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Benvenuti / 03 Welcome

Naming Sponsor Naming Luoghi / 04 Locations

Cinema / 06 5 Generations of Tunnelers Films

Programma / 33 Schedule

Classificazione / 59 Classification Proudly Supported by Supported Proudly Amici

Il Vizio Della Speranza / The Vice Of Hope 3 / Benvenuti / Welcome Benvenuti / Welcome

Ambasciatore Fabrizio again, we will naturally return has already been wrestling with Marcelli, Ambassador to our usual life but hopefully many contemporary issues. of Italy – equipped with some extra values It is no coincidence that we have I am glad to support once more and a fascination by everything programmed Paolo Sorrentino’s one of the most successful that is worthy of being called enormously lavish ‘Loro’ about Italian cultural events in ‘human’. Silvio Berlusconi, alongside New Zealand. With its 17 So it is with a great sense of the hilarious, biting satire locations throughout the privilege that we bring Italian ‘Sono Tornato /I’m Back’ about country, the Cinema Italiano films back into our cinemas Mussolini. Both films emerge Festival is the only Film Festival this year, with the support as razor-sharp satire in these in New Zealand, which didn’t of our strong community of volatile times. However, the go online this year. Renée & both dedicated film-goers and Cinema Italiano Festival also Paolo Rotondo have worked sponsors who have continued offers New Zealand audiences hard against the current difficult to empower us with their trust. culture, art and humour as circumstances to make this We are here. Naturally there a small humble antidote to possible. Thanks to their efforts have been some challenges in hegemony and ignorance. we can recreate the magic to us being able to do this, and This year we mark 500 years watch a movie regarding our some of the hospitality we have since Leonardo Da Vinci’s death culture sitting in a cinema and become known for will not and 500 years since Raffaello’s connecting with people sharing be taking place this year and birth with spectacular big- our interests. The Embassy of possibly next year. We hope screen documentaries. This Italy to New Zealand welcomes our audiences will understand. year’s comedies will leave you laughing in the aisles but the Cinema Italiano Festival What we can offer New Zealand lingering in your thoughts days 2020 and wishes everyone audiences is enthusiasm; later. We will also introduce buona visione! Enthusiasm that will make New Zealand family audiences Ambassador Fabrizio Marcelli your hearts soar! to the tradition of ‘La Befana’ Renee Mark - the good Christmas witch. A letter for the new time – Italian Film Festival NZ Again, Cinema will ignite your imagination, transport you to Dear Amici, A message from the Italy and leave you smiling and The rising of a new time has richer for the experience. already begun and I see Artistic Director 2020 – Buona Visione it brimming with fabulous No one can ignore the tragic opportunities as well as being events that 2020 has brought Paolo Rotondo – Artistic Director a bearer of new lifeblood and to the world. Our hearts are creator of ideas. I am convinced with you. facebook – that this new time will be a It is not just the pandemic that cinemaitalianofestivalnz fascinating opportunity for has shaken the world, but also instagram / @italianfilmfestivalnz us to shape a more virtuous the rise of Fascism, racism, relationship between humanism inequality and corruption. In my #italianfilmsnz and technology, between spirit opinion, Italy has often seemed #cinemaitalianonz and harmony, between profit to experience social, cultural #studioitaliacinemaitaliano and giving back. And when the and political movements early. sun returns to colour our lives Consequently, Italian Cinema WWW.EDIT-STORE.COM 4 / Luoghi / Locations Luoghi / Locations

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VIT A C O N ST ILE 6 / Croce e Delizia / An Almost Ordinary Summer 7 / Non Ci Resta Che Il Crimine / All You Need Is Crime

Croce e Delizia / Non Ci Resta Che Il Crimine / M M An Almost Ordinary Summer All You Need Is Crime

Director / Two very different families spend Alessandro Gassmann and Director / Take a step back in time with Acting, writing, directing, films, Simone Godano their holidays in the same house Jasmine Trinca make this Massimiliano Bruno Massimiliano Bruno’s hilarious plays, television... Massimiliano by the spectacularly situated comedy a pure delight. crime comedy Non ci Resta che Bruno semmingly does it all. Cast / Cast / cliffside villa in coastal Gaeta: il Crimine; the story of three Bruno is best known for his pop- Alessandro Gassmann, DP Daniele Cipri’s warm Ilenia Pastorelli, the aristocratic Castelvecchios carefree old friends who decide culture comedies Nessuno mi Fabrizio Bentivoglio, widescreen lensing and Tonino Marco Giallini, Jasmine Trinca, are open-minded and eccentric, Edoardo Leo, to put their talents to the test Puo’ Giudicare (2011), Viva l’Italia Zera’s handsome production Filippo Scicchitano whereas the working-class Alessandro Gassmann in organising a “Criminal Tour” (2012) and Notte Prima Degli design make this movie the Petagnas are tight-knit southerners of Rome, where the once- Esami (2006), which earned him Country / kind of travelogue eye-candy Country / united around their firm family famous organised crime group, a nomination for the prestigious Italy, 2019 that will set some viewers to Italy 2019 values. Only the two middle-aged The Magliana, controlled all illegal David di Donatello Award for investigating vacation options Genre / heads of the families know what Genre / betting in the mid-1970’s. But an New Director. Bruno also stars in the locations depicted. Comedy, Romance has brought such distant worlds Fantasy, Crime unexpected twist of fate catapults in this film. together on this summer holiday. the trio back into 1982... and all Duration / When an unexpected engagement Duration / the way to the World Cup in Spain, 100mins 102mins is announced, the lives of all are where they come face to face Language / turned upside down. With the Language / with the original mob bosses Italian with wedding already set for three Italian with (a dangerous encounter), and the English subtitles weeks, chaos and catastrophe English subtitles unimaginable chance to get rich reign on this seemingly “guessing” the correct outcomes Presented by / ordinary summer. of all the games! It turns out this Studio Italia strange journey into the past might By playfully poking fun at Italian just be the perfect opportunity stereotypes, director Simone for redemption... or is it? Bruno Godano presents the rivalry and his star-studded cast take the between loud southerners and audience on a wild and nostalgic their uppity northern counterparts adventure into the past, and all the with raw wit and sensitivity. way back to the future in this witty Gorgeous Mediterranean scenery and entertaining comedy. and a stunning cast including 8 / Ma Cosa Ci Dice Il Cervello / Don’t Stop Me Now 9 / La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us Your Business Name Ma Cosa Ci Dice Il Cervello / M Don’t Stop Me Now

