Two officials quit govt cinema panel after Regeni doc is denied funding

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 7 - Two top cinema officials on Tuesday quit the culture ministry's cinema selection committee after a documentary on Giulio Regeni, an Italian student tortured to death in Egypt in 2016, was denied ministerial funding. Paolo Mereghetti, perhaps Italy's best-known movie critic, and noted university cinema lecturer Massimo Galimberti did not specifically cite the failure to fund the documentary but said they no longer felt at home on the panel. The documentary is titled 'Giu...

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