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AMBASCIATORE fostering, through films, a deeper AUCKLAND THE STUDIO ITALIA CINEMA Our perception of the past, STUDIO ITALIA PEOPLE’S FABRIZIO MARCELLI understanding of the cultural, FESTIVAL ITALIANO 2018 ITALIANO FESTIVAL the present and the future has CHOICE AWARD AMBASSADOR OF linguistic and socio-political so often been shaped by the The Studio Italia Cinema Italiano We are immensely proud to Email your favourite film choice context we live in, engaging films we have seen. Living so far It is my great pleasure to present Festival 2019 once again kicks announce Studio Italia as our from our 2019 curation to audiences with the Italian society, from Italy, my connection to my another edition of The Cinema off ‘THE ITALIAN SEASON’ first ‘Naming Sponsor’. [email protected] lifestyle and traditions. This is why culture has been nurtured and Italiano Festival, organised by in Auckland, culminating in the I am glad the Embassy of Italy in Italian Cinema has always maintained through the images, Tell us where and when you viewed Renee Mark and Paolo Rotondo. ‘Festival Italiano’ - New Zealand’s Wellington could support it, in celebrated design, architecture, ideas and themes I have seen on it, and you will go in the draw to This fourth year programme is largest, and immensely popular, keeping with our role of advocate style and passion. the silver screen. I hope to curate win a prize from Studio Italia. richer, more diverse and will reach Italian street event on October for Italian Culture on this side of this Festival in such a way as to audiences in 16 cities throughout 20, Osborne Street, Kent Street Studio Italia’s exceptional taste, Draw will be at our final the world. accurately, or at least thoughtfully, New Zealand across 10 months, and Rialto Centre, Newmarket quality and unparalleled selection screening Waiheke Cinema represent Italian culture, to keep with a great selection of comedies, I hope all lovers of Italian films of Italian Furniture, Kitchens, 15 January 2020. www.festivalitaliano.co.nz me connected. In order to dramas, documentaries and will take advantage of this unique Wardrobes and Design represent represent the complexity of facebook: cinemaitalianofestivalnz cherished classics. chance, buona visione! the finest Italian craftsmanship and innovation. Italian culture through Cinema, instagram: @italianfilmsnz The Festival provides yet another Ambassador Fabrizio Marcelli I strive to create a Festival that is #italianfilmsnz #cinemaitalianonz great opportunity to strengthen Benvenuti a Bordo. rich, varied, interesting, appealing, the cultural relationship between accessible and also challenging. Italy and New Zealand, while MESSAGGIO FROM THE Now that we screen the Festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR in 16 different centres, we hope to I believe cinema can be a truly become an important part of transformative artform, it certainly New Zealand’s cultural landscape. has been for me. Cinema has been Paolo Rotondo – Artistic Director a part of most of our lives for as long as we can remember. Luoghi / Locations

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La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / differences, or up through the allowed me to harvest this theme Family is at the Heart of Us stratified social orders, family from so many films. I believe that has been central to Italian the attitudes and values around Chi si volta, è chi si gira, sempre a family remain one of the great casa va finire culture. This year, the selection is profoundly infused with the cultural assets of Italian society. No matter where you go, or which myriad manifestations of how The curation this year, is a way you turn, you will always end family shapes everything in Italy. wonderful exploration of ‘famiglia’ up at home Without exception, every film in in so many different ways. For millennia, ‘family’ has been the the Festival this year, has in some most important social construct aspect, family at the centre of it. in Italian society. Even across It is perhaps my own perspective, such diverse cultural regional or age and stage, that has Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us 10 11

I cannot imagine a more prestigious ensemble cast in contemporary Italian cinema, A CASA all depicting one colourful family. The occasion is the 50th wedding anniversary TUTTI BENE 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 / THERE’S NO 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 PLACE LIKE 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 HOME ‘Everything is fine at home’, perfectly encapsulates the irony, drama and humour in this beautifully crafted film. Director, (Perfect Strangers Director: Gabriele Muccino CIF17), is certainly one of the most exciting Directors in Italian cinema right now. Cast: , Pierfrancesco Muccino’s balance of this impressive ensemble is delicate, effortless and deftly Favino, Valeria Solarino, Stefania handled. Entertaining, intelligent and gorgeous, I really loved this film because it Sandrelli, , Elena Cucci, Giulia Michelini, Carolina Crescentini 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. Country: Italy, 2018 Genre: Comedy, Drama Paolo Rotondo, Artistic Director Rating: M From the writer of 2016 Cinema Italiano Festival NZ highlight Perfect Strangers. Duration: 105mins An enviable assemblage of Italy’s finest talent including (The Confessions CIF17, Wife & Husband CIF18), Stefano Accorsi (Italian Race Language: Italian with English Subtitles CIF17) and screen icon (The Conformist CIF16). Brought to you by: StudioItalia AWARDS Mad Joker armchair designed by Marcel Wanders Winner Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Golden Ciak Awards 2018 Winner Special Nastri D’Argento Award Best Cast, Nastri D’Argento Awards 2018 Winner Audience Award, Awards 2019 Nominated 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 Curation: 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 12 13 ALL EYES ON YOU.

A hazy mountain village, a tight-knit community, an enigmatic detective. LA RAGAZZA Donato Carrisi makes his directorial debut with this riveting adaptation NELLA NEBBIA 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 / THE GIRL IN thriller authors. THE FOG 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 Director: Donato Carrisi inscrutable Detective Vogel (, also in The Confession CIF16, and Cast: Toni Servillo, , Let Yourself Go! CIF18) is investigating the sudden disappearance of a teenage 431 BILLBOARDS. Greta Scacchi, , girl. Two days before Christmas, fifteen-year-old Anna Lou disappears in the Lorenzo Richelmy mountains of Avechot. But the fog that has swallowed her, hides a greater 610 BUSES. Country: Italy, France, Germany, 2018 mystery. In Avechot nothing is what it seems and nobody tells the whole truth. Genre: Thriller In this mystery, every deception hides another more perverse one. 45 DIGITAL BILLBOARDS. Rating: M Renee Mark, Festival Director Duration: 127mins Language: Italian with English Subtitles AWARDS Winner Best New Director, David di Donatello Awards 2018 Brought to you by: The Comites Nominated Best Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Editing, Italian Nationwide outdoor media solutions. Academy Awards 2018 Nominated Best New Director, Best Actor, Nastri D’Argento Awards “A debut.” Cineuropa South Island North Island Level 1, Carlton Butchery Level 2, Ferry Building 179 Victoria St, 8013 99 Quay Street, 1010 03-365-2292 09-555-3816