Director / After the enormous success Awards / Premi in Lights. Riccardo Milani of Like a Cat on a Highway, actor Paola Cortellesi and her director Winner / Best Actor in a Comedy, Cast / Nastri d’Argento Awards 2019 Paola Cortellesi, husband Riccardo Milani team up Stefano Fresi, for the fifth time to deliver this Winner / Best Italian Performance, Vinicio Marchioni entertaining spy comedy. Golden Ciak Awards 2019 Effective publicity and content

Country / Giovanna is a low-profile woman Italy 2019 with a regular, boring life, but development can help it happen. behind this dull façade she is Genre / actually a secret agent engaged Comedy in extremely dangerous and Duration / thrilling international missions. 100mins During a reunion with her high school classmates, she realises Language / that all of them are forced to suffer Italian with daily vexations and decides that English subtitles her next mission will be to help the people she loves and, with extravagant disguises and through CONTENTMENT hilarious situations, find justice for her friends! AGENCY

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Sono Tornato / M I’m Back

Director / An Italian satirical comedy film Luca Miniero’s comedy is an Luca Miniero about Benito Mussolini based astute and troubling satire on Cast / on the German film Look Who’s the reemergence of fascism Massimo Popolizio, Back in turn based on the satirical powered by a ferociously Frank Matano, novel of the same name. The film charismatic performance from Stefania Rocca, Gioele Dix includes unscripted vignettes of Massimo Popolizio (The Great ordinary Italians interacting with Beauty; Il Divo). Miniero depicts Country / Massimo Popolizio (pretending to the crass commercial realities Italy 2018 be Mussolini) interspersed among of today’s popular culture Genre / scripted scenes. (a reality framed by Berlusconi’s Comedy television stations of course) as Rome. Today. 72 years since the perfect conduit for Duce- Duration / his death, Benito Mussolini esque rants about migrants and 100mins inexplicably reappears in Piazza unemployment, and imagines a Vittorio. The war is over and Language / populace ready to tune out its Italian with everything seems changed. moral qualms in favour of a quick English subtitles Yet ‘il Duce’ is not one to shirk and dirty political fix. a challenge, and given what he sees around him, the time seems ripe for the plucking. With an “Italians have never come to terms opportunistic documentarian in with their dictator. It is as if they write tow – his own Boswell, or Sancho off how dangerous and murderous he Panza, Mussollini sets out to was, as if they forgot history’s lessons.” retake Italy… Luca Miniero

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Moschettieri Del Re / M The King’s Musketeers

Director / After nearly twenty years of Manuale d’amore 2 - Capitoli Giovanni Veronesi being out of the picture, the successivi (2007), Genitori & Figli - King’s Musketeers are called Agitare bene prima dell’uso (2010), Cast / Margherita Buy, back to action by Queen Anne, Non è un paese per giovani (2017). Pierfrancesco Favino, desperately seeking their help. Valerio Mastandrea, Cynical and disillusioned, but Rocco Papaleo still incredibly talented with their “ Surely, Alexandre Dumas swords, the band of musketeers: Country is rolling over in his grave… / D’Artagnan, Porthos Aramis and Italy, 2019 from laughter!” Athos, portrayed in a purely Genre / self-ironic and disenchanted Cineuropa Comedy, Adventure key will jump again into the fire for their final mission. Duration / 110mins Award-winning Tuscan director and writer, Giovanni Veronesi Language / began working in cinema as a Italian with English subtitles screenwriter in 1985. His first job as a director arrived with the film Maramao in 1987, followed in 1993 by Per amore solo per amore, for which he also wrote Proudly supporting the the script which won the David di Donatello in 1994. Veronesi’s Cinema Italiano Festival very successful recent films as a director are mostly dedicated to the sentimental problems of young 23 Napier Rd, Havelock North, 0800HAWTHORNE Italians: Manuale d’amore (2005), Order online at www.hawthornecoffee.co.nz 14 / Il Campione / The Champion 15 / Il Testimone Invisible / The Invisible Witness

