Oscar-winning Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore announces maiden visit to India [Video]

Oscar-Winning Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore is all set visit India in collaboration with Film Heritage Foundation and he said that he is happy to visit the country.

Tornatore said in a statement: “I am so happy to be coming to India for the first time. I have known about the amazing work of the Film Heritage Foundation in preserving and restoring India’s cinematic heritage.

He is also pleased that the Film Heritage Foundation is partnering with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Mumbai for “Cinema Italian Style”, a festival of Italian film heritage in Mumbai that will include some of Tornatore’s films.

The event will begin from September 27 and will end on 29 in Mumbai at Regal Cinema, Mumbai.

He said: “I was delighted to hear that my film “Cinema Paradiso” is known and loved in India and I am honoured that my films will be presented alongside the …