The American director Terry Gilliam guest on 16 July Taormina Film Fest for a public Masterclass. But the Italian premiere of “Ocean’s 8”, Gary Ross, with a super-female cast

Terry Gilliam will be the guest of honor at the third day of the sixty-fourth edition of the Taormina Film Fest, to be held – free admission to availability – until the 20 July and he sees in the guise of artistic directors Silvia Bizio and Gianvito Casadonte and the organization, guided by Videobank, thanks to general manager Lino Chiechio and to the sole director Maria Guardia Pappalardo with a rich program full of Italian and international premiere, Guests of excellence, documentaries, short and masterclass. The screenings and master classes of the festival will be held in the halls of the Palazzo dei Congressi. Among the more than 50 films presented, 14 world premieres, 12 European premieres and over 10 Italian previews, documentaries and short films.

The day's program includes, in Hall A at 10:00, the Italian premiere of the film in Polish competition “Once upon a time in November”, di Andrew Jakimowski. The story of the eviction of a mother and son who are struggling to find a safe haven for homeless, in Poland it is broken by the ideological divide and social injustice. At 18:00 Japanese film in competition “Ice Cream and the sound of Raindrops”, di Daigo Matsui. Projected international premiere, recounts, with a single sequence, a theatrical play in a small town and novice actors. At 21:00, the Italian premiere of the feature film US “Leave no trace”, di Debra Granik. The story of a war veteran and teenage daughter living in a forest in Oregon and whose simple life is accidentally altered

In hall B, at 12:00, the wait for the public masterclass American director Terry Gilliam, He tells the artistic director Silvia Bizio. A tale live one of the great geniuses of world cinema, director of masterpieces such as “Brazil” e “The army of 12 monkeys”, which recently crowned the dream of being able to present his version of the story of Don Quixote, project cherished for years. Following, at 14:00, the registaGaetano Di Lorenzo presents the social footprint documentary “will Paradise – A flower in the heart of Palermo”. At 16:00, the Italian premiere of the feature film US “The Tale”, di Jennifer Fox, con Laura Dern edEllen Burstyn, a psychological thriller on the memory of a sexual assault, and examination of stories and fantasies that a woman tells herself to survive. At 18:00 the short film “More on that promise”, the director and actress Maria Grazia Nazzari, who will attend the screening to answer audience questions. Following, at 18:30, “Like a peeble in the Boot”, Canadian documentary by Hélène Choquette, which tells of some Senegalese immigrants in Florence's life, of broken dreams and wares for sale on the street. A look 'foreign’ Migration in Italy, to reflect on today's world. At 20:00 the Italian premiere of “Ocean’s 8”, Gary Ross, which will be distributed by 26 July in Italy by Warner Bros. Italy. A super-female cast, which includes Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna and Helena Bonham Carter to tell indomitable sister of Danny Ocean, bringing together a gang of women for “heist of the century” a New York.