 Friday
9 November: Festival Launch at
Bafta and Media Lunch at Sofitel St James
in the presence of Night Bus director Davide
Marengo
Friday
16 November: Launch of
the Festival at Riverside
Saturday
17 November: Screening of L'Orchestra
di Piazza di Vittorio in London's Riverside
in the presence of director Agostino Ferrente,
conductor Mario Tronco and co-conductor
Piccioni.
Sunday
18 November: Festival Launch
in Edinburgh's Centotre.
Tuesday
20 November:Screening
of THE LARK FARM in the presence of Paolo
Taviani at London's Riverside
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Davide Marengo, director of Night Bus
which involves Rome's transports of delights,
gets up close and personal
with a red London bus during his visit
to the city for the launch of the
festival at the British Academy of
Television Arts (Bafta) in Piccadilly.
The event, sponsored by Alitalia as
well as Fiat and Ferrarelle, was attended
by many leading figures from the
consular, film and arts communities
including the Italian Ambassador to
the UK His Excellency Giancarlo Aragona.
Photo: Fabrizio Maltese.
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Headline hitter
Night
Bus director Davide Marengo
talked over lunch at
the Sofitel St James with the UK media including
representatives from The Times, Sight and
Sound,
and europeanfilm.net during a visit to London
for the launch
of the Italian Film Festival UK at the British
Academy of Film
and Television Arts.
Marengo will return to the UK to present
the film at these
screenings: Edinburgh Filmhouse 25 Nov 8.30pm
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Glasgow Film Theatre 26 Nov 8.20pm.
The film also screens London Riverside 16
Nov 6.45pm |
London Riverside 18 Nov 8.50pm and Dundee
Contemporary Arts Cinema 27 Nov 8.30pm
Photo: Fabrizio Maltese. |
Pause for reflection
Night Bus director Davide Marengo at the
Sofitel St James during a visit to London
for the launch of the Italian Film Festival
UK at the British Academy of Film and Television
Arts.
Marengo will return to the UK to present
the film at these screenings: Edinburgh
Filmhouse 25 Nov 8.30pm | Glasgow Film Theatre
26 Nov 8.20pm. The film also screens London
Riverside 16 Nov 6.45pm | London Riverside
18 Nov 8.50pm and Dundee Contemporary Arts
Cinema 27 Nov 8.30pm
Photo:
Fabrizio Maltese. |
Press call
Boyd van Hoeij from europeanfilm.net; Wendy
Ide from The Times; Keiron Corless, Sight
& Sound;
Stefania Bochicchio, PR & Press Officer,
Italian Cultural Institute London and correspondent
Panorama; Shira Macleod, Cinema Director,
Riverside Studios; Marianne Gray, Evening
Standard, Corinne Cleret, PR manager, Sofitel
St James and Clara Caleo Green IFFUK’s
sponsorship director, and Richard Mowe,
IFF UK co-director, were among those who
attended a lunch for the London media at
the start of this year's Italian Film Festival
UK.
Photo: Fabrizio Maltese.
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