03/12/2018 - The 11th edition of the event will showcase transalpine feature films without a French distributor from 7 to 11 December

With growing success and sold-out screenings at L'Arlequin cinema, the "De Rome à Paris" Italian Cinema Meeting Event – organised in Paris by ANICA (National Association of Cinematographic, Audiovisual and Multimedia Industries) in cooperation with the Istituto Luce Cinecittà, UNEFA (Film Exporters), ICE (Foreign Trade Institute), the Italian Embassy and the Institute of Italian Culture, with the support of the Italian Ministry of Culture and in partnership with the CNC and UniFrance – will see its11^th edition take place from 7 to 11 December in Paris, with an additional day added to the programme.

This year's edition of De Rome à Paris features 11 films: 10 without a French distributor, and Euphoria [+see also:
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making of
film profile] by Valeria Golino (discovered at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard and due to be released in French cinemas on 20 February by the French outfit Paname Distribution). The first two episodes of the television series My Brilliant Friend [+see also:
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Among the ten other films without distributors on the menu are three titles screened at Venice: If Life Gives You Lemons [+see also:
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film profile] by Emanuele Scaringi, which premiered on the Lido in the Orizzonti section, and The Young Fan [+see also:
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interview: Gipi
film profile] by Gianni Pacinotti (AKA Gipi), which was selected for the Sconfini programme.

The line-up also includes two feature films presented at Locarno: Menocchio [+see also:
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film profile] by Alberto Fasulo (appreciated in competition) and Just Like My Son [+see also:
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interview: Costanza Quatriglio
film profile] by Costanza Quatriglio (screened out of competition). 

The programme features Twin Flower [+see also:
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film profile] by Laura Luchetti (selected at Toronto), the comedies Blessed Madness [+see also:
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film profile] by Carlo Verdone (due to open the event) and Put Grandma in the Freezer [+see also:
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film profile] by the director duo Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe Stasi, as well as films by two well-known directors on the European scene: Woman's Name [+see also:
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making of
film profile] by Marco Tullio Giordana and Naples in Veils [+see also:
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film profile] by Ferzan Ozpetek.

It’s worth noting that the event will be preceded by professional meetings (read the news here) with a Work In Progress event, a co-production market, and a conference on Franco-Italian cooperation.

(Translated from French)