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N.I.C.E - New Italian Cinema Events
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March 04-08
35 mm 
The 13th N.I.C.E. (New Italian Cinema Events) festival will take place in Moscow on March 04-08 at 35 mm. Films will feature a short presentation by its creators before the showing and a detailed discussion at the foyer afterwards. Guests of the festival are Donatella Maiorca (director, 'Viola di Mare'), Marco Amenta (director, 'La Siciliana Ribelle), Marco Pontecorvo (director, 'Pa-Ra-Da'), Raffaella Di Giulio (producer, 'Lezione 21'), Giorgio Franchini (editor, 'Lezione 21'), Claudio Giovannesi (director, 'La Casa Sulle Nuvole'), Umberto Riccioni Carteni (director, 'Diverso Da Chi?'), Marco Risi (director, 'Fortapasc'). All the films will be demonstrated in Italian with English subtitles or simultaneous interpretation in Russian via headphones. Nice New Italian Cinema Events is a non-profit cultural association founded in 1991 that aims to promote the new Italian cinema abroad through cultural exchanges and festivals. For each Festival the selection committee chooses several feature films among the best made by up-and-coming film directors throughout the year.
Festival films:
Diverso Da Chi? (Different from Whom) Comedy. Directed by Umberto Riccioni Carteni. Starring: Luca Argentero, Filippo Nigro, Claudia Gerini, Antonio Catania, Giuseppe Cederna. Italy, 2009, 106 min. Awards - 5 nominations and 1 win - Best Original Story, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2009).
Ex Comedy/Romance. Directed by Fausto Brizzi. Starring: Vincenzo Alfieri, Gianpiero Alicchio, Claudio Bisio, Nancy Brilli, Cristiana Capotondi. Italy/France, 2009, 120 min. Awards - 14 nominations and 1 win - Special Silver Ribbon, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2009).
La Casa Sulle Nuvole (The House in the Clouds) Drama. Directed by Claudio Giovannesi. Starring: Adriano Giannini, Emanuele Bosi, Emilio Bonucci, Paolo Sassanelli, Manuela Sparta. Italy, 2009, 96 min.
Lezione 21 (Lesson 21) Drama. Directed by Alessandro Baricco. Starring: John Hurt, Noah Taylor, Leonor Watling, Clive Russell, Rasmus Hardiker. Italy/UK, 2008, 92 min. Awards - 2 nominations including Best Cinematography, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2009).
Pa-Ra-Da Drama. Directed by Marco Pontecorvo. Starring: Jalil Lespert, Evita Ciri, Gabi Rauta, Patrice Juiff, Daniele Formica. Italy/France/Romania, 2008, 100 min. Awards - 1 nomination and 3 wins including Best European Debut Film, Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth (2009).
La Siciliana Ribelle Crime/Drama. Directed by Marco Amenta. Starring: Veronica D'Agostino, Gerard Jugnot, Giulia Ando, Roberto Bonura, Paolo Briguglia. Italy/France, 2009, 110 min. Awards -2 nominations including Best New Director, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2009).
Viola di Mare Drama/History. Directed by Donatella Maiorca. Starring: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Ester Cucinotti, Ennio Fantastichini, Corrado Fortuna, Marco Foschi. Italy, 2009, 105 min.
Fortapasc Drama. Directed by Marco Risi. Starring: Libero De Rienzo, Valentina Lodovini, Michele Riondino, Massimiliano Gallo, Salvatore Cantalupo. Italy, 2009, 110 min. Awards - 6 nominations and 1 win - Best Director, Flaiano Film Festival (2009).
Festival program:
March 04, Thursday
20:00 - Fortapasc
March 05, Friday
19:00 - Diverso Da Chi? (Different from Whom)
21:30 - Pa-Ra-Da
March 06, Saturday
15:30 - Pa-Ra-Da
18:00 - La Siciliana Ribelle (The Sicilian Girl)
20:30 - Ex
March 07, Sunday
15:30 - Ex
18:00 - La Casa Sulle Nuvole (The House in the Clouds)
20:30 - Lezione 21 (Lessons 21)
March 08, Monday
15:00 - Lezione 21 (Lessons 21)
17:00 - Fortapasc
19:30 - Viola di Mare (Sea Purple)
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