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Benvenuti / 03 Welcome
Luoghi / 04 Locations
Cinema / 06 Films
Programma / 33 Schedule
Classificazione / 59 Classification
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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 4 / Luoghi / Locations Luoghi / Locations
Globe Theatrette / Napier Matakana Cinemas / Govett Brewster / July 29 - August 7 Matakana New Plymouth 15 Hardinge Rd September 4 - 13 November 6 - 17 Ahuriri, Napier 4110 2 Matakana Valley Rd The Len Lye Centre Cinema 06 833 6011 Matakana 0985 42 Queen Street globenapier.co.nz 09 423 0218 New Plymouth 4310 matakanacinemas.co.nz 06 759 6060 Dorothy Browns / govett-brewster.com/cinema Arrowtown August 5 - 9 Bridgeway Cinema / 18 Buckingham St Auckland Rialto / Arrowtown 9302 September 17 - October 1 Tauranga 03 442 1964 122 Queen St November 20 - December 6 21 Devonport Rd dorothybrowns.com Northcote Point Tauranga 3110 Auckland 0627 07 577 0445 Suter Theatre / Nelson 09 481 0040 rialtotauranga.co.nz August 12 - September 2 bridgeway.co.nz Queens Gardens 208 Bridge St Event Cinema / Nelson 7010 Monterey Cinemas / Havelock North 03 548 3885 Takapuna November 25 - December 9 suter.statecinemas.co.nz October 30 - November 8 11 Joll Rd 32-34 Anzac Street Havelock North 4130 The Screening Room / Takapuna 06 877 9016 Masterton Auckland 0622 eventcinemas.co.nz/cinema/ August 12 - 19 09 488 6000 havelock-north 435 Queen Street montereytakapuna.co.nz Masterton 5810 06 378 6191 Whakamax / thescreeningroom.co.nz Lumiere Cinema / Whakatane Christchurch December 2 - 6 Event Cinemas / November 4 - 18 99 The Strand Palmerston North The Christchurch Arts Centre Whakatane 3120 August 13 - 20 26 Rolleston Avenue 07 308 7625 70 Broadway Avenue Christchurch 8013 whakamax.co.nz Palmerston North 4410 03 365 0066 06 355 5335 lumierecinemas.co.nz 2021 eventcinemas.co.nz/cinema/ palmerston-north Empire Cinema / Waiheke Cinema / Wellington Starlight Cinema / Taupo Waiheke September 1 - 8 November 5 - 18 January 7 - 13 Starlight Arcade 214 The Parade 127-129 Oceanview Rd 26 Horomatangi Street Island Bay Oneroa Taupo Wellington 6023 Auckland 1081 07 377 1085 04 939 7557 09 372 4240 starlightcinema.co.nz empirecinema.nz waihekecinema.co.nz VIT A C O N ST ILE 6 / Croce e Delizia / An Almost Ordinary Summer
Croce e Delizia / M An Almost Ordinary Summer
Director / Two very different families spend Alessandro Gassmann and Simone Godano their holidays in the same house Jasmine Trinca make this by the spectacularly situated comedy a pure delight. Cast / cliffside villa in coastal Gaeta: Alessandro Gassmann, DP Daniele Cipri’s warm the aristocratic Castelvecchios Fabrizio Bentivoglio, widescreen lensing and Tonino Jasmine Trinca, are open-minded and eccentric, Zera’s handsome production Filippo Scicchitano whereas the working-class design make this movie the Petagnas are tight-knit southerners Country / kind of travelogue eye-candy united around their firm family Italy, 2019 that will set some viewers to values. Only the two middle-aged investigating vacation options Genre / heads of the families know what in the locations depicted. Comedy, Romance has brought such distant worlds together on this summer holiday. Duration / When an unexpected engagement 100mins is announced, the lives of all are Language / turned upside down. With the Italian with wedding already set for three English subtitles weeks, chaos and catastrophe reign on this seemingly Presented by / ordinary summer. Studio Italia By playfully poking fun at Italian stereotypes, director Simone Godano presents the rivalry between loud southerners and their uppity northern counterparts with raw wit and sensitivity. Gorgeous Mediterranean scenery and a stunning cast including 7 / Non Ci Resta Che Il Crimine / All You Need Is Crime
Non Ci Resta Che Il Crimine / M All You Need Is Crime