Il Campione / Il Testimone Invisible / M M The Champion The Invisible Witness

Director / Set in the glossy world of is enlisted to tutor the troubled Director / When slick and successful Awards / Premi Leonardo D’Agostini professional, millionaire footballers player. But Christian’s world of Stefano Mordini businessman Adriano (Riccardo Nominated / Best Adapted in Italy, The Champion wonderfully fame and Ferraris clashes with Scamarcio, Loro) wakes up next Cast / Cast / Screenplay, David di Donatello Stefano Accorsi, pairs the talents of versatile Valerio’s humble circumstances. Riccardo Scamarcio, to his dead mistress in a resort Awards 2019 Andrea Caprenzano, veteran Stefano Accorsi (The Miriam Leone, hotel room, he becomes the Mario Sgueglia, Produced by Matteo Rovere Fabrizio Bentivoglio, obvious suspect. He selects Nominated / Best Actor, Italian Race) with an extraordinary Anita Caprioli and Sydney Sibilia, D’Agostini’s Maria Paiato Virginia Ferrara (Maria Paiato, Best Supporting Actress, Andrea Carpenzano in this story of debut is a beautifully balanced An Almost Perfect Town IFFNZ18), Nastri d’Argento Awards 2019 Country Country / friendship, betrayal, and learning / a veteran criminal attorney who Italy, 2019 blend of the spectacular and the Italy, 2018 Official Selection / Seattle who to trust. has never lost a case to defend intimate, delivering a moral International Film Festival 2019 him. The two only have three hours Genre / Carpenzano is Christian Ferro, lesson that is both identifiable Genre / Drama Mystery, Thriller to prepare the case, discredit a a young superstar striker for and strikingly moving. key witness, and find the evidence “A thoroughly satisfying suspense film” Duration / Roma. Growing up in a rough Duration / confirming Adriano’s innocence. 105mins area is a far cry from the millionaire 102mins CINEUROPA lifestyle he is now living, which has Awards / Premi The Invisible Witness builds Language / Language / intrigue and exhilarating tension Italian with attracted party-animal friends from Italian with Winner / Best Producer, English subtitles home as well as the return of his English subtitles up to its astonishing finale. Nastro d’Argento Awards long-lost father. When Christian’s Presented by / Winner / Best New Director, determination to prove to his Go Media Nastro d’Argento Awards friends that he remains rebellious lands him in trouble again, his Nominated / Best Actor, Andrea Carpenzano, coach gives him an ultimatum: Italian National Syndicate get back in line and pass the high- school exam, or get out. Enter Nominated / Best Supporting Valerio Fioretti (Accorsi), who Actor, Stefano Accorsi, Italian National Syndicate 17 / Io, Leonardo / Amazing Leonardo

Io, Leonardo / Ex Amazing Leonardo

Director / Amazing Leonardo boldly moves Awards / Premi Jesus Garcés Lambert beyond the common stereotypes Official Selection / Lavazza Italian about the gifted artist, visionary Cast / Film Festival 2019 Luca Argentero, scientist and brilliant inventor, Angela Fontana, to unveil the intriguing mysteries Official Selection / Los Angeles – Massimo De Lorenzo Italia 2019: The Italian Masters about Leonardo da Vinci’s life. Official Selection / Country / The audience is taken on a Italy, 2019 fascinating journey in history MittelCinemaFest 2019 and time, spanning locations that Official Selection / NICE New Genre / Italian Cinema Events Festival 2019 Biography, Drama include da Vinci’s native Tuscan town of Vinci and the region’s Official Selection / Russia-Italia Duration / countryside, as well as Florence, Film Festival 2019 90mins Milan, Rome, and several sites in Language / France. Informed by the research “Takes viewers on a journey through Italian with of art historian Pietro C. Marano, English subtitles Leonardo da Vinci’s mind.” who is a member of Italy’s national Hollywood Reporter Presented by / panel of da Vinci experts, this film The Italian Embassy, is an outstanding art movie about New Zealand the life of the astonishing painter and extraordinary man. 18 / Ti Presento Sofia / Let Me Introduce You To Sofia 19 / Loro / Loro

Ti Presento Sofia / Loro / M R16 Let Me Introduce You To Sofia Loro

Director / Gabriele (Fabio De Luigi) is a Comedy veteran De Luigi is an Director / Seduction, glamour, corruption, of characters from multiple levels Guido Chiesa divorced dad who owns a music expert in playing the fool, and this Paolo Sorrentino drugs and raucous poolside of society and their attempts store and is completely focused is no exception with the laughs Cast / Cast / parties: the life and times of to either ingratiate or distance Fabio De Luigi, on taking care of his 10-year-old coming in thick and fast, as the Toni Servillo, scandal-plagued Silvio Berlusconi themselves from him... Boldly Micaela Ramazzotti, daughter Sofia who spends time frazzled father moves ever further Elena Sofia Ricci, have long-demanded a screen and controversially speculating Caterina Sbaraglia, with both parents. One day he Riccardo Scamarcio, into hot water. depiction. Who else to deliver on what may or may not have Andrea Pisani bumps into his old friend Mara Kasia Smutniak (the gorgeous Micaela Ramazzotti, it than Paolo Sorrentino, the taken place behind closed doors, Country Country / Like Crazy, IFFNZ18) who - for the / Academy Award-winning director LORO (which translates as ‘Them’) Italy, 2018 Awards / Premi Italy 2018 first time since his separation of The Great Beauty and The Young offers a timely commentary on Genre / reignites his desire to be in a Nominated / Best Actor, Genre / Pope, who returns to cinema the excesses and follies of the Comedy relationship. There is only one Nastri d’Argento Awards 2019 Drama in spectacular fashion with this power-hungry. problem, Mara hates children! dazzling, topical and no-holds- Duration / Official Selection / Rome Film Duration / 98mins Blinded by desire, Gabriele Festival 2018 151mins barred look at life in Italy under decides to hide the existence Official Selection / Shanghai the glistening eye of modern Awards / Premi Language Language / of Sofia, but not without hilarious International Film Festival 2019 / Europe’s most infamous politician. Italian with Italian with Winner / Best Screenplay, consequences. One awkward With LORO, Sorrentino gradually English subtitles English subtitles Best Actress, Best Supporting charade follows another as unpeels the complex personality Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Gabriele desperately fumbles Presented by / and motivations of the billionaire Guglielmo Biraghi Award, to conceal one female from Peroni former Prime Minister - played Nastri d’Argento Awards 2018 the other and uphold his plan. with unmistakable panache by Suddenly, an unexpected turn of Winner / Best Actress, Best Hair Toni Servillo - during a tumultuous events forces Gabriele to review Design, David di Donatello period in his career, as his marriage his entire approach. Awards 2018 to second wife Veronica Lario (Elena Sofia Ricci) fractures; all the while skilfully threading “A richly inventive, ferocious feast” together stories of a wide variety The Hollywood Reporter 20 / Momenti Di Transcurabile Felicità / Ordinary Happiness

