26/02/2014 - In Milan on March 13-23 with a rich programme of premieres, screenings, meetings and exhibits. A total of 8 mostly European films by talented filmmakers such as Katharina Mückstein, Ivana Lalovic, Liliana Torres and Catarina Ruivo will be in competition

Talea della regista austriaca Katharina Mückstein

Crisis is the recurring theme for this year’s edition of the Sguardi Altrove Film Festival(in Milan on March 13-23) if you are to believe artistic director Patrizia Rappazzo. Sguardi Altroveis among the most important Italian appointments for cinema and female artistic expression, telling the story of creativity when faced with difficult moments. The event will feature a rich calendar of premieres, screenings, meetings and exhibits.

Of the eight selected mostly European (one is Chilean, another is Canadian) titles, seven have never been seen in Italy. Nuovi Sguardi attracts international, female-made feature films. This year, the selection includes one Italian documentary.

Four debut films have been programmed: Talea [+see also:
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interview: Katharina Mückstein
film profile] by Austrian director Katharina Mückstein, Sitting Next to Zoe [+see also:
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film profile] by talented Serb Swiss director Ivana Lalovic; Family Tour [+see also:
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film profile]by Spanish Liliana Torres, The Summer of the Flying Fish [+see also:
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film profile] by Chilean Marcela Said; and two second films, Second Hand by Portuguese Catarina Ruivo, and Tots volem el millor per a ella by Catalan director Mar Coll.

The other two films in competition include one by Canadian Marie Anne Barbancourt, who with Pur que plus jamais returns to her native Haiti to tell the painful story of violence on women. The other, In viaggio con Cecilia, is a documentary by Cecilia Mangini, who has returned to filmmaking after 40 years together with Angela Barbanente.  Set in Apulia, just like Barbanente’s last film Sole, In Viaggio con Cecilia covers the looming problem of Taranto’s Ilva plant.

(Translated from Italian)