(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 11 - In the sign of streaming, gender equality and inclusion, the 38th edition of the TorinoFilm Festival (20-28 November), an event to be held for the first time all online, presented by the Mole Antonellianadal new director Stefano Francia of Celle.
Not only men and women will divide the 12 films in competition in half, but on the jury front it goes even further, this time being composed of soledonne (this also applies to the documentary section).
A total of 133 films, including feature films, medium films and short films that can be fully viewed online on the MYmovies streaming platform.
Tickets will be available for purchase from 16 November either for a single film or for a booklet of more than one screening.
Among the ideas that emerged during the press meeting was Nanni Moretti's willingness to screen, as soon as possible, some films of the event in his Salaromana del Sacher.
As for the competition, in which the main theme is "loss, the search for identity", as the director explains, also an Italian film among the twelve.
This is REGINA by Alessandro Grande, the story of a fifteen-year-old girl who lost her mother years earlier and dreams of becoming a singer.
While out of competition there will be THE HOLE IN THE HEAD by Antonio Capuano, with Teresa Saponangelo in the role of Maria, a woman who lost her father, deputy police sergeant, forty years before during a political demonstration, and CALIBER 9 by Toni D'Angelo with Marco Bocci, Ksenia Rappoport, Alessio Boni and with the extraordinary participation of Barbara Bouchet and MichelePlacido.
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