The Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi's Italian Cinema Week got underway on Thursday with a busy programme of films by contemporary Italian masters as well as talented young directors being shown in the UAE capital and in Dubai, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The first screening will include Paolo Sorrentino’s film ‘One Man Up’ (‘L’uomo in più’), ‘Reality’ by Matteo Garrone, winner of the Cannes Jury Prize, ‘Italian Race’ (‘Veloce come il vento’) by Matteo Rovere, ‘They Call me Jeeg’ (‘Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot’) by Gabriele Minetti, and ‘Nico’ by Susanna Nicchiarelli.
A second screening will include ‘Holding Hands’ (‘La Tenerezza’) by Gianni Amelio and ‘Loose Cannons’ (‘Mine vaganti’) by Fernan Ozpetek, a film following in the steps of Italian-style comedy.
Thanks to cooperation from the Cinema Museum of Turin, cinema-goers will also be able to watch two examples of Italy’s historical film-making with the screening of the silent films ‘Cabiria’ (1914) and ‘Tigre reale’ (1916), the foreign ministry said.
Both screenings will be accompanied by live music: the former by the improvisations on the piano by Stefano Maccagno, and the latter by the Silent Movie Ensemble string quartet with Furio de Castro at the double bass.
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