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PALPEBRE

Sometimes one look is all it takes to change your life. One only, like Giovanni Vigo’s glance at an attractive young woman whom, for some reason, he instinctively followed into the restrooms at Milan’s State University, as she was going in with another man. And now Giovanni is the only witness to a murder of which there is no trace: a crime that turns into an obsession, above all when the horrendously mutilated corpse of the man is found. But to track down Mia, the elusive, mysterious beauty, Vigo’s friend Simmel, crime reporter, will step in to help him out. Gianni Canova is a film critic and professor of film history and criticism at Milan’s IULM University of Languages and Communication. Founder and editor of the monthly Duel (now Duellanti), in 2002 he supervised the publication of the Encyclopedia of Cinema by Garzanti (the so-called Garzantina). Canova’s articles on film and screenings have appeared in Il Manifesto, la Repubblica, the Corriera della Sera supplement Sette, and Indro Montanelli’s la Voce. Currently he writes and hosts the Sky Cinema program “Il Cinemaniaco” and writes a film column for Saturno, the cultural supplement of the daily Il Fatto. Palpebre is Canova’s first novel, written in 2009 and republished with a new afterword in 2023.

PALPEBRE2023-11-25T17:59:59+01:00

NON DIRE GATTO. UN’INDAGINE DI NIVES BONORA

Times are tough for police inspector Nives Bonora. Somebody shot her work partner Pizzi, seriously wounding him, and she was the one who saved his life. Yet now Commissioner Brandi wants her kept out of the investigation, and their up-and-down relationship is more down than up. In addition, Nives’ family microcosm, made up of her, her father, and grandmother, is shaken up by someone’s unexpected return on the scene. Inspector Bonora is not the type who gives up, however. She launches into a dizzying investigation of her own that will reveal the unspeakable horrors hidden behind the respectable façade of the province of Ferrara. Cinzia Bomoll’s literary debut was a story in the 1998 collection Quello che ho da dirvi. She has published the novels Lei che nelle foto non sorrideva (2006), 69 (2011), and Cuori a spigoli (2019). She is also a screenwriter (winner of the 2020 Solinas Award) and film and television director. She has made three feature films: Il segreto di Rahil (2007), Let’s Dance (2010), and La California (2022), selected for the Freestyle section of the 17th Rome Film Fest. La ragazza che non c’era, her first mystery novel, introduces the character Nives Bonora, a plain-speaking, often brazen police inspector who likes to break the rules and has her pangs of conscience, but can always rely on her instinctive and steadfast sense of justice.

NON DIRE GATTO. UN’INDAGINE DI NIVES BONORA2023-11-25T17:56:48+01:00

AGE OF VICE

They are loved by some, loathed by many, and feared by all. The Wadia family controls transportation, mines, and sugar refineries, but it’s the building boom that has made them an empire. Now, however, protests over evictions are spreading, and the Delhi Post is on the case to expose the scandal. Thanks to her tenacity and charisma, Neda has managed to infiltrate the inner circle of Sunny Wadia, the heir apparent, poised to take charge of the family affairs. But having a weakness for a journalist like Neda could cost Sunny dearly. Staving off ruin falls to an unlikely figure: Ajay, a young man from a desperately poor family – chauffeur, errand boy, bodyguard, and, when necessary, scapegoat. Deepti Kapoor was born in Moradabad, a city in northern India. After attending the Welham Girl's School in Dehradun and Dehli University, she became a journalist in Delhi. In 2015, she made her literary debut with the novel A Bad Character, but it was her 2023 novel Age of Vice, first installment of a trilogy sold in 35 countries, that became a runaway global sensation. Screen rights have been purchased by FX Studio, soon to produce the TV adaptation of the Wadia crime saga.

AGE OF VICE2023-11-27T17:32:19+01:00

COLPO DI RITORNO

The Wizard of Narouz, AKA Giuseppe Capomagli, is found dead in his apartment in Trastevere in Rome. The man sold love potions, winning numbers, and advice of all kinds to a select and loyal clientele of entertainment personalities and political figures. Heading the investigation, Manrico Spinori senses he’s getting nowhere and, at times, is even being manipulated. Then, just when the case seems to be slipping through his fingers, an unexpected tip allows him to put the pieces of the puzzle together. In 2002, Giancarlo De Cataldo published Romanzo criminale, winner of the 2023 Scerbanenco Award, turned into a film directed by Michele Placido and then a Sky TV series directed by Stefano Sollima. In 2007, the Scerbanenco Jury deemed Romanzo criminale the best novel ever honored with the fifteen-year-old award. In 2010, De Cataldo and Mario Martone co-wrote the film We Believed, which screened in competition at Venice and earned them a David di Donatello award. In 2013, he co-wrote the novel Suburra with Carlo Bonini. Just like Romanzo criminale, Suburra also became a film directed by Stefano Sollima and then a TV series (Netflix). De Cataldo’s TV projects include overseeing the 2006-2010 Rai series Crimini, with stories by Italy’s greatest mystery writers. In 2018, he made his directorial debut with the documentary Pertini: il combattente, co-directed with Graziano Diana. In 2020, De Cataldo introduced the Roman prosecutor Manrico Spinori, protagonist of his novels Io sono il castigo (2020), Un cuore sleale (2020), Il suo freddo pianto (2021), and Colpo di ritorno (2023).

