"The contamination between fiction and documentary is getting stronger, and it is increasingly common to find works of fiction in the international cinema scene that draw from the stylistic elements of documentary film, and vice versa," stated Andrea Romeo, director of Biografilm Festival, which has set aside a rich programme of films, documentaries, portraits and biopics about the world of art and culture’s greatest protagonists for its 14^th edition (Bologna, 14 to 21 June), with exciting previews of films screened at some the most prestigious international festivals such as Cannes, Sundance and Berlin.

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Kicking off festivities is Le Brio [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Yvan Attal, a brilliant comedy starring Daniel Auteil and Camélia Jordana, who won a César for Most Promising Actress in 2018 (the film will be released in Italy next November by I Wonder Pictures). The International Competition will be screening 10 premieres, such as Another Day of Life [+lire aussi :
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interview : Raul de la Fuente
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interview : Mark Cousins
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fiche film] by Stephen Loveridge, a documentary that has already bewitched Sundance and the Berlinale, about a Sri Lankan “bad girl” who has become one of the most interesting artists on the contemporary music scene. The festival will also be hosting the world premiere of The Things We Keep [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Alessandro Cassigoli and Kasey Kauffman, an ode to friendship that delves into the pages of contemporary history, starring an aspiring filmmaker and an Al Jazeera reporter.

In the Contemporary Lives section, which is dedicated to the hottest characters and themes of the contemporary world, includes the European premiere of The Cleaners [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck about the system of content control by web giants and The Oslo Diaries by Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan, about the secret meeting between two Israeli professors and three PLO members in Oslo in 1992 in order to try to reach an impossible peace agreement. The section also includes the French title Out [+lire aussi :
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interview : Fernand Melgar
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As for Biografilm Italia, six of the eight titles will be presented in world premiere, including: This Is Not a Cannolo [+lire aussi :
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fiche film]by Bertolucci), the UFO investigation A.L.B.E., A Life Beyond Earth by Elisa Fuksas, Bottoms Up [+lire aussi :
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The films that stand out in the sizeable Biografilm Europe and Worldwide section – which awaits some further additions in the next few days – are Diamantino [+lire aussi :
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interview : Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel S…
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interview : Adina Pintilie
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interview : Małgorzata Szumowska
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interview : Ilya Stewart
fiche film]. The Biografilm Art & Music section boasts the world premiere of Renzo Piano, an Architect for Santander [+lire aussi :
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interview : Carlos Saura
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Finally, a new section dedicated to TV series – Biografilm Series – will be screening a dozen titles in Italian premiere from Belgium, Russia, Denmark, the United States and South America. A few series like Skam Italy and the Danish TV series The Vanishing will be shown in their entirety as part of a marathon run: a unique opportunity for some collective binge-watching.