30/05/2016 - Open Roads at the Lincoln Center and the Semana de Cine Italiano are important rendezvous for the public and distributors in the USA and Argentina, where market potential for Italian films is rising

From 2-8 June, the Istituto Luce Cinecittà and the Lincoln Center in New York will join forces to present the Open Roads contemporary cinema festival, North America’s most important event dedicated entirely to modern Italian cinema, which this year celebrates its 16^th edition.

This time around, the gathering, which is co-organised with the prestigious Film Society of Lincoln Center, and which has also scheduled market meetings with the biggest US distributors of European movies, has selected The Beginners [+see also:
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film profile] by Claudio Cupellini, Arianna [+see also:
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interview: Carlo Lavagna
film profile] by Carlo Lavagna, Assolo [+see also:
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film profile] by Laura Morante, Banat (The Journey) [+see also:
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film profile] by Adriano Valerio, Call Me Francesco [+see also:
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making of
interview: Sara Serraiocco
film profile] by Daniele Luchetti, La felicità è un sistema complesso [+see also:
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interview: Gianni Zanasi
interview: Valerio Mastandrea
film profile] by Gianni Zanasi, Me, Myself and Her [+see also:
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making of
film profile] by Maria Sole Tognazzi, L'esercito più piccolo del mondo [+see also:
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film profile] by Gianfranco Pannone, They Call Me Jeeg [+see also:
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making of
interview: Gabriele Mainetti
film profile] by Gabriele Mainetti, Don’t Be Bad [+see also:
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film profile] by Claudio Caligari, First Light [+see also:
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interview: Vincenzo Marra
film profile] by Vincenzo Marra, River Memories [+see also:
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film profile] by Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio, Se Dio vuole [+see also:
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film profile] by Edoardo Falcone, Viva Ingrid! by Alessandro Rossellini and Long Live the Bride [+see also:
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interview: Ascanio Celestini
film profile] by Ascanio Celestini. 

During the same period, from 2-8 June, Buenos Aires will be hosting the third edition of the Semana de Cine Italiano, and expects a huge audience of both viewers and distributors. The rendezvous (which takes place at the Palermo Cinepark) has chosen nine movies, and the event has now become a real springboard for Italian films that have just been bought by local distributors. Following the massive success of the first two editions, Argentinian distributors have become the key players at this gathering, which offers strong support for theatrical releasing in their country. In fact, besides taking care of the Spanish subtitles for the movies, the Istituto Luce Cinecittà is also inviting the talents from the Italian titles to Buenos Aires, enabling some high-profile promotion that will not be a burden on the budgets of their respective marketing activities. 

Audiences will thus be able to enjoy the national premieres of Quo vado? [+see also:
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making of
film profile] by Gennaro Nunziante, Blood of My Blood [+see also:
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interview: Marco Bellocchio
film profile] by Marco Bellocchio, Napoli Jungle [+see also:
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interview: Antonio Capuano
film profile] by Antonio Capuano, The Confessions [+see also:
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interview: Roberto Andò
film profile] by Roberto Andò, Il Nome del Figlio [+see also:
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film profile] by Francesca Archibugi, Italian Race [+see also:
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interview: Matilda De Angelis
interview: Matteo Rovere
film profile] by Matteo Rovere, A Five Star Life [+see also:
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film profile] by Maria Sole Tognazzi, They Call Me Jeeg and Il Solengo [+see also:
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interview: Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matt…
film profile] by Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis. These titles will be accompanied by a contingent of artists comprising Stefano Accorsi, the star of Italian Race, and directors Roberto Andò, Antonio Capuano, Matteo Rovere and Alessio Rigo de Righi.

Meanwhile, Arianna, Assolo and Don’t Be Bad will be on offer to Argentinian distributors, who seem to be taking a renewed interest in Italian cinema. 

The Istituto Luce Cinecittà and Filmitalia organise the Semana de Cine Italiano in conjunction with the Italian Institute of Culture and the Institute for Foreign Trade.

(Translated from Italian)