Festival director Alberto Barbera pointed out that this year's event also has a political element to it.
"The economy is, of course, one of the elements of this crisis, one of
the most important elements but it is not only the crisis of the
economy, it's the crisis of the values which is much more important and
it seems that contemporary cinema is very much aware of this situation,"
he said.
"All the most interesting filmmakers are referring to this situation
and are working on it, telling stories that are dealing with this."