All Italy articles
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Rome’s MIA unveils 62 projects for 2025 co-production market
Nearly 500 projects were submitted this year from 81 countries.
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Venice, Sundance-award winning filmmakers set for Tokyo Gap Financing Market 2025
Venice award-winner Nguyen Hoang Diep’s ‘1982’ and a feature from a ‘Renoir’ co-producer are among the 23 projects selected.
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‘Inside Amir’, Greece-UK feature ‘Bearcave’ among Venice’s Giornate degli Autori winners
Stergios Dinopoulos and Krysianna B. Papadakis’ ‘Bearcave’ wins Europa Cinemas Label.
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Reviews
‘Bravo Bene!’ review: Sicily’s Franco Maresco puts himself at the centre of his meta-mockumentary
Surreal Venice Competition title is a layered satire of the director’s own inability to make a film.
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‘Elisa’ review: Italian prison drama sees a convict with amnesia struggle to recall her crime
Leonardo Di Costanzo’s muted Venice Competiton title stars Barbara Ronchi and Roschdy Zem
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Coming-of-age title ‘Charlie Harper’ sells to further territories ahead of TIFF launch
EXCLUSIVE: CODA’s Emilia Jones stars opposite Nick Robinson.
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Sara Ishaq’s ‘The Station’ wins top prize at Venice’s Final Cut awards
Debut feature of Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq takes home La Biennale di Venezia Prize for best film in post-production.
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Reviews
‘Waking Hours’ review: Revealing Italian documentary follows Afghan people smugglers in Serbia
Uncompromising Venice Critics Week title will reward patient viewers
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‘Duse’ review: Italian auteur Pietro Marcello’s ambitious biopic of actress Eleonora Duse
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and Noémie Merlant star in Marcello’s Venice Competition title
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Damiano Michieletto’s ‘Primavera’ picked up for UK-Ireland ahead of Toronto premiere
EXCLUSIVE: It is the feature debut of acclaimed Italian opera director Michieletto.
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Features
International execs ‘optimistic’ about return of young audiences to cinemas
A Venice Film Festival roundtable hosted by Screen International and sponsored by the Saudi Film Commission debated young cinema audience trends.
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Italian culture minister updates on tax credit as country gets ready to host a number of “high budget” projects
Presence of international stars means that “the whole world is looking at us, at Venice and this festival,” says Lucia Borgonzoni.
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“It’s soft money with no strings,” says Fondazione Prada’s Paolo Moretti on the launch of €1.5m fund
Fashion brand’s cultural foundation aims to back 10-12 films a year and is open to new and experienced directors.
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Minerva takes on sales for $1m prize-winning Tribeca comedy drama ‘Honeyjoon’
EXCLUSIVE: Lilian T. Mehrel’s film world premiered at Tribeca this summer after winning AT&T’s $1m Untold Stories pitch competition at festival last year.
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Reviews
‘My Tennis Maestro’ review: Pierfrancesco Favino charms as a faded Italian tennis pro
Andrea Di Stefano’s 1980s-set comedy premieres out of competition in Venice
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‘A Year Of School’ review: A Swedish girl finds her way in an Italian all-male high school
Laura Samani’s engaging comedy-drama premieres in Venice Horizons
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‘The Holy Boy’ review: Paolo Strippoli’s third feature is a warped coming-of-age tale
Italian horror from the director of ’Flowing’ premieres out of competition in Venice
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“‘Etty’ is an escape from hate”: first trailer for Hagai Levi’s Venice premiering show
Mini-series is a loose adaptation of the diaries of Dutch author Etty Hillesum who died in Auschwitz.
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‘Agon’ review: Intriguing Italian debut follows three sportswomen at a fictional Olympics
Giulio Bertelli’s documentary-infused drama features real life world champion judo athlete Alice Bellandi
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“We are stirring it up for you,” says Julia Roberts of #MeToo themes in ’After The Hunt’
“We are challenging people to have conversations and be excited or infuriated by that,” said Roberts in Venice.