Director / Take a step back in time with Acting, writing, directing, films, Massimiliano Bruno Massimiliano Bruno’s hilarious plays, television... Massimiliano crime comedy Non ci Resta che Bruno semmingly does it all. Cast / Ilenia Pastorelli, il Crimine; the story of three Bruno is best known for his pop- Marco Giallini, carefree old friends who decide culture comedies Nessuno mi Edoardo Leo, to put their talents to the test Puo’ Giudicare (2011), Viva l’Italia Alessandro Gassmann in organising a “Criminal Tour” (2012) and Notte Prima Degli of Rome, where the once- Esami (2006), which earned him Country / famous organised crime group, a nomination for the prestigious Italy 2019 The Magliana, controlled all illegal David di Donatello Award for Genre / betting in the mid-1970’s. But an New Director. Bruno also stars Fantasy, Crime unexpected twist of fate catapults in this film. the trio back into 1982... and all Duration / the way to the World Cup in Spain, 102mins where they come face to face Language / with the original mob bosses Italian with (a dangerous encounter), and the English subtitles unimaginable chance to get rich “guessing” the correct outcomes of all the games! It turns out this strange journey into the past might just be the perfect opportunity for redemption... or is it? Bruno and his star-studded cast take the audience on a wild and nostalgic adventure into the past, and all the way back to the future in this witty and entertaining comedy. 8 / Ma Cosa Ci Dice Il Cervello / Don’t Stop Me Now
Ma Cosa Ci Dice Il Cervello / M Don’t Stop Me Now
Director / After the enormous success Awards / Premi 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
Country / Giovanna is a low-profile woman Italy 2019 with a regular, boring life, but 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 hilarious situations, find justice for her friends! 9 / La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us Your Business Name in Lights.
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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 25 Nugent Street, Grafton Auckland 1023 +64 9 523 2105 www.studioitalia.co.nz 12 / La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us
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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 the script which won the David di Donatello in 1994. Veronesi’s very successful recent films as a director are mostly dedicated to the sentimental problems of young Italians: Manuale d’amore (2005), 14 / Il Campione / The Champion
Il Campione / M The Champion
Director / Set in the glossy world of is enlisted to tutor the troubled Leonardo D’Agostini professional, millionaire footballers player. But Christian’s world of Cast / in Italy, The Champion wonderfully fame and Ferraris clashes with Stefano Accorsi, pairs the talents of versatile Valerio’s humble circumstances. Andrea Caprenzano, veteran Stefano Accorsi (The Mario Sgueglia, Produced by Matteo Rovere Italian Race) with an extraordinary Anita Caprioli and Sydney Sibilia, D’Agostini’s Andrea Carpenzano in this story of debut is a beautifully balanced Country / friendship, betrayal, and learning blend of the spectacular and the Italy, 2019 who to trust. intimate, delivering a moral Genre / Carpenzano is Christian Ferro, lesson that is both identifiable Drama a young superstar striker for and strikingly moving. Duration / Roma. Growing up in a rough 105mins area is a far cry from the millionaire
Language / lifestyle he is now living, which has Awards / Premi Italian with attracted party-animal friends from Winner / Best Producer, English subtitles home as well as the return of his 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 15 / Il Testimone Invisible / The Invisible Witness
Il Testimone Invisible / M The Invisible Witness
Director / When slick and successful Awards / Premi Stefano Mordini businessman Adriano (Riccardo Scamarcio, Loro) wakes up next Nominated / Best Adapted Cast / Screenplay, David di Donatello Riccardo Scamarcio, to his dead mistress in a resort Awards 2019 Miriam Leone, hotel room, he becomes the Fabrizio Bentivoglio, obvious suspect. He selects Nominated / Best Actor, Maria Paiato Virginia Ferrara (Maria Paiato, Best Supporting Actress, An Almost Perfect Town IFFNZ18), Nastri d’Argento Awards 2019 Country / a veteran criminal attorney who Italy, 2018 Official Selection / Seattle has never lost a case to defend International Film Festival 2019 Genre / him. The two only have three hours Mystery, Thriller to prepare the case, discredit a key witness, and find the evidence “A thoroughly satisfying suspense film” Duration / confirming Adriano’s innocence. 102mins CINEUROPA The Invisible Witness builds Language / intrigue and exhilarating tension Italian with English subtitles up to its astonishing finale.
