03/02/2011

Of the Italian sales companies present this year at the European Film Market of the Berlinale, Paola Corvino’s Intramovies has the most interesting and varied slate.

First up is Laís Bodanzky’s Brazilian youth comedy As Melhores Coisas do Mundo, winner of seven main awards (including Best Film, Director and Screenplay) at Recife Cine PE Audiovisual Festival.

On the Italian side, Intramovies also has Aureliano Amadei’s 20 Cigarettes [+see also:
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Presented out of competition at the 2010 Rome International Film Festival (RIFF), Ricky Tognazzi’s The Father and the Foreigner [+see also:
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From the Waste On [+see also:
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Intramovies’s line-up continues with Piergiorgio Gay’s musical documentary Niente paura [+see also:
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Interview 1 Fabio Volo [IT]
Interview 1 Javier Zanetti [IT]
Interview 1 Paolo Rossi [IT]
Interview 2 Fabio Volo [IT]
Interview 2 Javier Zanetti [IT]
Interview 2 Paolo Rossi [IT]
Interview Luciano Ligabue [IT]
Interview Stefano Rodota [IT]
film profile], which features rock star Luciano Ligabue and the personal stories of everyday men and women.

Also going to Berlin will be Martino’s Summer [+see also:
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Besides the aforementioned six titles to be screened at the EFM, Intramovies will also bring Marco Chiarini’s delicate fairy tale The Thin Match Man [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)