30/11/2005

The Autumn Screenings are being held in Rome today and tomorrow, during which the winter distribution slate will be shown through a number of trailers and previews. Over 1000 participants are expected at the event, including even directors actors and writers, which is being organized by the Anec and Anem film exhibitors associations, along with the distributors of Unidim.

Scheduled previews include: Ti amo in tutte le lingue del mondo by Leonardo Pieraccioni (Medusa), Shadows of Time by Florian Gallenberger (Metacinema), Lasse Hallström’s Casanova (Buena Vista), Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Wererabbit [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Steve Box and Nick Park (UIP) and The Constant Gardener [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Fernando Meirelles (Bim). Trailers will be presented by Filmauro, Medusa, Lady Film , 01 Distribution, IIF, DNC, UBU, EP, La Trincea and Blu Cinematografica.

In the afternoon, the Biglietti d’oro 2005 awards will handed out, to the production and distribution companies with the most-seen films of the year. This year, the distribution companies awarded for the overall number of spectators are UIP, Warner Bros and Medusa, while the most viewed films were Madagascar and Shrek 2 by UIP, and Filmauro’s Christmas in love. the production companies whose films drew the largest audiences are Filmauro with Christmas in love, A.Gi.Di. and Medusa with Tu la conosci Claudia? and Melampo with The Tiger and the Snow [+see also:
trailer
film profile].

(Translated from Italian)