From 11 to 23 November at the cinema "Torch" in the framework of the Russian-Italian RIFF Film Festival will be shown the best author, documentary and short films from Italy and about Italy.
International Film RIFF, scheduled for November 2014, will gather in the capital of all lovers of Italy and Italian cinema.The event is held within the Year of Tourism of Russia-Italy, with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute, Agency of ICE, the Italian Chamber of Commerce, the National Tourism Agency ENIT, business club ITAM and public network "Moschino".
RIFF Film Festival is organized with the aim of strengthening the cultural exchange between Russia and Italy.The festival involves both the films of Italian directors, provided by various regional festivals in Italy and paintings Russian filmmakers to make a film about Italy.
uniqueness RIFF Film Festival is that it will be presented to the best Italian documentary and short films.This layer of Italian culture, which in recent years actively developed in Italy, almost does not reach our audience.The program also provides for a large section of the author's feature films: films such do not fall into either Russian, or are limited rental.
film festival organizers set themselves the task not only to show films, but also to talk about directors, actors, events and phenomena of Italian life.Screenings will be followed by meetings with filmmakers and director of the festival, as well as thematic lectures.
Almost all the shows will premiere for the Russian audience.Organizers promise to bring a new comedy of the original Italian director Rocco Papaleo "Small business in the South» (Una piccola impresa meridionale), the Sicilian drama Gianni Cardillo and Daniele De Plano "On this side» (Ristabbanna), an unusual author's motion picture director George Amato "Stalker" (The Stalker), which became the winner of the Rome Independent Film Festival in 2013.At the film festival and the premiere of the film Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe Stasi "Love today» (Amore Oggi).
viewers also expect a full program of documentary films.Schedule your documentary about the famous Italian physicist Bruno Pontecorvo moved to live and work in the USSR, the story about the life of Italian actress Irene muscari in Moscow, the picture Marco Raffaini "Italiani veri", telling about the extraordinary success of Italian singers in Russia and the former Soviet Union,a selection of documentary films about Sicily, as well as little-known, but no less brilliant documentary work of Federico Fellini "Clowns".A real gift for the Russian audience will show Ettore Scola film "It's a strange name Federico!", Which will close the festival.
program of short films will be presented thematic selection of contemporary Italian films directors, telling about life in Italy today ("Italy is in crisis" and "This is our life"), as well as an extraordinary collection of fairy tales "Italian fantasy."
The special program "Retrospective" was selected for the legendary film Pier Paolo Pasolini "Matthew" and the Russian-Italian film "Ten Winters", which participated in the 66th Venice Film Festival and was very well received by the Russian and the Italian public.
Most of the movies are available regional festivals in Italy, including the Roma Independent Film Festival, Salento Film Festival, Taormina Film Festival, Lucania Film Festival and others.
Besides Moscow Film Festival will be held in St. Petersburg in December 2014 and more than 10 cities of Russia in 2015.
