Next Week in Bologna (2016)
Next Week in Bologna is a tongue-in-cheek nod to Italian Neo-Realism, shot in Rob Nilsson's Direct Action style. A pickpocket cinema projectionist in Bologna, Italy, narrates three intertwining stories of tourists who visit his city one summer. A timid adjunct professor from Australia receives word from a mysterious stranger about his imminent death while nervously preparing to present his paper on the classic film Last Year at Marienbad. An apostate ex-priest gifts a naive and destitute young couple with a camcorder...for possibly lecherous purposes. And, lastly, the pickpocket projectionist narrator pursues his own adventure with a lovely but understandably cautious Icelandic girl.
Director: Rob Nilsson
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Sophie Victorine Van Der Burg as Alba |
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Raffaelo Rossini as Bruno |
| Directing | Rob Nilsson | Director |
| Editing | Daniel Kremer | Editor |
| Crew | Aleks Rydzkowska | Cinematography |
| Crew | Vivek Venkatraman | Cinematography |
| Writing | Rob Nilsson | Writer |
| Writing | Ben Andrews | Writer |
| Writing | Raffaelo Rossini | Writer |