Arts & Entertainment
HFCC Italian Film Festival
Henry Ford Community College will be one of the venues where movie aficionados can see Italian films as the College participates in the 2012 Italian Film Festival USA.
HFCC will screen “Noi Credevamo” on Friday, April 27, at 6:30 p.m.; “Matrimoni e altri Disastri” on Saturday, April 28, at 5:45 p.m.; and “Scialla!” on Saturday, April 28, at 8 p.m. All three movies will take place in the Andrew A. Mazzara Administrative Services & Conference Center, which is located on the main campus.
The 2012 Italian Film Festival USA – which takes place in 10 cities across the United States – opens in Metro Detroit on Wednesday, April 4, at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The festival continues as the remaining Italian films will open at several college campuses throughout southeastern Michigan, including HFCC.
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Sponsors for the 2012 Italian Film Festival USA – Metro Detroit include Magneti Marelli; Antonio’s Cucina Italiana; the Italian American Club of Livonia Charitable Foundation; Federazione Abruzzese del Michigan; Butzel Long; the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan; the Italian American Cultural Society; and Cristina Cotronei-Cascardo, M.D. – Advanced Asthma, Allergy, & Immunology Care, P.C.
Admission is free and open to the public. All 13 films are shown in Italian with English subtitles. For further information, please visit www.italianfilmfests.org/detroit.html.