29/01/2016 - The French capital is hosting the eighth edition of an event focusing on transalpine talents who are still virtually unknown to audiences in France

It was a full house last night at the L’Arlequin cinema for the opening of the eighth edition of De Rome à Paris (“From Rome to Paris”), with the out-of-selection screening of Quo vado? [+see also:
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From 28-31 January, ten features are on the menu of a selection aiming to introduce both viewers in the French capital and the country’s distributors to some budding young Italian talents, flanked by a number of more seasoned directors. The highly varied selection of the event, organised by the exporters of the Union of Italian Film and Audiovisual Exporters, includes five feature debuts: They Call Me Jeeg Robot [+see also:
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De Rome à Paris will also shine the spotlight on Lea [+see also:
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Two gripping documentaries, revealed at the Venice Film Festival, are also on the line-up, with Italian Gangsters [+see also:
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(Translated from French)