Great Success at the opening of Ossining’s Italian Film Festival

The opening of the film festival last week was extremely successful. We started with the screening of The Job – Il Posto (Ermanno Olmi – 1961). The film drew a wonderful audience that stayed for the post-screening discussion that went around 45 minutes of active questions that showed me how engaged the audience was with… Continue reading Great Success at the opening of Ossining’s Italian Film Festival

Cinemasud – The First Italian Film Festival in San Diego

Cinemasud is now performing at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park, San Diego. A bit about the festival and its goals (description is from the Italian Cinema Sud site). Cinema Sud, starting its worldwide tour with the screening of the documentary Détour De Seta at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, has… Continue reading Cinemasud – The First Italian Film Festival in San Diego

Special Interview with Director Mimmo Calopresti at Grand Opening of Los Angeles-Italia Film Festival

We enter the VIP lounge and start a fight for the food. The buffet is overcrowded, as it’s already 10pm. Hands grabbing us from every side like uncontrollable tentacles, hard to keep away, so I decide to hit the bar and get some wine, leaving Shlomi and Odelia to the food mission. After drinking some… Continue reading Special Interview with Director Mimmo Calopresti at Grand Opening of Los Angeles-Italia Film Festival