(ANSA) - ROME, JULY 01 - The Giants of Bonifacio Angius is the Italian film competing in the international competition at the 74th edition of the Locarno Film Festival (August 4 - 14) with the debut of the new director, Giona A. Nazzaro. Among the other 17 titles in the main competitive section, coming from 20 countries, Zeros and ones by Abel Ferrara with Ethan Hawke and ValerioMastandrea (Italy co-produces with Germany and the USA); After Bluedi Bertrand Mandico; Medea by Russian Alexander Zeldovich; Petite Solange by director Axelle Ropert with Lea Drucker (France). To evaluate the films that aspire to the Golden Leopard a jury composed by filmmakers Eliza Hittman (President), KevinJerome Everson and Philippe Lacote, and actresses Leonor Silveira and Isabella Ferrari. Among the films for the most spectacular location of the Festival, the Piazza Grande,able to accommodate up to 8000 spectators (admission will be allowed by reserving the seat online and presenting a green pass) will be presented among others the blockbuster Free Guy by Shawn Levy with Ryan Reynolds, the biopics on Aretha Francklin Respect by Liesl Tommy with Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker and Vortex by Gaspar Noé with actor Dario Argento.
As already announced, Beckett by Ferdinando CitoFilo Marino will open and among the Italian titles there is also the animated film Yaya and Lennie - The Walking liberty by Alessandro Rak, both in world premiere. Marco Bellocchio is in competition in Pardi didomani - Author's short films, with his short film Se possopermettermi. The main retrospective is dedicated to AlbertoLattuada.
With the program "we tried to highlight the joy and surprise that can arise from watching a film - explains press conference Giona A. Nazzaro -. We said to ourselves, 'boredom is forbidden.' built the program for the PiazzaGrande as a rollercoaster of emotions, with variety and diversity at the base. Having the lights back off and the screen turned on in Piazza Grande will be a symbol that will say 'we are back', the Pandemic has not won, the cinema is still here ". (HANDLE).
