(November 8, 2016) The Italian cinema reaches Turkey from Monday 14 to Saturday, November 19 with the seventh edition of the Week of Italian contemporary cinema. The exhibition, which will animate the seven days of the Contemporary Arts Center in Ankara, is promoted by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Institute of Culture in Istanbul, with the collaboration of the Municipality of Cankaya and the support of several private sponsors (Turk Traktor, Leonardo, SinemaTV, AY Marka). The event will offer the public an overview of the most recent and popular Italian film production: it starts with “God willing” (2015), written and directed by Edoardo Falcone, who will inaugurate the week. It continues with nine other Italian films: “The Mafia kills only in summer” (2014), directed by and starring Pierfrancesco Diliberto, aka Pif; “First Light” (2015) by Vincenzo Marra; the documentary “Vinicio Capossela in the coppoloni country” (2016) by Stefano Obino; the latest film by Paolo Virzi, the tragicomic “The mad joy” (2016). And also, the documentary “Italy in a day: one day of Italian” (2014), the first experiment of collective film in Italy, made by Gabriele Salvatores; “My mother” (2015) by Nanni Moretti; “Suburra” (2015) by Stefano Sollima; the comedy “Daddy’s Boys” (2015) by Guido Chiesa. Finally, “The Confessions” (2016) by Ermanno Olmi, will close the Week of Italian contemporary cinema. (Red)