Momenti Di Transcurabile Felicità / M Ordinary Happiness

Director / In this humorous contemplation daily lives, our relationships, and Daniele Luchetti on life, Director Daniele Luchetti who we are. loosely adapts the short stories Cast / Luchetti mixes his bittersweet of Francesco Piccolo into a Pierfrancesco “Pif” style with Pif’s unmistakable, curiously charming metaphysical Diliberto, Renato sharp-witted comic timing Carpentieri, Federica comedy starring Italian comedian and a lively performance by Victoria Caiozzo and satirist Pierfrancesco “Pif” Italian musician-turned-actress Diliberto (The Mafia Only Kills in Country / Thony in this entertaining the Summer). Italy, 2019 Palermo-set charmer. The film follows our bumbling Genre / hero Paolo (Pif) who has driven Comedy through the same intersection Awards / Premi Duration / on his scooter every day for years 93mins risking a red light for his daily Nominated / Best Actress, bravado. That is, until one day Nastri d’Argento Awards 2019 Language / when he is inevitably hit by a Italian with Nominated / Best Supporting Actor, English subtitles car. When he arrives at the entry Best Score, Golden Ciak Awards 2019 point of this after-life, due to an administrative error, he is granted another 92 minutes of life on earth. “ Amusing and intriguing” At this point, Paolo finds himself Cineuropa grappling with his past and how to best spend these last moments on Earth. As he reflects on both the profound and insignificant moments of his existence, he discovers what really shapes our 22 / Raffaello: Il Principe Delle Arti / Raphael – Lord Of The Arts 23 / Shooting The Mafia / Shooting The Mafia

Raffaello: Il Principe Delle Arti/ Ex Ex Shooting The Mafia Raphael – Lord of the Arts

Director / From the makers of Florence and art historians Antonio Paolucci, Director / Sicilian photographer Letizia paints a portrait of a remarkable Luca Viotto the Uffizi Gallery 3D and St Peter’s Vincenzo Farinella and Antonio Kim Longinotto Battaglia began a lifelong battle woman whose bravery and Cast / and the Papal Basilicas of Rome Natali, enrich the story of the life Cast / with the Mafia when she first dared defiance helped expose the Flavio Parenti, 3D, Raphael – the Lord of the Arts, and work of the artist. The film is Letizia Battaglia to point her camera at a brutally Mafia’s brutal crimes. Angela Curri, is the first ever film adaptation set in 20 locations, two of which slain victim. A woman whose Enrico Lo Verso Country / of Renaissance master Raphael are major exclusives, the Vatican Ireland/USA 2019 passions led her to abandon Country / Sanzio and his art. This visually Logge and Cardinal Bibbiena’s traditional family life and become Awards / Premi Italy, 2017 stunning new film combines in- apartment in the Apostolic Palace, Genre / a photojournalist in the 1970s-the Official Selection / Sundance 2019 depth explorations of Raphael’s and shows over 30 works of art, Documentary first female photographer to be Genre / Official Selection / Berlin 2019 Documentary astonishing art, and immersive among the most famous and Duration / employed by an Italian daily historical reconstructions, inspired most representative of Raphael’s 94mins newspaper- Battaglia found herself Duration / by 18th Century paintings depicting entire work. on the front lines during one of the 90mins Language / “Within observational material more fragments of Raphael’s life. Italian with bloodiest chapters in Italy’s recent typical of her films, Longinotto embeds Language / English subtitles history. She fearlessly and artfully Few figures in the history of art excerpts from classic Italian cinema, Italian with captured everyday Sicilian life- English subtitles have lived a life so full of intensity in echo of, or contrast to Battaglia’s from weddings and funerals to the and fascination quite like Raphael early, oppressed life, home movies and grisly murders of ordinary citizens- Presented by / Sanzio. He died aged just 37 and archival news footage. These add a NEXT Technology to tell the narrative of how the yet managed to leave an indelible dimension to this portrait, which shifts community she loved in her native mark on art. In a well-balanced from the personal to a broader canvas Palermo was forced into silence dialogue between historical encompassing recent Italian history.” by the Cosa Nostra. Weaving reconstructions and artistic NZIFF together Battaglia’s striking black- commentary, the film retraces and-white photographs, rare the most significant moments of archival footage, classic Italian Raphael’s life. Expert contributions films, and the now 84-year-old’s delivered with feeling by great own memories, Shooting the Mafia 24 / La Grande Bellezza / The Great Beauty

La Grande Bellezza / M The Great Beauty

Director / Journalist Jep Gambardella Awards / Premi Paolo Sorrentino (the dazzling Toni Servillo, Il Divo Winner / Best International Feature Cast / and Gomorrah) has charmed Film, Academy Awards Toni Servillo, and seduced his way through Winner / Best Foreign Language Carlo Verdone, the lavish nightlife of Rome for Film, Golden Globe Awards Sabrina Ferilli decades. Since the legendary Winner / Best Foreign Language Country / success of his one and only novel, Film, British Academy Film Awards Italy, 2013 he has been a permanent fixture Winner / Best Supporting Actor, in the city’s literary and social Genre / Carlo Verdone, Silver Ribbon Awards circles, but when his sixty-fifth Comedy, Drama Winner / Best Supporting Actress, birthday coincides with a shock Sabrina Ferilli, Silver Ribbon Awards Duration / from the past, Jep finds himself 142mins Winner / Best Cinematography, unexpectedly taking stock of his Silver Ribbon Awards Language / life, turning his cutting wit on Winner / Best Sound, Italian with himself and his contemporaries, English subtitles Silver Ribbon Awards and looking past the extravagant Winner / Best Leading Actor, Presented by / nightclubs, parties, and cafés to Toni Servillo, Italian Golden Edit find Rome in all its glory: a timeless Globe Awards landscape of absurd, exquisite Winner / Best Director, European beauty. Film Awards

