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Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour, a five-day cinephile festival, is scheduled to start on March 5, 2025, and run through March 9, 2025. The event is organized by the Italian Program and the Program in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. The Festival co sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington and presen...

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Director Maura Delpero took matters into her own hands when it came to making her film “Vermiglio” feel real. That started with scouting locations herself, and meeting the locals there.  “I myself went to the places, the secret places, where I thought I could find the real people and to convince ... I went to bars and convinced them to go to castin...

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February 23 - March 1, 2025 - TCL Chinese Theatres & online - Hollywood, CA. The 20th annual Los Angeles, Italia Film Festival returns to Hollywood and online, on the eve of the 2025 Academy Awards, to highlight Italy’s longstanding cinematic, lifestyle and artistic legacy and introduce current Italian productions to the United States. Organized by...

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The Russo Brothers’ video podcast series “Pizza Film School” will return Feb. 12, with new episodes releasing every Wednesday on AGBO’s YouTube channel. New to this season, the episodes will also be available as an audio-only podcast on all major streaming platforms. Previous seasons of “Pizza Film School” will also be available on streaming platfo...

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The Russo Brothers Italian American Filmmaker Forum (RBIAFF), in collaboration with the Italian Sons and Daughters of America (ISDA) and the AGBO Foundation, invites emerging filmmakers to apply for annual fellowship opportunity. The RBIAFF offers production grants to five emerging filmmakers who seek to develop and create stories for the screen th...

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The Amalfi Coast has been a very popular destination for decades. With its craggy cliffs, colourful villages and timeless Mediterranean ambience, it seems to have found the ideal mix of factors to draw in crowds of visitors year after year. And this idyllic and picturesque setting has unsurprisingly caught the eye of many a film-maker. So for those...

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AGBO, and the Italian Sons and Daughters of America (ISDA), are proud to announce the Russo Brothers Italian American Filmmaker Forum (RBIAFF) 2025 Renaissance Award recipient, Stanley Tucci, acclaimed actor, filmmaker, and author for his outstanding contributions to Italian American heritage and the entertainment industry. The award will be presen...

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Christopher Nolan chooses Sicily as one of the primary filming locations for his upcoming film The Odyssey. The island's rich historical and mythological heritage makes it the perfect backdrop for a film inspired by Homer's ancient epic. The decision to shoot in Sicily highlights the island's significance not only as a geographical site but also as...

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In 2025, Naples celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Elvira Coda Notari, a pioneer in early Italian cinema: she was the first female director and producer in Italy. In particular, her films found a unique connection with the United States. Her works, deeply rooted in Neapolitan traditions and culture, were appreciated in many circles ab...

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The Italian release of James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” is prompting local media to claim that, unlike in the movie, Dylan traveled to Italy in 1962 in pursuit of Suze Rotolo — named Sylvie Russo in the film and played by Elle Fanning — who had left New York to study abroad. In 1962, Rotolo left the Greenwich Village apartment...

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