2009 Cathay Pacific Italian Film Festival

Join us as we celebrate the opening of the Cathay Pacific 14th Italian Film Festival 2009 in Napier on Wednesday 11 November at 7pm (for a 7.30pm screening), featuring the premier of Her Whole Life Ahead (Tutta la vita davanti). This sharp and witty satire centres on the lives, loves and struggles of the employees of a an Italian call centre. All tickets $20 including a choice of Italian Beverage. Pre-purchase is advised.

This year’s Napier programme includes a fantastic selection of films made during 2006 to 2008 including the following…. the thriller The Girl by the Lake (La ragazza del lago) winner of the Venice film festival; the romantic comedy Good Morning Heartache (Riprendimi) Anna Negri’s amusing and bittersweet drama that premiered at Sundance in 2008, featuring hot new acting talents Alba Rohrwacher and Marco Foschi, the drama The Deity (Il Divo) Jury prize winner of the Cannes Film festival 2008.

The films in this year’s festival demonstrate the rich variety of Italian cinema, including romantic comedy, thrillers, drama, comedy, dramatisations and historical drama offering something for everyone. Fifteen films will be screened over 15 days totalling 37 sessions.

Programme information is available on the festival website http://www.italianfilmfestival.co.nz/films.html, or programmes can be collected from the Century Cinema, 9 Herschell St Napier, and at various locations around Hawke's Bay.

This year there are links to trailers on You-tube. Most of them do not have subtitles, but they do give you a good impression of the films. There is also the ability to leave comments on films on the festival website http://www.italianfilmfestival.co.nz/films.html after you have seen them during the festival, for the benefit of others.

Event listed by Tom From HBMAG HBMAG

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