\u0027It’s a different kind of festival. After months of isolation, there was the desire to bring people together. What is missing most is socializing and interactivity\u0027
Cristiano De Florentiis, founder and artistic director of the eight-year-old Italian Contemporary Film Festival, says this new initiative won’t replace the existing event. That usually runs in June, but this year it’s been tentatively moved to Nov. 10, pending pandemic developments. The focus will be on the centenary of the birth of Federico Fellini.
“It’s a different kind of festival,” he says of the drive-in. “After months of isolation, there was the desire to bring people together. What is missing most is socializing and interactivity. This is what we are pushing with the festival.”Article content continued To that end, Lavazza will be more than just movies on a screen. De Florentiis plans to have introductions and Q&As with filmmakers, taped if necessary, but ideally live through videoconferencing. Attendees will be able to listen to the audio on CHIN Radio, AM 1540.For the opening night, he’s gong to set up a red carpet for the cars of the VIPs, including Navarretta, who will participate in a Q&A from inside his vehicle.
De Florentiis paints a beautiful picture of the event to come. On the east side of Ontario Place will be room for 185 safely distanced cars — several of the screenings are already sold out — in front of a 60-foot screen, with superior projection by sponsor Christie Digital. “The Toronto skyline will be in the background,” he notes. “It will be a romantic moment for people to be there.”
On the screen, a selection of recent offerings from around the globe. In comparison to many drive-ins, which have been screening films released in February or March, or oldies-but-goodies , Lavazza will feature films not available elsewhere.Article content continued, a popular 2019 crime drama from China in which a family patriarch must orchestrate and coach his family in the perfect alibi after they are caught up in an unexpected crime.
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