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2019Christchurch 11 - 20 June Nelson 14 - 28 June Tauranga 5 - 15 July Napier 25 - 31 JulyHavelock North 30 July - 11 August Masterton 7 - 12 AugustMartinborough 8 - 15 AugustArrowtown 21 - 25 August

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AMBASCIATORE FABRIZIO MARCELLI AMBASSADOR OF ITALY

It is my great pleasure to present another edition of The Cinema Italiano Festival, organised by Renee Mark and Paolo Rotondo. This fourth year programme is richer, more diverse and will reach audiences in 16 cities throughout New Zealand across 10 months, with a great selection of comedies, dramas, documentaries and cherished classics.

The Festival provides yet another great opportunity to strengthen the cultural relationship between Italy and New Zealand, while

fostering, through films, a deeper understanding of the cultural, linguistic and socio-political context we live in, engaging audiences with the Italian society, lifestyle and traditions. This is why I am glad the Embassy of Italy in Wellington could support it, in keeping with our role of advocate for Italian Culture on this side of the world.

I hope all lovers of Italian films will take advantage of this unique chance, buona visione!

Ambassador Fabrizio Marcelli

AUCKLAND FESTIVAL ITALIANO 2018

The Studio Italia Cinema Italiano Festival 2019 once again kicks off ‘THE ITALIAN SEASON’ in Auckland, culminating in the ‘Festival Italiano’ - New Zealand’s largest, and immensely popular, Italian street event on October 20, Osborne Street, Kent Street and Rialto Centre, Newmarket

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THE STUDIO ITALIA CINEMA ITALIANO FESTIVAL

We are immensely proud to announce Studio Italia as our first ‘Naming Sponsor’.

Italian Cinema has always celebrated design, architecture, style and passion.

Studio Italia’s exceptional taste, quality and unparalleled selection of Italian Furniture, Kitchens, Wardrobes and Design represent the finest Italian craftsmanship and innovation.

Benvenuti a Bordo.

MESSAGGIO FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

I believe cinema can be a transformative artform, it certainly has been for me. Cinema has been a part of most of our lives for as long as we can remember.

Our perception of the past, the present and the future has so often been shaped by the films we have seen. Living so far from Italy, my connection to my culture has been nurtured and maintained through the images, ideas and themes I have seen on the silver screen. I hope to curate this Festival in such a way as to accurately, or at least thoughtfully, represent Italian culture, to keep me connected. In order to represent the complexity of Italian culture through Cinema, I strive to create a Festival that is rich, varied, interesting, appealing, accessible and also challenging. Now that we screen the Festival in 16 different centres, we hope to truly become an important part of New Zealand’s cultural landscape.

Paolo Rotondo – Artistic Director

STUDIO ITALIA PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD

Email your favourite film choice from our 2019 curation to [email protected]

Tell us where and when you viewed it, and you will go in the draw to win a prize from Studio Italia.

Draw will be at our final screening Waiheke Cinema 15 January 2020.

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5Benvenuti / Welcome

THE SCREENING ROOM MASTERTON AUGUST 7 – 12435 Queen StreetMasterton 581006 378 6191thescreeningroom.co.nz

CIRCUS CINEMA MARTINBOROUGH AUGUST 8 – 1534 Jellicoe StreetMartinboroughWairarapa 571106 306 9442circus.net.nz

DOROTHY BROWNS ARROWTOWN AUGUST 21 – 2518 Buckingham StArrowtown 930203 442 1964dorothybrowns.com

WHAKAMAX WHAKATANE SEPTEMBER 3 – 899 The StrandWhakatane 312007 308 7625whakamax.co.nz

MATAKANA CINEMAS MATAKANA SEPTEMBER 6 – 142 Matakana Valley Rd Matakana 0985 09 423 0218 matakanacinemas.co.nz

TIVOLI CINEMAS CAMBRIDGE SEPTEMBER 10 – 1532 Lake StreetLeamingtonCambridge 343407 823 5064tivolicinema/cambridge.co.nz

STARLIGHT CINEMA TAUPO SEPTEMBER 13 – 19Starlight Arcade26 Horomatangi StreetTaupo07 377 1085starlightcinema.co.nz

BRIDGEWAY CINEMA AUCKLAND SEPTEMBER 17 – 30122 Queen St Northcote PointAuckland 062709 481 0040bridgeway.co.nz

EMPIRE CINEMA WELLINGTON NOVEMBER 6 – 18214 The ParadeIsland BayWellington 602304 939 7557empirecinema.nz

GOVETT BREWSTER NEW PLYMOUTH NOVEMBER 8 – 14The Len Lye Centre Cinema42 Queen StreetNew Plymouth 431006 759 6060govett-brewster.com/cinema

WAIHEKE CINEMA WAIHEKE JANUARY 9 – 15127-129 Oceanview RdOneroa, Auckland 108109 372 4240 waihekecinema.co.nz

ACADEMY GOLD CHRISTCHURCH JUNE 11 – 20The Colombo 22/363 Colombo St Sydenham, Christchurch 8023 03 377 9913 artfilms.co.nz

SUTER THEATRE NELSON JUNE 14 – 28Queens Gardens 208 Bridge St Nelson 7010 03 548 3885 suter.statecinemas.co.nz

RIALTO TAURANGA JULY 5 – 1521 Devonport Rd Tauranga 3110 07 577 0445 rialtotauranga.co.nz

GLOBE THEATRETTE NAPIER JULY 25 – 3115 Hardinge Rd Ahuriri, Napier 4110 06 833 6011 globenapier.co.nz

EVENT HAVELOCK NORTH JULY 30 – AUGUST 1111 Joll Rd Havelock North 06 877 9016 eventcinemas.co.nz/cinema/havelock-north

Luoghi / Locations

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La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us

Chi si volta, è chi si gira, sempre a casa va finire

No matter where you go, or which way you turn, you will always end up at home

For millennia, ‘family’ has been the most important social construct in Italian society. Even across such diverse cultural regional

differences, or up through the stratified social orders, family has been central to Italian culture. This year, the selection is profoundly infused with the myriad manifestations of how family shapes everything in Italy. Without exception, every film in the Festival this year, has in some aspect, family at the centre of it. It is perhaps my own perspective, or age and stage, that has

allowed me to harvest this theme from so many films. I believe that the attitudes and values around family remain one of the great cultural assets of Italian society. The curation this year, is a wonderful exploration of ‘famiglia’ in so many different ways.

