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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

Overview of articles

  • Segreti di stato

    A fictional investigation into the Portella della Ginestra massacre (1947) that leads Benvenuti to harrowing conclusions on the connection between the
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  • Gomorra

    This Mafia film has now won several prizes (and was best Italian feature last year), based on the non-fiction bestseller about the Neapolitan Mafia. I
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  • Il giorno della regata

    An imaginative and vibrant picture on the traditional regatta between the Marine Republics of Italy, filmed by Benvenuti together with his students.
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  • Pane/Piazza delle Camelie

    The latest film by regular festival guest and experimental film maker Tonino De Bernardi, concentrates on an apparent generation conflict. Bakers in t
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  • Tiburzi

    An unconventional biopic about the legendary Tuscan bandit Tiburzi, who became a peasants’ hero in the late nineteenth century. Divided in two acts, B
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  • 29 Febbraio

    Beautiful, well acted study of loneliness that ends hopefully. A day in the life of an Italian factory worker.
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  • La diga del ghiacciaio

    Oldest remaining film by the maker of The Tree of Wooden Clogs is a sober and stylish documentary made in his years as a film…
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  • Fuori gioco

    A virulent denunciation of the discriminations against disabled people, made by Benvenuti with a collective of militant film makers in 1968.
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  • Fame

    Aided by the comic act Specchio (Mirror), Benvenuti attempts to revive the comicality of silent films.
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  • Bambini di Buti

    Between documentary and fiction, Benvenuti leads a bunch of kids to the rediscovery of the ancient tradition of the maggio.
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