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Paolo Genovese Brings ‘Madly’ to China via Italian Screens Initiative at Shanghai Film Festival
The Italian Screens showcase made its Shanghai debut at the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival, bringing seven contemporary Italian films to Chinese audiences as part of an ongoing push to deepen cinema ties between the two countries.
Nanni Moretti Casts Louis Garrel and Jasmine Trinca in New Feature Film ‘It Will Happen Tonight’
Palme d’Or-winning Italian auteur Nanni Moretti (“The Son’s Room”) is set to soon return behind camera on the romantic drama “Succederà questa notte” (“It Will Happen Tonight”), starring French star Louis Garrel and Italian A-lister Jasmine Trinca (“La Storia,” “Supersex”).
How Il Cinema Ritrovato grew from niche event to one of the world’s leading festivals for classic cinema
The festival, which boasts Wes Anderson, Alexander Payne and Thierry Frémaux as regulars, runs from June 21-29 in Bologna, Italy.
It’s quite a sight: thousands of people crowded into one of Italy’s most graceful Renaissance squares, Piazza Maggiore in Bologna, all gazing towards a 10-metre-high screen. Some are seated, others standing or perched on the steps of San Petronio cathedral.
Tiziana Rocca Talks Taormina, Filming Italy Sardegna & Her Vision To “Elevate International Stature” Of Fests While Keeping Them “Rooted In Cultural & Historical Identity”
Tiziana Rocca is back. The Italian festivals specialist, producer and marketing whizz has just wrapped the latest edition of the starry Taormina Film Festival, marking her triumphant return to the Sicilian event that she headed up for five years before being forced to step down in 2017 due to political turmoil.
How Filming Italy Sardegna Plans To Serve As A Bridge Between Italy & The U.S.
Now entering its eighth edition, Filming Italy Sardegna is gearing up for what looks set to be its buzziest event to date. Founded by Tiziana Rocca, the film and television event kicks off June 19, 2025, at Forte Village in Cagliari, Sardinia.
Nanni Moretti Teaming With Louis Garrel, Jasmine Trinca on New Film
The Palme d’Or-winning director’s next movie will be a loose adaptation of Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo’s short story collection ‘Hungry Heart.’
Enzo Staiola, Who Starred in ‘Bicycle Thieves’ as a Child, Dies at 85
Discovered on the street in Rome, he had a brush with stardom when he was cast in what many consider one of the greatest films of all time.
Martin Scorsese Celebrates U.S. Immigrants at Taormina: ‘With the Exception of Native Americans, We’re All Either Immigrants, Children of Immigrants or Descendants of Immigrants’
Martin Scorsese played up his Sicilian roots and the impact of waves of immigration on the United States as he received a lifetime achievement award Thursday evening at the Taormina Film Festival.
‘Twin Peaks’ Returns to Rimini: Italian Global Series Festival Honors David Lynch’s Legacy
With tributes to Lynch and a showcase on women in series, Italian festival asserts the transformative power of TV
The Irresistible Glamour of Monica Vitti
It’s one of the most indelible scenes in all of Italian cinema. In Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’Avventura (1960), the actor Monica Vitti walks pensively down the streets of Noto, Sicily, as more and more men gaze in her direction. Like much of the rest of the film—about a woman who goes missing on a remote Italian island—the moment has been endlessly scrutinized for its striking imagery and subtext. The White Lotus even replicated it, shot for shot, during season two, with Aubrey Plaza standing in for Vitti—a performer widely regarded in her native country as the queen of Italian cinema.