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A wave of films in Busan, London and Tokyo

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- Sacro GRA flies to Busan together with The Intrepid and Via Castellana Bandiera, which was also selected in London and Tokyo

A wave of films in Busan, London and Tokyo

A number of Italian films from the Venice Film Festival and beyond are set to hit some of the most prestigious festivals around the world this coming October. The Busan International Film Festival (South Korea, 3-12 October), the Asian festival with the greatest market pull, will be hosting seven of them, starting with the three selected in Venice: Golden Lion winning Sacro GRA [+see also:
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 by Gianfranco RosiVia Castellana Bandiera [+see also:
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 by Emma Dante (Coppa Volpi for best actress to Elena Cotta) and The Intrepid by Gianni Amelio. Representing Venice Days will be L’arbitro [+see also:
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 by Paolo Zucca (selected in competition), and Il terzo tempo [+see also:
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 by E.M. Artale, while arriving from Cannes will be Salvo [+see also:
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 by Antonio Piazza and Fabio Grassadonia (Grand Prix from Critics’ Week). The Best Offer by Giuseppe Tornatore will be undergoing its Korean premiere.

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Via Castellana Bandiera, L'intrepido and Salvo will also be screened at the BFI London Film Festival, taking place on October 9-20. Piazza and Grassadonia’s film will be distributed in the United Kingdom by Peccadillo Pictures. Five more Italian films have also been included in the London programme: Miele [+see also:
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 by Valeria Golino (finalist at the Premio LUX 2013), Anni felici by Daniele Luchetti (currently at the Toronto Film Festival), La mia classe [+see also:
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 by Daniele Gaglianone (presented during Venice Days), Bertolucci su Bertolucci by Luca Guadagnino and Stop the Pounding Heart [+see also:
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by Roberto Minervini.

Finally, three Italian films will fly to the Tokyo International Film Festival (October 17-25). Anni felici will be taking part in the international competition, Via Castellana Bandiera will be presented in the World Focus section and a special screening has been reserved for The Best Offer, which will be distributed in Japanese movie theatres by the Gaga group.

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(Translated from Italian)

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