Bif&st anuncia un programa reducido pero de alta calidad
por Vittoria Scarpa
- Bari acogerá del 25 de septiembre al 2 de octubre la 12a edición del certamen, con 12 títulos internacionales en competición y ocho cintas italianas en estreno mundial
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Eight international premieres selected from among the most recent global productions; an International Panorama consisting of twelve films hailing from all over the world which are set to enjoy their Italian or international premieres; six Italian movies presented for the very first time in the ItaliaFilmFest line-up; nine masterclasses and a tribute to 01 Distribution looking back at 40 of the biggest titles distributed by the firm over the past 20 years… It may seem a somewhat reduced offering (in terms of the number of screenings and movie theatres involved, owing to a drastic reduction in funding) but the programme offered up by the 12th Bif&st-Bari International Film Festival is no less rich and varied than usual, directed, as ever, by Felice Laudadio and scheduled to unspool from 25 September to 2 October in the Apulian capital’s four historic theatres: Petruzzelli, Piccinni, Kursaal and Margherita.
Titles taking part in the International Panorama will compete for prizes in the categories of Best Direction, Best Actress and Best Actor (by way of a jury headed up by director Roberto Faenza), and these include Danish film Wild Men [+lee también:
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entrevista: Thomas Daneskov
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entrevista: Stephan Streker
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entrevista: Nine Antico
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The non-competitive International Premieres section has two world premieres on the agenda in the festival’s opening and closing slots respectively: A Bookshop in Paris [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Simone Godano, starring Stefano Accorsi and Miriam Leone. The line-up also includes three films yet to be seen in Italy: OSS 117: From Africa With Love [+lee también:
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entrevista: Constance Meyer
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As for the ItaliaFilmFest competition which boasts 6 Italian films screening in world premieres and set to be judged by a jury of 24 viewers, presided over by the journalist Antonella Matranga, we find Sulla giostra [+lee también:
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After the open-air edition of August 2020 and this year’s event, which is unfolding, on this occasion, between the Venice and Rome film festivals, Bif&st hopes to get back to its usual spring dates in 2022 (26 March – 2 April).
The full programme for Bif&st 2021 can be found here.
(Traducción del italiano)
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