La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us

Director: Gabriele Muccino Cast: Stefano Accorsi, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valeria Solarino, Stefania Sandrelli, Claudia Gerini, Elena Cucci, Giulia Michelini, Carolina CrescentiniCountry: Italy, 2018Genre: Comedy, Drama Rating: M Duration: 105mins Language: Italian with English SubtitlesBrought to you by: StudioItalia

I cannot imagine a more prestigious ensemble cast in contemporary Italian cinema, all depicting one colourful family. The occasion is the 50th wedding anniversary celebration of the grandparents of a large Southern Italian family. Parents, children, cousins, brothers, aunties, uncles and in-laws gather on the gorgeous island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples. Great laughs, family sing-alongs, wonderful meals and burgeoning romances soon begin to reveal hidden complex layers. As bad weather traps them on the island, the fun begins to give way to ancient, unresolved tensions and new dramatic undercurrents. The Italian title loosely translated as ‘Everything is fine at home’, perfectly encapsulates the irony, drama and humour in this beautifully crafted film. Director, Gabriele Muccino (Perfect Strangers CIF17), is certainly one of the most exciting Directors in Italian cinema right now. Muccino’s balance of this impressive ensemble is delicate, effortless and deftly handled. Entertaining, intelligent and gorgeous, I really loved this film because it rings true to the joy and pain that families bring us. It resonated with me even more because I used to holiday on the Island of Ischia when I was a child.Paolo Rotondo, Artistic DirectorFrom the writer of 2016 Cinema Italiano Festival NZ highlight Perfect Strangers. An enviable assemblage of Italy’s finest talent including Pierfrancesco Favino (The Confessions CIF17, Wife & Husband CIF18), Stefano Accorsi (Italian Race CIF17) and screen icon Stefania Sandrelli (The Conformist CIF16).

AWARDSWinner Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Golden Ciak Awards 2018Winner Special Nastri D’Argento Award Best Cast, Nastri D’Argento Awards 2018Winner Audience Award, David di Donatello Awards 2019Nominated Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Producer, Nastri D’Argento Awards 2018“Muccino excels at transferring to the audience the tension that an extended family gathering brings with it.”Grazia Italy

A CASA TUTTI BENE / THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME

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Director: Donato CarrisiCast: Toni Servillo, Jean Reno, Greta Scacchi, Alessio Boni, Lorenzo Richelmy Country: Italy, France, Germany, 2018Genre: Thriller Rating: MDuration: 127minsLanguage: Italian with English SubtitlesBrought to you by: The Comites

A hazy mountain village, a tight-knit community, an enigmatic detective. Donato Carrisi makes his directorial debut with this riveting adaptation of his best-selling eponymous novel, The Girl in the Fog, which sold over three million copies worldwide and made him one of Italy’s most beloved thriller authors.Winner of Best New Director at the 2018 Italian Academy Awards, The Girl in the Fog brings us to a remote mountain village where the inscrutable Detective Vogel (Toni Servillo, also in The Confession CIF16, and Let Yourself Go! CIF18) is investigating the sudden disappearance of a teenage girl. Two days before Christmas, fifteen-year-old Anna Lou disappears in the mountains of Avechot. But the fog that has swallowed her, hides a greater mystery. In Avechot nothing is what it seems and nobody tells the whole truth. In this mystery, every deception hides another more perverse one.Renee Mark, Festival Director

AWARDSWinner Best New Director, David di Donatello Awards 2018 Nominated Best Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Editing, Italian Academy Awards 2018 Nominated Best New Director, Best Actor, Nastri D’Argento Awards

“A thrilling debut.”Cineuropa

LA RAGAZZA NELLA NEBBIA / THE GIRL IN THE FOG

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Director: Alice RohrwacherCast: Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Chikovani, Tommaso RagnoCountry: Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, 2018Genre: Drama Rating: PG Duration: 125mins Language: Italian with English Subtitles Brought to you by: Vespa NZ

Director: Antonio PadovanCast: Giuseppe Battiston, Rade Serbedzija, Liz Solari, Silvia D’Amico Country: Italy, 2017Genre: Mystery/ComedyRating: MDuration: 101minsLanguage: Italian with English subtitlesBrought to you by: Cinzano Prosecco & Campari

Beloved by audiences and critics at Cannes (where it was awarded Best Screenplay), Alice Rohrwacher’s beautiful, much-anticipated new film is a beguiling allegory of love, loss and compassion exploring the troubled soul of Italy.It is summer at Inviolata, an isolated rural estate, where an extended family of tobacco farmers toil under the rule of a domineering Marchesa, and where the handsome and hard-working Lazzaro (captivating newcomer Adriano Tardiolo), a young man imbued with a saint-like innocence, is alternately adored and taken advantage of. When the Marchesa’s self-absorbed son, Tancredi (Luca Chikovani) first visits the fields, he senses an opportunity, and embroils Lazzaro in an audacious plan to swindle his mother.Channelling the spirit of Pasolini, Rohrwacher’s fascinating tale casts an ethereal, wondrous spell, and confirms her status as one of the most inventive and compelling voices in contemporary Italian cinema.Professor Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer in Film, Theatre and Media Studies, Victoria University

AWARDSWinner Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival 2018 Official Selection New Zealand International Film Festival 2018 Official Selection Munich International Film Festival 2018

“Italian to its core, deeply anchored in the country’s centuries-old culture and steeped in its customs and storytelling traditions.”The Hollywood Reporter

The Last Prosecco is a sparkling comedic mystery adapted from Fulvio Ervas’ eponymous novel, set amidst the competitive Prosecco business in the Veneto region. There, an awkward detective (Giuseppe Battiston, Perfect Strangers CIF17), investigates the mysterious death of a gallant Count.On the rolling hills where Prosecco grapes are grown, the dashing, opinionated Count Ancillotto – as liberal in his criticism of a nearby factory as he is proud of his family’s heritage of making the finest Prosecco – dies. But the motives are puzzling, and the mystery deepens when a couple of the Count’s enemies are killed.The trail leads the detective to a fight for the protection of the area involving gravediggers, innkeepers and a secretive Prosecco club. With a strong environmental message, this bubbly mystery captures the conflict between profit and quality.Renee Mark, Festival Director

AWARDSWinner Best Cinematography, Cape Town Film Festival 2017 Official Selection Rome Film Festival 2017

“An enjoyable mystery.”La Repubblica

FINCHÉ C’È PROSECCO C’È SPERANZA / THE LAST PROSECCO

LAZZARO FELICE / HAPPY AS LAZZARO


Director: Valeria GolinoCast: Riccardo Scamarcio, Valerio Mastandrea, Isabella Ferrari, Valentina Cervi, Jasmine TrincaCountry: Italy, 2018Genre: Drama Rating: M Duration: 115mins Language: Italian with English Subtitles Brought to you by: Winger Alfa Romeo

Valeria Golino, the renowned Italian actress and director, follows up her award-winning debut Honey with Euphoria, an expressive tale of two brothers getting to know each other in extremis, which premiered in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.When successful entrepreneur Matteo (Riccardo Scamarcio,also in Loro) is thrust back into the life of his brother Ettore (Valerio Mastandrea, Perfect Strangers CIF17) the encounter is uncomfortable. Matteo is audacious, charming and energetic. Ettore still lives in the small provincial town where they grew up and teaches in a middle school. Ettore is a cautious, honest man who has always held back a little, sticking to the shadows. Seen from the outside their lives seem to be very different. But life forces them back together, and a difficult situation results in them getting to know and discover each other, in a vortex of fragility and euphoria.Renee Mark, Festival Director

AWARDSOfficial Selection Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival 2018 Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2018

“Anchored by two excellent central performances … Golino smartly mirrors the two men.”The Upcoming

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The Studio Italia Cinema Italiano Festival and La Bella Italia present:

Una Sera da Grande Schermo, 2019 Film Programme Launch.Wednesday 2 Oct, 7:30pm

Special Menu for the evening created by the highly awarded Chef, Antonio Cacace. Enjoy film previews, film ticket giveaways and Opening Night ticket prizes.

