TUTTI I SANTI GIORNI (EVERY BLESSED DAY)
Guido is shy, reserved, and very cultured. While Antonia is restless, touchy and proudly ignorant. He works as a night porter and has a passion for ancient languages and the history of saints. She is an aspiring singer and an employee at a used cars dealership. They both see each other in the early morning […]
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Titanus Presents: A Family Chronicle of Italian Cinema
The renowned production house Titanus, founded in Rome in 1904 by Gustavo Lombardo, is still operating today under grandson Guido Lombardo. During the golden age of cinema-going in the mid-twentieth century, Titanus embraced melodrama, epic, mystery, and comedy; their famous logo on the screen signified a quality production was about to begin. Alongside the cadre […]
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PRANZO DI FERRAGOSTO (MID-AUGUST LUNCH)
The charismatic Gianni Di Gregorio stars in his directorial debut – an utterly charming tale of good food, feisty ladies and unlikely friendships during a very Roman holiday. Broke, and armed with only a glass of wine and a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni resides with his 93-year-old mother in their ancient apartment. The […]
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Happy Family
Academy award-winning veteran director Gabriele Salvatores (Mediterraneo) delivers a colourful tongue-in-cheek comedy about a writer holed up in his apartment in Milan one hot summer trying to punch out a story while the characters come to life around him offering their input on the direction they think the story should take. Recently dumped screenwriter Ezio […]
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L’INTREPIDO (A LONELY HERO)
Set in modern day Milan, Intrepido is a Chaplinesque odyssey through the world of work – every type of work, but primarily unskilled manual labour – as seen through the eyes of a kind, middle-aged man who takes on every conceivable temporary job. Beautifully wrought by master Italian director Gianni Amelio, the film is a […]
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Focaccia Blues
Set in the small town of Altamura (Puglia), Focaccia Blues tells the true story of a traditional bakery that puts a recently opened McDonald’s out of business. The mockumentary explores the challenges of preserving local culture and traditions, amidst the crushing tide of globalization. Part of a series of events linked to Milan’s EXPO 2015 […]
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Viaggio Sola (A Five Star Life)
EXPO in DC – Movie screening – at NYU DC Campus Auditorium Irene is a high-class hotel critic in her mid-40s who travels to the most exclusive resorts. She spends her time writing up elaborately detailed reports about the things the staff is doing wrong. Whether timing the room service, taking the temperature of white wine […]
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La Mossa del Pinguino (The Penguin’s Move)
Movie screening CINEFORUM Bruno is a thirty-year-old man from Rome, with a wife and a son, who still hasn’t found his path in life. After his latest failure, which costs him most of his savings, he comes up with a bizarre and bold intuition: he discovers the little-known winter sport of curling and decides […]
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EuroAsia Shorts Festival 2015
EuroAsia Shorts proudly presents an annual week of short films from Europe, Asia, and the United States screened at embassies and cultural centers throughout Washington, DC. This year’s theme is “Food for Thought”, which is also a topic of Expo Milano 2015. The Italian shorts selection for June 3rd at the JICC (Embassy of Japan) […]
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I Bambini Sanno (The Children Know)
Movie Screening The film is a journey into childhood, led by the voices of thirty-nine children who were asked questions by the director about their future plans and dreams, love, passions, religion, crises, family and homosexuality. A Q & A session, with the participation of director Walter Veltroni, will be introduced and moderated […]
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