Nov. 9 – The Italian Cinema NICA USA 2012 festival started with a sold out evening dedicated to Valeria Golino at the IFC Center West Village in New York. The Festival is directed by Viviana del Bianco and Grace Santini. Its debut, under snowflakes and recovery operations from Sandy, after the re-election of President Obama, underlined the loyalty of the audience to Valeria Golino, who presented the promo of her directorial debut, “I forgive you”, the short film “Armandino and Mother” (2010), and the movie in competition “The kryptonite in the bag” by Ivan Cotroneo. Until November 11 Italian cinema is in New York for the Festival, organized in collaboration with the American distribution of IFC Films, New York University-Casa Zerilli Marimò. From Nov. 11 to 18, the festival will move to San Francisco, for the event, directed by Ted Hope, organized in collaboration with the San Francisco Film Society.
