Three Italian films will be
among the contenders in the main competition at the Cannes Film
Festival next month, organizers said Thursday.
They are Nanni Moretti's Mia Madre (My Mother),
Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino's Youth and Matteo Garrone's Il
Racconto dei Racconti (The Tale of the Tales).
"We are happy and proud to represent Italy at the next
Cannes Festival," the three directors said in a joint statement.
"We are aware that it's a great opportunity for us and for
the whole of Italian cinema".
Sorrentino's The Great Beauty won the Best Foreign
Language Film Oscar at the 2014 Academy Awards.
Moretti won the Cannes Palme d'Or winner in 2001 with The
Son's Room and in 2012 he was the president of the jury at the
festival.
Other Side, a movie by Italian-American filmmaker, has
been selected among the contenders in the Un Certain Regard
section at Cannes 2015, which runs May 13 to 24.
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