Pretensions only spotted this in her backlogged inbox today but reckons it is still worth posting about - for readers who are wondering what they can do this weekend.

The Italian Cultural Institute in Singapore and the Singapore Film Society has been running an Italian Film Festival, highlighting award-winning and interesting recent italian films. The opening film "La stella che no c'e" (The missing star) was the first Italian-Singapore co-production and was partly shot in Singapore.

P rathers fancies seeing "Cuore Sacro" (Sacred Heart) but has a pre-father's day dinner planned on that date already. The 2005 film is about a workaholic businesswoman who goes on an emotional journey to wholeness precipitated by a series of crises in her life. It won several golden globes and the protagonist also scooped the David di Dontello award for best actress.

P'll blog if she manages to see anything at the festival. If you've blogged about watching a film at the festival, please drop me a comment and I'll link to your blog in this post.