The 20^th edition of Sudestival is due to kick off on Friday, 25 January with an exhibition celebrating Pupi Avati’s 50-year contribution to the film industry. The exhibition has been curated by Michele Suma and will take place in the Apulian town of Monopoli over the course of 10 weekends, until 30 March 2019. Saturday, 26 January will be entirely dedicated to special events, with a screening of the docufilm Who Will Write Our History [+lee también:
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entrevista: Valerio Mastandrea
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The well-established Feature Film Competition features eight Italian premieres, the screenings of which will be accompanied by auteurs, directors and actors. The road-movie In viaggio con Adele [+lee también:
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entrevista: Matteo Garrone
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ficha de la película] by Samad Zarmandili, a comedy starring Donatella Finocchiaro. Two films that have not previously been released in cinemas will also be screened: Girl in Flight [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Francesco Carnesecchi, starring Francesco Pannofino, Alberto Di Stasio and Giorgio Colangeli.

This year features new sections, such as the Giornata Gemellaggio Italia-Armenia and the competitive Southeast Doc section, with eight recent Italian titles selected. Inaugurating the section is a documentary presented at the 75^th Venice Film Festival, Arrivederci Saigon [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Wilma Labate. Fabio Martina will also be returning to Sudestival with his new docu-film L’estate di Gino, about Don Gino Rigoldi, chaplain of Milan Beccaria Children's Detention Institute, while the third film to be screened in the new section is Una gloriosa delegazione a Pyongyang by Pepi Romagnoli, followed by The Queen of Casetta [+lee también:
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entrevista: Giorgio Treves
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ficha de la película] by Pietro Mereu, and Camorra [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Francesco Patierno.