Lisbon. “Italian Film Festival in Portugal” – the biggest festival dedicated to Italian cinema has reached its 10th edition. It is organised by ‘Il Sorpasso’ Association and by the ‘Cappella Underground of Trieste’ thanks to the collaboration and the support of the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Lisbon, MIBACT Cinema Division, Istituto Luce & dell’Anica and important local institutions. The programme includes a selection of 50 films from Italian contemporary cinema including a tribute to the great masters of Italian cinema of the past. Many film premieres such as “Fai bei sogni” by Marco Bellocchio which opens the festival and “In guerra per amore by Pierfrancesco Diliberto at the close of the festival (April 13th) which he will attend. Six films in the running, a Focus on Naples, a short-film section and the usual ‘Amarcord’ (‘nostalgic revocation’) of the great masters of Italian cinema; and a variety of public programmes devoted to children, special guests, which also includes music and Italian food. (9colonne)
