Brazil to host screenings of Venice movies
- Five titles from the Venice Film Festival are screening in four Brazilian cities thanks to the Biennale’s cultural project to enable Italian cinema to circulate around the world
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This 11th edition, organised by the Venice Biennale in partnership with the São Paulo Italian Institute, is being held in a string of major Brazilian cities: São Paulo (16-20 November), Rio de Janeiro (21-25 November), Curitiba (26-30 November) and Brasilia (1-5 December).
The other titles being presented in the country are Non essere cattivo [+see also:
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The Venice Biennale’s cultural project to promote and circulate Italian cinema around the world was initiated ten years ago in Brazil itself; after this, similar events were set up in Russia from 2006, China from 2009, Korea from 2012, and Croatia, Lebanon and Singapore from 2014.
(Translated from Italian)
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