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Benigni 70
Cinecittà Celebrates 70 Years of Roberto Benigni with 3 Surprising Footage from the Luce Archive and a Special Section on CinecittàNews
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Cinecittà
Vanessa Beecroft at Cinecittà
Vanessa Beecroft has accepted the invitation of President Chiara Sbarigia to create a site-specific performance at Cinecittà that sees the women of Rome as protagonists.
Archivio Luce
Luce on Sky TG24
10 short films, 10 gems from the Luce Archive on air on Sky TG24 to narrate the history of the Venice Film Festival.
Promotion
Alice and Alba Rohrwacher at MoMA
A tribute to two careers, two visionary paths through contemporary international cinema. That’s what the MoMa in New York and Istituto Luce-Cinecittà envisioned and organized with “The Wonders: Alice and Alba Rohrwacher”
MIAC
Cinecittà: a landmark space for the audiovisual arts
An immersive and visionary museum to be inaugurated in Cinecittà by collecting the audiovisual heritage of Luce, Rai Teche, and the Cineteca Nazionale: that’s MIAC – Italian Museum of Moving Images
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“Il varco”, diary of a Russian soldier in the Russian campaign
After Il treno va a Mosca, Federico Ferrone and Michele Manzolini come back with an editing moving on our history.
MIAC
The exhibition at MIAC
MIAC, the new Italian Museum of Moving Images is a place to recover or discover our collective imaginary, where visitors will get to know and live the history and evolution of the most powerful art, born over one century ago: the audiovisual
Promotion
Academy and Luce join forces for Italian cinema
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, to be inaugurated soon, has just announced that Istituto Luce-Cinecittà has officially become one of his Founding Supporter.
Cinecittà
Franco Maresco: Neomelodics for Falcone and Borsellino
The famous photographer Letizia Battaglia wipes out polemics and the ins and outs of the new movie of Franco Maresco, La mafia non è più quella di una volta
Documentaries
“Selfie”, millennials at Rione Traiano
Selfie, Agostino Ferrente’s Berlinale Panorama-selected documentary, is based on real events. During the summer of 2014 at Rione Traiano, one of Naples’ most difficult neighborhoods, 16-year-old Davide Bifolco gets killed by a cop who mistakes him for a fugitive
Studios
John Turturro stars in Cinecittà-set “The Name of the Rose”
“We’ve been very faithful to the descriptions of the book and to the drawings of Umberto Eco in the design of the set. We just took some liberty with the abbey as we decided to make it more magical and less harsh, inspired by a rich and mature gothic style.” This is how Giacomo Battiato, director of international series The Name of the Rose, comments on his work.
Cannes
Bertolucci, the last interview: between Marlon Brando and the “big nipple”
A train is running towards the audience, red flags wave around the stem: it’s a scene of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900 that was never edited and that the director gave Mario Sesti as a present after a Q&A with the Italian critic at the Rome Film Festival
Cannes
Borgonzoni: Cinecittà, Italian pride in the world
Italian directors Alice Rohrwarcher and Jonas Carpignano (both jury members in Cannes) attended the event at the Italian Pavilion in Cannes for the presentation of the Cinecittà film studios
Promotion
Cinema Italian Style, in the Name of Antonioni
Italian Cinema at centre stage in Los Angeles with the 13th edition of Cinema Italian Style, from November 16 to 21. The Opening Night at the Egyptian Theatre hosts the US Premiere of the Italian
Promotion
New Italian Filmmakers at Haifa, Busan, Tokyo
From the Middle East to the Far East, three big festivals – Haifa, Busan, and Tokyo – showcase a selection of Italian films
Promotion
Antonioni: Full Retrospective at MoMA
In the tenth anniversary of his death, New York pays homage to Michelangelo Antonioni with a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) organized in collaboration with Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Promotion
“Naples ’44”: Sold Out in New York
Big success for Naples ’44 shown at the Film Forum in New York. The theatrical run was scheduled from November 29 to December 12, but has now been extended after the sold-out screenings of the first few days
Promotion
Italian Cinema in Barcelona with the Manetti Bros.
From December 15 to 19, the Mostra de Cinema Italià is back to Barcelona with the aim of promoting the best Italian cinema of the last year. The opening film is Manetti Bros‘ Love and Bullets
Studios
‘Habemus Papam’ shot at Cinecittà
The film was presented in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival and received numerous honors, including a European Film Award, seven Silver Ribbons (Nastri d’Argento), and three David di Donatello awards.