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Gianni Amelio, the president of the jury of the Orizzonti competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival, assigned the prize for Best Film to Nico, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli, a Vivo film production with Rai Cinema and Tarantula. International sales are handled by Celluloid Dreams.

Here is the international poster and trailer of Nico, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli, the opening film of the Orizzonti competition at the 74th Venice International Film Festival.

Looking for Oum Kulthum by Shirin Neshat will be presented in world premiere in Competition at the Venice’s Days of the Venice Film Festival. The film is produced by Razor in coproduction with COOP99, In Between Art Film, Vivo film and Schortcut Films.

Nico, 1988 directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli will be the opening film of the Orizzonti section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival of the Biennale di Venezia. The film will be shown in its world premiere screening on the afternoon of the Venice Film Festival’s opening day, Wednesday 30 August, to inaugurate the competition in the Orizzonti section. Nico, 1988 is a…

We’re very happy that Andrea De Sica just won a Silver Ribbon Award 2017 as Best Newcomer for Children of the Night. Moreover, Vincenzo Crea, the protagonist of the film, received a special mention Biraghi and Dimitri Capuani was nominated as Best Set Design. The film is now being presented at numerous festivals all over Italy. Reel Suspects is handling…

The shooting of Daughter of Mine, the new film by Laura Bispuri, has begun in Sardinia. The film stars Valeria Golino and Alba Rohrwacher, working together for the first time. The film is produced by Vivo film with Colorado Film, Rai Cinema, Bord Cadre Films and Match Factory Productions, and it is supported by Eurimages, RSI, Arte/ZDF, MIBACT, Creative Europe…

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Shrin Neshat has finished shooting her new film, Looking for Oum Kulthum. The project is a co-production with In Between Art Film (Italy), Razor Film Produktion (Germany), coop99 Filmproduktion (Austria) e Agora Films (Morocco).

Laura Bispuri, acclaimed director of Sworn Virgin (2015), has announced her new film, Daughter of Mine, which was the only Italian project selected for the Co-Production Market of the 2017 Berlinale. Variety article on the film.

Susanna Nicchiarelli has finished shooting her new film: Nico, 1988, about the later years of the model, Wahrol’s muse, singer of the Velvet Underground and solo artist. Trine Dyrholm stars in the main role. The cast also includes John Gordon Sinclair, Anamaria Marinca, Sandor Funtek, Thomas Trabacchi, Karina Fernandez and Calvin Demba.   Press: Variety Rolling Stone Pitchfork