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
Ti Presento Sofia / M Let Me Introduce You To Sofia
Director / Gabriele (Fabio De Luigi) is a Comedy veteran De Luigi is an Guido Chiesa divorced dad who owns a music expert in playing the fool, and this store and is completely focused is no exception with the laughs Cast / Fabio De Luigi, on taking care of his 10-year-old coming in thick and fast, as the Micaela Ramazzotti, daughter Sofia who spends time frazzled father moves ever further Caterina Sbaraglia, with both parents. One day he into hot water. Andrea Pisani bumps into his old friend Mara (the gorgeous Micaela Ramazzotti, Country / Like Crazy, IFFNZ18) who - for the Italy, 2018 Awards / Premi first time since his separation Genre / reignites his desire to be in a Nominated / Best Actor, Comedy relationship. There is only one Nastri d’Argento Awards 2019 problem, Mara hates children! Duration / Official Selection / Rome Film 98mins Blinded by desire, Gabriele Festival 2018 decides to hide the existence Official Selection / Shanghai Language / of Sofia, but not without hilarious International Film Festival 2019 Italian with English subtitles consequences. One awkward charade follows another as Gabriele desperately fumbles to conceal one female from the other and uphold his plan. Suddenly, an unexpected turn of events forces Gabriele to review his entire approach. 19 / Loro / Loro
Loro / R16 Loro
Director / Seduction, glamour, corruption, of characters from multiple levels Paolo Sorrentino drugs and raucous poolside of society and their attempts Cast / parties: the life and times of to either ingratiate or distance Toni Servillo, scandal-plagued Silvio Berlusconi themselves from him... Boldly Elena Sofia Ricci, have long-demanded a screen and controversially speculating Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak depiction. Who else to deliver on what may or may not have it than Paolo Sorrentino, the taken place behind closed doors, Country / Academy Award-winning director LORO (which translates as ‘Them’) Italy 2018 of The Great Beauty and The Young offers a timely commentary on Genre / Pope, who returns to cinema the excesses and follies of the Drama in spectacular fashion with this power-hungry. dazzling, topical and no-holds- Duration / 151mins barred look at life in Italy under the glistening eye of modern Awards / Premi Language / Europe’s most infamous politician. Italian with Winner / Best Screenplay, With LORO, Sorrentino gradually English subtitles Best Actress, Best Supporting unpeels the complex personality Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Presented by / and motivations of the billionaire Guglielmo Biraghi Award, Peroni former Prime Minister - played Nastri d’Argento Awards 2018 with unmistakable panache by Winner / Best Actress, Best Hair Toni Servillo - during a tumultuous Design, David di Donatello period in his career, as his marriage 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
Raffaello: Il Principe Delle Arti/ Ex Raphael – Lord of the Arts
Director / From the makers of Florence and art historians Antonio Paolucci, Luca Viotto the Uffizi Gallery 3D and St Peter’s Vincenzo Farinella and Antonio Cast / and the Papal Basilicas of Rome Natali, enrich the story of the life Flavio Parenti, 3D, Raphael – the Lord of the Arts, and work of the artist. The film is Angela Curri, is the first ever film adaptation set in 20 locations, two of which Enrico Lo Verso of Renaissance master Raphael are major exclusives, the Vatican Country / Sanzio and his art. This visually Logge and Cardinal Bibbiena’s Italy, 2017 stunning new film combines in- apartment in the Apostolic Palace, depth explorations of Raphael’s and shows over 30 works of art, Genre / Documentary astonishing art, and immersive among the most famous and historical reconstructions, inspired most representative of Raphael’s Duration / by 18th Century paintings depicting entire work. 90mins fragments of Raphael’s life. Language / Italian with Few figures in the history of art English subtitles have lived a life so full of intensity and fascination quite like Raphael Presented by / Sanzio. He died aged just 37 and NEXT Technology yet managed to leave an indelible mark on art. In a well-balanced dialogue between historical reconstructions and artistic commentary, the film retraces the most significant moments of Raphael’s life. Expert contributions delivered with feeling by great 23 / Shooting The Mafia / Shooting The Mafia
Ex Shooting The Mafia
