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

Gosetti returns to head Venice Days

Film journalist and critic Giorgio Gosetti will take over as Delegate General of the 2009 edition of Venice Days, the independent sidebar of the Venice Film Festival. He replaces Fabio Ferzetti,...  

10/02/2009 | Festivals | Italy

Trieste: 20 years of Eastern European cinema

The Trieste Film Festival is turning 20, an important milestone for this historical Italian event dedicated to Central and Eastern European cinema. This year’s edition (from January 15-22) is...  

14/01/2009 | Festivals | Italy

Rome IFF: Detassis new artistic director, Cicutto heads Business St

Piera Detassis, who coordinated the last edition of the Rome International Film Festival, has been named the new artistic director. Producer Roberto Cicutto is the new director of the festival...  

12/01/2009 | Festivals | Italy

Amelio new artistic director of Turin

Director Gianni Amelio has been named the new artistic director of the Turin Film Festival, replacing Nanni Moretti (see news). The nomination was made official yesterday by the National Film...  

11/12/2008 | Festivals | Italy

Fact and fiction meet at Turin

Demonstrating against the tragedies in Rivoli, a town near Turin where Saturday a student was killed when a school collapsed, and Thyssen, the Turin factory where seven workers were killed last...  

24/11/2008 | Festivals | Italy

Black Sea triumphs at Villerupt

The Villerupt Italian Film Festival is one of the most important showcases of films from Italy in France. For its 31st edition, which ended this weekend, a total of 64 films were screened in the...  

17/11/2008 | Festivals | France/Italy

Popoli doc fest starts in Florence

The 49th Festival dei Popoli, one of the oldest and most prestigious documentary festivals, kicks off today in Florence and runs through November 21. “On the eve of its 50th anniversary,” says...  

14/11/2008 | Festivals | Italy

Turin FF: Moretti promises “earnest and cheerful” event

Renewing its 2007 slogan, "earnest and cheerful", Nanni Moretti, the artistic director of the Turin Film Festival (November 21-29), today presented the line-up of the 26th edition, which will...  

08/11/2008 | Festivals | Italy

MedFilm: The Mediterranean and beyond

While perhaps not Rome’s most prestigious film festival, it is certainly one of its oldest: this year the MedFilmFestival turns 16 and runs from November 6-16. Created to host the best of...  

05/11/2008 | Festivals | Italy

Giorgio Gosetti leaves Business St. and the Rome FF

In an interview in a national daily, Giorgio Gosetti and Teresa Cavina announced that they will not be returning to the Rome International Film Festival (RIFF), whose third edition has just ended....  

04/11/2008 | Festivals | Italy

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