Pune – The 17th edition of the Pune International Film Festival is scheduled in India from 10 to 17 January. Many Italian movies have been selected. “Il Bene Mio” by Pippo Mezzapesa was included in the world competition. Four other pictures in Global Cinema: “Les Estivants – Il Villeggianti” by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, “Nevermind” by Eros Puglielli, “Sono Tornato” by Luca Miniero and “Veleno” by Diego Olivares. The festival will also dedicate a retrospective to Bernardo Bertolucci with the screening of three masterpieces by the recently passed away Italian director: “Ultimo Tango a Parigi”, “Il Piccolo Budda” and “L’Ultimo Imperatore”. In the section dedicated to movies directed by students of film schools, there are two animated short movies: “Humus” by Simone Cirillo, Simone Di Rocco, Dario Livietti and Alice Tagliapietra, and “I Mostri non esistono” by Ilaria Angelini, Luca Barberis Organista and Nicola Bernardi. Two selected documentaries: “L’Uomo che Rubò Banksy” by Marco Proserpio and “What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?” by Roberto Minervini. This is stated on the Cinemaitaliano.info website. (9Colonne)
