June 6 – While the great retrospective “8 Decades of Italian Cinema,” dedicated to masterpieces from the 1940s to 2000, is still in full swing, Italian cinema comes into another spotlight, again in New York, with the 13th edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema. The event has become a point of reference for the audience and for major local distributors of European films. Organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, in partnership with Cinecittà Luce Institute, and with the support of the Cultural Institute of New York, Italian Trade Commission, Casa Italian Zerilli Marimò and ACP Group, the weeklong exhibition makes available a selection of the most important recent Italian productions. Twelve titles for well established directors overseas alongside emerging authors: “Tutti i santi giorni” by Paolo Virzì, “Bella addormentata” by Marco Bellocchio, “La scoperta dell’alba” by Susanna Nicchiarelli, “Nina” by Elisa Fuksas, “Il primo uomo” by Gianni Amelio, “Romanzo di una strage” by Marco Tullio Giordana, “Viaggio sola” by Maria Sole Tognazzi, “Bellas Mariposas” by Salvatore Mereu, “È stato il figlio” by Daniele Ciprì, “Il volto di un’altra” by Pappi Corsicato, “Handmade Cinema” by Guido Torlonia, and “Il riscatto” by Giovanna Taviani. Directors Marco Bellocchio, Francesca Calvelli, Daniel Cyprus, Pappi Corsica, Maria Sole Tognazzi, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Giovanna Taviani, Elisa Fuksas, Salvatore Mereu, Guido Torlonia and Luca Marinelli will also be in New York to introduce their films. The heterogeneity of the film selection confirms the interest of the public, the press and the American operators for Italian cinematography, and, confirming this, the Lincoln Center has had to double the film projections to meet the demands of the public. Now in its 13th edition, Open Roads is also one of the highlights of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States.
