Those of you in the Los Angeles area, please don’t miss the LA Italia Film Festival starting February 23 and going until March 1. Valeria Golino and her bel fidanzato Riccardo Scarmarcio will be there, along with other directors and stars like Roberto Faenza, Paolo Genovese, Franco Nero, and Francesco Patierno. They are saying that plenty of American film people will be there as well, attending a screening of Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza which will be shown 48 hours before Academy Award voting closes.
Admission is FREE and will be held at the TCL Chinese Theaters located at Chinese 6 Theaters in Hollywood.
Take a look at the lineup:
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23
10:30am Tribute to the legendary maestro Eduardo De Filippo
Saturday, Sunday and Monday (138′ – dir. Paolo Sorrentino, with Toni Servillo)
Special Screening
1:00pm Introducing the Italian poet of music Francesco De Gregori
Doc Dress Rehearsal (42′ – dir. Nik Bello)
1:50pm Animation Lucky and Zorba (75′ – dir. Enzo D’Alò)
The director will be attending the event
3:20pm Remembering Giuliano Gemma
Docu An Italian in the World (72 – dir. Vera and Giuliana Gemma)
4: 45pm Eni Culture of Energy – Doc Gela Makes News (11′ – dir. Ferdinando Cerchio)
Followed by Focus on Roberto Faenza – Special Screening
Anita B. (98′ – dir. Roberto Faenza)
The director and the actor Antonio Cupo will be attending the event
rsvp: faenza@losangelesitalia.com
7:00pm The Great Beauty (150′ – dir. Paolo Sorrentino)
rsvp: medusa@losangelesitalia.com
9:45pm Honoring the Italian-American director David O. Russell – Special Screening American Hustle (138′- dir. David O. Russell)
The director will be attending the event
rsvp: italian-american@losangelesitalia.com
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24
9:30am Tribute to the legendary maestro Eduardo De Filippo
Marriage Italian Style (102′ – dir. Vittorio De Sica)
11:30am The Medicine Seller (105′ – dir. Antonio Morabito) Special Screening
1:30pm Focus on Roberto Faenza
The Lost Lover (97′ – dir. Roberto Faenza)
3:20pm Eni Culture of Energy – Doc Gela Makes News (11′ – dir. Ferdinando Cerchio)
Followed by Hopeful Notes (89′ – dir. Valerio Zanoli)
The director and the actor Walter Nudo will be attending the event
5:15pm Shortcut P.O.V. (5′ – dir. Tommaso Cardile)
To follow Docu Bergman & Magnani: The War of Volcanoes (52′ – dir. Francesco Patierno)
The director will be attending the event
6:30pm Screening To Be Announced
8:30pm Eni Culture of Energy – Doc Rethink Energy (6′ – Interview with Toni Servillo)
Followed by Walt Disney and Italy – A Love Story (52′ – dir. Marco Spagnoli) Special Screening The Director will be attending the event
9:45pm Doc Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the ’70s
(137′ – dir. Mike Malloy) – The Director, the actor Franco Nero and many more artists will be attending the event
ADMISSION IS FREE. FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED.
PLEASE BE SURE YOU CHECK THE DAILY PROGRAM ONLY ON THE WEB-SITE
http://www.losangelesitalia.com And for specific questions please write to pr@losangelesitalia.com
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25
9:30am Tribute to the legendary maestro Eduardo De Filippo
The Mayor (02′ – dir. Ugo Fabrizio Giordani)
11:10am Focus on Roberto Faenza
Look to the Sky (100′ – dir. Roberto Faenza)
1:00pm Raise Your Head (88′ – dir. Alessandro Angelini) Special Screening
The actress Anita Kravos will be attending the event
2:40pm The Art of Happiness (82′ – dir.Alessandro Rak) – Special Screening
4:20pm Eni Culture of Energy – Doc Gela Makes News (11′ – dir. Ferdinando Cerchio)
Followed by, Animation Pinocchio (75′ – dir. Enzo D’Alò) Special Screening
6:00pm Shortmovie The Cut (10′ – dir. Gianluca Minucci)
Cool People (105′ – dir. Francesco Patierno) Special Screening
The director will be attending the event
8:15pm The Mystery of Dante (100′ – dir. Louis Nero ) Special Screening
The actor Franco Nero will be attending the event
10:15pm Un boss in salotto (105′ – dir. Luca Miniero) Special Screening
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26
9:15am The Day Will Come (86′ – dir. Giuseppe Ferlito) Special Screening
10:50am The Big Heart of Girls (85′ – dir. Pupi Avati)
The actress Isabelle Adriani will be attending the screening
12:30pm The Displaced Child (100 – dir Pupi Avati)
2:20pm Focus on Roberto Faenza
The Soul Keeper (100′ – dir. Roberto Faenza)
4:15pm The Third Half (95′ – dir. Enrico Maria Artale ) Special Screening
The director will be attending the screening
6:00pm The Mercury Factor (105′ dir. Luca Barbareschi) Special Screening
8:00pm Romeo & Juliet (118′ – dir. Carlo Carlei)
The actor Tomas Arana will be attending the screening
10:15pm Eni Culture of Energy – Doc Rethink Energy (6′ – Interview with Toni Servillo)
Followed by Calibro 10 (93′ – dir. Raffaele Alberto) Special Screening
The actor Franco Nero will be attending the screening
ADMISSION IS FREE. FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED.
