The Italian Film Festival celebrates the Italian language, culture and cinema – showcasing only the best Italian films to have come out of Italy in the last 12 months.
On its opening night, the festival will premiere with director Paolo Genovese’s dramaPerfect Strangers– a film about seven friends at a dinner party who decide to share all their messages, emails and phone calls they receive over the night, unleashing more secrets than expected. The cast includes Alba Rohrwacher, Kasia Smutniak, Edoardo Leo, Giuseppe Battiston, Valerio Mastandrea and Marco Giallini.
The festival will also host the world premiere of Australian-Italian co-productionThe Space Betweenby Melbourne filmmaker Ruth Borgobello. Veteran director Marco Bellocchio’sSweet Dreamsstraight from his fortnight at Cannes will also be featured. Other films to be showcased includeSolo,Daddy’s Girl,Arianna,Italian RaceandFiore.
The Italian Film Festival will run at Palace Norton St, Palace Verona and Chauvel Cinema on Tuesday September 13 to Sunday October 9. For ticket and session info, head over to theirwebsite.
