Italian Film Festival: A 10-year Retrospective

Bangla
February 20 at 7:30pm
Director: Phaim Bhuiyan | Fiction | 2019

Opening Night – Director Phaim Bhuiyan attending! Based essentially on the director’s own life, Bangla is an honest story about integration and identity with comedy as a driving force.

The Champion (Il campione)
February 21 at 6:45pm
Director: Leonardo D'Agostini | Fiction | 2019

Leonardo D’Agostini’s debut wonderfully pairs the talents of Stefano Accorsi (Veloce come il vento, IFF 2017) with an extraordinary Andrea Carpenzano (Tutto quello che vuoi, IFF 2018) in this story of arrogance, betrayal, friendship and the essentials of life.

Selfie
February 21 at 9:15pm
Director: Agostino Ferrente | Documentary | 2019

For this 2019 documentary, Agostino Ferrente, the director, traveled to the Traiano’s district of Naples, a gang-ravaged neighborhood, to give voice its teenagers who normally aren’t able to speak out.

The Vice of Hope (Il vizio della speranza)
February 22 at 4:00pm
Director: Edoardo De Angelis | Fiction | 2018

Edoardo De Angelis (Indivisibili, IFF 2018) Il vizio della speranza, tells the story of Maria (Pina Turco), a compassionate woman fighting to escape the criminal life she was born into.

An Almost Ordinary Summer (Croce e delizia)
February 22 at 6:30pm
Director: Simone Godano | Fiction | 2019

In this pure comic delight, with gorgeous Mediterranean scenery and a stunning cast including Alessandro Gassmann, Jasmine Trinca and Fabrizio Bentivoglio, director Simone Godano, beautifully brings one life’s lesson to the screen: love has no boundaries.

The Invisible Witness (Il testimone invisibile)
February 22 at 9:00pm
Director: Stefano Mordini | Fiction | 2018

Il Testimone Invisibile is a classic noirish thriller, done well. It will leave you guessing until the final shot.