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Beloved by audiences and critics at Cannes (where it was awarded Best The Last is a sparkling comedic mystery adapted from Fulvio Ervas’ LAZZARO FELICE Screenplay), Alice Rohrwacher’s beautiful, much-anticipated new film is FINCHÉ C’È eponymous novel, set amidst the competitive Prosecco business in the / HAPPY AS a beguiling allegory of love, loss and compassion exploring the troubled PROSECCO C’È region. There, an awkward detective (, Perfect Strangers soul of Italy. CIF17), investigates the mysterious death of a gallant Count. LAZZARO It is summer at Inviolata, an isolated rural estate, where an extended family SPERANZA On the rolling hills where Prosecco grapes are grown, the dashing, opinionated Director: Alice Rohrwacher of tobacco farmers toil under the rule of a domineering Marchesa, / THE LAST Count Ancillotto – as liberal in his criticism of a nearby factory as he is proud Cast: Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, and where the handsome and hard-working Lazzaro (captivating newcomer of his family’s heritage of making the finest Prosecco – dies. But the motives , Luca Chikovani, Adriano Tardiolo), a young man imbued with a saint-like innocence, PROSECCO are puzzling, and the mystery deepens when a couple of the Count’s enemies Tommaso Ragno is alternately adored and taken advantage of. When the Marchesa’s are killed. Director: Country: Italy, Switzerland, France, self-absorbed son, Tancredi (Luca Chikovani) first visits the fields, The trail leads the detective to a fight for the protection of the area involving Germany, 2018 he senses an opportunity, and embroils Lazzaro in an audacious plan to Cast: Giuseppe Battiston, Rade Serbedzija, Liz Solari, gravediggers, innkeepers and a secretive Prosecco club. With a strong Genre: Drama swindle his mother. Silvia D’Amico environmental message, this bubbly mystery captures the conflict between Rating: PG Channelling the spirit of Pasolini, Rohrwacher’s fascinating tale casts an Country: Italy, 2017 profit and quality. Duration: 125mins ethereal, wondrous spell, and confirms her status as one of the most inventive Genre: Mystery/Comedy Renee Mark, Festival Director Language: Italian with English Subtitles and compelling voices in contemporary Italian cinema. Rating: M AWARDS Brought to you by: Vespa NZ Professor Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer in Film, Theatre and Media Studies, Duration: 101mins Winner Best Cinematography, Cape Town 2017 Victoria University Language: Italian with English subtitles Official Selection Film Festival 2017 Brought to you by: Cinzano Prosecco AWARDS “An enjoyable mystery.” Winner Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival 2018 & Campari La Repubblica 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 Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us

Valeria Golino, the renowned Italian actress and director, follows up her award- EUFORIA winning debut Honey with Euphoria, an expressive tale of two brothers getting / EUPHORIA to know each other in extremis, which premiered in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Director: When successful entrepreneur Matteo (,also in Loro) Cast: Riccardo Scamarcio, is thrust back into the life of his brother Ettore (, Valerio Mastandrea, , Valentina Cervi, Perfect Strangers CIF17) the encounter is uncomfortable. Matteo is audacious, charming and energetic. Ettore still lives in the small provincial Country: Italy, 2018 town where they grew up and teaches in a middle school. Ettore is a cautious, The Studio Italia Cinema Italiano Festival Genre: Drama honest man who has always held back a little, sticking to the shadows. and La Bella Italia present: Rating: M Seen from the outside their lives seem to be very different. But life forces Duration: 115mins them back together, and a difficult situation results in them getting to know Language: Italian with English Subtitles and discover each other, in a vortex of fragility and euphoria. Una Sera da Grande Schermo, Brought to you by: Winger Alfa Romeo Renee Mark, Festival Director 2019 Film Programme Launch. AWARDS Official Selection Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival 2018 Wednesday 2 Oct, 7:30pm Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2018 “Anchored by two excellent central performances … Special Menu for the evening created by the highly awarded Golino smartly mirrors the two men.” Chef, Antonio Cacace. Enjoy film previews, film ticket giveaways The Upcoming and Opening Night ticket prizes.

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The award-winning crime thriller from internationally-heralded writer/director DOGMAN (Gomorrah), Dogman is a hugely compelling, based-on-fact tale of a gentle dog lover driven to take a stand against a local bully. Director: Matteo Garrone Cast: , In a dilapidated Neapolitan suburb, the pint-sized, mild-mannered Marcello , Adamo Dionisi, (Marcello Fonte) runs the dog-grooming business of the film’s title, caring Francesco Acquaroli for the neighbourhood pooches, and raising his young daughter, Sofia, for Country: Italy, France, 2018 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 Genre: Crime, Drama his substantial bulk around this tight-knit community at every opportunity. Rating: 18 Marcello soon becomes swept up in a criminal plan he wants nothing to do with. Duration: 103mins Meticulously directed and filmed, and entirely sympathetic to its four-legged Language: Italian with English subtitles cast-members (none of whom are harmed), Garrone’s bravura noir is also Brought to you by: Gusto at The Grand 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 AWARDS Winner 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 Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us

The entrancing art, music, and architecture of the city of Naples form a NAPOLI VELATA sumptuous backdrop for this mystery-shrouded thriller from Ferzan Ozpetek. / NAPLES IN VEILS stars as Adriana, an esteemed medical examiner who meets a handsome younger man, Andrea (Alessandro Borghi, I was a Director: Ferzan Ozpetek Dreamer CIF18) during a Neapolitan ceremony involving femminielli at her Cast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, eccentric aunt’s garish apartment. They hit it off immediately, though their Alessandro Borghi, Isabella Ferrari, romance is curtailed when Andrea later stands her up and then disappears. Peppe Barra, So begins a gripping metaphysical murder mystery, in which Naples becomes Country: Italy, 2017 a shadowy, mysterious labyrinth of desire and memory. Everything that Genre: Thriller is Naples is delivered to us – superstition and truth, ancient and modern, Rating: 16 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 Duration: 113mins much truth” and that seems to be the scaffolding upon which the film is Language: Italian with English Subtitles constructed. Naples is the character as much as Adriana. She is a sexy and Brought to you by: La Bella Italia 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 AWARDS Winner 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 Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us 22 23

