Italian Film Festival in Scotland - 13 - 26 April 2012 http://italianfilmfestival.org.uk/wp An Annual festival of Italian films in Scotland Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:40:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Poster Perfect http://italianfilmfestival.org.uk/wp/?p=847 http://italianfilmfestival.org.uk/wp/?p=847#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:32:37 +0000 admin http://italianfilmfestival.org.uk/wp/?p=847 Winner takes all: Caroline Halliwell, a student at Edinburgh College of Art, triumphed in an Italian film poster competition as part of Italian Film Festival Scotland.
The students were asked to produce works that were inspired by some of the great Italian films and Caroline was inspired by Antonioni’s L’avventura (screened as part of a special evening at Valvona & Crolla VinCaffè).
The judges included Filmhouse’s programmer Rod White and Edinburgh International Film Festival director Chris Fujiwara.
Caroline received an “unlimited” pass to see films at the Lothian Road cinema for the next three months.
]]> http://italianfilmfestival.org.uk/wp/?feed=rss2&p=847 0 Booming Italia! http://italianfilmfestival.org.uk/wp/?p=414 http://italianfilmfestival.org.uk/wp/?p=414#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:39:22 +0000 admin http://italianfilmfestival.org.uk/wp/?p=414 Boom … boom:

Gianna Maria Canale  plays Alberto Sordi’s wife in Vittorio De Sica’s Il boom, part of this year’s classic choice in the Italian Film Festival Scotland – and then on DVD through Studio Canal. The screening and release celebrates the film’s 50th anniversary.

Watch out here soon for a complete list of titles at Edinburgh Filmhouse and Glasgow Film Theatre as well as Dundee DCA and Inverness Eden Court.

The Festival runs from 13 to 26 April 2012.

]]> http://italianfilmfestival.org.uk/wp/?feed=rss2&p=414 0 Italian Film Festival In Scotland 2011 Salutes Record-Breaking Year http://italianfilmfestival.org.uk/wp/?p=1 http://italianfilmfestival.org.uk/wp/?p=1#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:32:50 +0000 admin http://italianfilmfestival.org.uk/wp/?p=1 The Italian Film Festival in Scotland 2011 has recorded one of the most successful events in its 18 year history. The Festival has attracted sell-out audiences to a wide range of titles including Gennaro Nunziante’s immensely popular comedy What A Beautiful Day/Che bella giornata, Paulo Virzi’s bittersweet The First Beautiful Thing/La prima cosa bella and the thriller The Girl By The Lake/La ragazza del lago which formed part of the Festival focus on actor Toni Servillo.

” We are immensely pleased with the public response to the 2011 programme, ” declared Festival co-director Richard Mowe. ” There have been enthusiastic audiences across the three venues in Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow who have really made the most of the opportunity to watch a selection of Italian films that may otherwise never be seen on British screens.”

The Festival, founded and curated by Richard Mowe and Allan Hunter, is supported by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Consolato Generale d’Italia and sponsored by Valvona & Crolla VinCaffe. The Festival’s ethos has been to screen the best of contemporary Italian cinema and showcase classic gems from the great names of the past. This year’s Festival gave audiences a rare chance to see Roberto Rossellini’s 1959 Oscar-nominated classic General Della Rovere/Il Generale della Rovere which also won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

” Literally thousands of Scottish cinemagoers have turned out to support the Festival this year, ” reports co-director Allan Hunter. ” It has been a great encouragement to everyone involved and reinforces our intention to increase the scope and reach of the Festival in 2012.”

The directors have announced that the 2012 Italian Film Festival tentatively will run from April 13-26. For further details and updated information keep an eye on this website.

We would like to sincerely thank festival patrons and sponsors for their ongoing support.

Viva il cinema Italiano!

Allan Hunter

Richard Mowe

Festival directors

Italian Film Festival in Scotland



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