22nd Edition
The annual Italian Film Festival has been delighting audiences for more than twenty years and has become an unmissable part of the cultural calendar. The loyal support of the Italian Cultural Institute and core venues across Scotland has allowed the Festival to screen the very best of new Italian cinema and celebrate the rich heritage of the country’s filmmakers and stars.
The 2015 Festival will feature some of the most noteworthy Italian films of the past year and restored gems from the past. Among the titles expected at the Festival are Mario Martone’s sumptuous dramatisation of the life of poet Giacomo Leopardi Il giovane favoloso / Leopardi starring Elio Germano and a restoration of Marco Bellocchio’s celebrated satire on class conflict and social climbing La Cina è vicina / China is Near. The Festival will also mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Pier Paolo Pasolini with screenings of some of his most admired and enduring films.
Here are the movies:
Darker Than Midnight – Più buio di mezzanotte
Glasgow Tue 10 March 18.00
Edinburgh Wed 18 March 20.40
The Dinner – I nostri ragazzi
Edinburgh Sat 7 March 20.45
Glasgow Mon 9 March 20.15
Dundee Sun 15 March 18.00
First Snowfall – La prima neve
Glasgow Sat 7 March 20.15
Edinburgh Wed 11 March 20.45
Dundee Sun 15 March 15.00
Good For Nothing – Buoni a nulla
Edinburgh Sun 9 March 18.10 + PA
Greenery Will Bloom Again – Torneranno i prati
Edinburgh Fri 13 March 20.45 I
nverness Sun 15 March 19.45
Dundee Tue 17 March 18.00
Happy To Be Different – Felice chi è diverso
Glasgow 10 March 15.30
Edinburgh 17 March 20.40
I Can Quit Whenever I Want – Smetto quando voglio
Edinburgh Fri 6 March 20.45
It Started In Naples – La baia di Napoli
Edinburgh, Valvona & Crolla Vincaffè Mon 9 March 18.30
Edinburgh, Valvona & Crolla Vincaffè Mon 16 March 18.30
Leopardi – Il giovane favoloso
Glasgow Sun 8 March 19.15
Edinburgh Sat 14 March 20.35
Inverness Sat 14 March 18.00
Dundee Mon 16 March 18.00
The Mafia Kills Only In Summer – La mafia uccide solo d’estate
Glasgow Fri 6 March 20.45 + PA with director Pierfrancesco Diliberto
Edinburgh Tue 10 March 18.10 + PA
Dundee Fri 13 March 18.00
Quiet Bliss – In grazia di Dio
Glasgow Tue 10 March 20.10
Edinburgh Thu 19 March 20.15
Zoran My Nephew The Idiot – Zoran, il mio nipote scemo
Glasgow Sat 7 March 17.30 + PA with director Matteo Oleotto
Edinburgh Sun 8 March 17.50 + PA
Inverness Fri 13 March 20.30
Illustrious Corpses – Cadaveri eccellenti
Glasgow Sun 8 March 15.00
Edinburgh Sun 15 March 20.30
The Mattei Affair – Il caso Mattei
Glasgow Sun 8 March 18.00
Edinburgh Mon 16 March 20.40
China Is Near – La Cina è vicina
Glasgow Mon 9 March 18.00
Edinburgh Tue 12 March 20.45
Dundee Sat 14 March 15.00
Inverness Mon 16 March 18.00
www.italianfilmfestival.org.uk