Ivan Cotroneo

Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.

Dir. Ferzan Özpetek · With Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro Preziosi

Inspired by the work of Italian underground comic book prodigy Andrea Pazienza, "Paz!" is a 24-hour slice of life of a group of university students sharing a flat in 1970s Bologna, grappling with drugs, classes, girls and half-hearted political activism.

Dir. Renato De Maria · With Claudio Santamaria, Flavio Pistilli, Max Mazzotta

Lorenzo, Blue and Antonio have a lot in common: they are sixteen, attending the same class in the same school in a small town in the northeast, each have a family that loves them. And all three, though for different reasons, have come to be isolated from other peers. Their new friendship helps them to resist, until the mechanical attraction and fear the judgment of others do not grasp them unprepared.

Dir. Ivan Cotroneo · With Rimau Grillo Ritzberger, Valentina Romani, Leonardo Pazzagli

Serena Bruno is an architect who studied and got several masters in different countries of the world but she decides to go back to Italy so she can live and work there. She will soon find out that her native country is not as open minded and she will struggle to find a job that she truly loves and is passionate about. Along the way she will meet Francesco a gay man who will help and support her throughout her journey.

Dir. Riccardo Milani · With Paola Cortellesi, Raoul Bova, Corrado Fortuna

Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.

Dir. Luca Guadagnino · With Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini

The enchanted story of Pinocchio.

Dir. Alberto Sironi · With Bob Hoskins, Robbie Kay, Luciana Littizzetto

Two women -- a restaurateur and an architect -- have a seemingly idyllic romantic relationship, until the latter encounters a man she had a fling with.

Dir. Maria Sole Tognazzi · With Margherita Buy, Sabrina Ferilli, Alessia Barela

Single and middle-aged, beautiful Irene is wholly devoted to her job as an inspector of luxury hotels. Constantly on the road, she indulges in expensive pleasures at impeccable resorts, but always incognito and alone, soon escaping to the next exotic destination with her checklist and laptop in tow. When her best friend and ex, Andrea, who has always been a source of emotional support, suddenly becomes unavailable, Irene is thrown into a deep existential crisis. "Luxury is a form of deceit," she is told by a fellow traveller in the fog of a steam room, and thus begins Irene's quest to bring more meaning into her life.

Dir. Maria Sole Tognazzi · With Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Fabrizia Sacchi

From the album of the same name by Claudio Baglioni the film tells the love story of two teenagers during the legendary seventies. A story so overwhelming as to compel the world to retreat, to step aside. Andrea and Giulia come from two different worlds, have different friends, and two different lives who call them strongly in opposite directions. Will they keep their love alive in spite of everything?

Dir. Riccardo Donna · With Emanuele Bosi, Maria P. Petruolo, Daniela Giordano