The Cisterna Film Festival 2020 will start with a special out of competition screening on the first evening, August 27: Nimic by the Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos. Lanthimos is an award-winning filmmaker, from Cannes to Venice, for films such as The Lobster and The favourite. For The Favourite he was nominated for the 2019 Oscars for Best Film and Best Director. “Nimic”, starring Matt Dillon, is an anxious thriller that shows the encounter in the subway between a stranger and a cellist, followed by a chase and a surprise ending. The short was presented last year in Locarno and Cisterna’s will be the third screening in Italy.
