Supremacy of the \u201ccousins\u201d this year at the Rome Independent Film Festival: France and Spain leading with 7 films in competition, followed by Italy with 5 selected works out of the national category. Opening the festival (out of competition) is in fact a co-production by Spain, Italy, Germany and Chile: \u201cThe Future\u201d, by Alicia Scherson, with Nicolas Vaporidis. Spain shines for \u201cFenix 11.23\u201d, feature film by Joan and Sergi Lara; documentaries \u201cLittle World\u201d, \u201cMapa\u201d, and \u201cThe Red Carpet\u201d; amongst the short films are \u201cThat wasn’t me\u201d and the experimental \u201cThis Leak\u201d. From France there is \u201cOmbline\u201d as feature film, and \u201c216 mois\u201d, \u201cLe dernier jour de l’hiver\u201d and \u201cThe Belly Strike\u201d as short films. Italy competes with the short films: \u201cCe l’hai un minuto\u201d, \u201cErogatore\u201d, \u201cFratelli minori\u201d, \u201cGiocodimare\u201d, \u201cIl fischietto\u201d, \u201cIl violinista\u201d, \u201cLa storia di Sonia\u201d, \u201cL’uomo della faccia di ladro\u201d, \u201cMatilde\u201d, \u201cMiriam\u201d, \u201cRegina bianca\u201d, \u201cSegreti\u201d, \u201cSeguimi\u201d, and also \u201cSotto il Cellophane\u201d, \u201cIl mondo sopra la testa\u201d, and \u201cThe Spark\u201d. For feature films instead, Italy runs with \u201cAquadro\u201d, \u201cCarta bianca\u201d, \u201cLe formiche della citt\u00e0 morta\u201d, \u201cLost In Laos\u201d, \u201cL\u2019ultima foglia\u201d, \u201cSpaghetti Story\u201d, and \u201cTranseurope Hotel\u201d. On the other hand, selected as documentaries for DocumentaRIFF are: \u201cAutobiografia dell\u2019universit\u00e0 Italiana”, \u201cBuracos \u2013 L\u2019eredit\u00e0 del diamante\u201d, \u201cCon quella faccia da straniera \u2013 Il viaggio di Maria Occhpinti\u201d, \u201cEros\u201d, \u201cMayDay (Mede\u2019)\u201d, \u201cSlot. Le intermittenti luci di Franco\u201d, \u201cSuicidio Italia\u201d, \u201cThe Silent Chaos\u201d, \u201cThe valley of the Jato\u201d and finally \u201cIndistruttibile oggetto\u201d, and \u201cWhat about Alice?\u201d for experimental films made in Italy. Five are the U.S.A films in competition: \u201cTwo Hundred Thousand Dirty\u201d (feature film), \u201cThe Suffering Grasses\u201d (documentary), \u201cLove Story\u201d (international short films), \u201cThe spaghetti storm\u201d (student films), \u201cAddictions\u201d (experimental films). Four instead for Germany: \u201cFruit Flies\u201d, \u201cWaldesruh\u201d (international short films), \u201cThe Last Border\u201d (student films); \u201c20zwoelf\u201d (experimental films). Three competing films from Israel and Poland, two from United Kingdom, Belgium, Cyprus, Brazil and Switzerland. Only one, but unique films from Austria, Australia, Japan, India, Slovakia, Lebanon, Canada, Kosovo, Russia, Turkey, Hungary, Norway, Colombia, and Chile for a total of 26 nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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