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La Befana Vien Di Notte / Il Vizio Della Speranza / PG M The Legend of the Christmas Witch The Vice Of Hope

Director / During the day Paola is an Awards / Premi Director / Following his acclaimed creates an incredible sense Michele Soavi Edoardo De Angelis neo-gothic fairytale Indivisible of place and conveys the most ordinary primary school teacher, Nominated / Best Visual Effects, (CIF2019), Edoardo De Angelis’ desperate of realities in this Cast / but at night, she turns into… David di Donatello Awards 2019 Cast / Paola Cortellesi, the Christmas Witch, a magical Pina Turco, powerful and award-winning evocative and emotionally charged Stefano Fresi, creature who brings gifts to Massimiliano Rossi, new drama portrays a woman story of conviction and renewal. Fausto Maria Marina Confalone desperately striving to escape good children. Sciarappa “A gothic fairy tale for all the family” a life of vice and criminality. Country / One night, Paola disappears, Country / Cineuropa Italy, 2018 In a town on the far outskirts of Awards / Premi Italy, 2018 kidnapped by Mr Johnny, a cruel Naples, trash-scarred beaches are Winner / Best Supporting Actress, Toymaker who had his childhood Genre / the haunts of prostitutes, drug Genre / Drama David di Donatello Awards 2019 ruined by the Witch and is now traffickers and hustlers. It’s in this Family, Comedy, Winner / Best Supporting Actress, Fantasy seeking revenge. A group of Duration / drizzly, neon-lit hell we find Maria six brave pupils who found out 96mins (Pina Turco, Gomorrah TV Series), Best Score, Golden Ciak Awards 2019 Duration / their teacher’s secret, will live an a woman haunted by memories 98mins Language / from her past. She spends her Winner / Best Original Song, extraordinary adventure to rescue Italian with days inextricably caught up in the Best Set Design, Best Supporting Language / her. Will they be able to save Paola English subtitles child trafficking business, ferrying Actress, Nastri d’Argento Awards Italian with and Christmas? English subtitles pregnant women across the river, 2019 leading them and their unborn Presented by / children to their fate. When a twist Dante Alighieri of fate comes knocking, Maria is “A portrait of the female condition Auckland delivered a fragile miracle that will in the world of the Camorra.” force the hand of change in her life. Cineuropa Set in Caserta, north of Naples, and with dialogue largely in dialect, De Angelis once again 28 / Domani È Un Altro Giorno / Tomorrow Is A New Day

Learn Italian Live Italian Domani È Un Altro Giorno / M Tomorrow’s a New Day in Auckland

Director / Two friends, a dog and four days for a few additional moments of Simone Spada to say goodbye. Simone Spada’s melancholy, humour and typical Cast / second film, Tomorrow’s a New Roman disenchantment. Valerio Mastandrea, Day – an Italian remake of the This is what Giuliano (Marco Giallini) Marco Giallini, 2015 Spanish-Argentinian success Anna Ferzetti tries to understand during a four Truman by Cesc Gay, which was day trip marked by small budgets Country / awarded five Goya awards – may and new discoveries, in which he Italy, 2019 talk an awful lot about death, receives words of comfort from but it’s really a tribute to life. Genre / those he would least expect, and Drama, Comedy It’s the story of two old friends rejection from a few people he Dante Alighieri Society Auckland who are spending their last days thought of as friends. He enjoys for Italians, and lovers of Italy. Duration / together, because one of them 101mins his last carefree moments, but is terminally ill and has decided also addresses the first terrible Study with us: Italian classes for Language / to stop treatment. The film’s symptoms of his imminent end. adults and children - all levels Italian with structure, most of its dialogue A beautiful story of friendship, English subtitles Join us: Italian events, culture and photo top: The meeting scene, detail from the fresco Camera degli and even various shots are the between two men and between Sposi, Andrea Mantegna Presented by / same, but Spada infuses it with a a man and a dog. It is easy to celebrations in Auckland photo background: Lago di Santa Croce, Francesco Camillo, Italian Ghella good dose of what it means to be recognise ourselves in this new National Tourist Board Australia & New Zealand Italian, or rather from Rome, in a Italian remake, which maintains all precise and effective way, thanks the strength and modesty of the to its two protagonists (the very original film. famous Marco Giallini and Valerio Mastandrea), a backdrop of Rome’s Awards / Premi natural scenery – and a screenplay Nominated / Best Actor, written by Giacomo Ciarrapico and Best Supporting Actress,

5 Generations of Tunnelers Luca Vendruscolo that provides Nastri d’Argento Awards 2019 www.dante.org.nz - [email protected] 30 / Bentornato Presidente / Welcome Back Mr. President! 31 / La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us

Bentornato Presidente / PG Welcome Back Mr. President!

Director / Peppino, a provincial librarian effectiveness, though it enjoys its Giancarlo Fontana & who became the accidental share of physical comedy, relies Giuseppe G. Stasi President of Italy, is now a father less on buffoonery than on the Cast / and has returned to a peaceful, joy of seeing the deserving get Claudio Bisio, happy life as a woodsman. That their comeuppance through a Sarah Felberbaum, is, until his wife Janis decides combination of well-intended Pietro Sermonti to return to politics. Peppino is swindling, all-too-human failure, forced to abandon his home in and a delightful foray into the Country / the mountains and return to Rome Italy, 2019 world of high-tech espionage. to win back his love and help her Genre / defeat a speculative plot intended Comedy to damage Italy. Together, they Awards / Premi must fight against social media Duration / attacks of the opposition and get Nominated / Best Comedy, 96mins the country back on its feet. Best Actor, Nastri d’Argento Awards 2019 Language / With this light-hearted and witty Italian with English subtitles portrait of Italian politics, director duo Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe G. Stasi playfully cast a satirical eye over the animosity being fostered by traditional and social media in the current political climate with hilarious results. Set largely in a strikingly elegant presidential palace and beautifully shot, the film’s comic 32 / La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us 33 / Programma / Schedule - Napier Programma / Schedule

