Bringing the best of Italian cinema to US theaters.
About
Cinema Made in Italy
The Cinema Made in Italy program promotes and distributes contemporary Italian films to theaters in the United States, insuring that the best of Italian cinema is always available to fans, no matter where they live in the country. The series is an initiative sponsored by Cinecittà and is managed by Deutchman Company Inc, which handles the marketing and distribution of the films. In previous years, the initiative has released or supported such films as Paolo Sorrentino’s Academy Award winning Best Foreign Language Film,“The Great Beauty,” Valeria Golino’s “Honey,” Marco Bellochio’s “Dormant Beauty,” Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Me and You,” Nanni Moretti’s “Mia Madre” and Gianfranco Rosi’s Academy Award nominated Best Documentary, “Fire at Sea” among others.
Born into an upper-class family with a doting mother who foots the bill for her indolent lifestyle, 24-year-old combative Amanda (emerging talent Benedetta Porcaroli) searches for boyfriends but only finds misfits who are repelled by her intensity. She longs for connection but has never had a friend of her own… until she discovers a long lost childhood bond, spurring a mission to convince another recluse that they are still best friends. A playful, provocative feature debut from writer-director Carolina Cavalli.
Official Selection – 2022 Venice Film Festival
Official Selection – 2022 Toronto International Film Festival
“Elegant… an absurdist existential comedy.” –The Guardian
“A comical, stylized character portrait… recalls the work of Miranda July or Noah Baumbach.” –The Wrap
Opens in Theaters July 7, 2023
New York City – IFC Center
West Los Angeles – Laemmle Royal
More to come…
L’Immensita
L’IMMENSITA a film by Emanuele Crialese
Clara (Penélope Cruz) and her emotionally distant husband Felice (Vincenzo Amato) relocate to Rome to raise a family. Even though the paint is fresh, and the appliances are new, the crushing expectations around marriage, desire, and gender in the early 1970s remain as traditional as ever. Their children Andrew (played by newcomer Luana Giuliani), Gino, and Diana are likewise poised at a precipice, on the verge of adolescence, with nothing but their imaginations to defuse family tensions. The eldest child, Andrew (nicknamed Adri by his parents), yearns for another life – an outsized, vibrantly-realized vision of a world where he gets to live as the boy he knows himself to be. Without an accepted vocabulary for talking about his transgender identity, Andrew tells adults that he’s an alien from another galaxy and makes a habit of running away to pursue a local Roma girl who accepts his boyhood at face value. As an outsider ostracized for her own eccentricities, Clara instinctively strives to protect her son despite not fully understanding him. An effortlessly moving film about growing up, fitting in, and breaking the mold, L’immensita is as freewheeling and creative as its central characters, mixing genres and staging musical numbers out of thin air.
Official Selection: 2022 Venice International Film Festival
Official Selection: 2023 Sundance Film Festival
“L’Immensità is a grand and vibrant work of art.” –The Wrap
“Everything in L’Immensità is beautiful even when everything wasn’t… Crialese’s odd, affecting memory piece layers the world as it was, is and could be in the same gilded frame.” –Variety
Coming to Theaters
May 12, 2023
New York City – Angelika Film Center
West Los Angeles – Laemmle Royal
May 19, 2023
New York City – AMC Empire 25
New York City – New Plaza Cinema
Kew Gardens, NY – Kew Gardens Cinema
Mamaroneck, NY – Mamaroneck Cinemas
Glendale, CA – AMC Americana at the Brand 18
Torrance, CA – AMC Rolling Hills 20
Encino, CA – Laemmle Town Center
Foothill Ranch, CA – Regal Foothill Towne Center
Chicago – AMC River East 21
Chicago – Music Box Theatre
Dallas – AMC NorthPark 15
San Francisco – AMC Metreon 16
Houston – Regal Edwards Greenway Grand Plaza
Aventura, FL – AMC Aventura Mall 24
Coral Gables, FL – Coral Gables Art Cinema
