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Vittoria Scarpa


1899 articles available in total starting from 01/03/2007. Last article published on 16/04/2025.

Six TorinoFilmLab-branded films at the 78th Cannes Film Festival

Six TorinoFilmLab-branded films at the 78th Cannes Film Festival

Two titles in competition, three in Un Certain Regard and one in Critics’ Week were developed at the hotbed of international talent organised by Italy's National Cinema Museum  

16/04 | Sponsored

Francesco Sossai’s road movie The Last One for the Road to screen at Cannes

Francesco Sossai’s road movie The Last One for the Road to screen at Cannes

The sophomore feature by the director of Other Cannibals, a story of friendship and growth produced by Vivo Film and Maze Pictures, will be on show in the Un Certain Regard programme  

11/04 | Production | Funding | Italy/Germany

Berlinguer e Parthenope guidano le nomination ai David di Donatello

Berlinguer e Parthenope guidano le nomination ai David di Donatello

I film di Andrea Segre e Paolo Sorrentino totalizzano 15 candidature ciascuno; seguono con 14 nomination L’arte della gioia e Vermiglio  

07/04 | David di Donatello 2025

Review: Una figlia

Review: Una figlia

Ivano De Matteo homes in once again on extreme family situations, this time asking what we’d do if our child committed a crime, and focusing on the road to making amends  

28/03 | Bif&st 2025

Guido Chiesa • Director of For the Love of a Woman

Interview: Guido Chiesa • Director of For the Love of a Woman

“This woman who doesn’t know anything about her past is a bit like us, who don’t know anything about that particular world”

We chatted with the director about his latest film, which is strikingly different from his usual works over recent years, being set in Israel, shot in English and starring an international cast  

28/03 | Bif&st 2025

Alessandro Piva • Director of Cradle Siblings

Interview: Alessandro Piva • Director of Cradle Siblings

“In Italy, a significant number of people were raised in residential institutions, a phenomenon which shouldn’t be relegated to just a handful of news articles”

We met with the director to talk about abandoned children, female emancipation and the search for one’s roots, themes which are central to his documentary about the former Bari orphanage  

27/03 | Bif&st 2025

Silvio Soldini • Director of The Tasters

Interview: Silvio Soldini • Director of The Tasters

“This type of violence and oppression doesn’t belong to the past, we see it every day, it’s scary”

We talked to the Italian director about his new film, inspired by the story of Hitler’s last taster, and about the fact that it could be set in the near future  

25/03 | Bif&st 2025

Review: Close to Me

Review: Close to Me

The new film by Stefano Sardo, set during the 2020 lockdown, starts like a romantic comedy and becomes increasingly effervescent as its plot gets more complicated  

19/03 | Films | Reviews | Italy/Serbia

Review: La città proibita

Review: La città proibita

In his new film that mixes together kung fu, drama, love and comedy, Gabriele Mainetti creates a melting pot of tones, genres and situations, in the image of the Roman neighbourhood in which it is set  

12/03 | Films | Reviews | Italy

The new Bif&st places the pride of the Mediterranean centre stage

The new Bif&st places the pride of the Mediterranean centre stage

The 16th edition of the Bari International Film&Tv Festival will unspool in the Apulian capital between 22 and 29 March under the new artistic direction of Oscar larussi  

11/03 | Bif&st 2025

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