Films

To avoid disappointment arrive early. Seating is limited. First come, First served.

Day Date Time  Movie, Event, Venue Director
Friday 3-Oct 7:00 PM Festival Opening-Museum of Contemporary Art
700 Prospect Street in La Jolla
L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio (film sponsor-Italian Cultural Center SD) Agostino Ferrente
Musicians from around the world join in a Roman multicultural piazza
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Main Festival-Museum of Photographic Art
Balboa Park, near Prado Restaurant

Saturday 4-Oct 11:00 AM Film per Ragazzi (sponsor-SD International Children's Film Festival) Award winning short films for children Various

Sunday 5-Oct 3:00 PM Le Rose del Deserto Mario Monicelli
The adventures of an Italian medical battalion in Libya during WWII

Sunday 5-Oct 6:00 PM Dopo Mezzanotte Davide Ferrario
Turin's museum of cinema is the setting for an unlikely love affair

Monday 6-Oct 7:00 PM La Stella che non c'e' Gianni Amelio
An Italian and a translator travel in China to avert a factory disaster

Tuesday 7-Oct 7:00 PM Agente Matrimoniale Christian Bisceglia
Two young men return to Sicily from Milan to begin an amusing job

Weds 8-Oct 7:00 PM Provincia Meccanica Stefano Mordini
A young couple juggle love and life in Ravenna

Thurs 9-Oct 7:00 PM Vento di Terra Vincenzo Marra
The trial of a courageous young man from a poor suburb of Naples

Friday 10-Oct 8:30 PM Jimmy della Collina Enrico Pau
A Sardinian adolescent confronts the toughest decision in his life

Saturday 11-Oct 3:00 PM Incantesimo Napoletano (film sponsor-Filippi's Pizza Grotto) Paolo Genovese
In Naples what could be worse than not being Neopolitan?

Saturday 11-Oct 7:00 PM L'Abbuffatta Mimmi Calopresti
Three youngsters from Calabria go to Rome to find a star for their film

Sunday 12-Oct 7:00 PM La Febbre Alessandro D'Alatri
The life of an accountant in Northern Italy improves with love

Tuesday 14-Oct 7:00 PM Se devo essere sincero Davide Ferrario
A teacher and a detective investigate a murder and find love

Weds 15-Oct 7:00 PM Ma che ci faccio qui Francesco Amato
The coming of age summer of a Roman adolescent in a beach town

Thurs 16-Oct 7:00 PM Tree of Life Hava Volterra
An Italian Jewish journey through history
Interview follows: Hava Volterra interviewed by Everette Gorel

Friday 17-Oct 7:00 PM La Vita Rubata Graziano Diana
Dedicated to 17 year old Graziella Campagna assassinated by Mafia
Interview follows: Graziano Diana interviewed by Pasquale Verdicchio

Saturday 18-Oct 5:00 PM FESTIVAL GALA--PURCHASE TICKETS
Italian dinner, music-followed by the film L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio Agostino Ferrente

Sunday 19-Oct 5:00 PM Mio fratello e' figlio unico Daniele Luchetti
The struggles of two brothers during the 60's and 70's in Italy
Discussion follows: Piazze nella cultura, nella storia