Miami Beach – Regal South Beach
Portland, OR – Living Room Theaters
Tucson – Loft Cinema
May 26, 2023
Huntington, NY – Cinema Arts Center
Santa Monica, CA – Monica Film Center
San Rafael, CA – Smith Rafael Film Center
Atlanta – Tara Theater
Sedona, AZ – Mary D. Fisher Theater
Buffalo, NY – North Park Theater
Knoxville, TN – Regal Downtown West
Rochester, NY – Little Theater
May 31, 2023
Boulder, CO – Dairy Arts Center
June 2, 2023
Claremont, CA – Laemmle Claremont 5
Philadelphia – Landmark Ritz 5
Wilmington, DE – The Screening Room
Dallas – Angelika Film Center Dallas
Santa Rosa, CA – Summerfield Cinema
Greenbelt, MD – Old Greenbelt Theater
Denver – Landmark Chez Artiste
Sacramento, CA – Tower by Angelika
June 3, 2023
Hudson, NY – Time and Space Limited
June 7, 2023
Juneau, AK – Gold Town Theater
June 9, 2023
Skillman, NJ – Montgomery Cinema
Bryn Mawr, PA – Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Fairfax, VA – Angelika Mosaic
Scottsdale, AZ – Harkins Shea 14
Sarasota, FL – Burns Court
Minneapolis – MSP Film at the Main
San Diego, CA – Angelika Carmel Mountain
Cincinnati – Mariemont
Tulsa, OK – Circle Cinema
Eugene, OR – Art House Eugene
June 10, 2023
Vineyard Haven, MA – Martha’s Vineyard Film Center
June 16, 2023
Salem, OR – Salem Cinema
San Diego, CA – Digital Gym Cinema
Nashville, TN – Belcourt
Santa Barbara, CA – Hitchcock Cinema
June 23, 2023
Ithaca, NY – Cinemapolis
June 24, 2023
Tallahassee, FL – All Saints Cinema
July 6, 2023
Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Cinematheque
July 7, 2023
Bethlehem, NH – Colonial
July 17, 2023
Tunkhannock, PA – Dietrich Theater
More to come…
The Eight Mountains
THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS a film by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch
After meeting as children over a series of summers in the Italian Alps, Pietro (Luca Marinelli) and Bruno (Alessandro Borghi) reunite as adults to build a mountainside cottage which becomes a site of both reflection and reconciliation. In The Eight Mountains, winner of the Jury Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch (Beautiful Boy, The Broken Circle Breakdown) trace with exquisite beauty and grace the life trajectories of two men whose peak moments and low ebbs become one with the landscape that has shaped them.
Winner, Grand Jury Prize 2022 Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival
“Magnificent. A gorgeous, glorious retreat. One of the strongest and most vibrantly shot pictures in the Cannes Competition.” –Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
“***** (Highest Rating). This is a movie with air in its lungs and love in its heart. It is spacious and unhurried in its devotion to beauty and to what it means to be human. This film has mystery and passion, it climbs mountainous heights and rewards you with the opposite of vertigo: a sort of exaltation.” –Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“Joyful and grateful and wise. Novelistic in the best sense. It immerses you in the world of its characters – both human and Alpine – But it lives and breathes in beautifully cinematic terms.“ –Jessica Kiang, Variety
Only in Theaters
April 28, 2023
New York City – Angelika Film Center NYC
New York City – Film Society of Lincoln Center
May 5, 2023
New York City – Cinemas 1,2,3
Los Angeles, CA – Landmark Nuart
New York City – AMC Empire 25
May 12, 2023
Pleasantville, NY – Jacob Burns Film Center
Sag Harbor, NY – Sag Harbor Cinema
Glendale, CA – Laemmle Glendale
Santa Monica, CA – Laemmle Monica
Torrance, CA – AMC Rolling Hills
Philadelphia, PA – PFS at the Bourse
Dallas, TX – Angelika Dallas
Plano, TX – Angelika Plano
San Francisco, CA – Landmark Opera Plaza
Fairfax, VA – Angelika Mosaic
Fairfax, VA – Cinema Arts Fairfax
Washington, DC – Landmark E-Street
Minneapolis, MN – MSP FIlm at the Main
Portland, OR – Cinema 21
Baltimore, MD – The Charles
San Diego, CA – Angelika Carmel Mountain
Asheville, NC – Grail Moviehouse
Winston-Salem, NC – A/perture
Austin, TX – AFS Cinema
Eugene, OR – Broadway Metro
