{"id":53757,"date":"2016-03-31T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T08:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/comunicati\/2016\/03\/mosca-nice-il-nuovo-cinema-italiano-2\/"},"modified":"2016-03-31T10:23:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T08:23:54","slug":"mosca-nice-il-nuovo-cinema-italiano-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/approfondimenti\/2016\/03\/mosca-nice-il-nuovo-cinema-italiano-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow &#8211; NICE, the new Italian cinema, out to conquer Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NICE-New\u00a0Italian\u00a0Cinema\u00a0Events\u00a0makes its comeback in promoting emerging Italian cinema at the 19<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the NICE\u00a0Russia 2016 festival directed by Viviana del Bianco. As in previous editions, the two Russian screenings will run almost in parallel: in Moscow from 5 to 11 April at the\u00a0Illusion Cinema\u00a0Theatre and from 8\u00a0to 13 April in St. Petersburg, where NICE is screening its films in a new venue, the Avrora Cinema, the city\u2019s oldest cinema theatre. The event is promoted by the Italian Embassy in Moscow, the Italian Consulate in St. Petersburg and the Italian Institutes of Culture of the two cities. This year too, the selection of films is particularly varied, including widely differing genres and styles: \u201cCloro\u201d (drama) by Lamberto\u00a0Sanfelice, \u201cIo, Arlecchino\u201d (\u201cI, Harlequin\u201d, comedy-drama) by Giorgio Pasotti and Matteo Bini, \u201cSe Dio vuole\u201d (comedy) by Edoardo Falcone, \u201cMi chiamo Maya\u201d (drama) by Tommaso Agnese, \u201cItalo\u201d (comedy) by Alessia Scarso, \u201cTempo instabile con probabili schiarite\u201d (\u201cPartly Cloudy with Sunny Spells\u201d comedy\/drama) by\u00a0Marco Pontecorvo, \u201cFino a qui tutto bene\u201d (comedy) by\u00a0Roan\u00a0Johnson. The 2016 NICE for Russia selection will rerun the six films already screened in the United States last November with the fresh addition of a comedy (\u201cFino a qui tutto bene\u201d) to testify to the Festival\u2019s interest in selecting ever-differing films capable of giving a complete overview of Italian film-making, as explained by Viviana del Bianco. (Red)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The selection of films dedicated to Matteo\u00a0Garrone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A selection of films dedicated to Matteo Garrone will open the festival of new Italian cinema in Russia. The opening might be unusual for a festival but not for NICE as, over the years, it has often dedicated retrospectives to established young film directors in whom it has confided ever since the they started their film-making careers. Mr Garrone will be present at the Moscow and St. Petersburg screenings of his films \u201cIl racconto dei\u00a0racconti\u201d (Tale of Tales), \u201cReality\u201d, \u201cGomorra\u201d, \u201cPrimo amore\u201d (First Love) and \u201cL\u2019imbalsamatore\u201d (The Embalmer). The closing event of the festival will be the showing of \u201cNoi e\u00a0la Giulia\u201d by Edoardo Leo, another young director who has been a guest of the Festival in the past. The film directors attending this year\u2019s edition \u2013Matteo Garrone, Alessia Scarso, Matteo Bini and\u00a0Roan\u00a0Johnson, in addition to the scriptwriter of \u201cFino a qui tutto bene\u201d, Ottavia\u00a0Madeddu\u00a0\u2013 will present their films, the screening of which will be followed by a debate open to the public. Meetings are also scheduled in the schools and universities both in Moscow and in St. Petersburg. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NICE-New\u00a0Italian\u00a0Cinema\u00a0Events\u00a0makes its comeback in promoting emerging Italian cinema at the 19th edition of the NICE\u00a0Russia 2016 festival directed by Viviana del Bianco. 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