Napier The Globe Theatrette 29 July – 7 August 2020

Wednesday 29 July 6.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

Thursday 30 July 3.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

Friday 31 July 6.00pm LORO 151mins

Saturday 1 Aug 8.15pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins

Sunday 2 Aug 3.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

Monday 3 Aug 6.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

Tuesday 4 Aug 6.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

Wednesday 5 Aug 6.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

Thursday 6 Aug 4.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

Friday 7 Aug 6.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins 34 / Programma / Schedule - Arrowtown 35 / Programma / Schedule - Nelson Programma / Schedule

Arrowtown Dorothy Browns 5-9 August 2020 Nelson The Suter Theatre 12 August - 2 September 2020

Wednesday 5 Aug 6.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins Wednesday 12 Aug 6.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

Thursday 6 Aug 6.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins Thursday 13 Aug 1.40pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

8.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins 3.45pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

Friday 7 Aug 3.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins 6.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins

8.15pm THE CHAMPION 105mins 8.00pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins

Saturday 8 Aug 3.00pm LORO 151mins Friday 14 Aug 1.20pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins

6.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins 3.15pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

Sunday 9 Aug 3.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 6.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

5.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins 8.10pm I’M BACK 100mins

Saturday 15 Aug 1.00pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

3.00pm LORO 151mins

6.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

8.10pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

Sunday 16 Aug 2.00pm RAFAELLO: KING OF THE ARTS 90mins

4.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

5.50pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

8.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

Monday 17 Aug 1.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

3.30pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins

5.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

8.15pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins

Tuesday 18 Aug 1.20pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

3.30pm I’M BACK 100mins

8.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

Wednesday 19 Aug 2.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins

4.00pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins

6.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

8.10pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins 36 / Programma / Schedule - Nelson 37 / Programma / Schedule - Nelson Programma / Schedule

Nelson The Suter Theatre 12 August - 2 September 2020 Nelson The Suter Theatre 12 August - 2 September 2020

Thursday 20 Aug 1.45pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins Thursday 27 Aug 1.45pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

3.45pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins 4.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins

5.50pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins 6.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

8.00pm I’M BACK 100mins 8.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

Friday 21 Aug 1.30pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins Friday 28 Aug 1.40pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins

3.25pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins 3.45pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

5.30pm LORO 151mins 7.00pm LORO 151mins

8.25pm THE CHAMPION 105mins Saturday 29 Aug 1.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

Saturday 22 Aug 1.45pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins 3.35pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

3.45pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins 5.45pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

6.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins 7.50pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

8.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins Sunday 30 Aug 1.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins

Sunday 23 Aug 1.15pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 3.30pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

4.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins 5.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins

6.05pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins 7.30pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins

8.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins Monday 31 Aug 1.40pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins

Monday 24 Aug 1.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins 3.35pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins

3.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins 5.35pm RAFAELLO: KING OF THE ARTS 90mins

5.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 7.30pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

8.15pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins Tuesday 1 Sept 1.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins

Tuesday 25 Aug 1.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins 3.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

3.30pm I’M BACK 100mins 8.20pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

8.20pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins Wednesday 2 Sept 3.30pm I’M BACK 100mins

Wednesday 26 Aug 2.00pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins 5.45pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

4.00pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins 8.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

6.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

8.10pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins 39 / Programma / Schedule - Masterton Programma / Schedule

Masterton The Screening Room 12 - 19 August 2020

Wednesday 12 Aug 6.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

Thursday 13 Aug 3.30pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

5.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

Friday 14 Aug 3.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

5.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

Saturday 15 Aug 3.30pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

5.30pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

Sunday 16 Aug 3.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

5.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins NATIONWIDE OUTDOOR Monday 17 Aug 3.30pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins MEDIA SOLUTIONS 5.30pm I’M BACK 100mins Tuesday 18 Aug 3.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins 100% KIWI OWNED 5.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins AND OPERATED Wednesday 19 Aug 3.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins 7.00pm LORO 151mins

40 DIGITAL BILLBOARDS

179 BILLBOARDS

681 BUSES

83 TRAIN INTERIORS

1 AIRPORT TERMINAL 40 / Programma / Schedule - Palmerston North 41 / Programma / Schedule - Taupo Programma / Schedule

Palmerston North Event Cinemas 13 -20 August 2020 Taupo The Starlight Cinema 1- 8 September 2020

Thursday 13 Aug 6:00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins Tuesday 1 Sept 6.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

Friday 14 Aug 3.30pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins Wednesday 2 Sept 4.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

5.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins 6.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

Saturday 15 Aug 3.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins Thursday 3 Sept 4.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

5.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 6.30pm LORO 151mins

Sunday 16 Augt 3.30pm LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins Friday 4 Sept 4.00pm I’M BACK 100mins

6.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins 6.30pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

Monday 17 Aug 3.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins Saturday 5 Sept 4.00pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

5.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins 6.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins

Tuesday 18 Aug 3.30pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins Sunday 6 Sept 4.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

5.30pm I’M BACK 100mins 6.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

Wednesday 19 Aug 3.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins Monday 7 Sept 4.00pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins

5.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins 6.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

Thursday 20 Aug 3.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins Tuesday 8 Sept 4.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 102mins

5.30pm LORO 151mins 6.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins 42 / Programma / Schedule - Matakana 43 / Programma / Schedule - Auckland Programma / Schedule

Matakana Matakana Cinemas 4 - 13 September 2020 Auckland The Bridgeway 17 September – 1 October 2020

Friday 4 Sept 7.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins Thursday 17 Sept 7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

