Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2013

Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2013

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Posted 2013-09-23 by Vanessa Mfollow

Wed 09 Oct 2013 - Sun 03 Nov 2013

The Lavazza Italian Film Festival will run for almost a month in Sydney, from Wednesday October 9 to Sunday November 3. It will take place in three different venues--the Palace Verona and Chauvel Cinema in Padington, and the Hayden Orpheum in Cremorne--which will each host screenings every day during this period.

[ADVERT]Kicking off the festival will be the Opening Night Gala at Palace Verona on Wednesday October 9. It will begin with nibblies at 6.30pm, which will be followed by the Sydney premiere of The Great Beauty at 7.00pm. Guests at the gala will all receive a gift bag worth $50.00 and are invited to the official after party at Paddington Town Hall, where they can enjoy drinks, food and entertainment (all with an Italian theme of course).

Throughout the course of the festival, a few special screenings will take place in the Paddington cinemas. For example, actress Clara Ponsot will fly in from France as a guest of the Lavazza Italian Film Festival to introduce the 6.30pm screening of her film Cosimo and Nicole on Thursday October 10 on at Palace Verona.


Two other screenings will have special pre-film receptions before their sessions. These will be Mr Volare: The Story of Domenico Modugno, on Sunday October 13, and Women Drive Me Crazy, the following Sunday (October 20). Both will take place at Chauvel Cinema, with drinks, food and live entertainment.

Another key event is the Rail Europe presentation of Elegant Escapes: A Five Star Life on Tuesday October 15. It will include a reception from 6.00pm, an in-cinema presentation by Rail Europe and UTracks featuring an introduction to Italy by travel writer Ute Junker at 6.45pm, and a screening of A Five Star Life at 7.00pm, all at Palace Verona.


The closing night event will take place at Chauvel Cinema, when a screening of Fellini's Roma is preceded by cocktails, ice cream and live entertainment at the pre-film reception (the reception starts at 6.15pm, while the film will begin at 7.00pm).

Tickets for general festival sessions cost $20.00 for adults and $17.00 for concessions (all movies are restricted to those over 18 years and over, not because of the content, but for legal reasons), while Palace Movie Club Members only pay $15.50. The special sessions mentioned above (except for Cosimo and Nicole) cost more.

If you would like to purchase tickets, head to the event's website and follow the prompts for each session (you can also find details of all the films and the screenings there too). Tickets can also be purchased from the cinemas themselves (which will allow you to avoid booking fees).

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