Apr. 3 – Mark your calendars, because on April 9 to 3pm the Illusion Cinema of Moscow and on April 12 at 6pm in St. Petersburg at Rodina Cinema, Italian cinema is coming to Russia. The promotional tour was organized by New Italian Cinema Events (NICE), alongside the 17th edition of the Nice Russia festival, directed by Viviana del Bianco and Grazua Santini and Olga Strada as Executive Director Russia. Both Moscow and Petersburg will screen Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Great Beauty,” winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 2014, as well as his debut film. “L’Uomo in Più” (2001). Actress Anita Kravos, who starred in “The Great Beauty” will host the event, filmmakers Edoardo Leo, Francesco Amato and Domenico Formisano, producer of “Neve” by Stefano Incerti have confirmed their participation and will meet the audience after the screening of their films (Buongiorno Papà, Cosimo e Nicole and Neve, respectively). “Recent Italian films reflect the uncertainty and problems that challenge traditional Italian society, and our selection is no exception. It is our rule, however, that we select movies belonging to various genres, with particular attention to comedy, which abroad is always very popular. The NICE selection for 2014 in Russia proposes four films screened in the U.S. last November but adds two comedies and a noir film. The festival continues to renew its offer, proposing a thorough insight into contemporary Italian cinema,” says director Del Bianco. In addition to “Buongiorno papà” (2013), a comedy by Edoardo Leo with Raul Bova and Marco Giallini that won the Nice U.S Audience Award. 2013, Nice offers a preview “Cosimo e Nicole,” by Francesco Amato (2012), “Un giorno devi andare” by Giorgio Diritti (2013), “Ali ha gli occhi azzurri ” by Claudio Giovannesi (2012 ) and the comedies “Viaggio Sola” by Maria Sole Tognazzi and Pierfrancesco Diliberto’s director debut “La mafia uccide solo d’estate.” The next festivals will be in New York (5 – November 10, 2014 – Tribeca Cinema), San Francisco (9 -17 November 2014 – Clay Cinema) and Florence (December 2014 – Odeon Cinema).
