ITALIAN CINEMA IN CHINA WITH 16 FILMS TO SHANGHAI FILM FESTIVAL

The special Focus Italy at the Shanghai International Film Festival, which in 2014 celebrates fifteen years of collaboration with Filmitalia – Promotion Area Cinema Institute of Contemporary Cinecittà Luce, was inaugurated on June 16 I stop when I want to Sydney Sibilia, in the presence of Peter Dale, one of the protagonists, who collected the response of an enthusiastic audience for the film.
On 17 June it was the turn of Via Castellana Flag of Emma Dante, presented by Elena Cotta, who won the Volpi Cup in Venice. In the prestigious hall of the Cathay Theatre, the oldest cinema in Shanghai, the actress has charmed an audience moved by the intensity of his performance.

To confirm the attention of operators for Chinese New Italian cinema, were then presented two other early works: Seven Little Killers and The Repairman. At the end of the projections directors, Matthew Andreolli and Paul Mitton, will compete with the Chinese public.
In Shanghai will also director Marco Simon Puccioni to present her as the wind.
Thirteen titles in Focus Italy, a film in the Official Selection and three in the Spectrum section give rise to a large display that shows the flattering attention of the festival towards our cinema.
In addition to those already mentioned, the Chinese public will have a chance to see some of our most successful productions and international echo: Holy Gra Gianfranco Rosi, Honey Valeria Golino and Salvo Antonio Piazza and Fabio Grassadonia; the latest works by masters such as Ettore Scola with his tribute to Federico Fellini What a strange call and Gianni Amelio The Intrepid; comedies such as The Referee Paolo Zucca, The Prince of abusive Alessandro Siani and Zoran, my idiot nephew Matthew Oleotto; contemporary reinterpretations of classic genres such as horror and noir with Neverlake Riccardo Paoletti and The Human Variable Bruno Oliviero; new films by directors already known to the public as SIFF Still Life by Uberto Pasolini or The Last Wagon Wheel by Giovanni Veronesi.

The strong presence of Italian cinema could not understand even a classic. The festival of Shanghai dedicating so a Special Tribute to Roberto Rossellini.

Thanks to the partnership with ICE – Institute for Foreign Trade of Shanghai, Italy was present at the SIFF Film Market with a national stand where they operate, among other things, the company’s sales Intramovies, Rai Trade and Fandango.