Hosted by Festival Artistic Director Paolo Rotondo.Book at tel: 04-566 930310 Nevis StreetPetone, Wellington

Director: Matteo GarroneCast: Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Adamo Dionisi, Francesco Acquaroli Country: Italy, France, 2018Genre: Crime, DramaRating: 18Duration: 103minsLanguage: Italian with English subtitlesBrought to you by: Gusto at The Grand

The award-winning crime thriller from internationally-heralded writer/director Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah), Dogman is a hugely compelling, based-on-fact tale of a gentle dog lover driven to take a stand against a local bully.In a dilapidated Neapolitan suburb, the pint-sized, mild-mannered Marcello (Marcello Fonte) runs the dog-grooming business of the film’s title, caring for the neighbourhood pooches, and raising his young daughter, Sofia, for whom he would do anything. But he is in thrall to one of his customers, Simone (Edoardo Pesce, Fortunata CIF18) a petty criminal and former boxer who throws his substantial bulk around this tight-knit community at every opportunity. Marcello soon becomes swept up in a criminal plan he wants nothing to do with.Meticulously directed and filmed, and entirely sympathetic to its four-legged cast-members (none of whom are harmed), Garrone’s bravura noir is also impeccably performed, with Marcello Fonte’s extraordinary performance awarded Best Actor at Cannes. Based on a true story, and gripping from start to finish, it is another electrifying vision from one of Italy’s finest filmmakers.Renee Mark, Festival Director

AWARDSWinner Best Actor, Palm Dog for the Canine Cast, Cannes Film Festival 2018 Winner Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Nastri D’Argento Awards 2018 Winner Best Actor, European Costume Design, European Hair & Make-up, European Film Awards 2018 Winner Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Makeup Artist, Best Sound, David di Donatello Awards 2019 Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018

“Terrifically good … A movie with incomparable bite and strength.”The Guardian

DOGMAN

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Director: Ferzan OzpetekCast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessandro Borghi, Isabella Ferrari, Peppe Barra, Anna BonaiutoCountry: Italy, 2017Genre: Thriller Rating: 16 Duration: 113mins Language: Italian with English Subtitles Brought to you by: La Bella Italia

The entrancing art, music, and architecture of the city of Naples form a sumptuous backdrop for this mystery-shrouded thriller from Ferzan Ozpetek.Giovanna Mezzogiorno stars as Adriana, an esteemed medical examiner who meets a handsome younger man, Andrea (Alessandro Borghi, I was a Dreamer CIF18) during a Neapolitan ceremony involving femminielli at her eccentric aunt’s garish apartment. They hit it off immediately, though their romance is curtailed when Andrea later stands her up and then disappears. So begins a gripping metaphysical murder mystery, in which Naples becomes a shadowy, mysterious labyrinth of desire and memory. Everything that is Naples is delivered to us – superstition and truth, ancient and modern, insanity and sanity, veiled and unveiled. Everything is covered and everything is absolutely naked. We are told early-on in this film that “no one likes too much truth” and that seems to be the scaffolding upon which the film is constructed. Naples is the character as much as Adriana. She is a sexy and dangerous siren that pulls you in. This film made me love my city more than I already do and made me look at beauty once again with a different eye. Anything that refreshes your ‘factory settings’ on beauty and passion is sure to be worth the watch. Carla Rotondo, Ondazzurra Radio Presenter

AWARDSWinner Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Italian Academy Awards Winner Best Cinematography, Nastri D’Argento Awards 2018 Winner Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Golden Ciak Awards 2018 Winner Best Cinematography, Italian National Syndicate Film Journalists 2018 Winner Best Actress, Moscow International Film Festival 2018

“Lush, moody … A gluttonous feast of Neapolitan art and culture.”The Hollywood Reporter

NAPOLI VELATA / NAPLES IN VEILS


Director: Alessandro CapitaniCast: Alessandro Haber, Sara Serraiocco, Patrice Leconte, Isabella Ferrari Country: Italy, 2018Genre: Drama, ComedyRating: MDuration: 83minsLanguage: Italian with English subtitlesBrought to you by: Brebner Print

This sweet road trip film revolves around Adele, a 25-year-old girl with Asperger’s syndrome, who has never known her father and has always lived under the protective wing of her mother Margherita.The sudden death of Adele’s mother brings Adele and her biological father, Aldo together. On the way to drop off Adele to relatives, who don’t actually want her, Aldo’s glacial self-centred heart warms. Adele is sweet, different and so very unique, that it is impossible not to want to look after her.“You are afraid of living not dying” … sums up her insight into Aldo’s character. A wonderfully light-hearted “on the road journey” that reminds you of how fragile, unbearable and different we all are. Normality is a concept challenged by this film, humanity and kindness is reassessed. Set in the Puglia countryside, this film will leave a trace of warmth in your heart and a smile on your lips.Carla Rotondo, Ondazzurra Radio Presenter

AWARDSOfficial Selection Italia 2019: Los Angeles Official Selection Rome Film Festival 2018 Official Selection Foggia Film Festival 2018

“A beautiful film that keeps you satisfied and won’t let you take your eyes away”Rome Central

IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE / JOURNEY WITH ADELE Director: Francesca Archibugi

Cast: Claudio Bisio, Gaddo Bacchini, Cochi Ponzoni, Antonia Truppo, Ilaria Brusadelli Country: Italy, 2017Genre: Comedy, Drama Rating: M Duration: 102mins Language: Italian with English Subtitles Brought to you by: Mandy VFX

Claudio Bisio leads this tender adaptation of Michele Serra’s novel of the same name, about the difficulty of a separated father in relating to and controlling his teenage son.Giorgio is a famous TV presenter, who is appreciated by millions of viewers but not by his son and his friends who frequently descend on Giorgio’s luxurious apartment. Tito is cheerful with his friends, agreeable with his mother, close with his grandfather and tender with his new girlfriend, Alice. It is only Giorgio with whom Tito is distant and aloof. Giorgio is left confused and feeling guilty, wondering where it all went wrong.Adapting Serra’s popular novel, which was structured as a series of letters from father to son, screenwriters Francesca Archibugi and Francesco Piccolo craft a funny and intimate portrait of a misunderstood father and intergenerational angst against the backdrop of contemporary Milan.Renee Mark, Festival Director

AWARDSOfficial Selection Moscow Film Festival 2018 Official Selection Chicago International Film Festival 2018 Official Selection Molodist, Kyiv International Film Festival 2018 Official Selection Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2018

“A totally charming, heartwarming comedy, full of emotion and relevance.”Cineuropa

GLI SDRAIATI / COUCH POTATOES


Director: Alessandro GenovesiCast: Cristiano Caccamo, Salvatore Esposito, Monica Guerritore, Diego Abatantuono, Diana Del Bufalo, Dino Abbrescia Country: Italy, 2018Genre: ComedyRating: MDuration: 90minsLanguage: Italian with English subtitlesBrought to you by: Fish

