Bringing the best of Italian cinema to US theaters.
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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.
The highs and lows of a restless youth collide headlong into the concrete realities of adulthood when Leonardo, a teenager from Palermo leaves home for the first time. His studies land him in Siena, by way of London, where he clashes with his instructor, the curriculum, and most chaotically, with himself. Produced by Luca Guadagnino, Diciannove (nineteen), marks the feature filmmaking debut of writer-director Giovanni Tortorici, a bold, brash and bemusing filmmaking talent.
Official Selection – 2024 Venice International Film Festival
“Unflinchingly honest… Tortorici is carrying on a tradition of Italian art films, including Fellini’s I Vitelloni and Pasolini’s Accattone, about disaffected youth who are part of a lost generation.” – Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
Opens in Theaters July 25, 2025
New York City – Angelika Film Center
Los Angeles – Laemmle Theaters
Vermiglio
VERMIGLIO a film by Maura Delpero
The lush and breathtaking beauty of the Alps, filmed with painterly grace under natural light from frigid winter to redemptive spring, provides the physical and emotional backdrop for Vermiglio, Maura Delpero ‘s visionary film, which won the Silver Lion at the 2024 Venice Film Festival. This singular portrait of a sprawling family, set in the small, mountainous village of Vermiglio during the waning days of WWII, follows a series of dramatic, consequential events after the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier (Giuseppe De Domenico,) who hides out in the town after deserting the army. While there, the soldier develops a romance with the family’s eldest daughter, Lucia (Martina Scrinzi.) Vermiglio shows the lives of a provincial family in a remote village suspended in time by the customs of a fading era.
Conjuring stories from her own family’s past, Delpero creates a deep personal and human tale that recalls the great neorealist movement in Italian cinema, but through Lucia’s perspective Vermiglio feels distinct and novel.
Italy’s Official Selection for the 2025 Academy Awards.
2025 Golden Globe Nominee, Best International Film
2025 Gotham Awards Nominee, Best International Film
Official Selection, 2025 Venice Film Festival
Opens in Theaters
December 25, 2024
New York City – IFC Center
January 3, 2025
Los Angeles – LAEMMLE ROYAL
Chicago – Gene Siskel Film Center
January 17, 2025
Cincinnati – Mariemont
Columbus, OH – Gateway Film Center
January 24, 2025
Santa Barbara – SBIFF Film Center
Louisville – Speed Art Museum
Atlanta – The Tara
January 31
Cleveland – Cleveland Cinematheque
Kidnapped
KIDNAPPED a film by Marco Bellocchio
From one of Italy’s most revered directors, Kidnapped is the true story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family by the Pope, to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.
“I thrilled to this movie… a gripping, heartbreaking true-political crime story from the pages of history. It is a full-tilt melodrama with the passionate vehemence of Victor Hugo or Charles Dickens.” –Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Official Selection, Cannes International Film Festival
Official Selection, New York Film Festival
Only in Theaters
May 24, 2024
New York City – Quad Cinemas Four
New York City – Film at Lincoln Center
May 31, 2024
Los Angeles – Laemmle Royal
Pasadena, CA – Landmark Pasadena
Encino, CA – Town Center 5
Glendale, CA – Laemmle Glendale
Santa Barbara, CA – Riviera Theater
Chicago – Gene Siskel Film Center
Boston – Kendall Square
Waltham, MA – Embassy Performing Arts Center
Washington, DC – Landmark E Street Cinema
San Francisco – Opera Plaza Cinemas 4
San Rafael, CA – Smith rafael Film Center
Huntington, NY – Cinema Arts Center
Hartford, CT – Cinestudio
June 7, 2024
Pleasantville, NY – Jacob Burns Film Center
Bethel, CT – Greenwood Features
Denver – Chez Artiste
Philadelphia – Ritz Five
pITTSBURGH – mANOR 4
Atlanta – Midtown Art Cinemas 8
San Diego – Hillcrest Cinemas
Coral Gables, FL – Landmark at Merrick Park 7
Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Paradigm Cinemas Gateway
Lake Worth, FL – Lake Worth Playhouse
Bonita Springs, FL – Prado Stadium 12
Minneapolis – Lagoon Cinema
Minneapolis – MSP at the Main
Ft. Worth, TX – Modern Art Museum
columbus, OH – Gateway Film Center 8
Scottsdale, AZ – Shea 14 Theater
Sedona, AZ – Mary D. Fisher Theater
ShorelinE, WA – Crest Cinema Center
Albany, NY – Scene One Spectrum 8
Richmond, VA – Movieland 17 at Boulevard Square
TacomA, WA – Grand Cinema 4 Tacoma
Santa Fe, NM – CCA Cinematheque
Springfield, MO – Moxie CinemA 2
Iowa City, IA – FilmScene
Dedham, MA – Dedham Community Theater
Rockport, MA – Cape Ann Community Cinema
June 14, 2024
Indianapolis – Keystone Art Cinema 7
St. Louis – Plaza Frontenac
Bedford, NY – Bedford Playhouse
Pelham, NY – Pelham Picture House
Millerton, NY – Moviehouse
Eugene, OR – Broadway Metro
San Diego, CA – Digital Gym Cinema
Wilmington, DE – The Screening Room at 1313
Wilmette, IL – Wilmette Theater
New Orleans – Prytania Theaters at canal Place
June 18, 2024
Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Cinematheque
July 5, 2024
Daytona Beach, FL – Cinematique of Daytona
July 9, 2024
Kingston, WA – Kingston Firehouse Theater
July 12, 2024
Jefferson City, MO – Capitol City Cinema
Fort Worth, TX – Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
DICIANNOVE
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