05/06/2008

Starting today and running through June 12, the 13th edition of Cannes a Roma offers previews not only some of the competition titles picked up by Italian distributors and announced for the upcoming season (such as Palme d’Or winner The Class [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Carole Scotta
interview: Laurent Cantet
film profile] by Laurent Cantet, Philippe Garrel’s La frontière de l’aube [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile]), but above all many films that will never be seen in Italy.

Such is the case with the films from Critics’ Week, which is almost always shown in its entirety (including this year’s winner, Snow [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Aida Begic). Director Anna Novion will be on hand to present her film Grown Ups [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile].

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Directors’ Fortnight, besides a selection of historical films (from Chantal Akerman’s The Captive to Milestones by Robert Kramer and John Douglas), titles from the section’s latest edition include Jerzy Skolimowski’s Four Nights with Anna [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Nicola Sornaga’s Monsieur Morimoto [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] and Bouli Lanners’s Eldorado [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by (winner of the Europa Cinemas Label).

From June 10-16, the event moves to Milan, with Cannes e dintorni, a repeat of the Rome programme with the addition of Sergey Dvortsevoy’s Tulpan, winner of Un Certain Regard.

(Translated from Italian)