{"id":1639,"date":"2023-05-24T09:57:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T01:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2023\/05\/cultural-diplomacy-in-singapore-2\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T09:57:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T01:57:48","slug":"cultural-diplomacy-in-singapore-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2023\/05\/cultural-diplomacy-in-singapore-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural diplomacy in Singapore: Italy stars at the European Film Festival 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Singapore\u2019s European Film Festival<\/strong> (EUFFSG) is back with its <strong>32nd edition<\/strong>. 24 films produced by 23 European countries are being displayed, starting from the 16th until the 31st of May, to celebrate Europe\u2019s shared cultural heritage through cinema. The EUFFSG is a pillar of the EU\u2019s cultural diplomacy in Asia and the world, as a promoter of key values such as inclusivity, creativity and diversity.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, Italy has the prestige of being the only country represented by two works, namely Paolo Virzi\u2019s \u201c<strong>Dry<\/strong>\u201d and Alice Tomassini\u2019s \u201c<strong>Kordon<\/strong>\u201d. Two of the main expressions of Italian cultural commitment towards today\u2019s topical issues, respectively climate change and the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Italy debuted at the EUFFSG with Virzi\u2019s dystopian comedy-drama, awarded the Premio Pasinetti for \u201cBest Film\u201d at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, the \u201cbest soundtrack\u201d at the Soundtrack Stars Award 2022, as well as the Special Prize Green Drop Award, which was projected on <strong>May 19<\/strong>. Tomassini\u2019s docu-drama, awarded the prize for \u201cBest Film on Foreign Themes\u201d at the World Premiere at Rome Film Festival 2022, and the \u201cBest Documentary\u201d at UK Film Festival 2022, will close Italian participation at the Festival, being screened on<strong> May 28<\/strong>, at 8:00 PM, at The Projector (Green Room).<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the EUFFSG, thanks to the efforts of the European Union Delegation to Singapore and the Singapore Film Society, is a unique opportunity for Singaporean young film-makers to be showcased throughout the festival\u2019s days. Local academic students coming from the Lasalle College of the Arts, the Nanyang Technological University and the Ngee Ann Polytechnic have been presenting their cinematographic works, with the aim of strengthening the people to people exchanges and the mutual understanding promoted by the EU Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Italian leading role in the enhancement of European cultural diplomacy is, once again, re-affirmed in Singapore, as the Italian Embassy continues its devoted support to the EU Delegation.<\/p>\n<p>The tickets to watch \u201cKordon\u201d are available for sale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euff.com.sg\/film\/italy-1\/confine-kordon\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further information about the EUFFSG can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euff.com.sg\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Singapore\u2019s European Film Festival (EUFFSG) is back with its 32nd edition. 24 films produced by 23 European countries are being displayed, starting from the 16th until the 31st of May, to celebrate Europe\u2019s shared cultural heritage through cinema. The EUFFSG is a pillar of the EU\u2019s cultural diplomacy in Asia and the world, as [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}