This sweet road trip film revolves around Adele, a 25-year-old girl with Claudio Bisio leads this tender adaptation of Michele Serra’s novel of the IN VIAGGIO CON Asperger’s syndrome, who has never known her father and has always lived GLI SDRAIATI same name, about the difficulty of a separated father in relating to and ADELE under the protective wing of her mother Margherita. / COUCH controlling his teenage son. The sudden death of Adele’s mother brings Adele and her biological father, Giorgio is a famous TV presenter, who is appreciated by millions of viewers / JOURNEY WITH Aldo together. On the way to drop off Adele to relatives, who don’t actually POTATOES but not by his son and his friends who frequently descend on Giorgio’s luxurious ADELE want her, Aldo’s glacial self-centred heart warms. Adele is sweet, different Director: Francesca Archibugi apartment. Tito is cheerful with his friends, agreeable with his mother, close and so very unique, that it is impossible not to want to look after her. Cast: Claudio Bisio, Gaddo Bacchini, with his grandfather and tender with his new girlfriend, Alice. It is only Giorgio Director: Alessandro Capitani “You are afraid of living not dying” … sums up her insight into Aldo’s character. Cochi Ponzoni, Antonia Truppo, with whom Tito is distant and aloof. Giorgio is left confused and feeling guilty, Cast: , A wonderfully light-hearted “on the road journey” that reminds you of how Ilaria Brusadelli wondering where it all went wrong. Sara Serraiocco, Patrice Leconte, Country: Italy, 2017 Isabella Ferrari fragile, unbearable and different we all are. Normality is a concept challenged Adapting Serra’s popular novel, which was structured as a series of letters from by this film, humanity and kindness is reassessed. Set in the Puglia countryside, Genre: Comedy, Drama father to son, Francesca Archibugi and Francesco Piccolo craft Country: Italy, 2018 this film will leave a trace of warmth in your heart and a smile on your lips. Rating: M a funny and intimate portrait of a misunderstood father and intergenerational Genre: Drama, Comedy Carla Rotondo, Ondazzurra Radio Presenter Duration: 102mins angst against the backdrop of contemporary . Rating: M Language: Italian with English Subtitles Renee Mark, Festival Director Duration: 83mins AWARDS Brought to you by: Mandy VFX Language: Italian with English subtitles Official Selection Italia 2019: AWARDS Brought to you by: Brebner Print Official Selection Rome Film Festival 2018 Official Selection Moscow Film Festival 2018 Official Selection Foggia Film Festival 2018 Official Selection Chicago International Film Festival 2018 Molodist, Kyiv International Film Festival 2018 “A beautiful film that keeps you satisfied and won’t let you take Official Selection your eyes away” Official Selection Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2018 Rome Central “A totally charming, heartwarming comedy, full of emotion and relevance.” Cineuropa Curation: 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 24 25

Based on the hit off-Broadway play, My Big Gay Italian Wedding is a merry PUOI BACIARE comedy of matrimony, as newly engaged Antonio brings his fiancé Paolo to LO SPOSO his hometown to meet his headstrong parents. It is a quest to make a city founded on religious tradition understand that love is love. / MY BIG Antonio and Paolo are finally getting married. They decide to celebrate in the GAY ITALIAN stunning old Italian village where Antonio grew up. While Antonio’s mother immediately supports his intentions, her husband Roberto (, WEDDING 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 Alessandro Genovesi Director: wedding as a condition of the marriage. Throw in a couple of wacky roommates Cast: Cristiano Caccamo, (including popular singer Diana del Bufalo) and the aisle to the altar is paved Salvatore Esposito, Monica Guerritore, Diego Abatantuono, with hilarity, hijinks and lots of love! Diana Del Bufalo, Alessandro Genovesi’s lively comedy tackles social issues in a unique and Dino Abbrescia unforgettable setting, and explores the obstacles that come with breaking Country: Italy, 2018 traditions and gaining acceptance. Genre: Comedy Renee Mark, Festival Director Rating: M Duration: 90mins AWARDS Language: Italian with English subtitles Official Selection Seattle International Film Festival 2018 Official Selection Opening Night, Outshine Film Festival Miami 2018 Brought to you by: Fish 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 Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us 26 27

In this heartfelt all-Tuscan comedy from the writers of Tale of Tales With more than 1.3 million admissions at the Italian Box Office, Blessed QUANTO BASTA (CIF2017) and Perfect Strangers (CIF2017), Arturo, a talented chef with BENEDETTA Madness is the latest hit comedy from , the much loved Roman / AS NEEDED a troubled past is sentenced to teach a cooking class for young people. FOLLIA actor and director who is considered a modern day . Film Festival award-winner Vinicio Marchioni stars as Arturo, The sacred, profane, ancient and modern, meld together in Verdone’s Director: Francesco Falaschi a 40-year-old world-famous chef with anger management issues. For his / BLESSED uproarious comedy. Nearly forty years after his debut, Verdone continues Cast: Vincio Marchioni, community service, he is assigned to run a cooking class at a centre for to make giggle at their own virtues and laugh at their vices with his Valeria Solarino, Luigi Fedele, MADNESS Nicola Siri, Mirko Frezza, young people with autism. There he meets youth worker, Anna (Valeria peculiar ‘Roman’ vision of Italy. He is perhaps the most well-known proponent Benedetta Porcaroli Solarino). Among the class is also Guido, a 20-year-old who has Asperger’s Director: Carlo Verdone of a particularly farcical, yet cynical Roman-style of comedy. Verdone plays Country: Italy, Brazil, 2018 syndrome and a great passion for cooking. Cast: Carlo Verdone, , Guiglielmo, a middle-aged man in charge of a business that sees him working Lucrezia Lante della Rovere between secret Vatican opulence and downtown Rome. On the surface, Genre: Comedy After an opportunity arises for Guido to participate in a culinary contest, Country: Italy, 2018 Guiglielmo leads a successful if monotonous life. His comfortable world Rating: M Arturo is to accompany him as his mentor. In between driving lessons, tense Genre: Comedy is suddenly turned upside-down when glamorous, young Luna appears on Duration: 92mins 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 Rating: M the scene like a dark angel. It’s as if he has a mid-life crisis unwillingly thrust Language: Italian with English Subtitles celebration of spectacular, rural landscapes and the respect of the authentic Duration: 109mins upon him. Like so many men his age, he will have to reckon with technology Brought to you by: Ghiotti NZ Tuscan culinary traditions become a powerful metaphor of the need to Language: Italian with English subtitles and transgression and the challenges of a fast-changing world. Once again, Verdone offers his audiences often unseen corners of the Eternal City, follow the heart rather than fashionable trends. Brought to you by: Ondazzurra without ever forgetting that the dark and holy sides of Rome live together Dr. Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer, Film Programme at Victoria University in a fragile harmony. of Wellington Carlo Tondelli AWARDS Winner Graziella Bonacchi Award for Best Emerging Actor, Nastri D’Argento AWARDS Awards 2018 Nominated Best Comedy, Best Actress in a Comedy, Nastri D’Argento Awards 2018 “A simple and delicious comedy.” Nominated Best Screenplay, Best Production Design, Golden Ciak Nonsolocinema Awards 2018 “A film that offers the Roman director-actor at his most inspired.” ONDAZZURRA Panorama PLANETFM 104.6 Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us 28 29