Santa Barbara, CA – Riviera Theater at SBIFF
May 13, 2023
New York City – New Plaza Cinema
May 15, 2023
San Rafael, CA – Smith Rafael Film Center
May 19, 2023
Tulsa, OK – Circle Cinema
Santa Rosa, CA – Summerfield Cinema
Pittsburgh, PA – Harris Theater
Missoula, MT – Roxy Theater
Brooklyn, NY – BAM Rose Cinemas
Stamford, CT – Avon
Orlando, FL – Enzian Theater
Bantam, CT – Bantam Cinema
Columbia, SC – Nickelodeon
Columbus, OH – Gateway Film Center
Omaha, NE – Film Streams Dundee
Sacramento, CA – The Tower Theatre by Angelika
New York City – Village East by Angelika
Louisville, KY – Speed Art Museum
Huntington, NY – Cinema Arts Center
Encino, CA – Laemmle Town Center
San Francisco, CA – Roxie Theater
Chico, CA – Pageant Theater
Chicago, IL – Gene Siskel Film Center
Atlanta, GA – Plaza Theatre
Aventura, FL – AMC Aventura 24
South Miami, FL – AMC Sunset Place 24
Washington, DC – AFI Silver Theater
Nashville, TN – Belcourt Theatre
May 25, 2023
Ft. Laurderdale, FL – Savor Cinema
Winthrop, WA – The Barnyard Cinema
May 26, 2023
Knoxville, TN – Regal Downtown West
Hollywood, FL – Cinema Paradiso
Seattle, WA – SIFF Cinema Egyptian
Iowa City, IA – FilmScene
St. Louis, MO – Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema
Santa Cruz, CA – Del Mar Theatre
Brookline, MA – Coolidge Corner
Salt Lake City, UT – Broadway Centre 6
Santa Fe, NM – CCA Santa Fe
Amherst, MA – Amherst Cinema
Plymouth, MA – Plimoth Cinema
Providence, RI – Avon
San Luis Obispo, CA – Palm Theater
Rochester, NY – Little Theater
New Haven, CT – BTM Bow Tie Criterion Cinemas
Denver, CO – Sie Film Center
Montclair, NJ – Clairidge Cinemas
Three Oaks, MI – Vickers Theatre
Los Angeles, CA – Lumiere Cinema at Music Hall
Richmond, VA – BTM Bow Tie Movieland at Blvd Square
Houston, TX – AMC Gulf Pointe 30
Miami Beach, FL – Regal South Beach
Jacksonville, FL – Sun-Ray Cinema
June 1, 2023
Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Institute of the Arts
June 2, 2023
Bloomfield Hills, MI – The Maple Theater
Seattle, WA – SIFF Cinema Uptown
Scottsdale, AZ – Harkins Shea
Wilmington, DE – Screening Room at 1313
Portland, ME – Portland Museum of the Arts
Fort Wayne, IN – Fort Wayne Cinema Center
Cordova, TN – Malco Cordova
Tucson, AZ – Loft Cinema
Waterville, ME – Maine Film Center
Bremerton, WA – Roxy
Reading, PA – Goggleworks Center for the Arts
Sedona, AZ – Mary Fischer Cinema
Arabi, LA – Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge
Anchorage, AK – Regal Totem
Chapel Hill, NC – Chelsea 3
June 3, 2023
Hudson, NY – Time & Space Ltd
June 4, 2023
Charlotte, NC – Independent Picture House
June 6, 2023
Albuquerque, NM – Guild Cinema
June 7, 2023
Aspen, CO – BTM Cinemas Isis
June 9, 2023
Ithaca, NY – Cinemapolis
Cincinatti, OH – Esquire
Portage, MI – Celebration Cinema Crossroads & IMAX
Grand Rapids, MI – Celebration Cinema Grand Rapids North
Lansing, MI – Celebration Cinema Lansing & IMAX
Joplin, MO – Bookhouse Cinema
Hartford, CT – Real Art Ways
Bend, OR – Tin Pan Theater
Montpelier, VT – Savoy Cinema
Beacon, NY – Story Screen
Highland Park, IL – Wayfarer Theaters
Milwaukee, WI – Oriental Theater
Bellingham, WA – Pickford Film Center
Greenbelt, MD – The Old Greenbelt Theater
Rhinebeck, NY – Upstate Films Starr Cinema
Nevada City, CA – Mystic Theater
Tacoma, WA – Grand Cinema
June 14, 2023
Boulder, CO – Boedecker Theater at Dairy Arts
June 16, 2023
Pelham, NY – The Picture House Pelham
Bedford, NY – Bedford Playhouse
Lake Worth, FL – Lake Worth Playhouse
Dennis, MA – Cape Cinema
Yellow Springs, OH – Little Art
Bainbridge Island, WA – Lynwood Theater
Springfield, MO – Moxie Cinema
Bloomington, IN – Ryder Film Series
June 17, 2023
Oklahoma City, OK – OKC Museum of Art
June 23, 2023
Millerton, NY – Moviehouse 3
Westerly, RI – The United Theatre
Mesilla, NM – Mesilla Valley Film Society
Montgomery, AL – Capri Theatre
June 28, 2023
Billings, MT – Babcock Theatre
Utica, NY – Munson Cinema
July 17, 2023
Tunkhannock, PA – The Dietrich
Anchorage, AK – Bear Tooth Theatrepub
AMANDA
L’IMMENSITA
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