Based on the hit off-Broadway play, My Big Gay Italian Wedding is a merry comedy of matrimony, as newly engaged Antonio brings his fiancé Paolo to his hometown to meet his headstrong parents. It is a quest to make a city founded on religious tradition understand that love is love.Antonio and Paolo are finally getting married. They decide to celebrate in the stunning old Italian village where Antonio grew up. While Antonio’s mother immediately supports his intentions, her husband Roberto (Diego Abatantuono, Daddy’s Girl CIF17) the town Mayor, is much more reluctant. Paolo, who has not spoken to his conservative mother in a long time, must get her to the wedding as a condition of the marriage. Throw in a couple of wacky roommates (including popular singer Diana del Bufalo) and the aisle to the altar is paved with hilarity, hijinks and lots of love!Alessandro Genovesi’s lively comedy tackles social issues in a unique and unforgettable setting, and explores the obstacles that come with breaking traditions and gaining acceptance.Renee Mark, Festival Director

AWARDSOfficial Selection Seattle International Film Festival 2018 Official Selection Opening Night, Outshine Film Festival Miami 2018 Nominated Best Supporting Actor, Golden Ciak Awards 2018

“A sentimental comedy that brings to screen a real love story … with lightness, naturalness and above all respect.”Universal Movies

PUOI BACIARE LO SPOSO/ MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

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Director: Carlo VerdoneCast: Carlo Verdone, Ilenia Pastorelli, Lucrezia Lante della RovereCountry: Italy, 2018Genre: ComedyRating: MDuration: 109minsLanguage: Italian with English subtitlesBrought to you by: Ondazzurra

With more than 1.3 million admissions at the Italian Box Office, Blessed Madness is the latest hit comedy from Carlo Verdone, the much loved Roman actor and director who is considered a modern day Alberto Sordi.The sacred, profane, ancient and modern, meld together in Verdone’s uproarious comedy. Nearly forty years after his debut, Verdone continues to make Italians giggle at their own virtues and laugh at their vices with his peculiar ‘Roman’ vision of Italy. He is perhaps the most well-known proponent of a particularly farcical, yet cynical Roman-style of comedy. Verdone plays Guiglielmo, a middle-aged man in charge of a business that sees him working between secret Vatican opulence and downtown Rome. On the surface, Guiglielmo leads a successful if monotonous life. His comfortable world is suddenly turned upside-down when glamorous, young Luna appears on the scene like a dark angel. It’s as if he has a mid-life crisis unwillingly thrust upon him. Like so many men his age, he will have to reckon with technology and transgression and the challenges of a fast-changing world. Once again, Verdone offers his audiences often unseen corners of the Eternal City, without ever forgetting that the dark and holy sides of Rome live together in a fragile harmony.Carlo Tondelli

AWARDSNominated Best Comedy, Best Actress in a Comedy, Nastri D’Argento Awards 2018 Nominated Best Screenplay, Best Production Design, Golden Ciak Awards 2018

“A film that offers the Roman director-actor at his most inspired.”Panorama

BENEDETTA FOLLIA / BLESSED MADNESS

Director: Francesco FalaschiCast: Vincio Marchioni, Valeria Solarino, Luigi Fedele, Nicola Siri, Mirko Frezza, Benedetta Porcaroli Country: Italy, Brazil, 2018Genre: Comedy Rating: M Duration: 92mins Language: Italian with English SubtitlesBrought to you by: Ghiotti NZ

In this heartfelt all-Tuscan comedy from the writers of Tale of Tales (CIF2017) and Perfect Strangers (CIF2017), Arturo, a talented chef with a troubled past is sentenced to teach a cooking class for young people.Venice Film Festival award-winner Vinicio Marchioni stars as Arturo, a 40-year-old world-famous chef with anger management issues. For his community service, he is assigned to run a cooking class at a centre for young people with autism. There he meets youth worker, Anna (Valeria Solarino). Among the class is also Guido, a 20-year-old who has Asperger’s syndrome and a great passion for cooking.After an opportunity arises for Guido to participate in a culinary contest, Arturo is to accompany him as his mentor. In between driving lessons, tense competition and basking in the dazzling Tuscan countryside, a friendship is formed between the pair that will change both their lives. In this film, the celebration of spectacular, rural landscapes and the respect of the authentic Tuscan culinary traditions become a powerful metaphor of the need to follow the heart rather than fashionable trends.Dr. Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer, Film Programme at Victoria University of Wellington

AWARDSWinner Graziella Bonacchi Award for Best Emerging Actor, Nastri D’Argento Awards 2018

“A simple and delicious comedy.”Nonsolocinema

QUANTO BASTA / AS NEEDED

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Director: Alessandro AronadioCast: Edoardo Leo, Margherita Buy, Giuseppe Battiston, Massimiliano Bruno, Giulia Michelini Country: Italy, 2018Genre: Comedy Rating: PG Duration: 100mins Language: Italian with English SubtitlesBrought to you by: Go Media

Italian star Edoardo Leo (Perfect Strangers CIF17) co-writes and Venice Film Festival award-winner Alessandro Aronadio directs this standout comedy about the power of believing – in yourself!Just Believe follows Massimo Alberti (Leo), the owner of the “Miracolo Italiano” a bed and breakfast now reduced to a dilapidated building. Too few customers and too many taxes. One day, Massimo has an epiphany: in order to survive, he has to transform the B&B into a place of worship – where he will host tourists in exchange for a donation. After trying and failing to get into the more or less restricted circles of Catholicism, Judaism and Islam in a series of hilarious meetings, Massimo decides to create his own religion.Assisted by his accountant sister Adriana (Margherita Buy, Mia Madre CIF17) and his ex-wife’s quasi-guru boyfriend Marco (Giuseppe Battiston, The Last Prosecco CIF19, Perfect Strangers CIF17) “Selfism / Ionismo” is born. The first religion that puts the “I” at the centre of the universe, and of course absolves all taxes. Just Believe pushes the boundaries and risks offending the religious sensibility of some. Yet it also offers a politically incorrect parody of the messianic rhetoric of certain movements that nowadays, are mostly expressed through new social channels. Will you “have no God but yourself” by the end of the story as well?Matteo Telara, Italian Language Teacher, Dante Alighieri Auckland

AWARDSNominated Best Actor in a Comedy, Best Original Screenplay, Nastri D’Argento Awards 2018

“Jokes that make you go from sardonic smile to full laughter … a funny and profound comedy.”Rolling Stone Italy

IO C’È/ JUST BELIEVE

Director: Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe G. StasiCast: Fabio De Luigi, Miriam Leone, Lucia Ocone, Barbara BouchetCountry: Italy, 2018Genre: ComedyRating: MDuration: 100minsLanguage: Italian with English subtitlesBrought to you by: San Pellegrino

Is it acceptable to swindle the state when the state swindles you? This is the doubt that grips Claudia (Miriam Leone, At War for Love CIF18) a young art restorer who manages to make ends meet thanks to her Nonna/Grandma’s pension.When her Nonna suddenly passes away, bankruptcy seems to be looming, so Claudia, with the complicity of her staff, “freezes” her grandma so she can continue to collect her pension. Just when the solution to Claudia’s problems seems finally close, Simone Recchia (Fabio De Luigi It’s All About Karma CIF18), the most incorruptible and clumsiest officer in the Tax Police turns up. Amidst ingenious deceptions, disguises and misunderstandings, the young art restorer’s scam will begin to melt like a frozen grandmother in the sun.