COLPO DI RITORNO2023-11-25T18:11:43+01:00

TRÜMMERTOTE

February 1949. The three sectors of West Berlin still rely on the airlifts bringing over food and medicine; electricity is rationed, homes are cold and dark; and attempting to cross over to the eastern sector is getting more and more risky. On the mountains of rubble left over from the city bombed to bits, a mass grave has been found and three corpses. Word has it there’s a new gang in town that terrifies even the old guard. Commissioner Oppenheimer duly appoints a special commission made of up the city’s best, but nothing seems to help. The informers vanish and the few witnesses don’t live long enough to talk. A young man named Jo is setting up to be the next Al Capone. Harald Gilbers studied English literature and modern and contemporary history. He has contributed to the cultural pages and television programs and been a stage director as well. In 2013, the popular protagonist of his novels first saw the light: Richard Oppenheimer, a former police commissioner in Berlin, fired for being Jewish but not deported, due to an Aryan marriage with Lisa. The background is Germany brought to its knees by air raids and famine and split in two between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. right after the war. Gilbers’ first novel in the series, Germania: A Novel of Nazi Berlin (2013) won the 2014 Glauser Prize, one of Germany’s leading mystery novel awards, while in 2016, the second installment in the series, Odins Söhne (2015), was honored with the Prix Historia in France.

TRÜMMERTOTE2023-11-25T18:15:14+01:00

NINA DEI LUPI

A sudden solar storm knocks out all electronic devices on the planet. On the same day, a newborn named Nina is found in the mountains, near a remote village. After this mysterious catastrophic event that everyone calls “the calamity”, civilization as we know it collapses, resources become scarce everywhere, and human beings revert to the law of the jungle. In the midst of this devastation, Nina’s village is sealed in its own world: its few inhabitants get by without technology, and Nina grows up. Her close bond with nature, which she can barely understand herself, earns her a reputation as a witch, thanks to the odd phenomena that occur in her presence. Yet when a gang of bandits raids the village, decimating the population and subjugating the survivors, Nina, now a teenager, manages to flee into the woods, where she learns how to survive in the mountains and coexist with the wolves, becoming fully aware of her own powers. screenplay Pierpaolo De Mejo Annapaola Fabbri Tiziana Foschi Antonio Pisu based on the novel by Alessandro Bertante cinematography Marco Ferri editing Fabrizio Franzini production design Marco Scarpa costumes Magda Accolti cast Sergio Rubini Sara Ciocca Sandra Ceccarelli Cesare Bocci Davide Silvestri Caterina Gabanella Tiziana Foschi Fabio Ferrari producer Paolo Rossi Pisu production Genoma Films world sales Minerva Pictures "The technological, economic, and social system we are familiar with is now over. The premium mankind put on material things has proved to be a boomerang. Our story plays out in a small mountain village cut off from the rest of the world, and miraculously enough, it seems immune to the “fate” that is wreaking havoc across the planet Earth. This village is a place that quietly continues to thrive, thanks to a native know-how as to using what nature offers us, but above all, the presence of a special young woman whose origins harken back to one of the most ancient divinities known to us." (Antonio Pisu) Antonio Pisu started out working in the entertainment industry in 2002. Since then, he has been involved in a variety of films, publicity campaigns, plays, and TV series. In 2014 he created a TV series produced by Universal Studios. Together with his brother, Paolo Rossi Pisu, and Marta Miniucchi, he founded the production company Genoma Films in 2016; it would produce his first film Nobili bugie, which he wrote and directed. Antonio Pisu’s second feature film Est, which he also wrote and directed, made the rounds of the festival circuit and won numerous awards around the world, including the prestigious Sergio Amidei International Award for Best Screenplay. 2023 Nina dei Lupi 2020 Est 2017 Nobili bugie