PLEASE BE SURE YOU CHECK THE DAILY PROGRAM ONLY ON THE WEB-SITE
http://www.losangelesitalia.com And for specific questions please write to pr@losangelesitalia.com
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27
9:00am Tribute to the legendary maestro Eduardo De Filippo
Ghosts, Italian Style (104′ – dir. Renato Castellani)
10:50am Brain Drain ( 100′ – dir.Paolo Ruffini) Special Screening
12:40am Italian Movies (99′ – dir. Matteo Pellegrini)
2:30pm Focus on Roberto Faenza
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You (98′ – dir. Roberto Faenza)
4:20pm Cosimo and Nicole (100′ – dir. Francesco Amato)
The actor Riccardo Scamarcio will be attending the event
6:15pm Honoring the Italian Poet of Music Francesco De Gregori
Broken Windows (103′ – dir Stefano Pistolini ) Special Screening
The artist Francesco De Gregori will be attending the event
rsvp: degregori@losangelesitalia.com
9:00pm Honoring the Italian-Americans: director Martin Scorsese
and actor Leonardo Di Caprio
The Wolf of Wall Street (180′- dir. Martin Scorsese)
rsvp: italian-american@losangelesitalia.com
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28
10:00am Focus on Roberto Faenza
The Days of Abandonment (96′ – dir. Roberto Faenza)
11:45am Tribute to the legendary maestro Eduardo De Filippo
Saturday, Sunday and Monday (119′ – dir. Lina Wertmuller)
1:50pm Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (119′ – dir. Vittorio De Sica)
4:00pm The Family Friend (102′ – dir. Paolo Sorrentino, with Giacomo Rizzo)
6:00pm The Consequences of Love (100′ – dir. Paolo Sorrentino, with Toni Servillo)
8:00pm This Must Be the Place (118′ – dir. Paolo Sorrentino, with Sean Penn)
10:15pm One Man Up (100′ – dir. Paolo Sorrentino, with Toni Servillo)
SATURDAY, MARCH 1
9:30am Spaghetti Story (83′ – dir. Ciro De Caro) Special Screening
11:10am A Small Southern Enterprise (103′ – dir. Rocco Papaleo) Special Screening
The actor Riccardo Scamarcio will be attending the event
1:00pm Eni Culture of Energy – Doc Gela Makes News (11′ – dir. Ferdinando Cerchio)
Followed by Tribute to the legendary maestro Eduardo De Filippo
Side Street Story (83′ – dir. Eduardo De Filippo)
2:45pm Monologue The Piano Marshall (10′ – Starr. Eduardo de Filippo)
Followed by 394 Trilogy in the World (55′ – dir. Massimiliano Pacifici. Starr. Toni Servillo)
4:00pm Eni Culture of Energy – Docu Rethink Energy (6′ – Interview with Toni Servillo)
Followed by Il Divo (110′ – dir. Paolo Sorrentino. Starr. Toni Servillo)
6:00pm Blame Freud (100′ – dir. Paolo Genovese) Special Screening
7:45pm Laura Pausini: The Italian Queen of Pop (45′ – dir. Vincenzo Mollica)
ADMISSION IS FREE. FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED.
PLEASE BE SURE YOU CHECK THE DAILY PROGRAM ONLY ON THE WEB-SITE
http://www.losangelesitalia.com And for specific questions please write to pr@losangelesitalia.com
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