Organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Instituto Luce Cinecitta the 15th edition of Open Roads was held from June 4-11 and presented 16 contemporary Italian feature films from emerging and established film makers ranging from commercial to independent productions. They covered a broad thematic range including several outstanding productions. Most of the films selected were U.S. premieres.  GREENERY WILL BLOOM AGAIN by Ermanno Olmi (2014) ranks among the best and mos...

Those Happy Years   The Film Society of Lincoln Center presented the 2014 edition of Open Roads from June 5-12 including 16 productions of which 13 were U.S. Premieres.  Compared to past Open Roads programs, the festival offered more documentaries and features embracing a documentary approach. It carried Gianfranco Rossi’s Sacro GRA, the first documentary receiving the Golden Lion for best film at Venice and Alberto Fasulo’s   crossover TIR, a featur...