NINA DEI LUPI2023-11-24T17:14:52+01:00

MIXED BY ERRY

A story of making dreams come true that starts in a basement in Naples and becomes an incredible international adventure. In the magical city on the bay in the 1980s, where Maradona is a god, Enrico “Erry” Frattasio turns the mixtapes he makes for his friends into an empire, with the help of his brothers Peppe and Angelo: an extraordinary feat that will change their lives for good, reinvent the concept of piracy in Italy, and bring music into all of our lives. screenplay Armando Festa Sydney Sibilia based on the novel by Simona Frasca cinematography Valerio Azzali editing Gianni Vezzosi music Michele Braga production design Tonino Zera costumes Valentina Taviani Stefano Leoni cast Luigi D'oriano Giuseppe Arena Emanuele Palumbo Francesco Di Leva Cristiana Dell’anna Adriano Pantaleo Chiara Celotto Greta Esposito Fabrizio Gifuni producers Matteo Rovere Sydney Sibilia production Groenlandia with Rai Cinema in collaboration with Netflix with the support of Regione Campania Fondazione Film Commission Campania "When I was a kid, in my neighborhood in Salerno there wasn’t a single record store. The only way to buy music was to go to Peppe, who sold “Mixed By Erry” cassettes at his stand on the street, for five thousand liras. […] After that, the world changed. I went to high school, CDs came out, then Napster, Mp3s, Walkman – all replaced by the iPod; I moved to Rome to become a film director and listened to music that was streamed. […] One day, while reminiscing about this with my screenwriter friend Armando Festa, we decided to investigate further and go meet the great DJ Erry. […] What we found out was that there was an amazing story behind those cassettes, an epic yet very personal tale that touched on all the main historical events in one extraordinary decade for the city of Naples." (Sydney Sibilia) Sydney Sibilia is a producer, director, and screenwriter born in Salerno. He got his start making numerous short films, including the multi-award-winning Oggi gira così (2010). In 2014, he and Matteo Rovere co-founded the production company Groenlandia, and that year Sibilia directed his first feature, Smetto quando voglio. It made the rounds of the international festivals (such as BFI – London Film Festival e il RIFF – Reykjavík International Film Festival), acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, and won several awards. Three years later, two sequels followed, Smetto quando voglio – Masterclass and Smetto quando voglio – Ad honorem. Sibilia was also doing ad campaigns for brands like Wind and Fiat at the same time. His next film, in 2020, was L'incredibile storia dell'Isola delle Rose, the first Netflix Original in Europe. 2023 Mixed by Erry 2020 L'incredibile storia dell'Isola delle Rose 2017 Smetto quando voglio – Ad honorem 2017 Smetto quando voglio – Masterclass 2017 Io sì, tu

MIXED BY ERRY2023-11-24T17:14:38+01:00

MIA

The story of an ordinary, happy family shattered by a manipulative young man who takes over the life of a wonderful fifteen-year-old girl and turns it into a nightmare. When the girl, helped by her father, manages to break away and go back to her old life, her boyfriend decides to destroy her. Her father’s only option now is revenge. screenplay Ivano De Matteo Valentina Ferlan cinematography Giuseppe Maio editing Giuliana Sarli Ivano De Matteo production design Sonia Peng costumes Olivia Bellini cast Greta Gasbarri Edoardo Leo Milena Mancini Riccardo Mandolini Alessia Manicastri Giorgia Faraoni Giorgio Montanini Melinda De Matteo Vinicio Marchioni production Lotus Production with Rai Cinema "I have a fifteen-year-old daughter, which is the first reason I wanted to turn the script for Mia into a film. Next, I’m a man. This is the second reason. It hurt to read it, and it hurts every time I do. I was dealing with a story in which, being a man, I could be either the positive figure (the father) or the negative figure (the boyfriend); I could perceive both perfectly. The heroic side and the dark side. All too often, teenage girls get depressed and lose the will to live. They lose weight, keep to themselves, hurt all the time – and the fact that all this happens in the silence of their own rooms, without bothering others, makes them invisible. With this film I want to hug them and live alongside my characters." (Ivano De Matteo, Coming Soon) Ivano De Matteo got his start in 1990, with a diploma from the theater workshop Il Mulino di Fiora, directed by Perla Peragallo. An actor, director and documentarian, he founded the theater troupe Il Cantiere with Valentina Ferlan (author and screenwriter) in 1993. In 1995, he founded the small production company Utopia Film. After making his first short film, Grazietante (1997), he directed the documentary Prigionieri di una fede (Special Mention at the Torino Film Festival). In 2002 he made his first narrative feature, Ultimo Stadio. His 2008 film La bella gente won the Grand Prix and the CICAE Award at the Annecy Film Festival. In 2012, his film Gli equilibristi premiered at the Venice Film Festival. De Matteo was back in Venice in 2014 and in 2021, at Giornate degli Autori, with I nostri ragazzi and the short film Trastwest respectively. 2023 Mia 2021 Trastwest (short) 2020 Villetta con ospiti 2016 La vita possibile 2014 I nostri ragazzi 2012 Gli equilibristi 2009 La bella gente 2004 Codice a sbarre (doc) 2002 Ultimo stadio 2000 Barricata San Calisto (doc) 1999 Prigionieri di una fede (doc)

