FESTIVALS : Italian Film Festival UK

Festival dates: Touring the country, for venues see below

Now or Never (Ora O Mai Più) Student in Pisa discovers like after physics in an anti-globalisation commune.

The Wedding Dress (Il Vestito Da Sposa) A bride-to-be struggles to come to terms with her life after being gang raped.

From Zero to Ten (Da Zero a Dieci) Three men return to Rimini after a 20-year absence.

Past Perfect (Passato Prossimo) Disillusioned friends, many of them actors, meet at a country house in winter.

Ginger and Cinnamon (Dillo Con Parole Mie) A 14-year-old girl and her fit aunt go to the Greek island of love for sex education.

The Embalmer (L'Imbalsamatore) Animal-stuffing sleazy dwarf embroiled in Mafia drug running.

The Island (L'Isola) Simple things mean a lot to the children of fishermen on a Sicilian island.

V-Max (Velocità massima) A talented young mechanic is taken on as an apprentice and learns a thing or two about life.

Lost Love (Perduto Amor) The life of a Sicilian boy, from an idyllic childhood, through his early adult years when he discovers the world of music and writing.

Pinocchio

Remember Me (Ricordati Di Me)

The Best of Youth (La Meglio Gioventù)

I'm Not Scared (Il Non Ho Paura)

The Last Days of Pompeii (Gli Ultimi Giorni Di Pompeii)

My Mother's Smile (L'ora di Religione)

A World of Love (Un Mondo d'Amore)

A Farewell to Beat

Rice Girls (Sorriso amaro)

Eugenio (Ti Volgio Bene, Eugenio)

Raining Cows (Piovono mucche)

The Soul's Place (Il Posto dell'Anima)

Good Morning, Night (Buongiorno, Notte)

The Best Day of My Life (Il Piu Bel Giorno Della Mia Vita)

Facing Window (La Finestra Di Fronte)

Happiness Costs Nothing (La Felicità Non Costa Niente)

A Journey Called Love (Un Viaggio Chiamato Amore)


Olmi Retrospective

Featuring the films: Time Stood Still (Il Tempo Si è Fermato), The Job (Il posto), The Engagement (I Fidanzati), The Scavengers (I Recuperanti), The Circumstance (La Circostanza), The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'Albero Degli Zoccoli), Singing Behind the Screens (Cantando Dietro i Paraventi), Keep On Walking (Cammina Cammina), The Secret of the Old Woods (Il Segreto del Bosco Vecchio)

The 11th Italian Film Festival will be showing at the following venues, contact venue for show dates and times:

Filmhouse, Edinburgh: 16-29 April (0131 228 2688), GFT, Glasgow: 16-29 April (0141 332 8128), DCA, Dundee: 23-30 April (01382 909 900), Belmont, Aberdeen: 23 April-2 May (01224 3435360), Stirling Macrobert Centre: 18-29 April (01786 466 666), London Riverside: 30 April-10 May (0208 237 1111), Manchester, Cornerhouse: 16-22 April (0161 200 1500) , Cardiff, Chapter: 29 April-5 May (029 2030 4400), Swansea, Taliesin Arts Centre: 17-20 April (01792 60 20 60), UGC Trocadero Centre, London (0870 907 0716)

For further information visit the official site