Liliana Cavani is an Italian filmmaker born in 1933. In 2012, she was awarded an honorary David di Donatello. Called by many ‘a living paradox’, her filmography won’t appeal to just about anyone, and occasionally proved scandalous for prudish Italy if a few decades ago. She has now deservedly attained cult status. Incontro di notte (lit. ‘meeting at night’) is the special opening event of the 38th International Film Critics’ Week. A short movie produced in 1960, it is the story of a young, married Italian man and a Senegalese musician who get drunk and decide to spend the night at the former’s, where his wife is also sleeping. A fragment of life, a black-and-white, intimate moment of night portrayed by Liliana Cavani, Who will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.