Takings are up at Turin
The 25th Turin Film Festival closed with a positive balance: a 79% increase in takings.
The first edition under the artistic direction of Nanni Moretti has also seen a 70-80% increase in admissions and a 47% increase in the number of accredited journalists.
Moretti has confirmed that he will head the next edition of the festival, continuing with the section "L’amore degli inizi" ("Love of Beginnings"), where the director interviews leading figures of Italian cinema about their directorial debuts.
Lastly, Moretti announced that he has started work on the idea for a new film, with Federica Pontremoli and Francesco Piccoli, with whom he collaborated on The Caiman [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jean Labadie
interview: Nanni Moretti
film profile].
The film in which Moretti appears as an actor - Antonello Grimaldi's Caos calmo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Antonello Grimaldi
interview: Domenico Procacci
film profile] ("Calm Chaos") - will be released in spring 2008.
(Translated from Italian)
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