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Vittoria Scarpa


1920 articles available in total starting from 01/03/2007. Last article published on 17/07/2025.

Barbara Cupisti • Director of Hotel Sarajevo

Interview: Barbara Cupisti • Director of Hotel Sarajevo

“The archive images we’d just seen were the same as the ones which were starting to come out of the Ukraine and circulating on social media”

We met with the Italian director at the Balkan Film Festival in Rome to talk about her documentary about the thirtieth anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo and her upcoming work about the Ukraine  

08/12/2022 | /Italy

Professionals ask for Italian-Balkan and European synergies to be strengthened at Rome's Balkan Film Festival

Professionals ask for Italian-Balkan and European synergies to be strengthened at Rome's Balkan Film Festival

The creation of a common fund is the strategic objective to emerge from the workshop, held in Rome during the fifth edition of the festival dedicated to Balkan film  

06/12/2022 | Industry | Market | Italy

Lazio Cinema International to launch its second call for 2022

Lazio Cinema International to launch its second call for 2022

The Lazio Region is putting forward 5 million euros for international film co-productions involving Lazio-based audiovisual firms, with the application process opening on 7 December  

29/11/2022 | Production | Funding | Italy

Steve Della Casa’s Torino Film Festival aims to pack out cinemas

Steve Della Casa’s Torino Film Festival aims to pack out cinemas

The 40th edition of the Italian event will unspool between 25 November and 3 December, boasting a total of 173 films, 81 world premieres, various new sections and masterclasses  

22/11/2022 | Festivals | Awards | Italy

Review: Amusia

Review: Amusia

Marescotti Ruspoli’s debut feature is a visually refined, well-acted film with impressive work on sound, whose meandering plot reflects the disorientation of its protagonists  

21/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | First Feature Competition

Review: The 9th Step

Review: The 9th Step

Irma Pužauskaitė’s debut film is a sober and moving drama about a young alcoholic father battling to stay on the right track and to mend his relationship with his daughter  

18/11/2022 | Lecce 2022

Young authors and the female condition form the focus of the 5th Balkan Film Festival

Young authors and the female condition form the focus of the 5th Balkan Film Festival

The event promoting meet-ups and collaboration between the Balkan and Italian film industries will unspool 29 November – 4 December at Rome’s Casa del Cinema  

16/11/2022 | Festivals | Awards | Italy

Review: Fashion Babylon

Review: Fashion Babylon

The documentary by Gianluca Matarrese explores the behind-the-scenes world of haute couture following three characters who gravitate around it  

15/11/2022 | Popoli 2022

The final clapperboard slams on Laura Luchetti’s La bella estate

The final clapperboard slams on Laura Luchetti’s La bella estate

Based on Cesare Pavese’s novel of the same name and toplined by Yile Yara Vianello and Deva Cassel, the new film by the director of Twin Flowerwas shot in Turin  

03/11/2022 | Production | Funding | Italy

Review: Gym Class

Review: Gym Class

Scripted by the D’Innocenzo brothers, Stefano Cipani’s second film respects unity of place and time and is buoyed by its dialogue and acting performances, yet its tone remains unclear  

26/10/2022 | Rome 2022

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