– El Festival de Cine Europeo vuelve a la ciudad italiana del 11 al 18 de noviembre, con diez películas en la competición internacional por el Olivo de Oro
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Shoshana [+lee también:
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The 10 feature films set to battle it out in the official competition and selected by Alberto and Luigi La Monica are: Copenhagen Does Not Exist [+lee también:
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entrevista: Filipa Reis, João Miller G…
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entrevista: Christina Ioakeimidi
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entrevista: Léa Fehner
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entrevista: Avelina Prat
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The European Film Festival will also present 6 titles soon to be released in Italian cinemas, namely Giorni felici by Simone Petralia, 8 giorni in agosto by Samuel Perriard, Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo by Francesco Patierno, I limoni d’inverno by Caterina Carone, and Toni [+lee también:
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Worth a mention in the Cinema & Reality section, meanwhile, is the first ever premiere of After the Bridge, directed by Davide Rizzo and Marzia Toscano, which tells the tale of an Italian woman who converted to Islam and whose life was subsequently devastated by the death of her son who belonged to the Jihadi group which killed eight people in the London Bridge area. There’s also Le Spose di BB by Stelvio Attanasi, an investigative film whose protagonists are all men, which is aimed at fighting gender-based violence and in which testimonies are gathered from a handful of participants in workshops aimed at combatting violence against women.
The directors in the running for the 14th Mario Verdone Prize are Carolina Cavalli by way of Amanda [+lee también:
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entrevista: Niccolò Falsetti
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Two tributes are also set to be paid: one to Gianni Minà, with the presentation of Loredana Macchietti Minà’s docufilm Gianni Minà – Una vita da giornalista, and the other to the director who recently passed away Nico Cirasola, by way of a retrospective of his 6 feature films (Odore di Pioggia, Da do da, Albania Blues, Bell’Epoker, Focaccia Blues [+lee también:
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Last but not least, the closing slot of the 24th European Film Festival is entrusted to La chimera [+lee también:
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