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564 articles available in total starting from 18/05/2002. Last article published on 19/06/2019.

This year’s Pesaro a “slow festival” against crisis

“The Festival is more compact. At a moment of crisis, we wanted to organise a ‘slow festival’, with fewer but more important films”, says Giovanni Spagnoletti, artistic director of the Pesaro Film...  

11/06/2010 | Festivals | Italy

European cinema abounds at Taormina

According to Artistic Director Deborah Young, the programme of the 56th Taormina Film Fest (June 12-18) is tight and lean “out of necessity [because] we have only two indoor theatres.” She adds,...  

08/06/2010 | Festivals | Italy

4 Film: Bolzano hosts borderlands near and far

“Promoting peace and understanding among different peoples” is the noble objective of the 4 Film Festival, which not coincidentally takes place in the border city Bolzano. For five editions now...  

07/06/2010 | Festivals | Italy

The poet “consul”

Despite publishing only a few volumes, Jaime Gil de Biedma was one of the most influential poets of the “Gauche Divine”, a free voice (perhaps in some way protected by his upper-class origins) in...  

26/04/2010 | Festivals | Italy

GLBT Europe comes to Turin

How is “gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender” cinema in Italy? “Mediocre”, according to Fabio Bo, the film critic who as of this year is also helming the selection committee of the Turin GLBT...  

21/04/2010 | Festivals | Italy

Desperados wins Golden Olive Tree and Cineuropa Prize in Lecce

The 11th European Film Festival of Lecce, directed by Alberto La Monica and Cristina Soldano, drew to a close on April 18. This year’s edition featured, among others, stars such as Carlo Verdone,...  

19/04/2010 | Festivals | Italy

Ravenna offers “mosaic” of European films

The town of Ravenna is kicking off the fourth edition of Mosaic of Europe Film Fest (MEFF, running through April 24). The Festival, organised by the Film Office of the City of Ravenna with FICE...  

19/04/2010 | Festivals | Italy

Turin capital of gay cinema, but Italy certainly not

The oldest GLBT festival in Europe (and third oldest in the world, after San Francisco and Los Angeles) is turning 25. For the occasion, Da Sodoma a Hollywood, directed since its inception by...  

07/04/2010 | Festivals | Italy

3rd Cineuropa Award will be presented at Lecce

The 3rd Cineuropa Award will be presented to a film in competition at the Lecce Festival of European Cinema (April 13-18). The 10 films selected by Cristina Soldano, all but one from 2009, fully...  

02/04/2010 | Festivals | Italy

Forum on strengthening arthouse distribution held during Young Cinema Awards event

The need to boost financing for arthouse cinema and for film associations, which are important in the distribution of non-mainstream films, is one of the issues that emerged over the course of the...  

31/03/2010 | Festivals | Italy

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