Event
New Italian Cinema, 24th Annual Edition | Robert Cargni, 2nd Edition
Friday-Sunday, December 6-8, 2024
A free admission film festival in-person made possible thanks to the support of:
Penn Cinema & Media Studies and the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia, in collaboration with PI-Philly, the Center for Experimental Ethnography and Penn Museum at the University of Pennsylvania, present the 24th Edition (Robert Cargni, 2nd Edition) of NEW ITALIAN CINEMA. The festival has been curated by Nicola M Gentili (Penn Cinema & Media Studies) with N.I.C.E. directors Viviana Del Bianco, Mila Tenaglia, and Matilde Castagnoli, and aims at showing new and original Italian feature films in Philadelphia.
New Italian Cinema is a truly unique event, a collective one, a film festival with the intent to show and appreciate newest Italian feature films. From its origins, New Italian Cinema maintained its identity by exploring new authors and, in particular, by showing works by women directors. As always, New Italian Cinema presents a program of auteurs who have made their mark in the history of debut works, keeping an eye on the future and on a cinema committed to telling the story of ongoing transformations, all through the lens of social and political analysis, research and experimentation with languages. The films selected include works by outstanding first-time directors. There are sometimes dramatic films that tell stories of social distress or to more personal spheres such as adolescent and female growth, but also comedies that are played on the edge of an irony that highlights the many conflicts of Italy (and the world's) and the various ways and styles of life.
This year New Italian Cinema will open with the special screening of C'è ancora domani/There's Still Tomorrow, the most acclaimed, successful and box-office breakthrough Italian film of 2023-24! This special event was made possible thanks the generosity of the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia and PI-Philly,
The festival is free and open to all. All film screenings (in Italian w/ English subtitles) will be held in the Rainey Auditorium at the Penn Museum. Please enter the Museum through the EAST ENTRANCE. If you are walking towards the museum from campus, this means walking down South Street until the furthest end of the museum, and taking a right once you approach the garages on Convention Avenue.
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Friday, December 6
Admission at the opening reception and screening is limited to 150 people given space capacity. Reserve your own free ticket here. THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT, but we hope to see you on Saturday and Sunday for the rest of the festival!
5:00pm | Opening Reception | Mosaic Hall at the Penn Museum
6:30pm | C'è ancora domani/There's Still Tomorrow | Paola Cortellesi, 2023, 1h 58m
Set in postwar 1940s Italy, it follows Delia breaking traditional family patterns and aspiring to a different future.
Recorded introduction by Director Paola Cortellesi featured at the screening.
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Saturday, December 7
12pm | Anna/Anna | Marco Amenta, 2023, 1h 59m
Anna runs a small farm in an unspoiled area of Sardinia. One day, the construction of a mega resort right next to her grounds will force her to engage in the biggest battle of her life.
Zoom Q&A with Director Marco Amenta featured after the screening.
3pm | Felicità/Happiness | Micaela Ramazzotti, 2024, 1h 44m
The tale of a shattered family, of selfish and controlling parents, of a double-headed monster that eats away at the children's hopes of freedom.
6:30pm | Romantiche/Romantic Girls | Pilar Fogliati, 2023, 1h 48m
A portrait of four type of girls living in different districts of Rome.
Recorded introduction by Director Pilar Fogliati featured at the screening.
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Sunday, December 8
12pm | Zamora/Zamora | Neri Marcorè, 2024, 1h 40m
In soccer, as in life, you have to learn to throw yourself, even if you lose, the important thing is to get up and start again.
Recorded introduction by Actress Marta Gastini featured at the screening.
Zoom Q&A with Director Neri Marcorè featured after the screening.
3pm | Gloria!/Gloria! | Margherita Vicario, 2024, 1h 46m
It re-imagines the world of classical music on more equal standing in a Baroque-era Venice.
Recorded introduction by Director Margherita Vicario featured at the screening.
6:30pm | Dieci Minuti/Ten Minutes | Maria Sole Tognazzi, 2024, 1h 42m
Ten minutes doing something completely new can change the course of a life.
Recorded introduction by Actress Barbara Ronchi featured at the screening.
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The festival is free and open to all. All film screenings (in Italian w/ English subtitles) will be held in the Rainey Auditorium at the Penn Museum. Please enter the Museum through the EAST ENTRANCE. If you are walking towards the museum from campus, this means walking down South Street until the furthest end of the museum, and taking a right once you approach the garages on Convention Avenue.
