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5766 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 27/08/2025.

Review: I Am Not What I Am – The Tragedy of Othello by W. Shakespeare

Review: I Am Not What I Am – The Tragedy of Othello by W. Shakespeare

Italian director Edoardo Leo transports the eternal Shakespearean tale of intrigue and jealousy to modern-day Italy, but the result is tedious and fundamentally predictable  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Review: Lovano Supreme

Review: Lovano Supreme

Franco Maresco delivers a portrait of the famously versatile jazz musician Joe Lovano, but sadly the director’s didactic voice-over narration dominates all  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Out of Competition

Review: Mimì – Prince of Darkness

Review: Mimì – Prince of Darkness

Brando De Sica’s feature-length directorial debut is an extreme teen romance focusing on misfits, set against the backdrop of Naples  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Out of Competition

Kasia Smutniak’s Walls to world-premiere in Toronto’s TIFF Docs

Kasia Smutniak’s Walls to world-premiere in Toronto’s TIFF Docs

The first documentary directed by the actress born in Poland but naturalised Italian is both an intimate diary and a denunciation of refugee policy  

09/08/2023 | Production | Funding | Italy

Review: Patagonia

Review: Patagonia

Italian director Simone Bozzelli offers up a utopian universe inhabited by super sensitive characters who use tenderness as a means to rebel against the world  

08/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Procida

Review: Procida

This collective film made under the artistic and pedagogical supervision of Leonardo Di Costanzo presents itself as a pleasing city symphony paying tribute to the Italian island  

08/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Out of Competition

Review: The Beautiful Summer

Review: The Beautiful Summer

Set just before the onset of World War II, Laura Luchetti’s latest film is a coming-of-age story that is told, rather than felt  

07/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Review: Snajka: Diary of Expectations

Review: Snajka: Diary of Expectations

In her debut documentary, Tea Vidović Dalipi tells the story of her marriage, and opens up a dialogue between cultures and traditions  

07/08/2023 | Dokufest 2023

Review: Essential Truths of the Lake

Review: Essential Truths of the Lake

The latest feature film by the brilliant Filipino director Lav Diaz depicts the torments of a lieutenant obsessed with a mysterious, unsolved case  

06/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Giffoni Next Generation closes with the Summit on the Future of Audiovisual Productions

Giffoni Next Generation closes with the Summit on the Future of Audiovisual Productions

The concluding summit on 29 July played host to four panel discussions and covered themes such as co-production activity, new technologies and the film system in Campania  

04/08/2023 | Giffoni 2023

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