{"id":49231,"date":"2019-10-31T16:39:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=49231"},"modified":"2019-10-31T16:39:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:39:10","slug":"the-fifth-italian-film-festival-is-bringing-a-slice-of-daring-european-cinema-to-south-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/the-fifth-italian-film-festival-is-bringing-a-slice-of-daring-european-cinema-to-south-wales","title":{"rendered":"The fifth Italian Film Festival is bringing a slice of daring European cinema to South Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chapter Arts Centre will be home to a celebration of some of the quirkiest Italian films around this November<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Naples is a popular setting for several films on display at IFFC 2019
Photo courtesy of Montse Monmo<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>
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Offbeat Italian cinema has found a home in the Welsh capital for the fifth year running, as the Italian Film Festival Cardiff (IFFC) is due to take place again from 16-19 November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival is dedicated to offering an insight into the culture of independent Italian film here in Cardiff and often serves as a platform for Italian filmmakers and industry workers to showcase their work in the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luisa P\u00e8rcopo, one of the festival\u2019s artistic directors, feels IFFC is a hotspot for the portrayal of a varied Italy – particularly as this year, she strove to include a number of films in the minority languages found in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival’s 2019 programme includes films in the old Venetian language, in Sardinian dialogue, and even in Arb\u00ebresh\u00eb: the ancient Albanian language found in Southern Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luisa stated: \u201cThe intention of IFFC is to bring to the screens of Wales a dynamic and diverse portrait of contemporary Italy, without hiding its contradictions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fedor Tot, editor of Buzz<\/em> magazine and a regular attendee of IFFC, believes that the festival is satisfying a need in Cardiff and South Wales for the recognition of independent foreign language cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cThe Italian Film Festival is the kind of thing we always need more of – festival directors and programmers willing to take on unique, often ignored films that might otherwise struggle to be seen in the UK and given a home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IFFC 2019 will be hosted at Chapter Arts Centre over three days across mid-November
Photo courtesy of\u00a0Jake Hills\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash
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As of this year, IFFC is the only festival celebrating Italian cinema in the UK that will award a prize<\/a> to both the best film and the best documentary of the competition – which highlights its unique position within UK film festival culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IFFC 2019 is shaping up to be an alternative and inclusive event, where the depths of Italian cinema can be shown to audiences here in South Wales.
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Chapter Arts Centre will be home to a celebration of some of the quirkiest Italian films around this November Offbeat Italian cinema has found a home in the Welsh capital for the fifth year running, as the Italian Film Festival Cardiff (IFFC) is due to take place again from 16-19 November.  The festival is dedicated… <\/p>\n

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