(8 Feb) The Berlin International Film Festival starts tomorrow. Among the excellent films in competition, the Italian movie “Caesar must die,” directed by the brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, in Italian cinemas on March 2nd. The film, distributed by Sacher and produced by Kaos Cinematografica in collaboration with Rai Cinema, has been shot in Rome, in the prison of Rebibbia. It is a docu-fiction that follows the drama workshops run inside the prison of Rebibbia in Rome by the director Fabio Cavalli, author of Shakespearean classics played by inmates. The story follows the trials and the final staging of “Julius Caesar” and the lives of the inmates in their cells.
Besides “Caesar must die”, two Italian film on the dramatic events of the G8 in Genoa in 2001: in the” Panorama Special “, the latest film by Daniele Vicari,” Diaz – Don’t clean up this blood “, with Claudio Santamaria and Elio Germano, (out in Italy on March 2), and in the “Panorama Dokumente”, Italy will be represented by “The Summit” by Franco Fracassi and Massimo Lauria.
As part of the festival, will be held the European Film Market. Even this year, the Italian cinema will be present with its own space at the event. ‘Italy Pavilion’ – this is the name of the space dedicated to Italian films – will host the leaders of public and private cinema industries, and it was created thanks to the contribution of the Cinema General Directorate of the Ministry of Cultursl Heritage. There will be present Anica, Luce-Cinecittà, Italian Film Commission, Rome Film Festival, Filmexport Group, Intramovies, Minerva and Variety Communication. (Roc)
THE BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL: BY THE NUMBERS
The first edition of the International Berlin Film Festival, also known as the “Berlinale”, was held in 1951. This year the event will be from February 9th to 19th and it is at the 62nd edition. About 400 films in the program, 300,000 tickets sold, more than 19,000 trade visitors from 115 different countries, including 4,000 journalists: these are numbers of the Festival, one of the most important in the world. Films of every genre, length and format find their place in the various sections and compete for the prestigious award: the Golden Bear.