Italian Cinema Today

A retrospective program featuring classic films from festivals past will feature two Italian films: Roberto Rossellini's  neorealist masterpiece "Germania anno zero" (Germany, Year Zero), which was in the 1948 edition of the festival and Pier Paolo Pasolini's  documentary "Comizi d’amore" (Love Meetings), which was in the 1964 edition. The films will be available online free of charge throughout Switzerland on the Festival's website and in various international territories thanks to the online streaming platform MUBI . Click here for the complete lineup. Click here for a direct link to stream to the online films. If you miss the MUBI streams, don't worry. Both films are readily available on streaming platforms in America.  Click here to watch Rossellini's "Germany, Year Zero" on the Criterion Channel along with five videos that offer commentary on the making of the film. Click on the link below to watch Pasolini's ...

Magari Nine Italian films are in the lineup of this year's Locarno Film Festival. Among them is the festival opener- Ginevra Elkann's Magari (What If), which will be shown in the famous Piazza Grande. Starring Riccardo Scamarcio and Alba Rohrwacher, the film has been called an emotional comedy telling the story of three very close siblings – Alma, Jean and Sebastian. As children, they live in Paris with their Russian-orthodox catholic mother in a bizarre yet secure upper-class environment. However, they will soon embark on a journey to join Carlo, their absent Italian father. The complete Italian selection is as follows: L'APPRENDISTATO di Davide Maldi: Concorso Cineasti del presente THE COLD RAISING THE COLD di RONG Guang Rong: Concorso Cineasti del presente LA FAMOSA INVASIONE DEGLI ORSI IN SICILIA di Lorenzo Mattotti: Piazza Grande - Special Family Evening HOGAR di Maura Delpero: Concorso internazionale INCOMPIUTA di Samira Guadagnuolo...

Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli's LikeMeBack   Switzerland's Locarno Film Festival, with its signature outdoor venue, has always been a sure spot for Italian cinema, and a huge supporter of new talent. The 71st edition is no different. Check out this great lineup of contemporary Italian films. (S)WORDS by Federico Di Corato: Pardi di domani: Concorso internazionale DULCINEA by Luca Ferri: Signs of Life THE GUEST by Duccio Chiarini: Piazza Grande JUST LIKE MY SON by Costanza Quatriglio: Fuori Concorso LIKEMEBACK by Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli: Concorso Cineasti del presente MENOCCHIO by Alberto Fasulo: Concorso internazionale MY BELOVED ENEMY by Denis Rabaglia: Piazza Grande MY HOME, IN LIBYA by Martina Melilli: Fuori Concorso ORA E SEMPRE RIPRENDIAMOCI LA VITA by Silvano Agosti: Fuori Concorso The first edition of the Locarno Film Festival opened on August 23, 1946 with a screening of Giacomo Gentilomo's O  Sole  Mio . The 2018  edition  will carry on...

Francesca Comencini Francesca Comencini’s "Stories of Love that Cannot Belong to This World" (Amori che non sanno stare al mondo) will be shown at the 2018 edition of the Locarno Film Festival. Adapted from Comencini's book, the film has been described as “a drama that takes an ironic but lucid look at the way in which women deal with the end of a relationship.” After seeing the film, I would say that it’s the story of how one woman deals with the end of a relationship. It's the delusional motivation for which she stayed that we can all understand on some level.  The film follows Claudia (Lucia Mascino) and Flavio (Thomas Trabacchi), two very different people but deeply in love nonetheless. Their tumultuous, passionate relationship is driven by powerful feelings, but they are simply not good for each other. Their sincere love, affection and attraction keep them emotionally and physically attached and unable to leave even though they often argue. However, an ...