AWARDSNominated Best Comedy, Best Actress in a Comedy, Nastri D’Argento Awards 2018 Nominated Best Supporting Actress, Golden Ciak Awards 2018

“Fresh, lively … an almost perfect screenplay by Fabio Bonifacci … gives those who see it a great sense of satisfaction.”ComingSoon

METTI LA NONNA IN FREEZER / PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER


Director: Michela AndreozziCast: Claudia Gerini, Chiara Mastalli, Stefano Fresi, Michela AndreozziCountry: Italy, 2017Genre: Comedy Rating: M Duration: 90mins Language: Italian with English SubtitlesBrought to you by: Edit

The dynamic Michaela Andreozzi is both Director and actor in this highly entertaining and cleverly thoughtful comedy. Michaela plays Tina, a woman at an age when she feels her body-clock ticking, but alas she can’t seem to get pregnant. Her sister Livia, on the other hand, has chosen not to have children and instead dedicates herself to her career as a concert violinist. When Tina’s gynaecologist suggests her sister Livia become a surrogate and carry her child, a chain of highly comical events are unleashed. Although entertainment is at the centre of this film’s creed, it brilliantly raises many salient questions around family, womanhood, careers and maternity. Andreozzi brilliantly balances hilarious situational comedy with poignant thematic topics. The result is a fresh and contemporary comedy about rather delicate topics. Italy has traditionally been quite conservative (at least on the surface) in its views to family. This film gently nudges the discourse with an accomplished charm.Paolo Rotondo, Artistic Director

AWARDSNominated Best Supporting Actor (Stefano Fresi), Nostri D’Argento Awards 2017 Nominated Best Song, Nostri D’Argento Awards 2017 Official Selection Ortigia Film Festival 2018 Official Selection Rome Film Festival 2017

“Only a woman could direct this all-star cast on a trip to discover the infinite ways of being women and mothers.”Cinema Italy

NOVE LUNE E MEZZA / 9 ½ MOONS

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Director: Francesco MiccichèCast: Sergio Castellitto, Sabrina Ferilli, Valeria FabriziCountry: Italy, 2018Genre: ComedyRating: PGDuration: 102minsLanguage: Italian with English subtitlesBrought to you by: Dante Alighieri Auckland

Inspired by the Golden Age of Italian comedy, Ricchi di Fantasia / Dreamfools is the story of unlucky ‘losers’ dreaming of a lucky life, even if it seems impossible.Co-written with Fabio Bonifacci and with Sergio Castellitto and Sabrina Ferilli in the lead roles – it tells the story of a ‘prankster’ who himself becomes victim to a prank and turns his life upside-down in the erroneous belief that he has won the Lottery. He quits his job and starts a hilarious journey from the outskirts of Rome to Puglia (together with his lover Sabrina, and some of their family) following the dream of an improbable new beginning.Simple people, forced to deal with everyday problems, Sergio and Sabrina bring to life a couple of rib-tickling characters in a tale that is well-anchored in the difficulties Italians have experienced in recent years.Matteo Telara, Italian Language Teacher, Dante Alighieri Auckland

“A film that tells how the love of family allows you to overcome every obstacle”MovieStruckers

RICCHI DI FANTASIA / DREAMFOOLS

3332Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us

Director: Federico FelliniCast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele Country: Italy, 1963Genre: Classic, Drama, ComedyRating: PGDuration: 138minsLanguage: Italian with English Subtitles Brought to you by: Peroni

I first saw this film nearly thirty years ago and it changed forever how I viewed cinema. It is no exaggeration for me to say “I love this film”. This is my favourite Fellini film. The greatest asset of this film is not merely its soaring imagination, with possibly the most renowned opening sequence in film history. But its true power is its astonishing and beguiling honesty. On the surface, Marcello Mastroianni plays a charming, charismatic, if narcissistic Film Director with writers block who is wildly entertaining and of course impossibly cool. But, underneath the ‘spectacle’ we actually become truly close to the psyche of Mastroianni’s Guido. The autobiographical nature of this film is impossible to ignore. Fellini is fearless, sharing his foibles, pre-occupations and sins without ever moralising. The aesthetics of this film are impeccable and timeless in stunning high-contrast black and white, while Nino Rota’s score is among the most memorable in film history. Fellini’s capacity for naughtiness, charm and beauty reach their greatest peak here. The title 8 ½ refers to the fact that Federico Fellini had made 8 feature films and 1 short film until this point. Trust me, this is, without question a true timeless classic.Paolo Rotondo, Artistic DirectorWinner Best Foreign Language Film, Best Costume, Academy Awards 1963 Winner Best Foreign Language Film, New York Film Critics Circle 1963 Winner Best Director, Best Producer, Best Original Screenplay, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actress, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1963 Winner The Grand Prize, Saint Vincent Film Festival 1964 Winner The Grand Prize, 3rd Moscow International Film Festival 1963

“The best film ever made about filmaking.”Roger Ebert

OTTO E MEZZO / 8 ½


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Director: Federico FelliniCast: Anna Magnani, Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, Gore Vidal, Federico Fellini, Peter Gonzales, Fiona Florence, Pia De Doses, Renato Giovannoli Country: Italy, 1972Genre: Comedy / Drama Rating: 18Duration: 120minsLanguage: Italian with English SubtitlesBrought to you by: Next Technology

Federico Fellini’s wildly imaginative homage to the ‘Eternal City’ is outrageous, picaresque and preposterous while at the same time it is somehow truly authentic. In Italy’s post-war economic boom, Rome rebuilt, grew and modernised but Fellini celebrates how the people remained the same; ancient, full of passion, marked by contradictions and brimming with humanity. Fellini’s personal vision of Rome is sacred and base; he is full of love, indignation, awe and puzzlement at the great city. Indescribably well-crafted scenes capture the beauty, chaos and true character of the city in a way that I doubt we will see again on screen. The narrative and the autobiographical references seem incidental. The true protagonist of this story is Rome itself, and time is the unrelenting antagonist. The scenes of the destruction of frescoes are profoundly original and moving, while the satire of the Vatican’s conceitedness is perfectly pitched and could only be Roman. It is hard to imagine a film more original and imaginative, dedicated to one place. Second only to being in Rome itself is the experience of watching this film. This is a cinematic event, visceral, immersive, crazy and truly unique.Paolo Rotondo, Artistic Director

AWARDSWinner Technical Grand Prix Cannes 1972 Winner Best Foreign Film, French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 1973 Winner Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1973 Nominated Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globes 1973 Nominated Best Art Direction, BAFTA Awards 1974

“Fellini’s gift is to make movies where everything is obvious and nothing is simple. That was the dilemma that the Fellini character faced in 8 ½ when he couldn’t make sense of his life and it’s the dilemma we all face every day, isn’t it”Roger Ebert

FELLINI’S ROMA Director: Daniele De MicheleCountry: Italy, 2018Genre: Documentary Rating: GDuration: 84minsLanguage: Italian with English SubtitlesBrought to you by: The Italian Embassy in New Zealand