Italian star Edoardo Leo (Perfect Strangers CIF17) co-writes and Venice Film Is it acceptable to swindle the state when the state swindles you? IO C’È Festival award-winner Alessandro Aronadio directs this standout comedy about METTI LA NONNA This is the doubt that grips Claudia (Miriam Leone, At War for Love CIF18) a / JUST BELIEVE the power of believing – in yourself! IN FREEZER young art restorer who manages to make ends meet thanks to her Nonna/ Just Believe follows Massimo Alberti (Leo), the owner of the “Miracolo Italiano” Grandma’s pension. Director: Alessandro Aronadio a bed and breakfast now reduced to a dilapidated building. Too few customers / PUT NONNA IN When her Nonna suddenly passes away, bankruptcy seems to be looming, Cast: Edoardo Leo, , and too many taxes. One day, Massimo has an epiphany: in order to survive, so Claudia, with the complicity of her staff, “freezes” her grandma so she can Giuseppe Battiston, THE FREEZER Massimiliano Bruno, he has to transform the B&B into a place of worship – where he will host continue to collect her pension. Just when the solution to Claudia’s problems Giulia Michelini tourists in exchange for a donation. After trying and failing to get into the Director: Giancarlo Fontana and seems finally close, Simone Recchia (Fabio De Luigi It’s All About Karma Giuseppe G. Stasi Country: Italy, 2018 more or less restricted circles of Catholicism, Judaism and Islam in a series of CIF18), the most incorruptible and clumsiest officer in the Tax Police turns up. hilarious meetings, Massimo decides to create his own religion. Cast: Fabio De Luigi, Miriam Leone, Amidst ingenious deceptions, disguises and misunderstandings, the young art Genre: Comedy Lucia Ocone, Barbara Bouchet Assisted by his accountant sister Adriana (Margherita Buy, Mia Madre CIF17) restorer’s scam will begin to melt like a frozen grandmother in the sun. Rating: PG Country: Italy, 2018 and his ex-wife’s quasi-guru boyfriend Marco (Giuseppe Battiston, The Last Duration: 100mins Genre: Comedy AWARDS Prosecco CIF19, Perfect Strangers CIF17) “Selfism / Ionismo” is born. Nominated Best Comedy, Best Actress in a Comedy, Nastri D’Argento Language: Italian with English Subtitles Rating: M The first religion that puts the “I” at the centre of the universe, and of course Awards 2018 Brought to you by: Go Media Duration: 100mins absolves all taxes. Just Believe pushes the boundaries and risks offending the Nominated Best Supporting Actress, Golden Ciak Awards 2018 religious sensibility of some. Yet it also offers a politically incorrect parody of Language: Italian with English subtitles the messianic rhetoric of certain movements that nowadays, are mostly Brought to you by: San Pellegrino “Fresh, lively … an almost perfect screenplay by Fabio Bonifacci … expressed through new social channels. Will you “have no God but yourself” gives those who see it a great sense of satisfaction.” by the end of the story as well? ComingSoon Matteo Telara, Italian Language Teacher, Dante Alighieri Auckland AWARDS Nominated 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 Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us

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The dynamic Michaela Andreozzi is both Director and actor in this highly NOVE LUNE E entertaining and cleverly thoughtful comedy. Michaela plays Tina, a woman at MEZZA 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 / 9 ½ MOONS 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, Michela Andreozzi Director: a chain of highly comical events are unleashed. IT’S FAST: 238 KM/H. IT’S POWERFUL: 375 KW. IT ACCELERATES Cast: Claudia Gerini, Chiara Mastalli, Stefano Fresi, Michela Andreozzi Although entertainment is at the centre of this film’s creed, it brilliantly raises FROM 0 TO 100 IN 3.8 SECONDS. LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE, Country: Italy, 2017 many salient questions around family, womanhood, careers and maternity. Andreozzi brilliantly balances hilarious situational comedy with poignant AGILITY AND HANDLING UNIMAGINABLE TO ANY OTHER SUV. Genre: Comedy thematic topics. The result is a fresh and contemporary comedy about rather ALFA ROMEO STELVIO QUADRIFOGLIO - NOTHING LIKE YOU’VE Rating: M delicate topics. Italy has traditionally been quite conservative (at least on the EVER DRIVEN BEFORE. Duration: 90mins surface) in its views to family. This film gently nudges the discourse with an Language: Italian with English Subtitles accomplished charm. Brought to you by: Edit Paolo Rotondo, Artistic Director AWARDS Nominated 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 WINGER ALFA ROMEO NEWMARKET infinite ways of being women and mothers.” ­ GREAT SOUTH RD, NEWMARKET | PHONE ‚ƒ„ † ƒ ‡­­­ Cinema Italy CHRIS EBLETT ƒ ­ ‡ˆ‰ Š„‰ | CALVIN ZHENG ƒ ­ †ŒŒ †ŒŒ WWW.WINGER.CO.NZ Curation: 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 32 33

Inspired by the Golden Age of Italian comedy, Ricchi di Fantasia / RICCHI DI Dreamfools is the story of unlucky ‘losers’ dreaming of a lucky life, FANTASIA even if it seems impossible. Co-written with Fabio Bonifacci and with and Sabrina / DREAMFOOLS Ferilli in the lead roles – it tells the story of a ‘prankster’ who himself Director: Francesco Miccichè becomes victim to a prank and turns his life upside-down in the erroneous Cast: Sergio Castellitto, , belief that he has won the Lottery. He quits his job and starts a hilarious Valeria Fabrizi journey from the outskirts of Rome to Puglia (together with his lover Country: Italy, 2018 Sabrina, and some of their family) following the dream of an improbable new beginning. Genre: Comedy Rating: PG Simple people, forced to deal with everyday problems, Sergio and Sabrina Duration: 102mins 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. Language: Italian with English subtitles Brought to you by: Dante Alighieri Matteo Telara, Italian Language Teacher, Dante Alighieri Auckland Auckland “A film that tells how the love of family allows you to overcome every obstacle” MovieStruckers Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us 34

