Cinema Made in Italy

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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.

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The Last One for the Road

THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD
a film by Francesco Sossai

Two middle-aged friends, who swear each drink is their last, cross paths with a shy architecture student and take him under their wing on a free-flowing bender through the Italian countryside in a scruffy intergenerational odyssey.

Official Selection,
Un Certain Regard
2025 Cannes Film Festival

Official Selection,
2025 Toronto International
Film Festival

Official Selection, 2025 New York Film Festival

“A pleasant Italian gem… loose-limbed and quietly enchanting”
—Tomris Laffly, Variety

“Reminiscent of the ’70s work of Robert Altman and Hal Ashby”
–Frank J. Avella, The Contending

“A delightful trip through Italy”
–Rory O’Connor, The Film Stage

ONLY IN THEATERS

Opens May 1, 2026

New York City – Film at Lincoln Center

New York City – IFC Center

May 8, 2026

Los Angeles – Laemmle Royal

May 15, 2026

Cleveland – Cleveland Cinematheque

Santa Fe – Center for Contemporary Arts

Burlington, VT – Partizanfilm

More to come

Pompei: Below the Clouds

POMPEI: BELOW THE CLOUDS
a film by Gianfranco Rosi

From award-winning filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi comes Pompei: Below the Clouds, a striking portrait of life in Naples, a city living in the shadow of Vesuvius. Beneath the quiet threat of eruption, people go about their days: archaeologists unearth the past, children learn as the earth hums, firefighters wait for the next call. The result is a portrait at once local and universal: a reflection on humanity’s capacity to live, love, and rebuild in the shadow of the unimaginable.

WINNER: Special Jury Prize, 2025 Venice Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2025 New York Film Festival

” ★★★★★ An intensely disquieting, utterly distinctive film… superb”
–The Guardian

“Gianfranco Rosi makes documentaries like no one else.”
— The Hollywood Reporter

“A documentary fascinated by the fragility and suspension of life”
— RogerEbert.com

ONLY IN THEATERS

Opens March 6, 2026

New York City – IFC Center
New York City – Film at Lincoln Center

Opens March 13, 2026

Los Angeles – Laemmle Royal
Chicago – Gene Siskel Film Center

More to come!

La Grazia

LA GRAZIA
a film by Paolo Sorrentino

From Academy and BAFTA Award–winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, LA GRAZIA is a sweeping exploration of love, duty, and personal freedom. Toni Servillo – winner of the Best Actor Award at the 2025 Venice Film Festival – stars as Italy’s outgoing president, Mariano De Santis, navigating moral and personal crossroads with the help of his confidante and daughter, Dorotea (Anna Ferzetti). With Sorrentino’s signature poetic vision and an evocative soundtrack, this heartfelt masterwork is an intimate meditation on fatherhood, conscience, and the enduring question: who owns our days?

WINNER: BEST ACTOR – Toni Servillo – 2025 Venice Film Festival

Official Selection – 2025 New York Film Festival,
2025 Telluride Film Festival, 2025 London Film Festival,
2025 Chicago International Film Festival

“Toni Servillo is magnificent” – The Hollywood Reporter
“Invigorating. This is cinema as oxygen.” – The Wrap
“Sensational” – The Guardian
“Exquisite” – The Hollywood Reporter
“Magnificent” – The Hollywood Reporter
“Irresistible” – The Times
“Electrifying” – The Film Stage
“Toni Servillo gives one of his best performances” – Awards Watch
“Sorrentino is Italian cinema’s heir to Antonioni” – The Guardian
“Sorrentino has made some beauties in his career. This is one of his best.”
– Deadline