(Mar. 26) – Next Saturday, in Zurich, will be held an exclusive showcase of the Salento International Film Festival, event that brings the best national and international independent films to Salento, the south-eastern extremity of the Apulia region. The festival, born in 2004, was held in Italy last September, and now the organizers are committed to a world tour aimed at making the public aware of the best international festivals. During the evening in Zurich will be screened “Synesthesia”, debut film of director Erik Bernasconi, starring Leonardo Nigro, Swiss-Italian actor who will receive the Salento Award-Emerging Actor. Then it will be offered a buffet of specialties from Apulia, prepared by chefs of the hotel school “Aldo Moro” of Santa Cesarea Terme, in the province of Lecce. After Zurich, the exhibition will move to London, from April 13 to 15, and to Hong Kong, from May 16 to 20. (Naf/Peg)