I first saw this film nearly thirty years ago and it changed forever how I viewed OTTO E MEZZO cinema. It is no exaggeration for me to say “I love this film”. This is my favourite / 8 ½ 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 Director: true power is its astonishing and beguiling honesty. On the surface, Marcello Cast: , Mastroianni plays a charming, charismatic, if narcissistic with , Anouk Aimee, writers block who is wildly entertaining and of course impossibly cool. , Rossella Falk, But, underneath the ‘spectacle’ we actually become truly close to the psyche Barbara Steele of Mastroianni’s Guido. The autobiographical nature of this film is impossible Country: Italy, 1963 to ignore. Fellini is fearless, sharing his foibles, pre-occupations and sins Genre: Classic, Drama, Comedy without ever moralising. The aesthetics of this film are impeccable and timeless Join us at the bar between 5pm and 7pm for Aperitivo Hour Rating: PG in stunning high-contrast black and white, while Nino Rota’s score is among and enjoy a complimentary bite with any drink purchased. Duration: 138mins the most memorable in film history. Fellini’s capacity for naughtiness, charm Language: Italian with English and beauty reach their greatest peak here. The title 8 ½ refers to the fact that Plus, present your Cinema Italiano Festival ticket at the Subtitles Federico Fellini had made 8 feature films and 1 until this point. bar for 15% off our pizzas, Peroni and house Prosecco. Brought to you by: Peroni Trust me, this is, without question a true timeless classic. Paolo Rotondo, Artistic Director Offer available between 17/9/19 and 30/9/19 and not available in conjunction with any other offer. Winner Best Foreign Language Film, Best Costume, Academy Awards 1963 R18 for the service of alcohol. Host Responsibility limits apply. 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 Find out more at Film Journalists 1963 Winner The Grand Prize, Saint Vincent Film Festival 1964 gustoatthegrand.co.nz Winner The Grand Prize, 3rd Moscow International Film Festival 1963 SKYCITY Grand Hotel “The best film ever made about filmaking.” 90 Federal Street Roger Ebert Auckland

SKYA12092 Gusto Cinema Italiano Advert(A5)_2.1ƒ.indd 1 29/03/19 10:04 AM Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us Curation: I Villani 36 37

Federico Fellini’s wildly imaginative homage to the ‘Eternal City’ is Daniele De Michele, aka Don Pasta (a nickname he earned while working in FELLINI’S ROMA outrageous, picaresque and preposterous while at the same time it is I VILLANI as a D.J and after the shows he would cook pasta for the staff), chef and somehow truly authentic. In Italy’s post-war economic boom, Rome rebuilt, ‘food activist’, is the Director of this documentary, which premiered at the Director: Federico Fellini Director: Daniele De Michele grew and modernised but Fellini celebrates how the people remained the 2018 . I Villani follows the lives of four individuals as they Cast: , same; ancient, full of passion, marked by contradictions and brimming with Country: Italy, 2018 discuss agriculture, fishing, farming, cheese-making and family relationships, Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, Genre: Documentary Gore Vidal, Federico Fellini, humanity. Fellini’s personal vision of Rome is sacred and base; he is full of love, exploring their connection to the land, the history of the place where they Peter Gonzales, Fiona Florence, indignation, awe and puzzlement at the great city. Indescribably well-crafted Rating: G were born and their slowly disappearing way of life. Pia De Doses, Renato Giovannoli scenes capture the beauty, chaos and true character of the city in a way that Duration: 84mins Their daily lives, respectful of the products of the land and the sea, of the Country: Italy, 1972 I doubt we will see again on screen. The narrative and the autobiographical Language: Italian with English Subtitles natural cycles of the environment, prove that the key to reviving Italian references seem incidental. The true protagonist of this story is Rome itself, Genre: Comedy / Drama Brought to you by: The Italian Embassy cuisine and to ensuring old traditions survive in modern society, is to share and time is the unrelenting antagonist. The scenes of the destruction of in New Zealand information between generations. Rating: 18 frescoes are profoundly original and moving, while the satire of the Vatican’s Duration: 120mins conceitedness is perfectly pitched and could only be Roman. It is hard to A genuine, fascinating snapshot that reminds us how traditions like these – working-class and peasant culinary traditions, our grandparents’ legacies – Language: Italian with English Subtitles 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 cannot be left to fade away and be forgotten because they are fundamental Brought to you by: Next Technology in maintaining, promoting and passing-down the worldwide renowned ‘Italian cinematic event, visceral, immersive, crazy and truly unique. way of cooking’ as a living heritage. Very thought-provoking. Paolo Rotondo, Artistic Director Martina Depentor, Commercial & Cultural Promotion, Embassy of Italy AWARDS “These people told me about being in the world, their relationship Winner Technical Grand Prix Cannes 1972 to the land and the history of the place that gave birth to it.” Winner Best Foreign Film, French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 1973 Daniele De Michele 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 Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us

A galaxy of cinema luminaries – from Ken Loach to Wim Wenders and Bernardo WATER AND Bertolucci – pay tribute to the great Italian cinematograher , in SUGAR: CARLO this loving documentary that chronicles Di Palma’s extraordinary work for such directors as and . DI PALMA, Over the history of cinema there have been some extraordinary cinematographers, but pre-eminent amongst their number is Carlo Di Palma. THE COLOURS As this finely crafted tribute to Di Palma shows, his life and career ran even OF LIFE 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, Director: Fariborz Kamkari and found himself in the magical moment of Italian neorealist cinema. Country: Italy, 2016 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. Genre: Documentary It was his innovations in colour with Antonioni’s Red Desert and Blow-Up, in the Rating: G mid-1960s, that set him apart as a genius of the medium. Director Fariborz Kamkari Duration: 90mins threads together stunning excerpts from the films with interviews. The result is a Language: Italian, French, glorious celebration of a humanist and an engaged artist of uncommon talent. Russian and English with English Subtitles 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 Brought to you by: DocEdge approach to cinema. Dr. Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer, Film Programme at Victoria University of Wellington AWARDS Nominated 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 UNSCRIPTED Programma / Schedule 41