Director / Sicilian photographer Letizia paints a portrait of a remarkable Kim Longinotto Battaglia began a lifelong battle woman whose bravery and Cast / with the Mafia when she first dared defiance helped expose the Letizia Battaglia to point her camera at a brutally Mafia’s brutal crimes. slain victim. A woman whose Country / Ireland/USA 2019 passions led her to abandon traditional family life and become Awards / Premi Genre / a photojournalist in the 1970s-the Official Selection / Sundance 2019 Documentary first female photographer to be Official Selection / Berlin 2019 Duration / employed by an Italian daily 94mins newspaper- Battaglia found herself on the front lines during one of the Language / “Within observational material more Italian with bloodiest chapters in Italy’s recent typical of her films, Longinotto embeds English subtitles history. She fearlessly and artfully excerpts from classic Italian cinema, captured everyday Sicilian life- in echo of, or contrast to Battaglia’s from weddings and funerals to the early, oppressed life, home movies and grisly murders of ordinary citizens- archival news footage. These add a to tell the narrative of how the dimension to this portrait, which shifts community she loved in her native from the personal to a broader canvas Palermo was forced into silence encompassing recent Italian history.” by the Cosa Nostra. Weaving NZIFF together Battaglia’s striking black- and-white photographs, rare archival footage, classic Italian films, and the now 84-year-old’s 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 / PG The Legend of the Christmas Witch
Director / During the day Paola is an Awards / Premi Michele Soavi ordinary primary school teacher, Nominated / Best Visual Effects, Cast / but at night, she turns into… David di Donatello Awards 2019 Paola Cortellesi, the Christmas Witch, a magical Stefano Fresi, creature who brings gifts to Fausto Maria Sciarappa good children. “A gothic fairy tale for all the family” One night, Paola disappears, Country / Cineuropa Italy, 2018 kidnapped by Mr Johnny, a cruel Toymaker who had his childhood Genre / ruined by the Witch and is now Family, Comedy, Fantasy seeking revenge. A group of six brave pupils who found out Duration / their teacher’s secret, will live an 98mins extraordinary adventure to rescue Language / her. Will they be able to save Paola Italian with and Christmas? English subtitles
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Il Vizio Della Speranza / M The Vice Of Hope
Director / Following his acclaimed creates an incredible sense Edoardo De Angelis neo-gothic fairytale Indivisible of place and conveys the most (CIF2019), Edoardo De Angelis’ desperate of realities in this Cast / Pina Turco, powerful and award-winning evocative and emotionally charged Massimiliano Rossi, new drama portrays a woman story of conviction and renewal. Marina Confalone desperately striving to escape a life of vice and criminality. Country / Italy, 2018 In a town on the far outskirts of Awards / Premi Naples, trash-scarred beaches are Winner / Best Supporting Actress, Genre / the haunts of prostitutes, drug Drama David di Donatello Awards 2019 traffickers and hustlers. It’s in this Winner / Best Supporting Actress, Duration / drizzly, neon-lit hell we find Maria 96mins (Pina Turco, Gomorrah TV Series), Best Score, Golden Ciak Awards a woman haunted by memories 2019 Language / from her past. She spends her Winner / Best Original Song, Italian with days inextricably caught up in the Best Set Design, Best Supporting English subtitles child trafficking business, ferrying Actress, Nastri d’Argento Awards pregnant women across the river, 2019 leading them and their unborn children to their fate. When a twist of fate comes knocking, Maria is “A portrait of the female condition 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
Domani È Un Altro Giorno / M Tomorrow’s a New Day
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 who are spending their last days thought of as friends. He enjoys Duration / together, because one of them 101mins his last carefree moments, but is terminally ill and has decided also addresses the first terrible Language / to stop treatment. The film’s symptoms of his imminent end. Italian with structure, most of its dialogue A beautiful story of friendship, English subtitles and even various shots are the between two men and between Presented by / same, but Spada infuses it with a a man and a dog. It is easy to Ghella good dose of what it means to be recognise ourselves in this new 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,
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www.dante.org.nz - [email protected] 30 / Bentornato Presidente / Welcome Back Mr. President!