Saturday 5 Sept 12.15pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins Friday 18 Sept 10.30am SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins

4.30pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins 1.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

8.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 6.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

Sunday 6 Sept 12.30pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins 8.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

5:00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins Saturday 19 Sept 10.30am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

7.15pm LORO 151mins 1.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

Monday 7 Sept 12.15pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins 6.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

4.30pm WELCOME BACK MR. PRESIDENT 96mins 8.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

6.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 120mins Sunday 20 Sept 10.30am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins

Tuesday 8 Sept 12.15pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins 12.45pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

4.30pm I’M BACK 100mins 6.00pm I’M BACK 100mins

6.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins 8.15pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

Wednesday 9 Sept 12.15pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins Monday 21 Sept 10.30am ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins

4.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins 12.45pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins

6.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins 6.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins

Thursday 10 Sept 1.00pm LORO 151mins 8.00pm WELCOME BACK MR. PRESIDENT 96mins

4.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins Tuesday 22 Sept 10.30am AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

6.15pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins 12.45pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

Friday 11 Sept 12.15pm THE CHAMPION 105mins 5.45pm LORO 151mins

4.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 90mins 8.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

6.30pm I’M BACK 100mins Wednesday 23 Sept 10.30am I’M BACK 100mins

Saturday 12 Sept 12.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins 1.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

4.00pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins 6.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

8.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 8.00pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins

Sunday 13 Sept 1.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

5:30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

7.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 90mins 44 / Programma / Schedule - Auckland 45 / Programma / Schedule - Auckland Programma / Schedule

Auckland The Bridgeway 17 September – 1 October 2020 Auckland The Bridgeway 17 September – 1 October 2020

Thursday 24 Sept 10.30am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins Thursday 1 Oct 10.30am ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

1.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins 1.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins

6.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 6.00pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins

8.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins 8.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

Friday 25 Sept 10.30am DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

1.00pm LORO 151mins

6.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

8.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

Saturday 26 Sept 10.30am WELCOME BACK MR. PRESIDENT 96mins

1.00pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

6.00pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins

8.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

Sunday 27 Sept 10.30am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

12.45pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins

6.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

8.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

Monday 28 Sept 10.30am THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

12.45pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

6.00pm WELCOME BACK MR. PRESIDENT 96mins

8.00pm I’M BACK 100mins

Tuesday 29 Sept 10.30am ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

12.45pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 115mins

6.00pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins

7.45pm LORO 151mins

Wednesday 30 Sept 10.30am THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

1.30pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins

6.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins

8.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins 46 / Programma / Schedule - Takapuna 47 / Programma / Schedule - Christchurch Programma / Schedule

Takapuna Monterey Takapuna 30 October – 8 November 2020 Christchurch Lumiere Cinemas 4 – 18 November 2020

Friday 30 Oct 7.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins Wednesday 4 Nov 7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

Saturday 31 Oct 11.30am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins Thursday 5 Nov 10.00am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

3.30pm I’M BACK 100mins 6.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins

6.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 8.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

Sunday 1 Nov 10.30am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins Friday 6 Nov 10.00am ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

3.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins 6.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

6.00pm LORO 151mins 8.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

Monday 2 Nov 10.30am THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins Saturday 7 Nov 1.00pm LORO 151mins

8.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins 6.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

Tuesday 3 Nov 10.30am ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins 8.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

8.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins Sunday 8 Nov 1.00pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

Wednesday 4 Nov 10.30am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins 6.00pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins

8.00pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins 8.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

Thursday 5 Nov 10.30am SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins Monday 9 Nov 10.00am LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins

8.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins 6.00pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins

Friday 6 Nov 10.30am AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins 8.00pm I’M BACK 100mins

3.30pm WELCOME BACK MR. PRESIDENT 96mins Tuesday 10 Nov 10.00am ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins

8.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins 6.00pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins

Saturday 7 Nov 10.30am TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins 8.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

3.30pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins Wednesday 11 Nov 10.00am AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

6.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins 6.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

Sunday 8 Nov 11.30am THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins 8.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

3.30pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins Thursday 12 Nov 10.00am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins

6.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 6.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

8.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins 48 / Programma / Schedule - Christchurch 49 / Programma / Schedule - Wellington Programma / Schedule

Christchurch Lumiere Cinemas 4 – 18 November 2020 Wellington The Empire Cinema 5 – 18 November 2020

Friday 13 Nov 10.00am THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins Thursday 5 Nov 7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

6.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins Friday 6 Nov 10.30am ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

8.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins 12.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

Saturday 14 Nov 1.00pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins 6.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

6.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins 8.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

8.00pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins Saturday 7 Nov 10.30am SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins

Sunday 15 Nov 1.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins 12.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

6.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins 6.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

8.00pm I’M BACK 100mins 8.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

Monday 16 Nov 11.00am WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins Sunday 8 Nov 10.30am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

5.30pm LORO 151mins 12.30pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins

8.15pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins 5.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

Tuesday 17 Nov 11.00am DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins 7.00pm LORO 151mins

6.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins Monday 9 Nov 11.00am AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

8.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins 1.00pm I’M BACK 100mins

Wednesday 18 Nov 11.00am TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins 5.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins

6.00pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins 7.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins

8.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins Tuesday 10 Nov 10.30am ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins

12.30pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins

6.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins

8.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

Wednesday 11 Nov 10.30am THE CHAMPION 105mins

12.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

6.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

8.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins 50 / Programma / Schedule - Wellington 51 / Programma / Schedule - New Plymouth Programma / Schedule

