At the end of September L’Ombra di Caravaggio began shooting in Naples, written, directed and performed by Michele Placido. Once filming is completed in Naples, the crew will move on to Rome, then around Viterbo, Arricia, Frascati and Malta. L’Ombra is about the life of the 16th century Italian painter, Michelangelo Merisi. The cast is …
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The 14th Integrazione Film Festival will run from October 20th to 24th. Through the selected films, the IFF highlights stories of migration and integration. The 14th IFF has two categories: an international competition for documentariesan international competition for short drama films This year’s IFF is special for several reasons. It was due to take place …
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Il Quinto Sapore (Umami) (The Fifth Flavour – Umami) is a comedy directed by Angelo Frezza. It features Karin Proia, Angelo Orlando, Daphne Scoccia and Antonella Laganà. The film is about a magazine editor, Anna, and a food critic, Alessandro. They have been working together for ten years but haven’t spoken to each other since …
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Created 26 years ago, Medfilm is Rome’s oldest film festival and the first specifically for Mediterranean films. Due to the current crisis, this year’s festival will be online and is scheduled to run from November 6th to 15th. In 2016 the organisers created #MedMeetings, and this year they are adding a workshop: #MedFilm Works In …
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On Saturday September 12th the 77th Venice Film Festival announced its list of award-winners: Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland (United States) won the Golden Lion, the Grand Jury Award went to Michel Franco’s Nuevo Orden (Mexico) and the Silver Lion to Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Sacrificed Lovers (Japan). Indian writer and director Chaitanya Tamhane received the Best Screenplay Award …
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During the Venice Film Festival, an international organisation was launched to support film-makers whose profession puts them at risk. The International Coalition for Film-makers at Risk (ICFR) was founded by the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, the Rotterdam International Film Festival and the European Film Academy. The project was announced in 2019, but it was …
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È stata la mano di Dio (It Was the Hand of God) is the new film by Paolo Sorrentino. Shooting is due to start soon in Naples and the film is produced for the Netflix streaming platform. The film’s title is a phrase used by the Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona when he scored a goal …
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