07/07/2005

I giorni dell'abbandono ('The Days of Abandonment'), by Roberto Faenza, a film produced by Jean Vigo, Italy and Medusa Film and supported by the MiBAC, starring Margherita Buy and Luca Zingaretti (:making of), as well as La bestia nel cuore ('a beast in the heart') by Cristina Comencini, a co-production between Cattleya and Rai Cinema starring Luigi Lo Cascio and Giovanna Mezzogiorno (:making of), will be competing at the 62nd Venice Film Festival (31st August -10th September 2005). According to Primissima.it, Antonio Capuano has also been selected for La guerra di Mario ('Mario's war'), a film produced by Domenico Procacci, Francesca Cima, and Nicola Giuliano for Fandango, Indigo Film, and Medusa Film (who is also the distributor).

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Marco Muller, head of the festival, will reveal the full list of contestants at a press conference to be held on the 29th of July. This year, the Mostra will screen no more than sixty movies, considering the problems created last year by an overwhelming number of films. The three main sections are, 'Competition', 'Out of competition', and 'Horizons'. A parallel section entitled 'The secret history of Asian cinema' will focus on films from the Far East (China, Hong-Kong, Japan,India) which usually remain 'invisible'. Venice will also host, for the second time 'Venice Days', a section promoted by the authors within the ANAC as well as the API (Independent Authors and Producers).

(Translated from Italian)