Wellington The Empire Cinema 5 – 18 November 2020 New Plymouth The Govett Brewster 6 - 17 November 2020

Thursday 12 Nov 10.30am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins Friday 6 Nov 7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

12.30pm LORO 151mins Saturday 7 Nov 3.30pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

5.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 6.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

8.15pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins Sunday 8 Nov 11.00am WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins

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12.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins 6.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

6.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins Monday 9 Nov 5.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

8.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins 7.00pm I’M BACK 100mins

Saturday 14 Nov 10.30am I’M BACK 100mins Tuesday 10 Nov 3.30pm LORO 151mins

12.30pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins 7.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

6.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins Wednesday 11 Nov 11.00am ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

8.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins 3.30pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins

Sunday 15 Nov 10.30am THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins Thursday 12 Nov 3.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins

12.30pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins 7.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

5.45pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins Friday 13 Nov 3.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

7.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins 7.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

Monday 16 Nov 11.00am THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins Saturday 14 Nov 3.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

1.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins 6.00pm LORO 151mins

6.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins Sunday 15 Nov 11.00am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

8.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins 3.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins

Tuesday 17 Nov 10.30am I’M BACK 100mins 6.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins

12.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins Monday 16 Nov 5.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

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8.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins Tuesday 17 Nov 3.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins

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12.30pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

6.00pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins

7.45pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 52 / Programma / Schedule - Tauranga 53 / Programma / Schedule - Tauranga Programma / Schedule

Tauranga Rialto Cinema 20 November – 6 December 2020 Tauranga Rialto Cinema 20 November – 6 December 2020

Friday 20 Nov 6.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins Sunday 29 Nov 11.00am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

Saturday 21 Nov 11.00am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins 1.30pm LORO 151mins

1.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins 5.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

5.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins 8.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

7.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins Monday 30 Nov 10.30am THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

Sunday 22 Nov 11.00am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins 5.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

1.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins 7.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

5.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins Tuesday 1 Dec 10.30am SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins

7.30pm THE CHAMPION 105mins 5.30pm I’M BACK 100mins

Monday 23 Nov 10.30am SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins 7.30pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins

5.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins Wednesday 2 Dec 10.30am LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins

7.30pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins 5.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

Tuesday 24 Nov 10.30am LORO 151mins 7.30pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

5.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins Thursday 3 Dec 10.30am THE CHAMPION 105mins

7.30pm I’M BACK 100mins 5.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

Wednesday 25 Nov 10.30am TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins 7.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

5.30pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins Friday 4 Dec 10.30am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

7.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 5.00pm LORO 151mins

Thursday 26 Nov 10.30am THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins 8.00pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins

5.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins Saturday 5 Dec 11.00am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

7.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins 1.30pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins

Friday 27 Nov 10.30am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins 5.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

5.30pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins 8.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

7.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins Sunday 6 Dec 11.00am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins

Saturday 28 Nov 11.00am THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins 1.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins

1.30pm THE CHAMPION 105mins 5.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

5.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins 7.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

8.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins 54 / Programma / Schedule - Havelock North 55 / Programma / Schedule - Havelock North Programma / Schedule

Havelock North Event Cinemas 25 November – 9 December 2020 Havelock North Event Cinemas 25 November – 9 December 2020

Wednesday 25 Nov 7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins Saturday 5 Dec 10.30am THE CHAMPION 105mins

Thurs 26 Nov 10.30am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins 1.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins

1.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins 7.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

7.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins Sunday 6 Dec 10.30am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

Friday 27 Nov 10.30am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins 1.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins

1.00pm I’M BACK 100mins 7.00pm I’M BACK 100mins

7.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins Monday 7 Dec 10.00am LORO 151mins

Saturday 28 Nov 10.30am LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins 1.30pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

1.00pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins 7.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

7.00pm LORO 151mins Tuesday 8 Dec 10.30am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

Sunday 29 Nov 10.30am THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins 1.00pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins

1.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins 7.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

7.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins Wednesday 9 Dec 10.30am THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

Monday 30 Nov 10.30am I’M BACK 100mins 1.30pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins

1.00pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins 7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

7.00pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 94mins

Tuesday 1 Dec 10.30am THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

1.00pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins

7.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

Wednesday 2 Dec 10.30am AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

1.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

7.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins

Thursday 3 Dec 10.30am SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins

1.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins

7.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins

Friday 4 Dec 10.30am WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins

1.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

7.00pm LORO 151mins 56 / Programma / Schedule - Whakatane 57 / Programma / Schedule - Waiheke Programma / Schedule

Whakatane Whakamax 2 – 6 December 2020 Waiheke Waiheke Cinemas 7 - 13 January 2021

Wednesday 2 Dec 7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins Thursday 7 Jan 8.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins

Thursday 3 Dec 11.00am LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins Friday 8 Jan 8.00pm LORO 151mins

7.15pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins Saturday 9 Jan 6.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins

Friday 4 Dec 11.00am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins Sunday 10 Jan 8.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins

7.15pm LORO 151mins Monday 11 Jan 5.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins

Saturday 5 Dec 11.00am THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins Tuesday 12 Jan 8.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

7.15pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins Wednesday 13 Jan 8.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins

Sunday 6 Dec 11.00am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins

1.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins

7.30pm THE CHAMPION 105mins 59 / Classificazione / Classification Classificazione / Classification

Censorship Classification

Suitable for general Classifications will be published on the G audiences Cinema Italiano Festival website and displayed at the venues’ box office. At the time of printing some films had not Parental guidance recommended PG been rated. Until they receive a censor rating, for younger viewers they are considered M.

Documentary Films are not rated. Recommended for M mature audiences

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