Italian Film Festival, it's back! - The full program

Family movies, drama, comedy, classics and much more. Here the full selection of films.

Lavazza Italian Film Festival

Source: Courtesy of Italian Film Festival

OPENING NIGHT GALA
Perfect Strangers (Perfetti sconosciuti) directed by Paolo Genovese


SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Rocco and His Brothers
[Restored]  (Rocco e i suoi fratelli) directed by Luchino Visconti
The Space Between [World Premiere] directed by Ruth Borgobello

CENTREPIECE
Sweet Dreams (Fai bei sogni) directed by Marco Bellocchio

SPECIAL EVENT
Where am I Going?
(Quo vado?) directed by Gennaro Nunziante

CLOSING NIGHT SELECTION
Roman Holiday [Restored] (Vacanze romane) directed by William Wyler

IT'S COMPLICATED - Films about relationships
Daddy's Girl
(Belli di papà) directed by Guido Chiesa
Ever Been to the Moon? (Sei mai stata sulla luna?) directed by Paolo Genovese
Fiore directed by Claudio Giovannesi
The Last will be the Last (Gli ultimi saranno ultimi) directed by Massimiliano Bruno
Like Crazy (La pazza gioia) directed by Paolo Virzì
One Kiss (Un bacio) directed by Ivan Cotroneo
Opposites Attract (Poli opposti) directed by Max Croci
The Worldly Girl (La ragazza del mondo) directed by Marco Danieli

DONNE ITALIANE - The best films by and starring Italy's leading ladies
Antonia 
directed by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino
For Your Love (Per amor vostro) directed by Giuseppe Gaudino
If You Tell Me (Se ti diranno di me) directed by Marco Tullio Giordana
Limbo directed by Lucio Pellegrini
Me, Myself & Her (Io e lei) directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi
Solo (Assolo) directed by Laura Morante

LIGHTS, DRAMA, ACTION - The best new crime dramas, comedies, biopics and more
Arianna 
directed by Carlo Lavagna
The Complexity of Happiness (La felicità è un sistema complesso) directed by Gianni Zanasi
The Confessions (Le confessioni) directed by Roberto Andò
Don't Be Bad (Non essere cattivo) directed by Claudio Caligari
The Duel of Wine (Il duello di vino) directed by Nicolas Carreras
Italian Race (Veloce come il vento) directed by Matteo Rovere
Napoli Jungle (Bagnoli jungle) directed by Antonio Capuano
Once in Summer (Era d'estate) directed by Fiorella Infascelli
The Ploy (La macchinazione) directed by David Grieco

88 DAYS - Featuring a Q&A about young Italian migration to Australia
88 Days (88 giorni) directed by Matteo Maffesanti

Presented by Palace Cinemas, the festival will screen exclusively at the following locations nationally:

  • Sydney - from September 13 to October 9, Palace Norton St, Palace Verona, Chauvel Cinema.
  • Melbourne - from September 15 to October 9, Palace Cinema Como, Palace Balwyn, Palace
    Brighton Bay, Palace Westgarth and The Astor.
  • Hobart - from September 15 to September 25, State Cinema.
  • Canberra - from September 20 to October 12, Palace Electric.
  • Adelaide - from September 21 to October 12, Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas.
  • Perth - from September 22 to October 12, Cinema Paradiso, Luna on SX.
  • Brisbane - from September 28 to October 19, Palace Barracks.
For more information visit the website of the festival.

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