New Italian Cinema Events: Nice SF

November 16th-23rd 2008 - San Francisco, CA

Nice (New Italian Cinema Events) is a non-profit cultural association founded in 1991 that aims to promote the new Italian cinema abroad through cultural exchanges and festivals. Its founders and members have been working for more than a decade in the organization of such international film festivals. For each Festival the selection committee chooses seven feature films among the best made by up-and-coming film directors throughout the year. Nice USA, the most established one, shows a selection of seven shorts made recently. The films presented in the Nice USA Festival are eligible to receive the “Premio Città di Firenze” (City of Florence Award) which is decided by the American audience by voting cards handed out before each screening. The prestige of the Festival has increased with the passing of years thanks also to the relations established with the most important producers and distributors (Miramax, United Artists, Touchstone Pictures, MGM etc.) and the interest they have shown for the event.

Screening at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema

• Black Sea by Federico Bondi
• The Girl by the Lake by Andrea Molaioli
• Don’t Waste Your Time, Johnny! by Fabrizio Bentivoglio
• Lessons in Chocolate by Claudio Cupellini
• A Night by Toni D’Angelo
• Cover Boy – The Last Revolution by Carmine Amoroso
• The Rest of the Night by Francesco Munzi
• Bab Al Samah by Francesco Sperandeo

Special Events

Nov. 16th / 9:00pm
Tribute to Paolo Virzì - N - Napoleon and Me (110’)

Nov. 23rd / 5:15pm
Puccini and the Girl (84’) by Paola Baroni and Paolo Benvenuti

Nov. 23rd / 8:45pm
Gomorrah (135’) by Matteo Garrone

Visit this site for more information: http://www.nicefestival.org