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Bif&st 2025

8 articles available in total starting from 11/03/2025. Last article published on 24/04/2025.

Ivano De Matteo • Director of Una figlia

Interview: Ivano De Matteo • Director of Una figlia

“We’re all potential victims or perpetrators in these stories we tell”

The director explains why family is once again the focus of his latest film, which sees a 16-year-old like any other committing a serious crime  

24/04 | /Italy

Review: Siblings

Review: Siblings

The directorial debut by Italian actress Greta Scarano is a sensitive and soothing comedy about a sister who must take care of her older autistic brother  

02/04 | Films | Reviews | Italy

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: The Tasters

Review: The Tasters

In his first period drama, Silvio Soldini focuses on the point of view of a group of women who, in the ruthless collective deception of nazism, suffer male violence and oppression  

25/03 | Bif&st 2025

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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