BERLINO 2022

ITALY, COUNTRY IN FOCUS AT EFM 2022

The European Film Market (EFM) of the 72nd Berlin Film Festival, headed by Dennis Ruh, will be held from February 10th to 17th under the motto “It all (re)starts here.” 

FRANCE ODEON

MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI IS BACK TO FRENCH CINEMAS

From January 26th, 2022, French movie-goers will be able to admire the new 4k restorations of two masterpieces by Michelangelo Antonioni: Story of a Love Affair (1950), restored by Cineteca di Bologna, and Red Desert (Venice Golden Lion 1964), restored by CSC-Cineteca Nazionale.

BERLINO 2022

CHIARA BELLOSI SELECTED IN BERLINALE PANORAMA WITH “SWING RIDE”

Swing Ride, sophomore feature by Chiara Bellosi, penned by Maria Teresa Venditti and Luca De Bei, to be released in Italy by Luce Cinecittà, is in the official selection of the 72nd Berlin Film Festival, in competition in the Panorama section.

AWARDS

RED SEA FILM FESTIVAL, TORNATORE AWARDS RASHID’S “EUROPA”

Europa had its world premiere in Cannes at the Quinzaine Des Réalisateurs where it won the Beatrice Sartori International Film Critics’ Award. It was released in Italy by I Wonder Pictures and Unipol Biografilm Collection.

AWARDS

“THE HAND OF GOD” GETS GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATION

The Hand of God by Paolo Sorrentino is among the nominees for Best Foreign-Language Film at this year’s Golden Globes. The announcement was made in Los Angeles by the Helen Hoehne, President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

FESTIVAL

AUDIENCE AWARD IN BRAZIL FOR “WE STILL TALK”

We Still Talk by Pupi Avati is the winner of the Pirelli Award at the Italian Film Festival of Sao Paulo in Brazil. “I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the organizers of this festival who have been promoting our cinema in their country for the past 16 years,” stated the director.

FESTIVAL

“HIDDEN AWAY” WINS CINEMA! ITALIA!

Giorgio Diritti’s Hidden Away wins the 24th edition of Cinema! Italia!, the festival organized since 1998 in Germany by the Made in Italy Association. Diritti was already a winner back in 2010 with The Man Who Will Come.

OBITUARY

LINA WERTMÜLLER, FIRST OSCAR-NOMINATED WOMAN DIRECTOR, PASSED AWAY

Italian director Lina Wertmüller, one of the most important woman directors in the film history, passed away at age 93.

PRODUCTION

BELLOCCHIO TO SHOOT EDGARDO MORTARA PROJECT IN SUMMER 2022

Marco Bellocchio is going to shoot a project that was dear to Steven Spielberg. The Italian director will finally shoot the film in the summer 2022, as announced by ANSA.

FRANCE ODEON

ST. PETERSBURG PAYS HOMAGE TO MARCO TULLIO GIORDANA

Running until December 31st, the Made in Italy Association and the Italian Institute of Culture in St. Petersburg pays homage to the work of Marco Tullio Giordana

CREDITS

Direttore Responsabile
GIANCARLO DI GREGORIO
Vicedirettore
CRISTIANA PATERNÒ
Caporedattore
STEFANO STEFANUTTO ROSA
Redazione
ANDREA GUGLIELMINO
CARMEN DIOTAIUTI
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REGISTRAZIONE TRIBUNALE DI ROMA
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