Fri 14 June 11.00am I VILLANI 5.30pm 8 ½ 8.00pm RICCI DI FANTASIA Sat 15 June 1.00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE 5.45pm FELLINI’S ROMA 8.00pm JUST BELIEVE Sun 16 June 1.00pm GIRL IN THE FOG 5.45pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME 7.45pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING Mon 17 June 11.00am GLI SDRAIATI 5.45pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA 7.45pm AS NEEDED Tues 18 June 11.00am 5.45pm JUST BELIEVE 7.45pm EUPHORIA Wed 19 June 11.00am NAPLES IN VEILS 5.45pm I VILLANI 7.45pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER Thur 20 June 11.00am NOVE LUNE E MEZZA 5.45pm AS NEEDED 7.45pm 8 ½

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Fri 14 June 6.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $25 OPENING NIGHT Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino, Campari upon arrival & stuzzichini. 7.00pm Film Screening Sat 15 June 1.45pm JUST BELIEVE

CHRISTCHURCH ACADEMY GOLD 11 JUNE – 20 JUNE 3.50pm DOGMAN 6.00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE Tues 11 June 7.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 OPENING NIGHT Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino & Campari 8.00pm 8 ½ Spritzers upon arrival & a Goody Bag compliments of Ghiotti. Sun 16 June 1.45pm NOVE LUNE E MEZZA 7.30pm Film Screening 3.40pm GIRL IN THE FOG Wed 12 June 11.00am RICCHI DI FANTASIA 6.10pm NAPLES IN VEILS 5.45pm JUST BELIEVE 8.30pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 7.45pm DOGMAN Mon 17 June 1.45pm GLI SDRAIATI Thur 13 June 11.00am BLESSED MADNESS 3.50pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO 5.45pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 6.20pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA 7.45pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO 8.15pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule 42 43

Tues 18 June 1.45pm THE LAST PROSECCO TAURANGA RIALTO CINEMA 5 JULY – 15 JULY 3.50pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA Fri 5 July 6.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 6.00pm EUPHORIA Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino & stuzzichini from Vetro upon arrival. 8.20pm AS NEEDED 7.00pm Film Screening Wed 19 June 2.15pm I VILLANI Sat 6 July 11.00am JUST BELIEVE 4.05pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 1:30pm BLESSED MADNESS 6:00pm NOVE LUNE E MEZZA 5.30pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA 8.00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE 7.30pm GIRL IN THE FOG Thur 20 June 1.40pm AS NEEDED Sun 7 July 11.00am FELLINI’S ROMA 3.40pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA 1:30pm I VILLANI Fri 21 June 1.40pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA 5.30pm RICCI DI FANTASIA 3.35pm FELLINI’S ROMA 7.30pm DOGMAN 6.00pm BLESSED MADNESS Mon 8 July 10.30am AS NEEDED 8.15pm JUST BELIEVE 5.00pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER Sat 22 June 1.40pm 8 ½ 7.30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO 4.20pm AS NEEDED Tues 9 July 10.30am IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE 6.20pm GLI SDRAIATI 5:00pm JUST BELIEVE 8.30pm EUPHORIA 7.30pm 8 ½ Sun 23 June 5.50pm I VILLANI Wed 10 July 10.30am NOVE LUNE E MEZZA 7.40pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 5:00pm GIRL IN THE FOG Mon 24 June 1.40pm JUST BELIEVE 7.30pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 3.45pm NAPLES IN VEILS Thur 11 July 10.30am GLI SDRAIATI 6.00pm GIRL IN THE FOG 5.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME 7.30pm FELLINI’S ROMA 8.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Fri 12 July 10.30am THE LAST PROSECCO Tues 25 June 1:45pm THE LAST PROSECCO 5.00pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA 3.50pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA 7.30pm EUPHORIA 6.00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO Sat 13 July 11.00am NAPLES IN VEILS 8.30pm NOVE LUNE E MEZZA 1.30pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING Wed 26 June 3.30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER 5.30pm BLESSED MADNESS 5.40pm NAPLES IN VEILS 8.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME 8.00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE Sun 14 July 11.00am PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER Thur 27 June 1.45pm BLESSED MADNESS 1:15pm 8 ½ 4.00pm AS NEEDED 5.30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO Fri 28 June 1:45pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA 8.00pm GLI SDRAIATI 3.45pm FELLINI’S ROMA Mon 15 July 10.30am WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA 6:10pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA 5.30pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE 8:15pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME 8.00pm JUST BELIEVE Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule 44 45

NAPIER GLOBE THEATRETTE 25 JULY – 31 JULY Thur 8 August 10.30am 8 ½ Thur 25 July 6.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 1.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival 6:00pm GLI SDRAIATI and a Ghiotti Goody Bag. Fri 9 August 10.30am IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE Fri 26 July 6:00pm JUST BELIEVE 1.30pm GIRL IN THE FOG Sat 27 July 4.10pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA 6:00pm JUST BELIEVE Sun 28 July 3:15pm 8 ½ Sat 10 August 11.00am THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tues 30 July 6.00pm GIRL IN THE FOG 1.30pm EUPHORIA Wed 31 July 6:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 6:00pm DOGMAN Sun 11 August 11.00am WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA HAVELOCK NORTH EVENT CINEMAS 30 JULY – 11 AUGUST 1.30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA Tues 30 July 7.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 Includes Aperitivi – Location will be provided upon booking. 6:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 7.30pm Film Screening MASTERTON THE SCREENING ROOM 7 AUGUST – 12 AUGUST Wed 31 July 10.30am WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA Wed 7 August 6.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 1.00pm BLESSED MADNESS Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino 6.00pm GIRL IN THE FOG & stuzzichini from The Screening Room upon arrival. Thur 1 August 10.30am FELLINI’S ROMA 6:15pm Film Screening 1.00pm I VILLANI Thur 8 August 3.30pm EUPHORIA 6.00pm DOGMAN 6:00pm AS NEEDED Fri 2 August 10.30am AS NEEDED 8.00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 1.00pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER Fri 9 August 3:30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO 6:00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO 6.00pm JUST BELIEVE Sat 3 August 10.30am JUST BELIEVE Sat 10 August 3:30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA 1:30pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE 6.00pm 8 ½ 6:00pm 8 ½ Sun 11 August 3:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG Sun 4 August 10.30am NOVE LUNE E MEZZA 5.30pm AS NEEDED 1:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG Mon 12 August 4:00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE 6.00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 5.45pm I VILLANI Mon 5 August 10.30am GLI SDRAIATI 7.30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER 1.30pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA

