Enjoy the local premiere of 14 recent Italian films plus a short film program shown in Italian language with English subtitles at 6 locations. Presented under the auspices of the Consulate of Italy in Detroit.

Schedule of Events:

April 4, 2024:

7:00 pm: Thank You Guys - Detroit Film Theatre (DIA), 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit
Director, Riccardo Milani, Comedy, 2022, 117 min

Antonio begins to teach drama in a penitentiary and discovers talent in a group of prisoners. Will a triumphal tour begin?

April 5, 2024:

7:00 pm: Perfect Strangers - WSU, General Lectures 150 Hall, 5045 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit
Director, Paolo Genovese, Comedy, 2016, 97 min

During a dinner party, seven friends play a game sharing their cell phones. How well do we really know those close to us?

7:00 pm: Short Film Program - MSU, Wells Hall B122, 619 Red Cedar Rd, East Lansing
Comedy, Drama, 2023, 110 min

Eight recent films are in competition for your vote for best short film.

April 6, 2024:

5:00 pm: Billy - WSU, General Lectures 150 Hall, 5045 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit and MSU, Wells Hall B122, 619 Red Cedar Rd, East Lansing
Director, Emilia Mazzacurati, Comedy, 2023, 97 min

Billy is nineteen and lives with his eccentric mother. A chance meeting with his childhood idol will help him face the future.

7:30 pm: La Chimera - WSU, General Lectures 150 Hall, 5045 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit
Director, Alice Rohrwacher, Drama, 2023, 134 min

For the band of tombaroli, thieves of Etruscan grave relics, the Chimera means the dream of easy wealth. For Arthur, who has a special talent the thieves utilize, the Chimera looks like the woman he loved, Beniamina.

7:30 pm: A Hundred Sundays - MSU, Wells Hall B122, 619 Red Cedar Rd, East Lansing
Director, Antonio Albanese, Drama, 2023, 94 min

Antonio is overjoyed to use his life savings to pay for his daughter’s wedding reception. But is his bank hiding something?

April 7, 2024:

5:30 pm: Titina - Detroit Film Theatre (DIA), 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit
Director, Kajsa Næss, Animation, 2022, 91 min

Italian engineer Umberto Nobile builds an airship to fly over the North Pole with his dog and explorer Roald Amundsen.

7:30 pm: Zamora - MSU, Wells Hall B122, 619 Red Cedar Rd, East Lansing
Director, Neri Marcorè, Comedy, 2023, 100 min

Walter, an accountant, must take part in employee soccer games and becomes the hapless goalie. Feeling betrayed and embarrassed in front of a love interest, Walter devises a plan to take revenge!

April 11, 2024:

7:00 pm: Palazzina Laf - Detroit Film Theatre (DIA), 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit
Director, Michele Riondino, Drama, 2023, 99 min
Special appearance by director Michele Riondino

Caterino works at the steel mill in Taranto. Company management decides to eliminate problem employees and asks him to spy on co-workers who are then assigned to the LAF building. But what really goes on there? Based on a true story.

April 12, 2024:

7:00 pm: Winter Lemons - Schoolcraft College, Kehrl Auditorium of Vistatech Center, 18600 Haggerty Rd, Livonia
Director, Caterina Carone, Drama, 2023, 110 min

Pietro and Eleonora meet because their two terraces are nearby. Can they take a chance at finding happiness together?

April 13, 2024:

5:00 pm: Short Film Program - Henrichsen Auditorium, Chippewa Valley High School, 18300 19 Mile Rd, Clinton Twp
Comedy, Drama, 2023, 110 min

Eight recent films are in competition for your vote for best short film.

7:30 pm: Romeo Is Juliet - Henrichsen Auditorium, Chippewa Valley High School, 18300 19 Mile Rd, Clinton Twp
Director, Giovanni Veronesi, Comedy, 2024, 102 min

Vittoria is rejected for the role of Juliet; she tries again but as Otto auditioning for the role of Romeo! Can she pull it off?

April 14, 2024:

5:00 pm: Salvatore, The Shoemaker Of Dreams - Henrichsen Auditorium, Chippewa Valley High School, 18300 19 Mile Rd, Clinton Twp
Director, Luca Guadagnino, Documentary, 2020, 120 min

Salvatore Ferragamo, born in Calabria, immigrated to Los Angeles where he created footwear for silent movie films and celebrities. He returned to Italy and built a fashion empire in Florence. Presented for the Made in Italy Day.

April 19, 2024:

7:00 pm: A Hundred Sundays - Schoolcraft College, Kehrl Auditorium of Vistatech Center, 18600 Haggerty Rd, Livonia
Director, Antonio Albanese, Drama, 2023, 94 min

Antonio is overjoyed to use his life savings to pay for his daughter’s wedding reception. But is his bank hiding something?

April 20, 2024:

5:00 pm: A Brighter Tomorrow - UofM, Lorch Hall, Askwith Auditorium, 611 Tappan St., Ann Arbor
Director, Nanni Moretti, Drama, 2023, 95 min

Giovanni, a renowned filmmaker in crisis, is to begin a political film. Can he lead his world towards a brighter tomorrow?

7:30 pm: The De Filippo Siblings - UofM, Lorch Hall, Askwith Auditorium, 611 Tappan St., Ann Arbor
Director, Sergio Rubini, Drama, 2021, 142 min

The story of Eduardo De Filippo, one of Italy’s greatest playwrights, and his siblings Titina and Peppino who grew up in the early 1900s in Naples. Their difficult family life gave them a new perspective on theatre.

April 21, 2024:

5:00 pm: Kidnapped - UofM, Lorch Hall, Askwith Auditorium, 611 Tappan St., Ann Arbor
Director, Marco Bellocchio, Drama, 2023, 125 min

Papal States, 1858. The Pope's soldiers burst into the home of the Mortara family in Bologna’s Jewish quarter and take seven-year-old Edgardo because a maid had secretly baptized him. Based on the true story of Edgardo Mortara.

Date: April 4 - 21, 2024

Location:

Various Venues,
Detroit, MI 48201.

Admission: Free

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