Daniele De Michele, aka Don Pasta (a nickname he earned while working in Paris as a D.J and after the shows he would cook pasta for the staff), chef and ‘food activist’, is the Director of this documentary, which premiered at the 2018 Venice Film Festival. I Villani follows the lives of four individuals as they discuss agriculture, fishing, farming, cheese-making and family relationships, exploring their connection to the land, the history of the place where they were born and their slowly disappearing way of life.Their daily lives, respectful of the products of the land and the sea, of the natural cycles of the environment, prove that the key to reviving Italian cuisine and to ensuring old traditions survive in modern society, is to share information between generations.A genuine, fascinating snapshot that reminds us how traditions like these – working-class and peasant culinary traditions, our grandparents’ legacies – cannot be left to fade away and be forgotten because they are fundamental in maintaining, promoting and passing-down the worldwide renowned ‘Italian way of cooking’ as a living heritage. Very thought-provoking.Martina Depentor, Commercial & Cultural Promotion, Embassy of Italy

“These people told me about being in the world, their relationship to the land and the history of the place that gave birth to it.”Daniele De Michele

I VILLANI

Curation: I Villani 3736Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us

Director: Fariborz KamkariCountry: Italy, 2016Genre: DocumentaryRating: GDuration: 90mins Language: Italian, French, Russian and English with English Subtitles Brought to you by: DocEdge

A galaxy of cinema luminaries – from Ken Loach to Wim Wenders and Bernardo Bertolucci – pay tribute to the great Italian cinematograher Carlo Di Palma, in this loving documentary that chronicles Di Palma’s extraordinary work for such directors as Michelangelo Antonioni and Woody Allen.Over the history of cinema there have been some extraordinary cinematographers, but pre-eminent amongst their number is Carlo Di Palma. As this finely crafted tribute to Di Palma shows, his life and career ran even deeper than the contributions he made to cinema. A child of the Second World War, Di Palma emerged from Rome’s rubble as a 20-year-old in 1945, and found himself in the magical moment of Italian neorealist cinema. His father was a camera operator; his mother sold flowers on the Spanish Steps, which, in his estimation, gave him a natural sense of colour.It was his innovations in colour with Antonioni’s Red Desert and Blow-Up, in the mid-1960s, that set him apart as a genius of the medium. Director Fariborz Kamkari threads together stunning excerpts from the films with interviews. The result is a glorious celebration of a humanist and an engaged artist of uncommon talent.The end of the documentary reveals the meaning of the title of the film, which captures both a specific moment in Di Palma’s life and his aesthetic approach to cinema.Dr. Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer, Film Programme at Victoria University of Wellington

AWARDSNominated Best Documentary on Cinema, Venice Film Festival 2016 Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016 Official Selection Moscow International Film Festival 2018

“A film to remind you of the almost miraculously collaborative nature of cinema”The Guardian

WATER AND SUGAR: CARLO DI PALMA, THE COLOURS OF LIFE

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Fri 14 June 11.00am I VILLANI5.30pm 8 ½8.00pm RICCI DI FANTASIA

Sat 15 June 1.00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE5.45pm FELLINI’S ROMA8.00pm JUST BELIEVE

Sun 16 June 1.00pm GIRL IN THE FOG5.45pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME7.45pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

Mon 17 June 11.00am GLI SDRAIATI5.45pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA7.45pm AS NEEDED

Tues 18 June 11.00am THE LAST PROSECCO5.45pm JUST BELIEVE7.45pm EUPHORIA

Wed 19 June 11.00am NAPLES IN VEILS5.45pm I VILLANI7.45pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER

Thur 20 June 11.00am NOVE LUNE E MEZZA5.45pm AS NEEDED7.45pm 8 ½

NELSON SUTER GALLERY 14 JUNE - 28 JUNE

Fri 14 June OPENING NIGHT

6.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $25 Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino, Campari upon arrival & stuzzichini.

7.00pm Film Screening Sat 15 June 1.45pm JUST BELIEVE

3.50pm DOGMAN6.00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE8.00pm 8 ½

Sun 16 June 1.45pm NOVE LUNE E MEZZA3.40pm GIRL IN THE FOG6.10pm NAPLES IN VEILS8.30pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

Mon 17 June 1.45pm GLI SDRAIATI3.50pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO6.20pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA8.15pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER

CHRISTCHURCH ACADEMY GOLD 11 JUNE – 20 JUNETues 11 June OPENING NIGHT

7.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino & Campari Spritzers upon arrival & a Goody Bag compliments of Ghiotti.

7.30pm Film Screening Wed 12 June 11.00am RICCHI DI FANTASIA

5.45pm JUST BELIEVE7.45pm DOGMAN

Thur 13 June 11.00am BLESSED MADNESS 5.45pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING7.45pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO

41Programma / Schedule

Tues 18 June 1.45pm THE LAST PROSECCO

3.50pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA

6.00pm EUPHORIA

8.20pm AS NEEDED

Wed 19 June 2.15pm I VILLANI

4.05pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

6:00pm NOVE LUNE E MEZZA

8.00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE

Thur 20 June 1.40pm AS NEEDED

3.40pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA

Fri 21 June 1.40pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA

3.35pm FELLINI’S ROMA

6.00pm BLESSED MADNESS

8.15pm JUST BELIEVE

Sat 22 June 1.40pm 8 ½

4.20pm AS NEEDED

6.20pm GLI SDRAIATI

8.30pm EUPHORIA

Sun 23 June 5.50pm I VILLANI


Mon 24 June 1.40pm JUST BELIEVE

3.45pm NAPLES IN VEILS

6.00pm GIRL IN THE FOG

8.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Tues 25 June 1:45pm THE LAST PROSECCO

3.50pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA

6.00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO

8.30pm NOVE LUNE E MEZZA

Wed 26 June 3.30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER

5.40pm NAPLES IN VEILS

8.00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE

Thur 27 June 1.45pm BLESSED MADNESS

4.00pm AS NEEDED

Fri 28 June 1:45pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA

3.45pm FELLINI’S ROMA

6:10pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA

8:15pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME

TAURANGA RIALTO CINEMA 5 JULY – 15 JULYFri 5 July 6.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20

Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino & stuzzichini from Vetro upon arrival.

7.00pm Film Screening Sat 6 July 11.00am JUST BELIEVE

1:30pm BLESSED MADNESS5.30pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA7.30pm GIRL IN THE FOG

Sun 7 July 11.00am FELLINI’S ROMA1:30pm I VILLANI5.30pm RICCI DI FANTASIA7.30pm DOGMAN

Mon 8 July 10.30am AS NEEDED5.00pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER7.30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO

Tues 9 July 10.30am IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE5:00pm JUST BELIEVE7.30pm 8 ½

Wed 10 July 10.30am NOVE LUNE E MEZZA 5:00pm GIRL IN THE FOG7.30pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

Thur 11 July 10.30am GLI SDRAIATI5.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME7.30pm FELLINI’S ROMA

Fri 12 July 10.30am THE LAST PROSECCO5.00pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA7.30pm EUPHORIA

Sat 13 July 11.00am NAPLES IN VEILS1.30pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING5.30pm BLESSED MADNESS8.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Sun 14 July 11.00am PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER1:15pm 8 ½5.30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO8.00pm GLI SDRAIATI

Mon 15 July 10.30am WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA5.30pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE8.00pm JUST BELIEVE

4342Programma / ScheduleProgramma / Schedule

NAPIER GLOBE THEATRETTE 25 JULY – 31 JULYThur 25 July 6.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20

Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival and a Ghiotti Goody Bag.