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 31 / La Famiglia è il Centro di Noi / Family is at the Heart of Us 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 Programma / Schedule
Arrowtown Dorothy Browns 5-9 August 2020
Wednesday 5 Aug 6.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Thursday 6 Aug 6.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
8.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
Friday 7 Aug 3.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
8.15pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Saturday 8 Aug 3.00pm LORO 151mins
6.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
Sunday 9 Aug 3.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
5.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins 35 / Programma / Schedule - Nelson
Nelson The Suter Theatre 12 August - 2 September 2020
Wednesday 12 Aug 6.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Thursday 13 Aug 1.40pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
3.45pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
6.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
8.00pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
Friday 14 Aug 1.20pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
3.15pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
6.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
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 Programma / Schedule
Nelson The Suter Theatre 12 August - 2 September 2020
Thursday 20 Aug 1.45pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
3.45pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
5.50pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
8.00pm I’M BACK 100mins
Friday 21 Aug 1.30pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins
3.25pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
5.30pm LORO 151mins
8.25pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Saturday 22 Aug 1.45pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
3.45pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
6.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
8.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Sunday 23 Aug 1.15pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
4.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
6.05pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
8.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
Monday 24 Aug 1.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
3.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
5.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
8.15pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
Tuesday 25 Aug 1.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
3.30pm I’M BACK 100mins
8.20pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
Wednesday 26 Aug 2.00pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins
4.00pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
6.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
8.10pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins 37 / Programma / Schedule - Nelson
Nelson The Suter Theatre 12 August - 2 September 2020
Thursday 27 Aug 1.45pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
4.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
6.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
8.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Friday 28 Aug 1.40pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
3.45pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
7.00pm LORO 151mins
Saturday 29 Aug 1.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
3.35pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
5.45pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
7.50pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
Sunday 30 Aug 1.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
3.30pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
5.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
7.30pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
Monday 31 Aug 1.40pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
3.35pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins
5.35pm RAFAELLO: KING OF THE ARTS 90mins
7.30pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
Tuesday 1 Sept 1.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
3.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
8.20pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
Wednesday 2 Sept 3.30pm I’M BACK 100mins
5.45pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
8.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins NATIONWIDE OUTDOOR MEDIA SOLUTIONS
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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
Monday 17 Aug 3.30pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
5.30pm I’M BACK 100mins
Tuesday 18 Aug 3.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
5.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
Wednesday 19 Aug 3.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
7.00pm LORO 151mins 40 / Programma / Schedule - Palmerston North Programma / Schedule
Palmerston North Event Cinemas 13 -20 August 2020
Thursday 13 Aug 6:00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Friday 14 Aug 3.30pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
5.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
Saturday 15 Aug 3.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
5.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
Sunday 16 Augt 3.30pm LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
6.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Monday 17 Aug 3.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
5.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
Tuesday 18 Aug 3.30pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
5.30pm I’M BACK 100mins
Wednesday 19 Aug 3.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
5.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
Thursday 20 Aug 3.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
5.30pm LORO 151mins 41 / Programma / Schedule - Taupo
Taupo The Starlight Cinema 1- 8 September 2020
Tuesday 1 Sept 6.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Wednesday 2 Sept 4.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
6.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
Thursday 3 Sept 4.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
6.30pm LORO 151mins
Friday 4 Sept 4.00pm I’M BACK 100mins
6.30pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Saturday 5 Sept 4.00pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
6.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
Sunday 6 Sept 4.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
6.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
Monday 7 Sept 4.00pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
6.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
Tuesday 8 Sept 4.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 102mins
6.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins 42 / Programma / Schedule - Matakana Programma / Schedule
Matakana Matakana Cinemas 4 - 13 September 2020
Friday 4 Sept 7.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Saturday 5 Sept 12.15pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
4.30pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
8.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
Sunday 6 Sept 12.30pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
5:00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
7.15pm LORO 151mins
Monday 7 Sept 12.15pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
4.30pm WELCOME BACK MR. PRESIDENT 96mins
6.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 120mins
Tuesday 8 Sept 12.15pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
4.30pm I’M BACK 100mins
6.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
Wednesday 9 Sept 12.15pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
4.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
6.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
Thursday 10 Sept 1.00pm LORO 151mins
4.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
6.15pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
Friday 11 Sept 12.15pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
4.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 90mins
6.30pm I’M BACK 100mins
Saturday 12 Sept 12.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
4.00pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
8.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
Sunday 13 Sept 1.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
5:30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
