Event
New Italian Cinema, 2024 Edition
Friday-Sunday, December 6-8, 2024
A free admission film festival in-person made possible thanks to the support of:
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Penn Cinema & Media Studies and N.I.C.E. - New Italian Cinema Events, in collaboration with PI-Philly and the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia, present the 24th edition of NEW ITALIAN CINEMA EVENTS. 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 three-day 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. There are sometimes dramatic films that tell stories of social distress, related to problems inherent in the world of crime and corruption, 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 social difficulties of today’s world and the various ways and styles of life.
PI-Philly... (tba)
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
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.