The Girl By The Lake Trailer

NICE Films

The NICE, New Italian Cinema Events, film festival is going to be in Amsterdam April 2nd-15th and in Moscow and St. Petersburg as well, April 22nd-May 2nd. The NICE film festival was started in 1991 and was intended to promote current Italian films in different parts of the world. This years films include “Black Sea”, “The Girl By The Lake”, and “Lessons In Chocolate”. Each year the committee for the NICE festival picks 7 of the best films produced for that year and showcases them in very popular cities around the world. The NICE films that are presented in the USA are eligible to win the Premio Città di Firenze (City of Florence Award). The prestige of the NICE film festival has grown over the years partly because of the established relationships with well known producers and distributors such as Miramax, Touchstone, and MGM. The festival was already featured in New York and San Francisco in the fall of 2008.

Short Clip of 2006 David di Donatello Awards

The David di Donatello Awards

The David Di Donatello awards ceremony will be held on Friday, May 8th, in Italy. The awards ceremony is the Italian equivalent to the Academy Awards here in the United States and it is presented by La Accedemia del Cinema Italiano (The Italian Cinematic Academy). This years nominees include “Il Divo”, the story of a veteran politician and “Gommorah”, a film that revolves around the mafia in Naples. “Il Divo” has 16 nominations and “Gommorah” has a total of 11 nominations. The event will be televised in Italy.