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N.I.C.E Film Festival

Cinema Akil set to host a 3-day Italian Film Program, N.I.C.E Film Festival

Cinema Akil, the only UAE independent cinema, is set to host N.I.C.E. Film Festival in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Dubai and our Institute. New Italian Cinema Event (N.I.C.E) is a 3-day film festival featuring 5 awarded contemporary Italian films dedicated to movie lovers across the Country.

Dates: 16th-18th December
Location:
 Cinema Akil, Warehouse 68, Al Serkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE – Dubai

CALIFORNIE

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Directed by Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman
Drama | 2021 | 81 min | Language: Italian

Jamila is an irrepressible Moroccan girl with street smarts and the potential for both greatness and disaster. Californie follows her aspirations and detours from age 9 to 14 in the southern Italian town where she lives. The film reconstructs Jamila’s personal journey to find her place in the world and offers a unique portrayal of contemporary youth.
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JOURNEY INTO THE TWILIGHT

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Directed by Augusto Contento

Animation | 2021 | 142 min | Language: Italian

The film explores the roads that lead into the cold darkness of Italian decline: decline of the family, of patriarchal society, of educational institutions, of religion.
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SANTA LUCIA

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Directed by Marco Chiappetta

Drama | 2021 | Language: Italian, Spanish

After living in Argentina for 40 years, Roberto, an author who has gone blind, returns to Naples when his mother dies. With his brother Lorenzo, a musician manqué, he takes a trip through his memories in the city of his childhood.
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A GIRL RETURNED

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Directed by Giuseppe Bonito
Drama | 2021 | 110 min | Language: Italian

Based on the novel “L’Arminuta” by Donatella Di Pietrantonio, the film follows a thirteen-year-old girl returned to the family she didn’t know she belonged to. Suddenly she loses everything from her previous life: a comfortable house, an exclusive love being the only-child, and she finds herself in a stranger world lightly touched by progress.
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THE CODE OF SILENCE

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Directed by Francesco Costabile
Drama | 2022| 120 min | Language: Italian

Rosa is a restless girl who lives with her mother’s relatives in a remote South Italian village. Her mother’s mysterious death when she was still a child casts a gloomy shadow on her present.
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  • Organized by: the Consulate General of Italy in Dubai and the Is
  • In collaboration with: NICE and Cinema Akil