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Hot New Italian Star Highlights Film Festival in Washington, D.C. October 11-16
Washington, DC
Thursday, August 25, 2005
On 8/25/05, Janet Staihar < jstaihar@comcast.net> wrote:
For Immediate Release
HOT NEW ITALIAN STAR HIGHLIGHTS
FILM FESTIVAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 11-16
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Appearances by hot new Italian heartthrob Raoul Bova, who won international fans in Under the Tuscan Sun, highlight an Italian film festival that will bring cinema leaders from both sides of the camera to Washington DC, October 11-16, 2005.
Nearly twenty new films will be shown during the 4th Annual Washington, Italia – the Italian Film Fest to be held mainly at Loews Cineplex in Georgetown.
Films of Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni also will be highlighted as actor Armand Assante (The Mambo Kings, Gotti) will be present to introduce their work and describe its worldwide influence.
"The festival will bring together directors, actors, the best new Italian productions, and classic films for six days of screenings, discussions and premieres in order to promote the new Italian cinema and renew interest in its great masters," said Pascal Vicedomini, the festival's founder and producer.
In addition to the screenings, festival participants will hold seminar sessions with students at leading universities in the nation's capital and meetings aimed at increasing the distribution of Italian films in the United States.
Bova played Marcello, the young café owner with whom Diane Lane's character in Under the Tuscan Sun has a romance. He has been desribed by some as the new Mastroianni. Bova will be scheduled for personal appearances during the festival.
Festival-goers can compare Loren and Mastroianni, as well as both sides of matrimony, by attending Divorce-Italian Style (1961), and Marriage Italian-Style (1964). Other classic Loren films and her recent television film directed by the legendary Lina Wertmuller also will be featured.
The off-screen list of notables to be in attendance includes Roberto Faenza (Jonah Who Lived in the Whale), one of the finest contemporary directors in Italy. His 2005 film about a priest fighting the Sicilian Mafia, Alla luce del sole, is already winning awards.
The film festival will be held in conjunction with the National Italian American Foundation gala October 15 at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The foundation is a cosponsor of Washington, Italia, which is organized by Capri in the World Institute in collaboration with Italian film companies Cinecittá Holding and RAI Trade.
Other organizations active in the festival include the Lazio Region of Italy, Promuovi Italia, the Chamber of Commerce-City of Naples, and the Italian Ministries for Italians in the World and for Cultural Assets and Activities.
For further information, visit www.washingtonitalia.com, or call the festival's DC area contact at 202-237-2080.
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For Immediate Release
HOT NEW ITALIAN STAR HIGHLIGHTS
FILM FESTIVAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 11-16
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Appearances by hot new Italian heartthrob Raoul Bova, who won international fans in Under the Tuscan Sun, highlight an Italian film festival that will bring cinema leaders from both sides of the camera to Washington DC, October 11-16, 2005.
Nearly twenty new films will be shown during the 4th Annual Washington, Italia – the Italian Film Fest to be held mainly at Loews Cineplex in Georgetown.
Films of Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni also will be highlighted as actor Armand Assante (The Mambo Kings, Gotti) will be present to introduce their work and describe its worldwide influence.
"The festival will bring together directors, actors, the best new Italian productions, and classic films for six days of screenings, discussions and premieres in order to promote the new Italian cinema and renew interest in its great masters," said Pascal Vicedomini, the festival's founder and producer.
In addition to the screenings, festival participants will hold seminar sessions with students at leading universities in the nation's capital and meetings aimed at increasing the distribution of Italian films in the United States.
Bova played Marcello, the young café owner with whom Diane Lane's character in Under the Tuscan Sun has a romance. He has been desribed by some as the new Mastroianni. Bova will be scheduled for personal appearances during the festival.
Festival-goers can compare Loren and Mastroianni, as well as both sides of matrimony, by attending Divorce-Italian Style (1961), and Marriage Italian-Style (1964). Other classic Loren films and her recent television film directed by the legendary Lina Wertmuller also will be featured.
The off-screen list of notables to be in attendance includes Roberto Faenza (Jonah Who Lived in the Whale), one of the finest contemporary directors in Italy. His 2005 film about a priest fighting the Sicilian Mafia, Alla luce del sole, is already winning awards.
The film festival will be held in conjunction with the National Italian American Foundation gala October 15 at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The foundation is a cosponsor of Washington, Italia, which is organized by Capri in the World Institute in collaboration with Italian film companies Cinecittá Holding and RAI Trade.
Other organizations active in the festival include the Lazio Region of Italy, Promuovi Italia, the Chamber of Commerce-City of Naples, and the Italian Ministries for Italians in the World and for Cultural Assets and Activities.
For further information, visit www.washingtonitalia.com, or call the festival's DC area contact at 202-237-2080.
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Janet Staihar
Staihar & Assoc.
Washington, DC
202-237-2080
