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Estate d’Autore: FICE extends the film season

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- The Italian Federation of Arthouse Cinemas promotes the release of quality Italian and European films over the summer period too. This year’s programme features Fiore, Ma Ma and Louder than Bombs

Estate d’Autore: FICE extends the film season
S is for Stanley by Alex Infascelli

Proceedings kicked off with S is for Stanley [+see also:
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by Alex Infascelli (released on 30 May with Wanted) and Fiore [+see also:
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Q&A: Claudio Giovannesi
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by Claudio Giovannesi (which hit theatres on 1 June with Bim), and will continue throughout June with Italian and European premieres: this year quality cinema isn’t taking a break, as stipulated by FICE – the Italian Federation of Arthouse Cinemas, as it launched Estate d’Autore. Prime visioni al cinema, an initiative that supports the distribution and promotion of arthouse films over the summer period in the some 400 affiliated cinemas.

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The films that have been chosen, in addition to those indicated above, are Kalinka [+see also:
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by Vincent Garenq, starring Daniel Auteuil (which will be released on 9 June with Good Films), Saint-Amour [+see also:
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by Delepine-Kervern, starring Gérard Depardieu and Benoît Poelvoorde (which hits theatres on 15 June with Movies Inspired), from 16 June Ma Ma [+see also:
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by Julio Medem, starring Penelope Cruz (distributed by I Wonder Pictures), Louder than Bombs [+see also:
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by Joachim Trier, starring Isabelle Huppert (Teodora Film), and La casa delle estati lontane by Shirel Amitaï (Parthénos). From 23 June, four Iranian titles will also be showing in theatres, under the distribution of Academy Two: A girl walks home alone at night, Nahid, Wednesday, May 9 and A dragon arrives!.

As well as Estate d’Autore, the Federation, which is headed up by Domenico Dinoia, is bringing us Racconti italiani - I documentari al cinema, a selection of six documentaries selected for international festivals that may be screened in FICE-affiliated cinemas between June and December 2016, either as part of normal programming schedules or as special events. They include Borsalino City [+see also:
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 by Enrica Viola, Constitution [+see also:
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by Marco Santarelli, Nessuno mi troverà – Majorana Memorandum [+see also:
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by Egidio Eronico, River Memories [+see also:
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by Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio, Oggi insieme domani anche [+see also:
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 by Antonietta De Lillo, and Rino - La mia ascia di guerra [+see also:
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 by Andrea Zambelli.

“Our objective” states Dinoia “is to make quality films available all year round. It is unacceptable that many of the arthouse films screened at Cannes are distributed in other countries straight away whereas in Italy audiences often have to wait until the following year”. He added: “Thankfully, things are starting to change”.

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(Translated from Italian)

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