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5895 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 20/11/2025.

Bullying and homophobia in Locatelli’s feature debut

Milanese director Mirko Locatelli – who attracted attention with several medium-length films (in particular the documentary Crisalidi) – makes his feature debut with Il primo giorno d’inverno...  

04/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Horizons/Italy

One Day in a Life took ten years to hit screens

Ten years in the making, screenwriter-critic-filmmaker Stefano Tummolini’s independent feature debut One Day in a Life, the only Italian feature in Venice Days this year, screened to enthusiastic...  

04/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Venice Days/Italy

Endgame Entertainment and FCTP set up investment company

On Tuesday, September 2 at the Venice Film Festival, an agreement was signed between US corporation Endgame Entertainment and the Piedmont Region, through the Turin Piedmont Film Commission, for...  

04/09/2008 | Film Commission | Italy

Grey-haired humour has the Lido in stitches

The Italian contingent is very large this year on the Lido, with each section having several Italian titles. The Critics’ Week is no different, with Pippo Mezzapesa’s Sogno di una morte di mezza...  

03/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week/Italy

Crialese’s “children” grow up in moving documentary

Camille d’Arcimoles’ medium-length documentary Che Saccio (which literally means “what do I know?” in Sicilian) palpably touched audiences today for its intimate, honest portrayal of two young...  

02/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Venice Days/Italy

Bechis explores land of dispossessed in Birdwatchers

"We just want a chance to survive". Eliane Juca da Silva didn’t hold back the tears before journalists who had just applauded Marco Bechis’s film Birdwatchers. Eliane stars in the film and belongs...  

01/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/Italy

Nostalgia and psychological horror in Avati’s Giovanna’s Father

Love and friendship are the "background noise" (in the director’s own words) to the films of Pupi Avati, who turns 70 in three months. On the Lido, the director presents Giovanna’s Father, which...  

31/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition | Italy

Ferzan Ozpetek’s destructive love

The first Italian film to screen in competition at the Venice Film Festival, Ferzan Ozpetek’s A Perfect Day – adapted from Melania Mazzucco’s eponymous novel – is pure tragedy. An intense love...  

30/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/Italy

Piracy battle starts in Venice

The battle against digital piracy starts in Italy in October, with the setting up of a technical roundtable (unveiled at Cannes), organised by the under-secretary of Council President Gianni...  

29/08/2008 | Legislation | Italy

Manetti Bros branch out into producing

Directors of more than 100 music videos, shorts, features and TV movies, the Manetti Bros (Marco and Antonio) have over the last decade become heirs of the Italian horror genre. Three years after...  

25/08/2008 | Production | Italy

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