Joe Mitchell

Festa del Cinema 2025
WINTER OF THE CROW
A British professor witnesses a student’s murder by secret police in 1981 Warsaw under martial law. She becomes a target while running through the city’s streets, eventually forced to stop and take a stand.
director Kasia Adamik, Polonia, Lussemburgo, Regno Unito, 2025, 112’
Cast: Lesley Manville, Zofia W…[Leggi tutto]

Festa del Cinema 2025
THE THINGS YOU KILL
Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, a university professor coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance.
director Alireza Khatami, Francia, Polonia, Canada, Turchia, 2025, 113’
Cast: Ekin Koç, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Hazar Ergüçlü, Ercan Kesal

Festa del Cinema 2025
SCIATUNOSTRO
Sciatunostro, il film diretto da Leandro Picarella, ha inizio in estate, tra i cieli limpidi e il mare blu di un’isola, e racconta la nascita di una grande amicizia.
Di Leandro Picarella, Italia, 2025, 86’
Cast: Ettore Pesaresi, Giovanni Cardamone, Teresa Randazzo, Pino Sorrentino

Festa del Cinema 2025
ROBERTO ROSSELLINI, PIÙ DI UNA VITA
Nel 1956, Roberto Rossellini è in piena crisi personale e artistica. I suoi recenti film con Ingrid Bergman sono falliti, il loro matrimonio si sta disgregando e la stampa è implacabile. Quando Bergman ritorna a Hollywood, Rossellini accetta un invito del primo ministro indiano Nehru per do…[Leggi tutto]

Festa del Cinema 2025
MISS CARBÓN
director Agustina Macri, Spagna, Argentina, 2025, 94’
A transgender woman lands her dream job of working in a carbon mine, but after having the sex-change surgery must face a superstition that bans female workers from entering the underground galleries.
Cast: Lux Pascal, Paco León, Laura Grandinetti, Romina Esc…[Leggi tutto]

Festa del Cinema 2025
MAD BILLS TO PAY (OR DESTINY, DILE QUE NO SOY MALO)
di Joel Alfonso Vargas, Stati Uniti, 2025, 101’ | Opera prima |
Summer in The Bronx. He sells “nutcracker” cocktails, gets high, stays moving. Then she moves in. Two kids in a cramped apartment, playing house until the city reminds them how fast the streets make you grow u…[Leggi tutto]

Festa del Cinema 2025
LEFT-HANDED GIRL
di Shih-Ching Tsou, Taiwan, Francia, Stati Uniti, Regno Unito, 2025, 109’ | Opera prima |
A single mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, each navigating the challenges of adapting to their new environment while striving to maintain family unity.
Cast: Shih-Yuan Ma, J…[Leggi tutto]

Festa del Cinema 2025
GOOD BOY
di Jan Komasa, Polonia, Regno Unito, 2025, 110’
Cast: Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Anson Boon, Kit Rakusen

Festa del Cinema 2025
ESTA ISLA
di Lorraine Jones Molina, Cristian Carretero, Porto Rico, 2025, 114’ | Opera prima |
Young lovers Bebo and Lola, from different social worlds in Puerto Rico, escape to a remote area of the island after a murder occurs.
Cast: Zion Ortiz, Fabiola Brown, Teofilo Torres, Xavier Morales, Audicio Robles, Georgina Borri

Festa del Cinema 2025
CHANG YE JIANG JIN (WILD NIGHTS, TAMED BEASTS)
di Wang Tong, Cina, 2025, 120’ | Opera prima |
The film focuses on an aging society and tells the story of the nanny assassin Ye Xiaolin (played by Wan Qi), who disguises herself to enter an elderly family to carry out a murder. During this time, her encounter with the z…[Leggi tutto]

Festa del Cinema di Roma

Festa del Cinema 2025
L’ACCIDENT DE PIANO
di Quentin Dupieux, Francia, 2025, 88’
Magalie, a famous social media influencer, retreats to a chalet in the mountains after an accident occurs on the set of her latest video.
Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Jérôme Commandeur, Sandrine Kiberlain, Karim Leklou

Festa del Cinema 2025
40 SECONDI
Director Vincenzo Alfieri, Italia, 2025, 121’
A dispute over a simple misunderstanding turns into a brutal beating against Willy Monteiro Duarte, a 21-year-old man who is murdered in 40 seconds. Inspired by a true story, the film retraces the 24 hours leading up to the tragic event, in which chance encounters, r…[Leggi tutto]