ITALIAN CINEMA WORLDWIDE
MEDIA Salles at KINO EXPO 2005
(Moscow, 13-16 September 2005)
On the occasion of the new initiative Italian Cinema Worldwide,
organised with the support of the Italian Government, for promoting
Italian films during the most important professional gatherings of cinema
exhibitors, MEDIA Salles has pleasure in inviting you
Friday 16 September, from 10.30 am to 1.30 pm,
in the Conference Hall, 4th floor, at the Moscow Expocentre Exhibition
Complex
to an event devoted to Italian cinema, including:
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A selection of trailers
of the most recent Italian productions, including Persona
Non Grata by Krzysztof Zanussi
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Coffee Break, with
typical Italian pastries
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Screening of I’m Not
Scared by Gabriele Salvatores
Persona Non Grata (Poland-Italy-Russia, 2005)
Warmly received by the critics at this year’s Venice Film Festival,
this film directed by Krzysztof Zanussi, already winner of a Golden
Lion in 1984 with The Year of The Quiet Sun – can also
claim an appearance on its cast by the Russian director and producer
Nikita Mikhalkov, who on Friday 16, during the Kino Expo Award Ceremony,
will collect the “Person of the Year in Cinema Business”
award.
A plot perfectly balanced between a spy story and reflections on
the positive and negative values of a society transformed by the upheavals
of History.
I’m Not Scared (Italy-Spain-UK, 2003)
Amongst Italy’s greatest successes in 2003, this film by Gabriele
Salvatores has an involving plot with two very young and extremely able
actors and an extraordinary photography by Italo Petriccione, who in
2004 won the David award for Best Director of Photography. Since its
release, the film was distributed in more than 25 countries worldwide.
The new issue (n. 4/2005) of the Newsletter “European Cinema
Journal”, including a special supplement entirely in Russian,
devoted to Italian cinema, will be presented and distributed on this
occasion.
Elisabetta Brunella, Secretary General of MEDIA Salles, will also announce
the coming appointments of “Italian Cinema Worldwide”:
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ShowEast, Orlando,
United States, 24-27 October 2005;
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CineAsia, Beijing,
China, 13-15 December 2005.
MEDIA Salles, a project operating
within the framework of the European Union's MEDIA
Programme, with the support of the Italian Government,
fosters theatrical distribution of European audiovisual products, both
by high profile campaigns involving Europe's cinema exhibitors and by
initiatives to raise the visibility of European productions with industry
players and potential audiences, creating specialized information channels
on a global scale. Thus the current initiatives from MEDIA Salles dovetail
in a program with a triple focus - training, promotion and information
- and maximum combined effect.
Italian Cinema Worldwide is a MEDIA Salles’ initiative,
held thanks to the support of the Italian Government.
MEDIA Salles
Via Soperga, 2 – I-20127 Milan
Tel.: +39.02.66984405 – Fax: +39.02.6691574
E-mail: infocinema@mediasalles.it
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