittà, “for years, China has been the dream of entrepreneurs everywhere. When it opened itself up to international markets it created a huge pool of users. Among these are the tourists who come to our country en masse. Film events like the Cinema Italian Style event in Hong Kong serve a dual purpose: to acquaint people with Italian film and promote the increasingly large number of films distributed in China, but also to allow everyone who visits us to get to know us better, to make us and them a little less foreign and meet one another before coming face to face in person".

(Translated from Italian)