Maybe Paolo Sorrentino and I were wrong about this.
When the committee that director Paolo Sorrentino served on to choose the film that would represent Italy at the Oscars, I suggested they choose Edoardo De Angelis’s Indivisibili, or the Netflix production, Suburra. I said that as good as Fuocoammare (Fire At Sea) is, I wouldn’t choose a documentary.
Sorrentino, who was at odds with his fellow committee members and called the group’s decision“a pointless, masochistic exercise in undermining Italian cinema, which could have submitted two films to compete for an Oscar this year: a fiction film which I believe would have stood a very good chance is Indivisibli by Edoardo De Angelis, whereas Fuocoammare would be capable of competing, and winning, in the documentary category.”
Great minds think alike? Or are we just wrong about this?
Look at the facts.
We were introduced to Gianfranco Rosi’s Fuocoammare when it won the biggest prize at the Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival), the Golden Bear. Not a prize for best documentary, it won for best film.
Fuocoammare has gone on to impress audiences at major film festivals all over the world, like this year’s New York Film Festival, and it will be screened at this year’s Chicago Film Festival later this month.
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Screening:
Sat, Oct 22, 2016 7:30pm
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Screening:
Tue, Oct 25, 2016 6:15pm
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It was announced today that the film was named the European film of the year by the International Film Fest, Capri, Hollywood.
Fuocoammare is one of 5 European films that has been nominated for a European Film Award (EFA).
Though so far it has been mostly Europe to praise the film, its topic is hot-button worldwide, illegal immigration, a possibile determining factor for our choice of president here in the US.
“Within Immigration Customs Enforcement I’m going to create a new special deportation task force,” says presidential candidate Donald Drumpf, and one can only imagine the alarming course of events should he win the election.
Fuocoammare begins a limited engagement in US theaters October 21, so you can judge for yourself:
Chicago International Film Festival – Sat, Oct 22, 2016 7:30pm and Tue, Oct 25, 2016 6:15pm
Virginia Film Fest – Nov 5, 2016
Laemmle Playhouse 7 Pasadena CA October 28 – November 3, 2016
Lincoln Plaza Cinema New York NY October 21 – October 27, 2016
IFC Center New York NY October 21 – October 27, 2016
Lincoln Plaza Cinema New York NY October 21 – October 27, 2016
Ragtag Cinema Columbia MO October 20, 2016
Philadelphia Film Festival Philadelphia PA October 20 – October 30, 2016
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Oklahoma City OK September 18 – September 20, 2016
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