Screenplay: Massimo Gaudioso

Direction Matteo Garrone

Cast Seydou Sarr · Moustapha Fall · Issaka Sawadogo · Bamar Kane

Synopsis Io Capitano tells the story of the adventurous journey of Seydou and Moussa, two young men who leave Dakar to make their way to Europe. A contemporary Odyssey through the dangers of the desert, the horrors of the detention centers...

Direction Matteo Garrone

Cast Marcello Fonte · Edoardo Pesce · Nunzia Schiano · Adamo Dionisi

Synopsis Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected...

Direction Matteo Garrone

Cast Vitaliano Trevisan · Michela Cescon · Elvezia Allari · Paolo Capoduro

Synopsis Vittorio is looking for a woman who matches his ideal. Through a classified ad he meets Sonia, a sweet, pleasant, intelligent girl. However, she weighs 125 pounds -- which according to Vittorio is way too much. A goldsmith by trade,...

Direction Matteo Garrone

Cast Ernesto Mahieux · Valerio Foglia Manzillo · Elisabetta Rocchetti · Lina Bernardi

Synopsis Peppino (Mahieux) is an aging taxidermist constantly ridiculed for being short and somewhat creepy. He meets Valerio (Manzillo), a handsome young man fascinated by Peppino's work. Peppino, in turn, becomes entranced by Valerio and offers him a large salary to...

Direction Daniele Ciprì

Cast Toni Servillo · Giselda Volodi · Alfredo Castro · Fabrizio Falco

Synopsis The Ciraulo family lives on the outskirts of Palermo. Nicola, the father, manages to support everyone by selling scrap iron from disused ships. Although their life is tough, it’s peaceful. One day a stray bullet, fired by a mafia hit...

Direction Matteo Garrone

Cast Salvatore Cantalupo · Gianfelice Imparato · Maria Nazionale · Toni Servillo

Synopsis Gomorra (Gomorrah) (2008) is a gritty Italian crime drama that unveils the brutal realities of the Camorra, Naples' powerful mafia. Through five interconnected stories, the film exposes the lives of ordinary people trapped in a world of violence, corruption, and...

Direction Roberto Andò

Cast Toni Servillo · Salvatore Ficarra · Valentino Picone · Giulia Andò

Synopsis During a trip to Sicily in 1920, Luigi Pirandello meets Onofrio Principato and Sebastiano Vella, two actors rehearsing a new show with the actors of their amateur dramatics. This meeting brings great surprises.

Direction Francesco Amato

Cast Vittoria Puccini · Benedetta Porcaroli · Edoardo Leo · Sara Lazzaro

Synopsis Elisa is only forty when an incurable disease takes her from her husband and their daughter. Before her heart stops, Elisa finds a way to stay close to her: a gift for every birthday up to her adult age, 18...

Direction Alessandro Piva

Cast Francesco Scianna · Valentina Lodovini · Carmine Recano · Francesco Di Leva

Direction Ben Sombogaart

Cast Melody Klaver · Nabil Mallat · Mehdi Meskar · Tine Joustra

Synopsis The Arab Spring forces Tunisian Nazir, married to the pregnant Dutch hairdresser Kimmy, to escape to Europe.

Direction Matteo Garrone

Cast Aniello Arena · Loredana Simioli · Nando Paone · Nello Iorio

Synopsis Luciano (Aniella Arena) is a Neapolitan fishmonger who supplements his modest income by pulling off little scams together with his wife Maria. A likeable, entertaining guy, Luciano never misses an opportunity to perform for his customers and countless relatives. One...

Direction Luca Miniero

Cast Claudio Bisio · Alessandro Siani · Giacomo Rizzo · Angela Finocchiaro

Synopsis Welcome to the South (Benvenuti al Sud) (2010) follows Alberto, a postal manager from Milan, who feigns a disability to secure a transfer to a desirable northern location. When his scheme fails, he's reassigned to a small village in southern...

Direction Massimo Gaudioso

Cast Silvio Orlando · Carlo Buccirosso · Nando Paone · Fabio Volo

Direction Matteo Garrone

Cast Salma Hayek · Vincent Cassel · Toby Jones · John C. Reilly

Synopsis The film serves as Garrone's English-language debut and will interweave three separate story strands bookended by brief bits in which Italians Alba Rohrwacher and Massimo Ceccherini will play a street circus family. In one tale Salma Hayek will play a...

Direction Matteo Garrone · Massimo Gaudioso · Fabio Nunziata

Cast Massimo Gaudioso · Eugenio Cappuccio · Salvatore Sansone

Direction Matteo Garrone

Cast Ana de Armas · Lorenzo Richelmy · Nicola Achilleas · Michael Champion

Synopsis Set in the streets of Milan, the birthplace of Campari, the 12-minute film follows de Armas’ eponymous character as she explores some of Milan’s most iconic sites, all while searching for a mysterious stranger (Italian actor Lorenzo Richelmy) who has...

Direction Lucio Pellegrini

Cast Luciana Littizzetto · Rocco Papaleo · Pietro Castellitto · Michela Cescon

Direction Michele Vannucci

Cast Alessandro Borghi · Luigi Lo Cascio · Emilia Scarpati Fanetti · Greta Esposito

Synopsis The Po Delta is the setting of the clash between fishermen and poachers. Osso wants to save the river from overfishing at the hands of the Florians, a family on the run from the Danube. The Florians have Elia with...

Direction Daniele Ciprì

Cast Sergio Castellitto · Rocco Papaleo · Valeria Bruni Tedeschi · Teco Celio

Direction Eugenio Cappuccio

Cast Fabio Volo · Ninetto Davoli · Giuseppe Battiston · Anita Caprioli