Fri 26 July 6:00pm JUST BELIEVESat 27 July 4.10pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMASun 28 July 3:15pm 8 ½Tues 30 July 6.00pm GIRL IN THE FOGWed 31 July 6:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

HAVELOCK NORTH EVENT CINEMAS 30 JULY – 11 AUGUST Tues 30 July 7.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20

Includes Aperitivi – Location will be provided upon booking.

7.30pm Film Screening

Wed 31 July 10.30am WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA1.00pm BLESSED MADNESS6.00pm GIRL IN THE FOG

Thur 1 August 10.30am FELLINI’S ROMA1.00pm I VILLANI6.00pm DOGMAN

Fri 2 August 10.30am AS NEEDED1.00pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER6:00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO

Sat 3 August 10.30am JUST BELIEVE1:30pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE6:00pm 8 ½

Sun 4 August 10.30am NOVE LUNE E MEZZA1:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG6.00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

Mon 5 August 10.30am GLI SDRAIATI1.30pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA6.00pm FELLINI’S ROMA

Tues 6 August 10.30am THE LAST PROSECCO1.30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA6.00pm EUPHORIA

Wed 7 August 10.30am NAPLES IN VEILS1.30pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING6.00pm I VILLANI

Thur 8 August 10.30am 8 ½1.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME6:00pm GLI SDRAIATI

Fri 9 August 10.30am IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE1.30pm GIRL IN THE FOG6:00pm JUST BELIEVE

Sat 10 August 11.00am THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME1.30pm EUPHORIA6:00pm DOGMAN

Sun 11 August 11.00am WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA1.30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA6:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

MASTERTON THE SCREENING ROOM 7 AUGUST – 12 AUGUSTWed 7 August 6.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20

Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino & stuzzichini from The Screening Room upon arrival.

6:15pm Film ScreeningThur 8 August 3.30pm EUPHORIA

6:00pm AS NEEDED8.00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

Fri 9 August 3:30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO6.00pm JUST BELIEVE

Sat 10 August 3:30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA6.00pm 8 ½

Sun 11 August 3:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG

5.30pm AS NEEDED

Mon 12 August 4:00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE

5.45pm I VILLANI

7.30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER

MARTINBOROUGH CIRCUS CINEMA 8 AUGUST – 15 AUGUSTThur 8 August 6.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20

Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival and Ghiotti Goody Bag.


Fri 9 August 3.30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO

6:00pm JUST BELIEVE

4544Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule

Sat 10 August 3.30pm I VILLANI

5:30pm 8 ½

Sun 11 August 3.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME

5:30pm THE LAST PROSECCO

Mon 12 August 3.30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER

5:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG

Wed 14 August 3.30pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE

5:30pm AS NEEDED

Thur 15 August 3.30pm NOVE LUNE E MEZZA

5:30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA

ARROWTOWN DOROTHY BROWNS 21 AUGUST – 25 AUGUSTWed 21 August 6.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20

Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival.

Thur 22 August 6:00pm AS NEEDED

8:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

Fri 23 August 3:30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO

8:15pm JUST BELIEVE

Sat 24 August 3:30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER

6.00pm 8 ½

Sun 25 August 3:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG

6:00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE

WHAKATANE WHAKAMAX 3 SEPTEMBER – 8 SEPTEMBERTues 3 September 7.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20


Wed 4 September 11.00am WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA7.30pm BLESSED MADNESS

Thur 5 September 11.00am GLI SDRAIATI7.30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA

Fri 6 September 11.00am AS NEEDED7.30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO

Sat 7 September 11.00am JUST BELIEVE1:00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE7.30pm 8 ½

Sun 8 September 11.00am PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER1:00pm GIRL IN THE FOG6.30pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

MATAKANA MATAKANA CINEMAS 6 SEPTEMBER – 14 SEPTEMBERFri 6 September 7.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20

Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival with stuzzichini from The Vintry.

8.00pm Film ScreeningSat 7 September 12.00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE

4:00pm JUST BELIEVE6:00pm 8 ½

Sun 8 September 12.00pm NOVE LUNE E MEZZA4:00pm AS NEEDED6:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

Mon 9 September 12.00pm GLI SDRAIATI4.15pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA6.15pm FELLINI’S ROMA

Tues 10 September 12.00pm THE LAST PROSECCO4.15pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA6.15pm EUPHORIA

Wed 11 September 12.15pm NAPLES IN VEILS4.45pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING6.45pm I VILLANI

Thur 12 September 1.00pm 8 ½4.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME6.15pm BLESSED MADNESS

Friday 13 September 12.00pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER4.00pm DOGMAN6.00pm GIRL IN THE FOG

Sat 14 September 12.15pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME4.30pm AS NEEDED6.30pm JUST BELIEVE

CAMBRIDGE THE TIVOLI 10 SEPTEMBER – 15 SEPTEMBERTues 10 September 7:45pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20


8.00pm Film ScreeningWed 11 September 3:30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER

6.00pm RICCHI DI FANTASIAThur 12 September 3:30pm AS NEEDED

6.00pm EUPHORIA


Fri 20 September 10.30am AS NEEDED1:00pm FELLINI’S ROMA6:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING8:00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO

Sat 21 September 10.30am JUST BELIEVE1:00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE6.00pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA8:00pm 8 ½

Sun 22 September 10.30am NOVE LUNE E MEZZA12:45pm GIRL IN THE FOG6:00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME8.15pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

Mon 23 September 10.30am GLI SDRAIATI12.45pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO6:00pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA8:00pm GIRL IN THE FOG

Tues 24 September 10.30am THE LAST PROSECCO12.45pm EUPHORIA6.00pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA8.15pm DOGMAN

Wed 25 September 10.30am NAPLES IN VEILS1:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING6.00pm I VILLANI8:00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE

Thur 26 September 10.30am 8 ½1.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME6.00pm GLI SDRAIATI8.15pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO

Fri 27 September 10.30am WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA12.30pm FELLINI’S ROMA6.00pm JUST BELIEVE8.15pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Sat 28 September 10.30am I VILLANI12.30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA6.00pm DOGMAN8.15pm EUPHORIA

Fri 13 September 3:30pm JUST BELIEVE 6.00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO

Sat 14 September 3:30pm BLESSED MADNESS6.00pm 8 ½

Sun 15 September 3:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG6.00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

TAUPO THE STARLIGHT CINEMA 13 SEPTEMBER – 19 SEPTEMBERFri 13 September 7:30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20

Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival and a Ghiotti Goody Bag.

