(April 8 2016) The “European Film Days” Festival, is held in Prague until April 14 in some historical town halls, and then will move to Kino Scala in Brno and in other parts of the country until the 18th of the month. This year thee festival celebrates its twenty-third edition dedicating a showcase to Italian cinema. There will be, in fact, three films on the bill to represent Italy at the exhibition, organized by the European Commission representation in the Czech Republic and several Embassies and Cultural Institutes, with the support of the Czech Ministry of Culture and the Czech Cinematography Fund. The film “Pasolini” by Abel Ferrara, projected thanks to the Institute of Italian Culture of Prague, will be joined by “Mediterranean” by Jonas Carpignano and “Youth – The Youth” by Paolo Sorrentino. The latter was placed inside a special section devoted to the culinary cinema, “Film Flavour”, which program includes the screening in a picturesque area of the capital, the Kino Royal, and the subsequent tasting of typical dishes of the film’s country of origin, according to the new trend of “Cinema Cuisine”. The event will also feature a series of films on immigration in order to stimulate the sensitivity and attention of European citizens on the complex reality of the new migrations. (Red)
