Cinema Made in Italy returns to Ciné Lumière from 1 – 5 March 2017.
This 7th edition of the festival brings a brand new array of cinematic delights, with an alluring line-up of recent Italian productions, including Q&A sessions with the film-makers.
The five-day annual event is organised by Istituto Luce Cinecittà, in collaboration with Ciné Lumière and with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in London.
7 minuti + Q&A
Wednesday 1 March
Intro and Q&A with Clémence Poésy (actress), Ambra Angiolini – TBC (actress), Cristiana Capotondi (actress)
Pericles il nero + Q&A
Thursday 2 March
Intro and Q&A with Stefano Mordini – TBC (director) and Riccardo Scamarcio (actor)
In guerra per amore + Q&A
Friday 3 March
Intro and Q&A with Pierfrancesco Diliberto aka Pif (director and writer) and Michele Astori (writer)
I Was a Dreamer- Il più grande sogno + Q&A
Sunday 5 March
Intro and Q&A with Michele Vannucci (director) and Mirko Frezza (actor)
Enter the competition and win 2 tickets for this film
Sunday 5 March special screening The Battle of Algiers 2pm
in French, Arabic & English with EN subs
director Gillo Pontecorvo, with Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi
For its 50th anniversary The Battle of Algiers comes out in a restored print shown for the first time in the UK. A film subsidised by the Algerian government, it follows the country’s fight for independence from colonial France, reconstructing the main political events that took place in Algiers between 1954 and 1957.
Preceded by an introduction with the film director’s son, Marco Pontecorvo
