cafe Pellicola celebrates Italian cinema beyond the Web and organizes film festivals that offer unique opportunities to educate and engage new audiences. The following details our upcoming events. It would be great if you can join us.

Italian Beauty - Italian Women through Italian Cinema - San Diego, CA.
January - July 2008
This festival is a snapshot of the feminine image so skillfully represented by Italian cinema as the quintessential symbol of Italian beauty. This series is organized in collaboration with the Italian Program at SDSU which will introduce the films and moderate the discussion.

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Classic Italian Film Festival - Ossining, NY.
March - May 2008
The festival program is devoted to celebrate the prominent achievements of the classic Italian cinema. The selected films represent different styles of some of the major directors from late Neorealism to the Italian Comedy (Commedia all’italiana) genres of the 50’s and 60’s.

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Classic Italian Film Festival - Pleasantville, NY.
June 6-25 2008
cafe Pellicola participates this summer in the annual Italian Film festival organized by The Jacob Burns Film Center, one of the most prominent film organizations in New York. On June 18, Shlomi will present “The Engaged - I Fidanzati (Ermanno Olmi - 1963).

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