7.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 90mins 43 / Programma / Schedule - Auckland
Auckland The Bridgeway 17 September – 1 October 2020
Thursday 17 Sept 7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Friday 18 Sept 10.30am SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
1.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
6.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
8.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
Saturday 19 Sept 10.30am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
1.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
6.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
8.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Sunday 20 Sept 10.30am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
12.45pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
6.00pm I’M BACK 100mins
8.15pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
Monday 21 Sept 10.30am ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
12.45pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
6.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
8.00pm WELCOME BACK MR. PRESIDENT 96mins
Tuesday 22 Sept 10.30am AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
12.45pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
5.45pm LORO 151mins
8.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
Wednesday 23 Sept 10.30am I’M BACK 100mins
1.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
6.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
8.00pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins 44 / Programma / Schedule - Auckland Programma / Schedule
Auckland The Bridgeway 17 September – 1 October 2020
Thursday 24 Sept 10.30am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
1.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
6.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
8.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
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 45 / Programma / Schedule - Auckland
Auckland The Bridgeway 17 September – 1 October 2020
Thursday 1 Oct 10.30am ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
1.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
6.00pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
8.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 46 / Programma / Schedule - Takapuna Programma / Schedule
Takapuna Monterey Takapuna 30 October – 8 November 2020
Friday 30 Oct 7.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Saturday 31 Oct 11.30am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
3.30pm I’M BACK 100mins
6.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
Sunday 1 Nov 10.30am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
3.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
6.00pm LORO 151mins
Monday 2 Nov 10.30am THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
8.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
Tuesday 3 Nov 10.30am ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
8.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
Wednesday 4 Nov 10.30am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
8.00pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
Thursday 5 Nov 10.30am SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
8.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
Friday 6 Nov 10.30am AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
3.30pm WELCOME BACK MR. PRESIDENT 96mins
8.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
Saturday 7 Nov 10.30am TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
3.30pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
6.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Sunday 8 Nov 11.30am THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
3.30pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
6.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 47 / Programma / Schedule - Christchurch
Christchurch Lumiere Cinemas 4 – 18 November 2020
Wednesday 4 Nov 7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Thursday 5 Nov 10.00am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
6.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
8.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
Friday 6 Nov 10.00am ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
6.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
8.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
Saturday 7 Nov 1.00pm LORO 151mins
6.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
8.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
Sunday 8 Nov 1.00pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
6.00pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
8.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Monday 9 Nov 10.00am LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
6.00pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
8.00pm I’M BACK 100mins
Tuesday 10 Nov 10.00am ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
6.00pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins
8.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
Wednesday 11 Nov 10.00am AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
6.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
8.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
Thursday 12 Nov 10.00am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
6.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
8.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins 48 / Programma / Schedule - Christchurch Programma / Schedule
Christchurch Lumiere Cinemas 4 – 18 November 2020
Friday 13 Nov 10.00am THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
6.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
8.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
Saturday 14 Nov 1.00pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
6.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
8.00pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
Sunday 15 Nov 1.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
6.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
8.00pm I’M BACK 100mins
Monday 16 Nov 11.00am WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins
5.30pm LORO 151mins
8.15pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
Tuesday 17 Nov 11.00am DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
6.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
8.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
Wednesday 18 Nov 11.00am TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
6.00pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
8.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins 49 / Programma / Schedule - Wellington
Wellington The Empire Cinema 5 – 18 November 2020
Thursday 5 Nov 7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Friday 6 Nov 10.30am ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
12.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
6.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
8.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
Saturday 7 Nov 10.30am SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
12.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
6.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
8.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Sunday 8 Nov 10.30am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
12.30pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
5.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
7.00pm LORO 151mins
Monday 9 Nov 11.00am AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
1.00pm I’M BACK 100mins
5.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
7.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
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 Programma / Schedule
Wellington The Empire Cinema 5 – 18 November 2020
Thursday 12 Nov 10.30am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
12.30pm LORO 151mins
5.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
8.15pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
Friday 13 Nov 10.30am DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
12.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
6.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
8.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Saturday 14 Nov 10.30am I’M BACK 100mins
12.30pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
6.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
8.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
Sunday 15 Nov 10.30am THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
12.30pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
5.45pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins
