07/03/2017 - The festival, which unspools from 5-9 April, will present docs and features, many of which delve into family relations; the Focus Europa section will be dedicated to Luxembourg

At the 31^st edition of the Bolzano Film Festival Bozen, set to unspool from 5-9 April 2017, female directors will enjoy a particularly strong presence. The line-up includes a plethora of feature debuts by young male and female directors, and as always, the works will be assessed by two international juries, alongside the audiences themselves in the movie theatres.

Many of the documentaries and fiction features selected for the event delve into family relations. Among the features in competition, we have The Impossible Picture [+see also:
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Italy will be represented in competition by Children of the Night [+see also:
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interview: Andrea De Sica
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The documentary competition includes German filmmaker Carolin Genreith’s Happy [+see also:
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film profile] by Corinna Belz, about the life and works of the titular author. Roman director Enrico Maria Artale helmed Saro [+see also:
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The Focus Europa 2017 section of the Bolzano Film Festival Bozen will be dedicated to Luxembourg, while the FINAL TOUCH#2 project will offer professional training to young filmmakers.

(Translated from Italian)