Donatella Finocchiaro

An aimless young troublemaker, Alessandro, squanders his days gambling and getting into fights, and he often spends his nights in jail. With few prospects, he begrudgingly accepts a job as a companion to Giorgio, an elderly poet suffering from Alzheimer’s. On their daily walks, the two banter and become friends, and Alessandro quickly learns more about this forgotten poet as the old man’s memory drifts. After learning a secret from Giorgio’s past, Alessandro and his friends work to uncover the mystery of this tale, an unexpected history lesson and a touching coming-of-age adventure.

Dir. Francesco Bruni · With Giuliano Montaldo, Andrea Carpenzano, Arturo Bruni

During a trip to Sicily in 1920, Luigi Pirandello meets two gravediggers-turned-playwrights rehearsing a play with their amateur dramatics. Pirandello takes an interest in the odd couple, having been suffering from writer's block while working on his eventual masterpiece, Six Characters in Search of an Author.

Dir. Roberto Andò · With Toni Servillo, Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone

Maria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella are five sisters who live in an apartment in Palermo. They make a living by renting doves for ceremonies. On a normal day at the beach, tragedy strucks.

Dir. Emma Dante · With Viola Pusatieri, Eleonora De Luca, Simona Malato

A Sicilian family deals with the arrival of a group of immigrants on their island.

Dir. Emanuele Crialese · With Filippo Pucillo, Donatella Finocchiaro, Giuseppe Fiorello

A summer fling born under the Sicilian sun quickly develops into a heartbreaking love story that forces a boy and girl to grow up too quickly.

Dir. Massimiliano Camaiti · With Elvira Camarrone, Christian Roberto, Vincenzo Amato

In 1914, with Italy on the cusp of joining World War I, a group of foreign artists establishes a commune on the rural island of Capri, catching the attention of young Lucia, a local illiterate shepherdess who soon falls under their spell.

Dir. Mario Martone · With Marianna Fontana, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Antonio Folletto

In Italy, three men fall in love with three women. First a young engaged lawyer has a fling, then the middle-aged married man has a fling, then a retired man falls in love with his friend's daughter.

Dir. Giovanni Veronesi · With Carlo Verdone, Robert De Niro, Monica Bellucci

Eighteen-year-old Matilde lives with her grandmother and her mother Laura, a woman struggling with debt and failures. Completely disconnected from reality and attached to her online avatar, Matilde has found her own way to make money: stripping on webcam. One day, Laura is forced to reveal her debts to her daughter, who plots an ideal solution to their troubles, unexpectedly involving Ernesto, a wealthy bourgeois obsessed with sex and possessions.

Dir. Berardo Carboni · With Matilda De Angelis, Donatella Finocchiaro, Alessandro Haber