Busan – 10 Italian films will take part in the BFI London Film Festival (October 7-18) and 7 at the International Film Festival in Busan (1-10 October). Italian cinema is in London with four first films, two of which directly from Venice: “L’Attesa” by Piero Messina and “Arianna” by Carlo Lavagna, which join “Vergine Giurata” by Laura Bispuri and “Mediterranea” by Jonas Carpignano. Marco Bellocchio’s new film, “Sangue del mio sangue,” and Luca Guadagnino’s “A Bigger Splash” also had their premieres in Venice. The other films at BFI are Latin Lover by Cristina Comencini, Il ragazzo invisibile by Gabriele Salvatores, the documentary Il gesto delle mani by Francesco Clerici and Youth by Paolo Sorrentino. The Busan festival also recognizes the movies that made it to the Venice Film Festival with Sangue del mio sangue, A bigger splash and L’Attessa all represented. In the prestigious Flash Foward section (a competition reserved for young Western cinema) there will be “Il Viaggio” by Adriano Valeria, while out of competition “W la sposa” by Ascanio Celestini, Il racconto dei racconti by Matteo Garrone, Youth and Louisiana by Roberto Minervini. (9Colonne)
