Director Q&A sessions highlight SIFF’s Cinema Italian Style festival

SEATTLE (November 5, 2021) – Celebrating SIFF’s Cinema Italian Style festival, three directors will offer pre-recorded Q&A sessions for filmgoers this weekend.

“One of the best new things that spun out of the pandemic is more virtual Q&A sessions,” says SIFF’s Artistic Director, Beth Barrett. “We’re able to hear from many more directors who otherwise might not be able to travel and attend these screenings in person. Their insights and behind-the-scenes perspectives offer so much more to the movie experience.”

SIFF Cinema Italian Style programmer Angelo Acerbi recorded three Q&As, which will play directly after their screenings. Director Leonardo Di Costanzo will discuss his film The Inner Cage on Saturday, November 6 after the 7:30pm screening. Director Stefano Sardo will discuss his film With or Without You on Sunday, November 7 after the 4:00pm screening. Director Alessandro Gassman will discuss his film The Great Silence on Monday, November 8 after the 6:30pm screening. All films will screen at SIFF Cinema Egyptian at 805 E Pine St, Seattle, WA, 98122.

A limited number of virtual complimentary tickets remain available for the films below:

• Three Perfect Daughters
• Futura
• The Inner Cage
• Ezio Bosso, the Things That Remain
• With or Without You
• The Predators
• The Great Silence
• Like a Cat on a Highway 2

Cinema Italian Style will run through Thursday, November 11, 2021. Doors open 30 minutes prior to showtime.

Passes for the event are on sale for $75 for SIFF members and $100 for non-members. Tickets for individual in-person or virtual screenings are $9 for SIFF members and $14 for non-members.

ABOUT SIFF

SIFF is known for our international festival that takes place in the late spring each year. For more than 47 years, SIFF has delighted moviegoers with films from all regions of the world and all genres of film. In addition, SIFF offers year-round arthouse screenings, curated mini-festivals, cinema events, and education opportunities - to keep up with them, visit SIFF.net.

Cinema Italian Style at SIFF is co-presented with Seattle-Perugia Sister City Association, Luce Cinecittà, and the Italian Cultural Institutes in Los Angeles and San Francisco under the auspices of the Italian Consulates General in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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FILM SUMMARIES

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The Macaluso Sisters
NOV 4 | 7:00PM | EGYPTIAN
Emma Dante’s moving, elegant drama follows the lives of five sisters whose world is turned upside down by a sudden, unexpected tragedy that tests the bonds of their family.

The Image Machine of Alfredo C.
NOV 5 | 5:00PM | EGYPTIAN
An unexpected discovery in the Albanian historical archives unearths the life story of a cameraman who recorded the lives of the thousands of Italians detained in Albania during the Communist era.

Three Perfect Daughters
NOV 5 | 7:30PM | EGYPTIAN
In this comedy hit set in Rome, Marco Giallini, Vincenzo Salemme and Guiseppe Battiston star as three friends and brothers-in-law, Arturo, Antonio and Sergio, confronted with the same problem.

Futura
NOV 6 | 1:00PM | EGYPTIAN
Three of Italy’s most exciting filmmakers travel the country, interviewing a cross-section of their nation’s youth to discover their hopes, dreams, and fears for the future.

The Innocent
NOV 6 | 4:00PM | EGYPTIAN
Gabrielle d’Annunzio’s passionate novel is brought to life in the newly restored final masterpiece from acclaimed director Luchino Visconti, starting Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, and Jennifer O’Neill.

The Inner Cage
NOV 6 | 7:30PM | EGYPTIAN
Toni Servillo, Silvio Orlando, and Alba Rohrwacher lead a remarkable ensemble in this tense prison drama, where any wrong choice could lead to violence.

Ezio Bosso, the Things That Remain
NOV 7 | 1:00PM | EGYPTIAN
Giorgio Verdelli’s inspiring portrait of the legendary composer Ezio Bosso captures his life and career, telling a great human story of talent, drive, and the sheer love of music.

With or Without You
NOV 7 | 4:00PM | EGYPTIAN
Longtime couple Alica and Tommaso invite their friends over for a special dinner. Everyone thinks they’re finally going to announce their engagement, but the truth surprises everyone.

The Predators
NOV 7 | 7:30PM | EGYPTIAN
Winner of Best New Director at the 2021 David di Donatello Awards, actor/director Pietro Castellitto delivers an entertaining black comedy which sees two families from opposing social backgrounds collide.

The Great Silence
NOV 8 | 6:30PM | EGYPTIAN
In this bittersweet comedy, Rose decides to sell the dilapidated family home. Everyone reluctantly agrees – except her husband, Valerio – whose futile attempts to stop the sale unearth some unexpected family secrets.

A Chiara
NOV 9 | 6:30PM | EGYPTIAN
From multi-award-winning writer/director Jonas Carpignano (A Ciambra, Mediterranea), A Chiara is a searing, gripping and remarkably poignant drama about a Calabrian teenage girl who learns some difficult truths about her close-knit family.

Like a Cat on a Highway 2
NOV 10 | 6:30PM | EGYPTIAN
The second chapter of the blockbuster comedy Like a Cat on a Highway sees the return of Paola Cortellesi and Antonio Albanese as foul-mouthed tattooed Monica and radical chic intellectual Giovanni, three years since the end of their love story.

The Hand of God
NOV 11 | 6:30PM | EGYPTIAN
Legendary director Paolo Sorrentino turns his lens to the formative experiences of his Neapolitan youth in this funny, moving, and deeply personal story of heartbreak and liberation.