Laura Morante

Festivals - Italy - EuropaCinema returns to Viareggio in reduced version

The 26th edition of the EuropaCinema Festival of Viareggio - this year in a “limited edition” due to cuts in funding that left it with a little over one-fourth its budget of preivous years - will be held from September 21-24...

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Il grande sogno

A Medusa release of a Pietro Valsecchi presentation of a Taodue production, in association with Babe Film, with the participation of Medusa Film. Michele Placido's "Il grande sogno," a semi-autobiographical '68 student-protest...

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Castellitto preps 'La Bellezza,' 'Mondo'

WB to distribute comedy in Italy Italo thesp/helmer Sergio Castellitto, protag of Gallic auteur Jacques Rivette's competish pic "36 vues du Pic Saint Loup," has two helming projects percolating, one of which has been boarded by...

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Production - Italy - De Sica is degenerate father of “youngest son”

Thanks to Pupi Avati, yet another comedic actor is getting his chance at a dramatic turn. The director, who previously worked comedians Diego Abatantuono, Antonio Albanese and Ezio Greggio, chose Christian De Sica as the...

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Giffoni fest highlights

Giffoni Experience: Wizards, real life unspool -- While Hollywood will be going to Giffoni in full force, there will be no lack of more esoteric international indie fare for young auds to discuss, vote on and digest as part of...

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Karlovy Vary fest kicks off

Healing springs, private spas and Russian mansions. That is the Karlovy Vary as you might know it throughout most of the year. But for one week every summer, the town turns into a mecca for aficionados of independent cinema...

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Festivals - Italy - Giffoni offers entertainment and solidarity

Important premieres, international guests and solidarity mark the 39th edition of the Giffoni Experience, which from July12-25 will offer its 2,800 young jurors (from 2-31 years old, from 29 countries) approximately 150 films...

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NDTV Lumière presents ‘The Son’s Room’

Mumbai, March 30th, 2009: This week, NDTV Lumière brings a delicate drama of pain and grief in the wake of family tragedy, ‘The Son’s Room’. Directed by one of Europe’s most acclaimed filmmakers Nanni Moretti, ‘The Son’s Room’...

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