Singapore – Today is the final day of exhibition in Singapore for the 11th edition of the Film Festival – Venice Special Edition, an event proposing, for the first time in the Asian country, a selection of the films presented at the 70th edition of the Venice Film Festival. The event is organized by the Italian Institute of Culture and the Venice Biennale in collaboration with Cathay Cineplexes, the National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore Film Society. Among the selected films, there were: “Sacro Gra” by Gianfranco Rosi, the first documentary to win a Golden Lion; “L’Intrepido” by Gianni Amelio; and “La Dolce Vita” by Federico Fellini, a masterpiece from the 1960s. Considerable attention is also dedicated to local films, such as “Feng ai (‘Til Madness Do Us Part)” by Wang Bing, “Mary is happy, Mary is happy” by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit and “Shuiyin jie” by Vivian Qu. (9Colonne)
