The festival opens with a special screening of Un Viaggio Facile Facile (Easy), which was nominated for numerous awards at the 2018 Venice Film Festival, with director Andrea Magnani joining for a Q&A after the film screening.
The film schedule runs as follows:
Fri Nov 8 at 14:00 Io C’e (Just Believe) In order to rescue his flagging business a B&B owner decides to transform his guesthouse into a place of worship where tourists can stay for free in return for tax-free donations to his new religious society.Fri Nov 8 at 17:30 Un Viaggio Facile Facile (Easy) An absurdist comedy about an Italian go-kart driver who gains too much weight to fit into his racer and is forced to spend his retirement in a new job that involves delivering the corpse of a Ukrainian man back to his homeland.
Sat Nov 9 at 14:30 Contromano (Against the Flow) The owner of a successful Milanese sock shop finds his daily routine turned upside down by a young Senegalese street vendor who also sells socks, he resorts to desperate measures to lead the man to new business.
Sat Nov 9 at 17:30 Smetto quando voglio (I Can Quit Whenever I Want) A brilliant neurobiologist, loses his university job during the financial crisis and not knowing what to do forms a gang of fellow ex-scientific researchers to get rich by developing a new smart-drug.
Sun Nov 10 at 14:30 Come un gatto in tangenzaile (Like a cat on a highway) Two parents from very different backgrounds join forces to pursue a common goal, ensuring that the blossoming Romeo and Juliet-esque romance between their respective children ends.
Sun Nov 10 at 17:30 A casa tutti bene (There's no place like home) A big family reunites to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of grandma Alba and grandpa Pietro in a large island villa. Bad weather leads to their being stranded on the island – and the idyllic holiday relations don’t take long to go awry.