7.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
Monday 16 Nov 11.00am THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
1.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
6.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
8.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
Tuesday 17 Nov 10.30am I’M BACK 100mins
12.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
5.15pm LORO 151mins
8.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
Wednesday 18 Nov 10.30am LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
12.30pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
6.00pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
7.45pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins 51 / Programma / Schedule - New Plymouth
New Plymouth The Govett Brewster 6 - 17 November 2020
Friday 6 Nov 7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Saturday 7 Nov 3.30pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
6.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
Sunday 8 Nov 11.00am WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins
3.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
6.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
Monday 9 Nov 5.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
7.00pm I’M BACK 100mins
Tuesday 10 Nov 3.30pm LORO 151mins
7.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
Wednesday 11 Nov 11.00am ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
3.30pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
Thursday 12 Nov 3.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
7.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Friday 13 Nov 3.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
7.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
Saturday 14 Nov 3.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
6.00pm LORO 151mins
Sunday 15 Nov 11.00am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
3.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
6.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
Monday 16 Nov 5.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
7.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
Tuesday 17 Nov 3.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
7.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins 52 / Programma / Schedule - Tauranga Programma / Schedule
Tauranga Rialto Cinema 20 November – 6 December 2020
Friday 20 Nov 6.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Saturday 21 Nov 11.00am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
1.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
5.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
7.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
Sunday 22 Nov 11.00am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
1.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
5.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
7.30pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Monday 23 Nov 10.30am SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
5.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
7.30pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
Tuesday 24 Nov 10.30am LORO 151mins
5.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
7.30pm I’M BACK 100mins
Wednesday 25 Nov 10.30am TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
5.30pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins
7.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
Thursday 26 Nov 10.30am THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
5.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
7.30pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
Friday 27 Nov 10.30am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
5.30pm RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
7.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
Saturday 28 Nov 11.00am THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
1.30pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
5.30pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
8.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins 53 / Programma / Schedule - Tauranga
Tauranga Rialto Cinema 20 November – 6 December 2020
Sunday 29 Nov 11.00am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
1.30pm LORO 151mins
5.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
8.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
Monday 30 Nov 10.30am THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
5.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
7.30pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
Tuesday 1 Dec 10.30am SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
5.30pm I’M BACK 100mins
7.30pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins
Wednesday 2 Dec 10.30am LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
5.30pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
7.30pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
Thursday 3 Dec 10.30am THE CHAMPION 105mins
5.30pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
7.30pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
Friday 4 Dec 10.30am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
5.00pm LORO 151mins
8.00pm ORDINARY HAPPINESS 93mins
Saturday 5 Dec 11.00am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
1.30pm WELCOME BACK MR PRESIDENT 96mins
5.30pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
8.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
Sunday 6 Dec 11.00am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
1.30pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
5.30pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
7.30pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins 54 / Programma / Schedule - Havelock North Programma / Schedule
Havelock North Event Cinemas 25 November – 9 December 2020
Wednesday 25 Nov 7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Thurs 26 Nov 10.30am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
1.00pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
7.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Friday 27 Nov 10.30am RAFAELLO: LORD OF THE ARTS 90mins
1.00pm I’M BACK 100mins
7.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
Saturday 28 Nov 10.30am LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
1.00pm THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
7.00pm LORO 151mins
Sunday 29 Nov 10.30am THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
1.00pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
7.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
Monday 30 Nov 10.30am I’M BACK 100mins
1.00pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
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 55 / Programma / Schedule - Havelock North
Havelock North Event Cinemas 25 November – 9 December 2020
Saturday 5 Dec 10.30am THE CHAMPION 105mins
1.00pm DON’T STOP ME NOW 100mins
7.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
Sunday 6 Dec 10.30am THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH 98mins
1.00pm LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
7.00pm I’M BACK 100mins
Monday 7 Dec 10.00am LORO 151mins
1.30pm ALL YOU NEED IS CRIME 102mins
7.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
Tuesday 8 Dec 10.30am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
1.00pm THE VICE OF HOPE 96mins
7.00pm THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
Wednesday 9 Dec 10.30am THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
1.30pm SHOOTING THE MAFIA 94mins
7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins 56 / Programma / Schedule - Whakatane Programma / Schedule
Whakatane Whakamax 2 – 6 December 2020
Wednesday 2 Dec 7.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Thursday 3 Dec 11.00am LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOFIA 98mins
7.15pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
Friday 4 Dec 11.00am AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
7.15pm LORO 151mins
Saturday 5 Dec 11.00am THE KING’S MUSKETEERS 110mins
7.15pm 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 57 / Programma / Schedule - Waiheke
Waiheke Waiheke Cinemas 7 - 13 January 2021
Thursday 7 Jan 8.00pm AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER 100mins
Friday 8 Jan 8.00pm LORO 151mins
Saturday 9 Jan 6.00pm TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY 101mins
Sunday 10 Jan 8.00pm THE CHAMPION 105mins
Monday 11 Jan 5.00pm AMAZING LEONARDO 90mins
Tuesday 12 Jan 8.00pm THE INVISIBLE WITNESS 102mins
Wednesday 13 Jan 8.00pm THE GREAT BEAUTY 142mins
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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