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BUSAN 2016 London 2016 / Italy

An Italian invasion at the London and Busan film festivals

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- The presence of seasoned directors and a new generation of auteurs is a clear sign of a renewed interest in Italian cinema in the UK and Korea

An Italian invasion at the London and Busan film festivals
La vita possibile by Ivano De Matteo

A variety of seasoned directors and a new generation of auteurs stand as a testament to the renewed interest being shown in Italian cinema in the United Kingdom: Sweet Dreams [+see also:
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Q&A: Marco Bellocchio
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by Marco Bellocchio, which opened the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight this year, and Questi giorni [+see also:
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by Giuseppe Piccioni, just back from taking part in the competition at the Venice Film Festival, are both now heading to the BFI London Film Festival (5-16 October), to be screened in the Journey section. Plus, two films will turn up fresh from the Venice Days: Indivisible [+see also:
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interview: Edoardo de Angelis
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by Edoardo De Angelis (in the Love section) and Worldly Girl [+see also:
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interview: Marco Danieli
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by Marco Danieli (Debate section). The Italian selection at London is topped off by Fiore [+see also:
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Q&A: Claudio Giovannesi
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by Claudio Giovannesi (Love), which was also selected in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in May.

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At exactly the same time as the British gathering unspools, audiences at the Busan International Film Festival (6-15 October) will get the opportunity to get to know new Italian auteurs. Besides Bellocchio’s Sweet Dreams in the World Cinema section, the Korean festival has also selected Fräulein - Una fiaba d'inverno [+see also:
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by Caterina Carone (Flash Forward Competition), which opened the 2016 Bolzano Film Festival Bozen; In guerra per amore [+see also:
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by Pierfrancesco Diliberto, aka Pif (Open Cinema); Monte [+see also:
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by Amir Naderi and La vita possibile [+see also:
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by Ivano De Matteo (World Cinema); La pelle dell’orso [+see also:
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by Marco Segato and Danieli’s Worldly Girl, both in Flash Forward - Out of Competition; Spira Mirabilis [+see also:
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by Massimo D'Anolfi and Martina Parenti (Wide Angle), which was also in competition at Venice this year; and the co-production Iqbal, A Tale of a Fearless Child [+see also:
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by Michel Fuzellier and Babak Payami (Wide Angle - Animation Showcase).

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(Translated from Italian)

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