The Lavazza Italian Film Festival is returning for the 13th consecutive year to showcase the very best and freshest films in Italian cinema. Opening night will see the premiere of Perfect Strangers (Perfetti sconosciuti).
Seven friends at a dinner party decide to share the content of every message, email and phone call they receive over the night during which more secrets than expected are revealed.
Festival Director Elysia Zeccola Hill who has been organising the festival for the last 16 years said: “Palace continues its love for all things Italian including movies, coffee, cars, and wine. This festival is a celebration of Italian language and culture, and most of all cinema – these are the best films to have come out of Italy in the last 12 months.”
The festival will also include the world premiere of The Space Between by Melbourne filmmaker Ruth Borgobello.
The first Australian-Italian feature co-production is a cross-cultural romantic drama and as a bonus, the filmmaker and cast members will be present at Q&A screenings nationally.
The main event is veteran director Marco Bellocchio’s Sweet Dreams (Fai bei sogni) straight from Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes. It is the film adaptation of Massimo Gramellini’s best-seller Sweet Dreams, Little One.
The much anticipated opening night event will see guests sipping Bandini prosecco on arrival, and after the film audiences will enjoy a Lavazza and Connoisseur “Affogato Bar”, Peroni, Aquilani Italian wine, a taste of Italy, live entertainment and our famous festival gift bag.
The Lavazza Italian Film Festival will open nationally on September 13.
The full program will be available on August 16 at the OFFICIAL WEBSITE.
The Lavazza Italian Film Festival will take place from 13 September- 19 October 2016 across seven Australia cities. It is the biggest Italian Film Festival in the world outside Italy.
Ryan Champion