6.00pm FELLINI’S ROMA MARTINBOROUGH CIRCUS CINEMA 8 AUGUST – 15 AUGUST Tues 6 August 10.30am THE LAST PROSECCO Thur 8 August 6.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 1.30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival 6.00pm EUPHORIA and Ghiotti Goody Bag. Wed 7 August 10.30am NAPLES IN VEILS 6.15pm Film Screening 1.30pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING Fri 9 August 3.30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO 6.00pm I VILLANI 6:00pm JUST BELIEVE Programma / Schedule 46 47

Sat 10 August 3.30pm I VILLANI MATAKANA MATAKANA CINEMAS 6 SEPTEMBER – 14 SEPTEMBER 5:30pm 8 ½ Fri 6 September 7.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 Sun 11 August 3.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival with stuzzichini from The Vintry. 5:30pm THE LAST PROSECCO 8.00pm Film Screening Mon 12 August 3.30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER Sat 7 September 12.00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE 5:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG 4:00pm JUST BELIEVE Wed 14 August 3.30pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE 6:00pm 8 ½ 5:30pm AS NEEDED Sun 8 September 12.00pm NOVE LUNE E MEZZA Thur 15 August 3.30pm NOVE LUNE E MEZZA 4:00pm AS NEEDED 5:30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA 6:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING Mon 9 September 12.00pm GLI SDRAIATI ARROWTOWN DOROTHY BROWNS 21 AUGUST – 25 AUGUST 4.15pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA Wed 21 August 6.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival. 6.15pm FELLINI’S ROMA Tues 10 September 12.00pm THE LAST PROSECCO Thur 22 August 6:00pm AS NEEDED 4.15pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA 8:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 6.15pm EUPHORIA Fri 23 August 3:30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO Wed 11 September 12.15pm NAPLES IN VEILS 8:15pm JUST BELIEVE 4.45pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING Sat 24 August 3:30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER 6.45pm I VILLANI 6.00pm 8 ½ Thur 12 September 1.00pm 8 ½ Sun 25 August 3:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG 4.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME 6:00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE 6.15pm BLESSED MADNESS Friday 13 September 12.00pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER WHAKATANE WHAKAMAX 3 SEPTEMBER – 8 SEPTEMBER 4.00pm DOGMAN Tues 3 September 7.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival. 6.00pm GIRL IN THE FOG Sat 14 September 12.15pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Wed 4 September 11.00am WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA 4.30pm AS NEEDED 7.30pm BLESSED MADNESS 6.30pm JUST BELIEVE Thur 5 September 11.00am GLI SDRAIATI 7.30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA CAMBRIDGE THE TIVOLI 10 SEPTEMBER – 15 SEPTEMBER Fri 6 September 11.00am AS NEEDED Tues 10 September 7:45pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 7.30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival. Sat 7 September 11.00am JUST BELIEVE 8.00pm Film Screening 1:00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE Wed 11 September 3:30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER 7.30pm 8 ½ 6.00pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA Sun 8 September 11.00am PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER Thur 12 September 3:30pm AS NEEDED 1:00pm GIRL IN THE FOG 6.00pm EUPHORIA 6.30pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING Programma / Schedule 48 49

Fri 13 September 3:30pm JUST BELIEVE Fri 20 September 10.30am AS NEEDED 6.00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO 1:00pm FELLINI’S ROMA Sat 14 September 3:30pm BLESSED MADNESS 6:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 6.00pm 8 ½ 8:00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO Sun 15 September 3:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG Sat 21 September 10.30am JUST BELIEVE 6.00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 1:00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE 6.00pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA TAUPO THE STARLIGHT CINEMA 13 SEPTEMBER – 19 SEPTEMBER 8:00pm 8 ½ Fri 13 September 7:30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 Sun 22 September 10.30am NOVE LUNE E MEZZA Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival 12:45pm GIRL IN THE FOG and a Ghiotti Goody Bag. 6:00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Sat 14 September 4:00pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA 8.15pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 8.00pm 8 ½ Mon 23 September 10.30am GLI SDRAIATI Sun 15 September 4:00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO 12.45pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO 6.30pm JUST BELIEVE 6:00pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA Mon 16 September 4:00pm AS NEEDED 8:00pm GIRL IN THE FOG 6.30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER Tues 24 September 10.30am THE LAST PROSECCO Tues 17 September 4:00pm GLI SDRAIATI 12.45pm EUPHORIA 8.00pm THE LAST PROSECCO 6.00pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA Wed 18 September 4:00pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA 8.15pm DOGMAN 8.00pm DOGMAN Wed 25 September 10.30am NAPLES IN VEILS Thur 19 September 4:00pm GIRL IN THE FOG 1:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 8.00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 6.00pm I VILLANI

AUCKLAND THE BRIDGEWAY 17 SEPTEMBER – 30 SEPTEMBER 8:00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE Thur 26 September 10.30am 8 ½ Tues 17 September 7.00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $30 Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino, Campari 1.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME upon arrival & stuzzichini compliments of Gusto at the Grand. 6.00pm GLI SDRAIATI 8.00pm Film Screening 8.15pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO Wed 18 September 10.30am PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER Fri 27 September 10.30am WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA 1.00pm I VILLANI 12.30pm FELLINI’S ROMA 6.00pm JUST BELIEVE 6.00pm JUST BELIEVE 8.15pm DOGMAN 8.15pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Thur 19 September 10.30am FELLINI’S ROMA Sat 28 September 10.30am I VILLANI 1.00pm GLI SDRAIATI 12.30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA 6.00pm NAPLES IN VEILS 6.00pm DOGMAN 8.15pm EUPHORIA 8.15pm EUPHORIA Programma / Schedule 50 51

