Charlie Mengine

Festa del Cinema 2025
LA PETITE CUISINE DE MEHDI
di Amine Adjina, Francia, 2025, 104’ | Opera prima |
Cast: Younès Boucif, Clara Bretheau, Hiam Abbass, Gustave Kervern, Birane Ba, Malika Zerrouki, Laurent Stocker

Festa del Cinema 2025
PETER HUJAR’S DAY
Conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and Linda Rosenkrantz from 1974 sheds light on New York’s vibrant downtown art world and the introspective journey of an artist’s life.
director Ira Sachs, Stati Uniti, Germania, 2025, 76’
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall

Festa del Cinema 2025
IL GRANDE BOCCIA
di Karen Di Porto, Italia, 2025, 83’
Cast: Ricky Memphis, Denise Tantucci, Liliana Fiorelli, Nico Di Renzo, Fabrizio Nardi, Bianca Nappi, Emanuela Fresi, Alessandro Di Porto, Urbano Barberini, Andrea Planamente, Cyro Rossi, Bruno Pavoncello, Nino Frassica, Carola Grilli, Matteo Salomone.

Festa del Cinema 2025
MALAVIA
di Nunzia De Stefano, Italia, 2025, 96’
Cast: Mattia Francesco Cozzolino, Daniela De Vita, Junior Rodriguez, Francesca Gentile, Giuseppe “PeppOh” Sica, Ciro Esposito, Artem, Nicola Siciliano

Festa del Cinema 2025
LA CAMERA DI CONSIGLIO
di Fiorella Infascelli, Italia, 2025, 107’
Cast: Sergio Rubini, Massimo Popolizio, Betti Pedrazzi, Roberta Rigano, Anna Della Rosa, Stefania Blandeburgo, Rosario Lisma, Claudio Bigagli

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CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’
Two Scottish lads from Dundee conned the music industry by pretending to be an established Californian rap duo, bagging a record deal and appearing on MTV until their scam unraveled.
director James McAvoy, Regno Unito, Stati Uniti, 2025, 107’ | Opera prima |
Cast: Séamus McLean Ross, Samuel Bott…[Leggi tutto]

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
SIX JOURS CE PRINTEMPS-LÀ
A single mom takes her twins for a secret getaway to her former in-laws’ empty villa on the Riviera. What begins as an innocent spring break becomes a life-changing six days in the sun.
director Joachim Lafosse, Belgio, Francia, Lussemburgo, 2025, 94’
Cast: Eye Haïdara, Jules Waringo, Leonis Pin…[Leggi tutto]

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]

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RE-CREATION
A fictionalized courtroom trial exploring the murder of French producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier, questioning facts and debating the innocence of her convicted murderer, Ian Bailey.
director Jim Sheridan, David Merriman, Irlanda, Lussemburgo, 2025, 89’
Cast: Vicky Krieps, Jim Sheridan, Aidan Gillen, Colm Meaney

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OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR
Director Oscar Boyson, U.S., 2025, 91’
A comedy (sort of) about young men in America.
Cast: Jaeden Martell, Asa Butterfield, Noah Centineo, Jennifer Ehle, Becky Ann Baker, Chris Bauer, Pippa Knowles, Avan Jogia, Anna Baryshnikov

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GLI OCCHI DEGLI ALTRI
director Andrea De Sica, Italia, 2025, 90′
In the island owned by a wealthy Marquis, Elena’s arrival marks the beginning of a passionate love affair. Soon erotic play unfolds into obsession.
Cast: Jasmine Trinca, Filippo Timi , Matteo Olivetti, Anna Ferzetti, Rita Abela, Roberto De Francesco, Carmen…[Leggi tutto]

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NINO
Nino, a young man, explores the streets of Paris to reconnect with the world and himself, after being diagnosed with cancer.
director Pauline Loquès, Francia, 2025, 97’ | Opera prima |
Cast: Théodore Pellerin, William Lebghil, Salomé Dewaels, Jeanne Balibar, Camille Rutherford, Estelle Meyer, Victoire Du Bois, Balt…[Leggi tutto]

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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]

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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]

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KOTA (HEN)
Director György Pálfi, Germania, Grecia, Ungheria, 2025, 96’
As we follow the adventurous story of a hen desperate to raise a family, a terrible human tragedy unfolds in the background.
Cast: Ioannis Kokiasmenos, Maria Diakopanagioti, Argyris Pantazaras, Eleni Apostolopoulou, Mahmod Bamerny, Antonis Tsi…[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