21/09/2020 - Running 21 – 27 September, the 38th edition of the event will take a hybrid form, unfolding in cinemas and online, with several Venetian titles shining bright within the line-up

Hidden Away [+see also:
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interview: Giorgio Diritti
film profile] by Giorgio Diritti, which bagged Elio Germano the Silver Bear for Best Actor in Berlin, is today opening the 28^th Annecy Italian Film Festival (running 21 – 27 September 2020), an event which will eventually be closed by the Venetian competitor Notturno [+see also:
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interview: Gianfranco Rosi
film profile] by Gianfranco Rosi (due to be released in France on 3 February 2021, via Météore Films). It’s an edition set to unspool in hybrid form, with films screening in cinemas but also made available free of charge, online (available in France and Switzerland, 1,000 views per film, at online.annecycinemaitalien.com).

The competition will see eight feature films battle it out, two of which are making their way here straight from the Venice Film Festival: Padrenostro [+see also:
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interview: Claudio Noce
film profile] by Claudio Noce (which earned Pierfrancesco Favino the Volpi Cup for Best Actor) and The Predators [+see also:
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interview: Pietro Castellitto
film profile] by Pietro Castellitto (a first feature film awarded the Orizzonti Best Screenplay award). Likewise in the running are debut fiction films Ordinary Justice [+see also:
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film profile] by Chiara Bellosi (which recently graced Berlin’s Generation line-up), Simple Women [+see also:
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film profile] by Chiara Malta (discovered in Toronto), The Lamb [+see also:
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film profile] by Mario Piredda (crowned a champion in Rome) and the title Rose Stone Star [+see also:
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film profile] by Marcello Sannino (a filmmaker from the documentary world) which made a name for itself in Rotterdam. Two documentaries are also in the game, namely Faith [+see also:
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interview: Valentina Pedicini
film profile] by Valentina Pedicini (unveiled at the IDFA) and Punta sacra [+see also:
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interview: Francesca Mazzoleni
film profile] by Francesca Mazzoleni (victorious at the Visions du Réel Festival).

In the category of unseen films or French premieres, the Prima section will screen Una promessa [+see also:
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interview: Gianluca and Massimiliano D…
film profile] by Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio (unveiled during Venice’s Giornate degli Autori – released in France on 14 October by way of Shellac), Il mio corpo [+see also:
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interview: Michele Pennetta
film profile] by Michele Pennetta (awarded Cannes’ ACID 2020 label), Hammamet [+see also:
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film profile] by Gianni Amelio, Figli [+see also:
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film profile] by Giuseppe Bonito and the comedy Tolo Tolo [+see also:
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film profile] by Checco Zalone.

Especially worth a mention in the other sections of this very rich festival programme is My Brother Chases Dinosaurs [+see also:
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interview: Stefano Cipani
film profile] by Stefano Cipani (EFA Young Audience Award 2020), the documentaries One More Jump [+see also:
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film profile] by Emanuele Gerosa and Fuori tutto by Gianluca Matarrese, The House of Love [+see also:
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film profile] by Luca Ferri (discovered in the Berlinale Forum), Checkpoint Berlin [+see also:
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film profile] by Fabrizio Ferraro, a Focus on the director and autofiction forerunner Corso Salini, not to mention tributes paid to Federico Fellini and Alberto Sordi.

(Translated from French)