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VIRTUAL ITALIAN COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL

JUL 31- SEP 5 2020

“From Italy with Laughter: A Comedy Film Festival”

“Online with the IIC Los Angeles”

Photo credit: courtesy of True Colors

The Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles, which promotes Italian art, culture and cinema with a focus on Southern California and the Southwest, is happy to launch in collaboration with movie distributor True Colors: “From Italy with Laughter: A Comedy Film Festival - Online with the IIC Los Angeles”.

“From Italy with Laughter: A Comedy Film Festival - Online with the IIC Los Angeles” will offer 2 Italian comedies each weekend available online once, from July 31 until September 5, 2020, only accessible from the US.

More details available at: https://bit.ly/3eYJt9S

To register to get screening invites: https://bit.ly/3jwdeCM

The line-up will be as follows:

July 31: THE KING’S MUSKETEERS / MOSCHETTIERI DEL RE – LA PENULTIMA MISSIONE (2019)
US Premiere, one of the best performing movies at the Italian Box Office in 2019, directed by Giovanni Veronesi, starring Pierfrancesco Favino, Valerio Mastandrea, Rocco Papaleo, Sergio Rubini, Margherita Buy, Alessandro Haber, Matilde Gioli, Giulia Bevalacqua, Lele Vannoli, Valeria Solarino.

August 1: LETSCLEANAPP / TUTTAPPOSTO (2019)
US Premiere, directed by Gianni Costantino, starring Roberto Lipari, Luca Zingaretti, Monica Guerritore.

August 7: SAY IT LOUD / CAMBIO TUTTO (2020)
US Premiere, directed by Guido Chiesa, starring Valentina Lodovini, Neri Marcorè, Libero De Rienzo, Nicola Nocella.

August 8: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE WORLD / IL GIORNO PIÙ BELLO DEL MONDO (2019)
US Premiere, one of the best performing movies at the Italian Box Office in 2019, directed by Alessandro Siani, starring Alessandro SIani, Stefania Spampinato, Giovanni Esposito, Sara Ciocca.

August 14: WELCOME BACK MR. PRESIDENT / BENTORNATO PRESIDENTE (2019)
Directed by Giancarlo Fontana & Guiseppe G. Stasi, starring Claudio Bisio, Sarah Felberbaum, Pietro Sermonti, Paolo Calabresi.

August 15: D.N.A. - DEFINITELY NOT APPROPRIATE / D.N.A. – DECISAMENTE NON ADATTI (2020)
US Premiere, directed by Lillo & Greg, starring Lillo Petrolo, starring Lillo Petrolo, Claudio Gregori, Anna Foglietta (nominated for the Italian Golden Globe’20 for Best Comedic Actress for the role and master of Ceremony at the 2020 Venice Film Festival).

August 21: AS NEEDED / QUANTO BASTA (2018)
Previously screened at Santa Barbara International Film Festival’19, Denver International Film Festival’19, winner of the Audience Award of the Ajaccio Italian Film Festival’19, directed by Francesco Falaschi, starring Vinicio Marchioni, Valeria Solarino, Luigi Fedele, Nicola Siri, Mirko Frezza, Benedetta Porcaroli, Gianfranco Gallo, Alessandro Haber, Lucia Batassa, Giuseppe Laudisa.

August 22: BLESSED MADNESS / BENEDETTA FOLLIA (2017)
Directed by Carlo Verdone, starring Carlo Verdone, Ilenia Pastorelli.

August 28: JUST BELIEVE / IO C’È (2018)
Directed by Alessandro Aronadio, starring Edoardo Leo, Margherita Buy, Giuseppe Battiston, Massimiliano Bruno, Giulia Michelini.

August 29: DISCONNECTED / SCONNESSI (2018)
US Premiere, directed by Christian Marazziti, starring Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Ricky Memphis, Carolina Crescentini, Stefano Fresi, Antonia Liskova, Maurizio Mattioli, Giulia Elettra Gorietti.

September 4: THE HANDYMAN / IL TUTTOFARE (2018)
Directed by Valerio Attanasio, starring Sergio Castellitto, Guglielmo Poggi, Elena Sofia Ricci, Clara Alonso.

September 5 COUCH POTATOES / GLI SDRAIATI (2017)
Previously screened at Chicago International Film Festival’18, directed by Francesca Archibugi, starring Claudio Bisio, Antonia Truppo, Cochi Ponzoni, Gaddo Bacchini.

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ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE LOS ANGELES - Where ITALY comes to you
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles (IIC) is an office of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation founded in 1984 to promote Italian Culture in Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Directed by Valeria Rumori since 2015, the Institute promotes Italian language and culture through courses and events organized in collaboration with numerous local institutions and Italian American organizations, with the goal of presenting Italy’s cultural richness and contributions in architecture, cinema, design literature, music, science, technology, theater and the visual arts. In an effort to continue offering a rich program during the safer at home period, the Institute organizes a series of webinars and online events which are also posted on its YouTube channel. In addition, the IIC publishes thematic posts on its social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) as follows: MUSIC on Mondays, ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN on Tuesdays, ART on Wednesdays, LANGUAGE & LITERATURE on Thursdays, CINEMA on Fridays, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY on Saturdays and EDUCATION on Sundays.
More info at: www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it