Sat 14 September 4:00pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA8.00pm 8 ½

Sun 15 September 4:00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO6.30pm JUST BELIEVE

Mon 16 September 4:00pm AS NEEDED6.30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER

Tues 17 September 4:00pm GLI SDRAIATI8.00pm THE LAST PROSECCO

Wed 18 September 4:00pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA8.00pm DOGMAN

Thur 19 September 4:00pm GIRL IN THE FOG8.00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

AUCKLAND THE BRIDGEWAY 17 SEPTEMBER – 30 SEPTEMBER Tues 17 September 7.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $30

Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino, Campari upon arrival & stuzzichini compliments of Gusto at the Grand.

8.00pm Film ScreeningWed 18 September 10.30am PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER

1.00pm I VILLANI6.00pm JUST BELIEVE8.15pm DOGMAN

Thur 19 September 10.30am FELLINI’S ROMA1.00pm GLI SDRAIATI6.00pm NAPLES IN VEILS8.15pm EUPHORIA


Wed 13 November 10.30am MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING12.30pm NAPLES IN VEILS6:00pm I VILLANI8:00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE

Thur 14 November 10.30am 8 ½1.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME6:00pm GLI SDRAIATI8:00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO

Fri 15 November 10.30am WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA12.30pm FELLINI’S ROMA6:00pm JUST BELIEVE8:00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Sat 16 November 10.30am I VILLANI12.30pm AS NEEDED6.00pm NOVE LUNE E MEZZA8:00pm EUPHORIA

Sun 17 November 10.30am BLESSED MADNESS12.30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA5.45pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING7.30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER

Mon 18 November 11.00am GIRL IN THE FOG1.30pm AS NEEDED5.45pm NAPLES IN VEILS8:00pm 8 ½

NEW PLYMOUTH THE GOVETT BREWSTER 8 NOVEMBER – 14 NOVEMBERFri 8 November 7:30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20


8.00pm Film ScreeningSat 9 November 3:30pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE

6.00pm 8 ½Sun 10 November 11:30am DOGMAN

3:30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO6.00pm JUST BELIEVE

Mon 11 November 6.00pm AS NEEDED8.00pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER

Sun 29 September 10.30am BLESSED MADNESS12.45pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA6.00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING8:00pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER

Mon 30 September 10.30am GIRL IN THE FOG1.15pm NAPLES IN VEILS6.00pm AS NEEDED8.00pm 8 ½

WELLINGTON THE EMPIRE CINEMA 6 NOVEMBER – 18 NOVEMBERWed 6 November 6.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20

Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival & stuzzichini compliments of La Bella Italia.


Thur 7 November 10.30am FELLINI’S ROMA

1.00pm I VILLANI

6:00pm JUST BELIEVE

8:00pm DOGMAN

Fri 8 November 10.30am AS NEEDED12.30pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA6:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 8:00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO

Sat 9 November 10.30am JUST BELIEVE12:30pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE6:00pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA8:00pm 8 ½

Sun 10 November 10.30am NOVE LUNE E MEZZA12:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG5.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME7.30pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

Mon 11 November 11.00am GLI SDRAIATI1.00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO5.45pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA7.30pm BLESSED MADNESS

Tues 12 November 10.30am RICCHI DI FANTASIA12.30pm EUPHORIA6:00pm THE LAST PROSECCO8:00pm DOGMAN


Tues 12 November 3:30pm GLI SDRAIATI8.00pm THE LAST PROSECCO

Wed 13 November 3:30pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMAThur 14 November 3:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG


WAIHEKE WAIHEKE CINEMA 9 JANUARY 2020 – 15 JANUARY 2020

Thur 9 January 8:00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 Includes drinks and Ghiotti Goody Bag.

Fri 10 January 8:00pm JUST BELIEVESat 11 January 6:00pm AS NEEDEDSun 12 January 8.00pm THE LAST PROSECCOMon 13 January 5:00pm GIRL IN THE FOGTues 14 January 8:00pm I VILLANI Wed 15 January 5:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING

Some cinemas may have different prices to our ticket prices, so please contact them directly for bookings.

Please enquire at the Cinemas for Group Booking prices.

Special Ticket Prices for Opening Nights & Exclusive Screenings apply. Please enquire at the Cinema when booking tickets.

- ID will be required for all discounted tickets and for all restricted films

- Italian Club Members, Film Society Members and Cinema Italiano Members’ tickets cannot be purchased online

- Seniors: 60 years and over

- Children: 15 and under

- Programme may be subject to change. The Festival reluctantly reserves the right to change the schedule by amending dates, session times or replacing films. Any necessary changes will be advertised at Festival venues and on the Cinema Italiano Festival website

- Please contact the Cinema for details about their wheelchair access and parking facilities.

TICKETSStandard Screenings $17.00Students $15.00Italian Club Members $15.00Cinema Italiano Members $15.00Seniors, Children $12.00Film Society Members $15.00

CENSORSHIP CLASSIFICATION

G – suitable for general audiences

PG – parental guidance recommended for younger viewers

M – unrestricted. Recommended for mature audiences

R18 – restricted to persons 18 years and over

RP16 – restricted to persons 16 years and over, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian

R16 – restricted to persons 16 years and over

Classifications will be published on the Cinema Italiano Festival website and displayed at the venues’ box office.

At the time of printing some films had not been rated. Until they receive a censor rating, they are considered M.

Documentary Films are not rated.

5352Programma / Schedule Ticketing Info

Artistic DirectorFestival DirectorDesigner

MadiTimMatteo TelaraMichael DeslandesMiriam VenderNick PayneNicola DenneyCav Nina CuccurulloTeresa CuccurulloOlivier WardeckiPat VinacciaCav Sandra FresiaCav Sandro AdusoSarah Cameron PRTony ZrnaValentina CesconValeria Carbonaro-LawsVivienne FarnellKay GossTom OrmondBenita OrmondAlastair RossDarren CookFrankieAnnabel BuckleyWilson OngDanilo Santana DavidSean ConnollyPhilip StackEmiliano PariniLouisa

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSAaron HosfordAdmir MullaaliuCav Alessandra ZecchiniDr Alfio LeottaCav Antonio CacaceAntonio CrisciAurelia TorkingtonBenita GaddumBenjamin ZeccolaAmbasciatore Fabrizio MarcelliBho PatelProfessor Bernadette LucianoBill McDermidDr Bruno FerraroCarla RotondoChris MatthewsElysia Zeccola HillFe HosfordFederal MerchantsICCNZJames MooreJo ThropSir John KirwanKelly RogersKate LockeKevin StephensonKim HelasLeigh BeckhausLuke CrowtherMartina DepentorMathew Turner

Paolo RotondoRenee MarkFONT Design

Peter SmithShane & KarenJayme FlynnNathan HallJoanna HoeftDocEdgeCarlo TondelliMike GrayNic HallTaryn Taylor

5554Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us Ringraziamenti / Acknowledgements

IN EUROPE WE PROTECT A TREASUREDISCOVER GREAT TASTE AND QUALITY

TICKETSStandard Screenings $17.00Students $15.00Italian Club Members $15.00Cinema Italiano Members $15.00Seniors, Children $12.00Film Society Members $15.00

CONTACTweb: cinemaitalianonz.comemail: [email protected]

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