“THE SHOW MUST GO ON, CINEMA IS ALIVE, LET’S GO BACK TO CINEMA” THIS IS MESSAGE LAUNCHED TODAY FROM MONTE-CARLO FILM FESTIVAL OF COMEDY The prestigious Cinematographic Festival conceived and directed by EZIO GREGGIO President of the jury the two times winner of the Academy Award director NICK VALLELONGA with SABRINA IMPACCIATORE, MAGGIE CIVANTOS and LOTTE VERBEEK Guests NINO FRASSICA, ALESSIO LAPICE, PATRICE LECONTE HIGHLY AWAITED WORLD PREMIERE OF “THE COMEBACK TRAIL” MONTE-CARLO, PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO, 5-10 October 2020
Principality of Monaco, 6th October 2020 – The 17th edition of the Monte-Carlo Film Festival of Comedy, the cinematographic kermesse cinematografica conceived and directed by Ezio Greggio, started yesterday, in the total respect of all the security measures, with “Un Triomphe”, a movie, out of competition, directed by Emmanuel Courcol.
During the press conference held this morning at Monte-Carlo Fairmont Hotel in the presence Ezio Greggio and the entire jury it has been launched the omen to start to laugh together again, emphasizing the importance of smiling and sharing. The imperative is to respect the rules in order to be able to finally stay together again. “The Show must go on! I wish to launch a call to all the world authorities to find a solution to let people go to cinemas” declared the creator and director of the Kermesse Ezio Greggio. The President of the Jury Nick Vallelonga also affirmed “After so many months in isolation we need to go back to life and recreate aggregation respecting all the security rules.”.
The jury will attend a lot of screenings of Italian, French and international movies in competition and for the first time this year the jury will judge also auteur short films in run for the Short Comedy Award. One of the most awaited films to be watched is the World Premiere of “The Comeback Trail” directed by George Gallo with Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, Zach Braff e Kate Katzman who will be host at the festival.