 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 with Paolo Taviani
at London's Riverside
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LAUNCH
OF THE 14TH ITALIAN FESTIVAL AT
EDINBURGH'S CENTOTRE
Festive revellers: Italian Consul General
Dr Piergabriele Papadia de Bottini and Dr
Luigino Zecchin, director of the Italian
Institute in Edinburgh were among the guests
who attended the Italian Film Festival
UIK's Edinburgh launch at Centotre in George
Street. Others in the madding throng
included many members of the consular corps,
the arts scene, Scottish producer Eddie
Dick,Shirley Pattison, of Promark PR &
Marketing Ltd for Aprilia, IFF directors
Richard Mowe and Allan Hunter, programmer
Luisa Matera, guest liaison officer Avril
Kunzel, and sponsorship raiser Alice Wood.
Hunter paid tribute to Carina and Victor
Contini, from sponsors Centotre.
The party was followed by a packed screening
of Paolo Virzi's Napoleon and Me
at Edinburgh Filmhouse.
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Two motorbikes from sponsors Aprilia took
pride of place at the Edinburgh launch at
Centotre of the Italian Film Festival UK
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