(October 4, 2016) “Fuocoammare” (Fire at Sea), “La Pazza Gioia” (Like Crazy) and “Assolo” (Solo) are the three Italian films that will be screened at the 39th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF). The annual film festival presented by the California Film Institute held every year in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by Mark Fishkin in 1977, and has launched many films and new talents. Known and appreciated for the quality of its events, it aims to appreciate international and independent films. Every year, the festival welcomes more than 200 directors, actors and other players of the film industry from 50 different countries. Italy will be represented, thanks to the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, by “Fuocoammare” by Gianfranco Rosi that the Italian public has nominated for an Oscar. It has already received a Golden Bear in Berlin (the film has grossed €693,000 so far). In addition, the public of the MVFF will in fact have the opportunity to see “La Pazza Gioia”, Paolo Virzì latest film starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Micaela Ramazzotti; and “Assolo”, written and directed by Laura Morante starring Laura Morante, Piera Degli Esposti, Francesco Pannofino and Lambert Wilson. (PO/red)
