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577 articles available in total starting from 06/03/2003. Last article published on 13/11/2025.

Léa Todorov  • Director of Maria Montessori

Interview: Léa Todorov • Director of Maria Montessori

“In Maria’s life, there’s nothing more tragic than being separated from her son”

The French director talks about her film, which focuses on the legendary Italian pedagogue in the early years of her career, when her famous method was still in the fledgling stages  

26/09/2024 | France/Italy

Marco Bellocchio shooting the Portobello series exploring the Enzo Tortora affair

Marco Bellocchio shooting the Portobello series exploring the Enzo Tortora affair

Filming has kicked off on the series about the famous TV presenter unfairly accused of Camorra involvement, toplined by Fabrizio Gifuni  

26/09/2024 | Production | Funding | Italy/France

Giuseppe Schillaci • Director of Bosco grande

Interview: Giuseppe Schillaci • Director of Bosco grande

"I wanted to make a film about the punk scene in Palermo, and he told me: 'I am the film'"

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talks us through his documentary, focusing on Sergione, one of Palermo's main standard-bearers of the punk scene in the 1980s  

10/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Japanese animation meets French and Italian co-production partners at the Venice Production Bridge

Japanese animation meets French and Italian co-production partners at the Venice Production Bridge

VENICE 2024: Japan and Europe are set to strengthen their collaborations, and the brand-new co-production treaty between Italy and Japan is perhaps the first achievement of many to come  

10/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Venice Production Bridge

Review: Aïcha

Review: Aïcha

VENICE 2024: Tunisian director Mehdi Barsaoui’s thriller follows a young woman who bravely seeks a new identity after surviving a bus crash  

09/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Francesca Comencini • Director of The Time It Takes

Interview: Francesca Comencini • Director of The Time It Takes

“Paying public but also private homage to my father involved walking through fire”

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talked to us about the courage that was necessary to evoke her relationship with her father, filmmaker Luigi Comencini, and the importance of resilience  

07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza • Directors of Sicilian Letters

Interview: Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza • Directors of Sicilian Letters

“This is a dark comedy about the narcissism and the vanity of a real fugitive boss”

VENICE 2024: We talked with the duo of Italian directors about the creation of their singular grotesque comedy  

07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: The Time It Takes

Review: The Time It Takes

VENICE 2024: Francesca Comencini tells the story of her special relationship with her father Luigi, master of Italian cinema, at the most difficult moment of her life  

06/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of April

Interview: Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of April

“Suffering is living”

VENICE 2024: After a long winter, spring always comes in the end, but in the Georgian director’s film, this particular April is cold and dark  

06/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: Sicilian Letters

Review: Sicilian Letters

VENICE 2024: Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza continue their reflection on the Mafia culture in Sicily, with Elio Germano in the shoes of a boss in hiding and Toni Servillo as a corrupt politician  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

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