2011: Year of Italy in Russia starts in Moskow

Moskow International Film Festival: June 23rd - July 2nd

2011: Year of Italy in Russia starts in Moskow

A long ride of Italian cinema sbegins at Moskow Festival in June: 2011 has been declared Year of the Italian Culture in Russia and of Russian Culture in Italy, and the program of audiovisual events will last until December and touch 8 cities: St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kansk – Krasnoyark, Kazan, Blagovescensk, Ekaterinburg, Orenburg.
Events are organized by Direzione Cinema at Ministero dei Beni Culturali, Cinecittà Luce, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Zori Film (Moscow) and Mondo Mostre.
Main Sponsors are: ENEL, ENI, FINMECCANICA, POSTE ITALIANE, TERNA.
In Moskow the Italian delegation will include Michele Placido and Francesco Scianna for the Gala of Vallanzasca - Angels of Evil, Lucio Pellegrini, Camilla Filippi, Vittoria Puccini and screenwriters Stefano Bises, Laura Paolucci and Andrea Salerno for La vita facile in Competition.
Also attending Ambra Angiolini, Giuseppe Battiston, Barbora Bobulova, Matteo Botrugno, Mario Canale, Daniele Coluccini, Donatella Finocchiaro, Emidio Greco, Francesca Inaudi, Maurizio Tesei .
Click here for Full Program.
Aside the selection of contemporary films, the festival organizes a huge retrospective titled “Viaggio in Italia, 1675 km of Italian Cinema”, in copperation with Cineteca Nazionale and Cineteca di bologna.