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16th ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL

FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 2, 2025

Films are a big part of the Italian cultural experience and are deeply woven in the country’s history. Since the development of the Italian film industry in the early 1900s, Italian filmmakers and performers have enjoyed great international acclaim and have influenced film movements throughout the world. As of 2021, Italian films have won 14 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, the most of any country.

Launched in 2009, our annual Italian Film Festival of Minneapolis / St. Paul presents a series of outstanding contemporary films along with timeless classics

Through the lens of drama, comedies and documentaries, our movies offer a new perspective on the country and its people. Take a journey to Italy without leaving Minnesota.


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Upcoming events

    • 11 Apr 2025
    • 5:30 PM
    • Traffic Zone Building, 250 Third Ave N., 6th floor, Minneapolis, MN 55401
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    UNA GIORNATA PARTICOLARE

    Year: 1977

    Directed by: Ettore Scola

    Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni

    Italian cinema dream couple Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni deliver two of the finest performances of their careers in this moving, quietly subversive drama from Ettore Scola. Set in Rome on the historic day in 1938 when Benito Mussolini and the city first rolled out the red carpet for Adolf Hitler, the film takes place entirely in a working-class apartment building, where an unexpected friendship blossoms between a pair of people who haven't joined the festivities: a conservative housewife and mother tending to her domestic duties and a liberal radio broadcaster awaiting deportation. Scola paints an exquisite portrait in muted tones, a story of two individuals helpless in the face of Fascism's rise.


    The film premiered at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival and received several accolades and nominations, including David di Donatello Awards for Best Director (Scola) and Best Actress (Loren), a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, two Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Film and Best Actor (Mastroianni), and Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Score.

    The film will be screened in Italian with English subtitles at the Traffic Zone Building, 250 Third Ave N., 6th floor, Minneapolis, MN 55401

    Event Details:

    • 5:30 pm – Aperitivo
    • 6:00 pm – Movie Screening 

    CINEFORUM is curated and presented by Ileana Tamberlani, Programming and Administrative Manager of the Italian Film Festival of Minneapolis / St. Paul.


Get inspired by our amazing lineup of films screened at past editions of our film festival:













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