Apr. 7 – The Italian Film Festival is back in Israel, after a prolonged absence. The festival opened Saturday at the Tel Aviv Cinemathèque and was, yesterday, in Jerusalem. The first screening was dedicated to “Song e’ Napule” by the Manetti brothers, who were present at the event. Until April 22, several other iconic films of Italian cinema will be screened, including: “Bella addormentata” by Marco Bellocchio, “Educazione siberiana” by Gabriele Salvatores, “L’Intervalle” by Leonardo Di Costanzo, “Spaghetti Story” by Ciro De Caro and Rossella D’Andrea, “Salvo” by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, “Bellas Mariposas” by Salvatore Mereu, “Corpo celeste” by Alice Rohrwacher, and “The other Fellini,” a documentary by Roberto Naccari and Stefano Bisulli dedicated to Riccardo, brother of cinema-revolutionary Federico Fellini. The Festival will screen in over 5 Israeli cities a total of 50 times.
