New York – The Lincoln Center in New York opens today the 14th edition of “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema,” a significant event dedicated to contemporary Italian cinema in the United States. The exhibition remains in New York until June 12 at the Walter Reade Theater with a wide selection of the most important Italian productions of the year. The Program Director of the Film Society at Lincoln Center, Dennis Lim, who is also a professor at NYU and a former film editor of the Village Voice and a contributor with the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, selected the program. It will contain 16 films, including 3 documentaries, 6 debut works, and the winners of the film festivals in Venice and Rome, “Holy Gra” and “Tir.” “Open Roads” is organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in partnership with the Cinecittà Luce Institute, and with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, the Italian Trade Commission, the Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò and the ACP Group. (9Colonne)
