Apr. 2 – After a first stop in Lisbon, the sixth edition of “8:30. Festival of Italian Cinema,” which will last until June 9, arrives from today through Friday in Coimbra, at the Teatro Gil Vicente Académico, and then from Thursday to Sunday in Porto, at the Cinema Passos Manuel. The festival is organized by the Italian embassy in Portugal, the Italian Institute of Culture in Lisbon and the Sorpasso association. The festival, at its sixth edition, is organized by the Italian embassy in Portugal, the Italian Institute of Culture in Lisbon and the Overtaking association. It offers a wide selection of recent Italian films, divided into sessions: Panorama (Tornatore and Ciprì), Competitive, Shorts and Other Visions (dedicated to unconventional cinema). There will also be an Amarcord retrospective, this year dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Fellini’s 8½ and Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard. Both will be screened in the remasterized digital version. Also center stage a special “Show your hands!” screening, dedicated to the detective genre, in collaboration with the magazine Nocturno. Among the guests who will be present: Marco Tullio Giordana, Paolo Genovese, Salvatore Mereu, Roan Johnson, and Peter Marcias. The new Sub vs. Dub event will allow to compare the technique of subtitling (widespread in Portugal) with the practice of dubbing, of which Italy is proud. Speakers for the occasion will be Italian and Portuguese translators, voice actors and researchers. Finally, there will be occasions dedicated to music with a concert by the Italian band Caliber 35, known for their inspired music to the soundtracks of Italian cinema of the ’70s. The festival will then touch, from 11 to 14 April, Funchal, at the Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias, from April 19 to 21 Loulé, in the Cine-Teatro Louletano and from 6 to 9 June Luanda, at the Centro Cultural Portugués.
