Dec. 10 – The city of Gaudi pays tribute to Italian cinema with “Le Meraviglie” by Alice Rohrwacher, “Il Giovane Favoloso” by Mario Martone, “La mafia uccide solo d’estate” by Pierfrancesco Diliberto and many other feature films that will animate the third edition of Italian Cinema Show in Barcelona. Scheduled for Dec. 12-18, screenings will take place at the Cinema Verdi (Calle Verdi, 32) and Green Park (Calle Torrijos, 49). The event is organized by the Istituto Luce Cinecittà, the Italian Institute of Culture in Barcelona, with the collaboration of the Italian Center for Cinema Studies, Cinemes Verdi and Hotel Majestic. The festival’s program also includes the special section “Italian Cinema and immigration,” with a retrospective scheduled for Wednesday, December 17 introduced by the Italian Consul General in Barcelona, Stefano Nicoletti, and speeches by Roberta Ferrazza (director of the IIC Barcelona), Daniela Aronica (director of the Italian Center of Cinema Studies) and directors Gianluca De Serio and Paola Randi, whose work (respectively “Sette opera di misericordia” and “Into Paradiso”) will be screened during the event. The special section on immigration will continue until Dec. 18, with the presentation of the dossier “Italy In & Out. Migration in / of Italian film” and with the screening of “La mia classe” by Daniel Gaglianone,”Là-Bas” by Guido Lombardi and “La nave dolce” by Daniele Vicari. (Red)
