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The Sarasota Film Festival has announced the full slate of programming for its 2025 film festival, which takes place April 4-13. This year’s lineup includes 37 feature films, four world premieres, 10 Florida premieres and 41 short films. The festival opens April 4 with Marcella, the story of renowned chef Marcella Hazan, who changed the way we cook...

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here is an almost electric energy in how Oriana Fallaci is portrayed in the new Rai television series. Her writing, her sharp gaze, her relentless dismantling of the powerful with surgical precision – everything about her embodies conflict, passion, and ruthless intelligence. Miss Fallaci doesn’t merely recount her biography; it seeks to step ins...

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The sunset of an era. Sumptuous, poignant, inevitable. Both Luchino Visconti’s 1963 film and the recent Netflix series reinterpret The Leopard, the literary masterpiece by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (published by Feltrinelli in 1958), offering a captivating and mesmerized portrayal of the twilight of the Sicilian aristocracy during the years lead...

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The stunning painting is beautifully presented in this documentary, but the flood of references to other works of art and quotations from classical and Renaissance writers might make the film a bit slow going for someone with no background at all in Renaissance cultural history. The sixty-minute film, Botticelli’s Primavera (now available on Ideas...

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The Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State University will host a public screening of “It Ain’t Over” (2022), a heartfelt and inspiring documentary about New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra. The film will screen at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, in Ellis White Lecture Hall in Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St. Admission is free and open...

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When: Thursday, March 20 · 5pm PDT - Where: Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles, 1023 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024 United States The Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles cordially invite you to a special screening of "Paolo Vive", a docu-film directed by Debora Scalzo, presented on the occasion of...

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Join us as we welcome John Didato, the brilliant Senior Creative Director at Sesame Workshop, who offers a vibrant glimpse into the world of educational television and the transformative power of Sesame Street. Broadcasting from the heart of Little Italy, we celebrate Italian American heritage and the community’s indelible mark on the world of medi...

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Miss Italia Mustn’t Die (now on Netflix) tackles a thorny topic that’s at the intersection of numerous political and social conflicts: beauty standards. Specifically, it’s explored via the evolution of Miss Italia, the beauty pageant that’s been a cultural staple of Italy for 85 years. Documentary filmmakers Pietro Daviddi and David Gallerano follo...

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Shooting has begun in Milan on I segreti di Milano, the first episode of the docufilm series Memorie Italiane, directed by Alfio D’Agata and produced by Cine 1 Italia in collaboration with Rai Documentari. Filming will take place in some of the city’s most fascinating historic locations, including Taverna Moriggi, and the series will be hosted by w...

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Vincenzo Mancuso, documentary filmmaker of the Trentini community and friend of the Circolo, is releasing a new film: "Trentini Americani: From Wallace to Seattle, the Community of the Northwest". It will be broadcast this Thursday, January 30 th at 9 PM in Italy, noon Pacific Time, on Channel 12 of Trentino Digital TV and the HistoryLabLive page o...

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