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

Great cinema “rediscovered” in Bologna

Peter von Bagh is “surprised by the generosity of the Cinematheque of Bologna”. Von Bagh is the Finnish director Il cinema ritrovato (“Cinema rediscovered”), the event that for over 20 years has...  

03/07/2008 | Festivals | Italy

Students discover Eldorado at Pesaro

The 44th Pesaro Film Festival ended with triumph for Liew Seng Tat’s Flower in the Pocket. The Malaysian film, a Tiger Award winner at the Rotterdam Film Festival, beat out seven other titles –...  

30/06/2008 | Festivals | Italy

Appointment in Algiers for Italian cinema

Five features and two shorts – the most recent and representative Italian production of the past year, ranging in genres from comedy to social activism and drama – will screen from tomorrow in the...  

26/06/2008 | Festivals | Italy

La Marca makes debut at Pesaro

For his debut film La terramadre (“Motherearth”), Nello La Marca took inspiration above all from some ambitious models: the films of Gianni Amelio and Luchino Visconti’s The Earth Trembles. The...  

24/06/2008 | Festivals | Italy

Patierno in competition at Karlovy Vary

The Early Bird Catches the Worm by Francesco Patierno has been chosen in official competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival (July 4-12). Released in Italy at the end of February by Medusa, the...  

24/06/2008 | Festivals | Italy

Baricco to debut in Locarno

The 61st Locarno Film Festival will host the directorial debut of Italian author Alessandro Baricco, Lezione 21 (“Lesson 21”), an examination of Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony”, from the work’s...  

24/06/2008 | Festivals | Italy

Taormina crowns Mediterranean talent

The 54th Taormina Film Fest (June 15-22) awards ceremony ended with a concert that paid tribute to the music of film composers Ennio Morricone, Nicola Piovani and Nino Rota; and featured...  

23/06/2008 | Festivals | Italy

Taormina boasts host of European titles

Five European films showed in the second half of the 54th Taormina Film Fest (June 15-22). Slovenian film Tractor, Love and Rock’n’Roll by Bosnian musician-actor-filmmaker Branko Djuric (Cheese...  

23/06/2008 | Festivals | Italy

Taormina features films by Olivares, Becker and Wivel

The first European films have screened at the 54th Taormina Film Fest (June 15-22). On June 16, Gerardo Olivares’ 14 Km received heartfelt applause after its out-of-competition screening in the...  

18/06/2008 | Festivals | Italy

Sfiorarsi wins Naples

The 10th Naples Film Festival was a success this year, and closed with Angelo Orlando’s Sfiorarsi picking up the Vesuvio Award. The winning short films were Francesco Prisco’s Fuori uso and Uno...  

17/06/2008 | Festivals | Italy

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