Sun 29 September 10.30am BLESSED MADNESS Wed 13 November 10.30am MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 12.45pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA 12.30pm NAPLES IN VEILS 6.00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 6:00pm I VILLANI 8:00pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER 8:00pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE Mon 30 September 10.30am GIRL IN THE FOG Thur 14 November 10.30am 8 ½ 1.15pm NAPLES IN VEILS 1.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME 6.00pm AS NEEDED 6:00pm GLI SDRAIATI 8.00pm 8 ½ 8:00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO Fri 15 November 10.30am WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA WELLINGTON THE EMPIRE CINEMA 6 NOVEMBER – 18 NOVEMBER 12.30pm FELLINI’S ROMA Wed 6 November 6.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival 6:00pm JUST BELIEVE & stuzzichini compliments of La Bella Italia. 8:00pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME 7.00pm Film Screening Sat 16 November 10.30am I VILLANI Thur 7 November 10.30am FELLINI’S ROMA 12.30pm AS NEEDED 1.00pm I VILLANI 6.00pm NOVE LUNE E MEZZA 6:00pm JUST BELIEVE 8:00pm EUPHORIA 8:00pm DOGMAN Sun 17 November 10.30am BLESSED MADNESS Fri 8 November 10.30am AS NEEDED 12.30pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA 12.30pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA 5.45pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 6:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 7.30pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER 8:00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO Mon 18 November 11.00am GIRL IN THE FOG Sat 9 November 10.30am JUST BELIEVE 1.30pm AS NEEDED 12:30pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE 5.45pm NAPLES IN VEILS 6:00pm RICCHI DI FANTASIA 8:00pm 8 ½ 8:00pm 8 ½ Sun 10 November 10.30am NOVE LUNE E MEZZA NEW PLYMOUTH THE GOVETT BREWSTER 8 NOVEMBER – 14 NOVEMBER 12:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG Fri 8 November 7:30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Tickets $20 Includes Peroni, Cinzano Prosecco, San Pellegrino upon arrival. 5.30pm THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME 7.30pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING 8.00pm Film Screening Mon 11 November 11.00am GLI SDRAIATI Sat 9 November 3:30pm IN VIAGGIO CON ADELE 1.00pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO 6.00pm 8 ½ 5.45pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA Sun 10 November 11:30am DOGMAN 7.30pm BLESSED MADNESS 3:30pm HAPPY AS LAZZARO Tues 12 November 10.30am RICCHI DI FANTASIA 6.00pm JUST BELIEVE 12.30pm EUPHORIA Mon 11 November 6.00pm AS NEEDED 6:00pm THE LAST PROSECCO 8.00pm PUT NONNA IN THE FREEZER 8:00pm DOGMAN Programma / Schedule Ticketing Info 52 53

Tues 12 November 3:30pm GLI SDRAIATI TICKETS 8.00pm THE LAST PROSECCO Standard Screenings $17.00 Wed 13 November 3:30pm WATER & SUGAR – CARLO DI PALMA Students $15.00 Thur 14 November 3:30pm GIRL IN THE FOG Italian Club Members $15.00 8.00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING Cinema Italiano Members $15.00 Seniors, Children $12.00 Film Society Members $15.00 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. Some cinemas may have different prices to CENSORSHIP CLASSIFICATION our ticket prices, so please contact them directly G – suitable for general audiences Fri 10 January 8:00pm JUST BELIEVE for bookings. Sat 11 January 6:00pm AS NEEDED PG – parental guidance recommended Please enquire at the Cinemas for Group for younger viewers Sun 12 January 8.00pm THE LAST PROSECCO Booking prices. Mon 13 January 5:00pm GIRL IN THE FOG M – unrestricted. Recommended for Tues 14 January 8:00pm I VILLANI Special Ticket Prices for Opening Nights & mature audiences Exclusive Screenings apply. Please enquire at Wed 15 January 5:00pm MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING R18 – restricted to persons 18 years the Cinema when booking tickets. and over - ID will be required for all discounted tickets RP16 – restricted to persons 16 years and for all restricted films and over, unless accompanied - Italian Club Members, Film Society Members by a parent or guardian and Cinema Italiano Members’ tickets cannot R16 – restricted to persons 16 years be purchased online and over - Seniors: 60 years and over Classifications will be published on the Cinema - Children: 15 and under Italiano Festival website and displayed at the venues’ box office. - Programme may be subject to change. The Festival reluctantly reserves the right At the time of printing some films had not been to change the schedule by amending dates, rated. Until they receive a censor rating, they session times or replacing films. Any necessary are considered M. changes will be advertised at Festival venues Documentary Films are not rated. and on the Cinema Italiano Festival website - Please contact the Cinema for details about their wheelchair access and parking facilities. Curation: La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us Ringraziamenti / Acknowledgements 54 55

Artistic Director Paolo Rotondo Festival Director Renee Mark Designer FONT Design

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Aaron Hosford Madi Peter Smith IN EUROPE WE PROTECT A TREASURE Admir Mullaaliu Tim Shane & Karen DISCOVER GREAT TASTE AND QUALITY Cav Alessandra Zecchini Matteo Telara Jayme Flynn Dr Alfio Leotta Michael Deslandes Nathan Hall Cav Antonio Cacace Miriam Vender Joanna Hoeft Antonio Crisci Nick Payne DocEdge Aurelia Torkington Nicola Denney Carlo Tondelli Benita Gaddum Cav Nina Cuccurullo Mike Gray Benjamin Zeccola Teresa Cuccurullo Nic Hall Ambasciatore Fabrizio Marcelli Olivier Wardecki Taryn Taylor Bho Patel Pat Vinaccia Professor Bernadette Luciano Cav Sandra Fresia Bill McDermid Cav Sandro Aduso Dr Bruno Ferraro Sarah Cameron PR Carla Rotondo Tony Zrna Chris Matthews Valentina Cescon Elysia Zeccola Hill Valeria Carbonaro-Laws Fe Hosford Vivienne Farnell Federal Merchants Kay Goss ICCNZ Tom Ormond James Moore Benita Ormond Jo Throp Alastair Ross Sir John Kirwan Darren Cook Kelly Rogers Frankie Kate Locke Annabel Buckley Kevin Stephenson Wilson Ong Kim Helas Danilo Santana David Leigh Beckhaus Sean Connolly Luke Crowther Philip Stack Martina Depentor Emiliano Parini Mathew Turner Louisa TICKETS CONTACT Standard Screenings $17.00 web: cinemaitalianonz.com Students $15.00 email: [email protected] Italian Club Members $15.00 [email protected] Cinema Italiano Members $15.00 facebook: cinemaitalianofestivalnz Seniors, Children $12.00 instagram: @italianfilmsnz Film Society Members $15.00 hashtags: #italianfilmsnz #cinemaitalianonz