MIA2023-11-24T17:14:09+01:00

L’ULTIMA NOTTE DI AMORE

"Love" in word and deed: that’s what they say about Franco Amore. He himself has always said he has tried to be a honest person, a cop who, in his whole 35-year-long career, has never fired a shot at anyone. These are the very words from the speech Amore plans to give on the eve of his retirement from the force. But his last night on the beat will prove to be far rougher than anything he ever imagined. It’s going to endanger everything he holds dear: his job as a police officer, his love for his wife Viviana, his friendship with fellow cop Dino, and his very life. Everything gets caught up in a headlong rush to disaster in Milan, on a night that seems to have no dawn in sight. screenplay Andrea Di Stefano cinematography Guido Michelotti editing Giogiò Franchini music Santi Pulvirenti production design Carmine Guarino costumes Olivia Bellini cast Pierfrancesco Favino Linda Caridi Antonio Gerardi Francesco Di Leva Martin Francisco Montero Baez Fifi Wang Pang Bo Shi Yang Shi Xu Ruichi Wen Mao Camilla Semino Favro producers Francesco Melzi D’Eril Gabriele Moratti Marco Colombo Marco Cohen Benedetto Habib Fabrizio Donvito Daniel Campos Pavoncelli productions Indiana Production Memo Films Adler Entertainment Vision Distribution in collaboration with Sky "I always conceived of this film as a picture from an earlier age, in terms of both the production and the narrative, with the ultimate aim of framing the story of the main character as a religious parable. A sort of warning for everybody who believes they can betray their own nature chasing the mirage of a better life. Moral shortcuts are not for everyone. Some can pull it off, but people like Franco Amore are just not cut out for such reckless fixes." (Andrea Di Stefano) Andrea Di Stefano is a Roman-born actor turned director. In the 1990s, he studied acting at the Actors Studio and landed a few roles in independent films in the U.S. In 1997, he obtained his first lead role in The Prince of Homburg (1997) by Marco Bellocchio. He went on to rack up acting credits in The Phantom of the Opera (1998) by Dario Argento, Almost Blue (2000) by Alex Infascelli, Before Night Falls (2000) by Julian Schnabel, Angela (2002) by Roberta Torre, Il vestito da sposa (2003) by Fiorella Infascelli, Sacred Heart (2005) by Ferzan Özpetek, and Contronatura (2005) by Alessandro Tofanelli. Following other acting turns in film and television, Di Stefano made his directorial debut in 2014, with Escobar, which premiered at Toronto. Five years later, he directed The Informer. Last Night of Amore was selected by the Berlin Film Festival. 2023 L’ultima notte di Amore 2019 The Informer 2014 Escobar

L’ULTIMA NOTTE DI AMORE2023-11-24T17:12:53+01:00

DENTI DA SQUALO

This is the story of Walter and the most unbelievable summer in his whole life. School’s over, and the thirteen-year-old has just lost his father. He takes to wandering seemingly aimlessly along the Roman coast, where he comes upon a mysterious place that fascinates him: an abandoned summer home with a huge, murky swimming pool. But it’s not as abandoned as it looks, and an unforgettable adventure begins. screenplay Valerio Cilio Gianluca Leoncini cinematography Ivan Casalgrandi editing Tommaso Gallone production design Luigi Marchione costumes Sara Costantini music Michele Braga Gabriele Mainetti cast Tiziano Menichelli Virginia Raffaele Stefano Rosci Matteo Scattaretico Edoardo Pesce Claudio Santamaria producers Claudio, Federico e Jacopo Saraceni Gabriele Mainetti Mattia Guerra Stefano Massenzi Andrea Occhipinti productions Goon Films Lucky Red Ideacinema with Rai Cinema in collaboration with Prime Video "A hard-edged fairy tale packed with drama and occasional violence, it is also an adventurous, daring, dreamlike and entertaining story, as befits the transition from a childhood that ends with a family trauma to the first bold stirrings of adolescence. We follow Walter over a summer unlike all the others, transformed by a magical, enigmatic encounter. We see Walter’s outer world and daily life and glimpses of his past, then we enter that inner place where his identity is forming: a place where a father figure – a father he loved but never respected – is called upon to “die” once more, in order for Walter to discover his true – and new – self." (Davide Gentile) Davide Gentile is an Italian filmmaker and producer. He has made commercials for national and international brands such as Vodafone, FIAT, Carrefour, Sky, Decathlon, Gillette, and Durex. In 2016, he made the short film Food For Thought, winner of several international awards. In 2017, he directed another short, Omar. Denti da squalo is his first feature film. 2023 Denti da squalo 2017 Omar (short) 2016 Food For Thought (short) 2015 Music Is My Language (short)

DENTI DA SQUALO2023-11-24T17:11:17+01:00