ITALIAN SCREENS is promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), Cinecittà on behalf of the Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual of the Italian Ministry of Culture (DGCA-MiC) and the Academy of Italian CinemaDavid di Donatello Awards. The initiative is organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in South Africa, the Consulate General of Italy in Johannesburg, the Consulate of Italy in Cape Town and the Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria.

Enjoy new Italian movies at the cinema in your city with English subtitles.

Tickets are complimentary.
Guests will book tickets when they arrive at the cinema on a first-come, first-served criteria.

6 Award-winning Movies with English subtitles.

Il Colibrì | The Hummingbird

directed by Francesca Archibugi

Genre: Drama

Country: Italy/France

Year: 2022

Film run: 125′

Festivals & Awards: Rome Film Fest 2022: Grand Public – Opening Film

Rating: 18SNVL

This is the tale of the life of Marco Carrera, known as Colibrì or “the hummingbird”: a life of fateful coincidences, loss, and stories of absolute love. The plot moves forward on the strength of recollections that allow us to leap in a fluid time ranging from the early 1970s to a near future. It’s the story of the ancestral force of life, of the arduous struggle we all make to withstand what at times appears intolerable – also by wielding the powerful weapons of illusion, happiness and good cheer. Cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Kasia Smutniak, Bérénice Bejo, Laura Morante, Sergio Albelli, Fotinì Peluso, Alessandro Tedeschi, Benedetta Porcaroli, Massimo Ceccherini, Francesco Centorame, Pietro Ragusa, Valeria Cavalli, Nanni Moretti

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L’ombra di Caravaggio
Caravaggio’s Shadow

directed by Michele Placido

Genre: Drama

Country: Italy/France

Year: 2022

Film run: 120′

Festivals & Awards: Rome Film Fest 2022: Grand Public

Rating: 18SNVL

Italy 1600. Michelangelo Merisi – better known as Caravaggio – is a brilliant artist and a rebel against the stringent rules dictated by the Council of Trent governing the representation of sacred art. After learning that Caravaggio uses prostitutes, thieves and vagabonds as models in his sacred paintings, Pope Paul V commissions a secret Vatican agent-The Shadow- to carry out a full investigation. The Shadow starts his undercover investigation of the painter who – with his life as with his art – fascinates, upsets, and subverts.
Cast: Riccardo Scamarcio, Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, Vinicio Marchioni, Lolita Chammah, Micaela Ramazzotti, Tedua, Brenno Placido, Moni Ovadia, Lorenzo Lavia, Alessandro Haber, Maurizio Donadoni, Gianfranco Gallo, Gianluca Gobbi, Michele Placido, Duccio Camerini.

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La stranezza | Strangeness

directed by Roberto Andò

Genre: Comedy

Country: Italy

Year: 2022

Film run: 103′

Festivals & awards: Rome Film Fest 2022: Grand Public

Rating: 18SNL

1921, future Literature Nobel Prize Winner Luigi Pirandello returns to his beloved Sicily for the 80th birthday of his mentor, famous novelist Giovanni Verga. Upon his arrival in Agrigento, unexpected news catapult him into a human universe populated by incredible personalities, ghostly visions, distant memories and melancholy apparitions, propelling him toward the creation of his masterpiece, “Six Characters in Search of an Author” an eternal work of art which will mark a worldwide revolution in the twentieth-century theatre. Cast:Toni Servillo, Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Renato Carpentieri, Donatella Finocchiaro, Luigi Lo Cascio, Galatea Ranzi, Fausto Russo Alesi,

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Notte fantasma | Ghost Night

directed by Fulvio Risuleo

Genre: Drama

Country: Italy

Year: 2022

Film run: 79′

Festivals & awards: La Biennale di Venezia 2022: Orizzonti Extra

Rating: 18SNVL

It’s Saturday night. Tarek and his friends have the evening all planned out: PlayStation, junk food, and a few joints to go with it. When he pops by the park to buy some weed, a policeman who’s been eyeing him from inside his car approaches him. Rather than taking him to the precinct, the cop takes Tarek on an adventurous night of brawls, chases, and escapes. However, when dawn comes, their roles may reverse.
Cast: Edoardo Pesce, Yothin Clavenzani.

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Siccità | Dry

directed by Paolo Virzì

Genre: Drama

Country: Italy

Year: 2022

Film run: 124′

Festivals & awards: La Biennale di Venezia 2022: Out of Competition – Francesco Pasinetti Award, Soundtrack Stars Award

Rating: 18SNVL

3 years, still no rain. Rome has gone dry, and the lack of water has changed its way of life. In a city overwhelmed with thirst and
restrictions, there moves a swarm of characters, young and old, successful and marginalized, victims and victimizers. Their lives are part of the same design, and they are all looking for redemption.
Cast: Silvio Orlando, Valerio Mastandrea, Elena Lietti, Claudia Pandolfi, Tommaso Ragno, Vinicio Marchioni, Monica Bellucci, Sara Serraiocco, Diego Ribon, Max Tortora, Emanuela Fanelli, Gabriel Montesi.

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Corro da te | Run to you

directed by Riccardo Milani

Genre: Comedy

Country: Italy

Year: 2022

Film run: 113′

Festivals & awards: Journées du Cinéma Italien – Nice 2023: Compétition

Rating: 18SNL

Handsome, single, 50 yo Gianni would do anything to charm a lady. In fact, that he ends up-faking a disability to seduce his latest prey. But everything changes when he meets Chiara, a joyful and dynamic musician with a passion for tennis. Which, by the way, she plays from a real wheelchair. She inevitably starts changing his perspective on many things: life, love, and disability. Cast:Pierfrancesco Favino, Miriam Leone, Vanessa Scalera, Michele Placido, Pietro Sermonti, Pilar Fogliati, Andrea Pennacchi, Giulio Base, Carlo De Ruggieri, Piera Degli Esposti.

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PRETORIA

Ster Kinekor – The Grove

The movies in Pretoria can be enjoyed at
Ster Kinekor – The Grove
Lynnwood Road
Equestria 0184
Pretoria

Movies on Show in Pretoria

Here below you can find the show times for the movies in Pretoria.

Tickets are complimentary.
Guests will book tickets when they arrive at the cinema on a first-come, first-served criteria.
We recommend arriving early for the show.

6 May 17:30

Pretoria

7 May 17:30

Pretoria

8 May 17:30

Pretoria

9 May 17:30

Pretoria

10 May 17:30

Pretoria

11 May 17:30

Pretoria

JOHANNESBURG

Ster Kinekor – The Zone@Rosebank

The movies in Johannesburg can be enjoyed at
Ster Kinekor – The Zone@Rosebank
181 Oxford Service Road
Rosebank 2196
Johannesburg

Movies on Show in Johannesburg

Here below you can find the show times for the movies in Johannesburg.

It’s important to note that there is no need for booking, the entrance is complimentary on a first-come-first-served basis.
We recommend arriving early for the show.

5 May

Johannesburg
by invitation only

6 May 17:30

Johannesburg

7 May 17:30

Johannesburg

8 May 17:30

Johannesburg

9 May 17:30

Johannesburg

10 May 17:30

Johannesburg

CAPE TOWN

The Labia Theatre

The movies in Cape Town can be enjoyed at
The Labia Theatre
68 Orange Street
Gardens, 8000
Cape Town

Movies on Show in Cape Town

Here below you can find the show times for the movies in Cape Town.

Tickets are complimentary.
Guests will book tickets when they arrive at the cinema on a first-come, first-served criteria.
We recommend arriving early for the show.

9 May

Cape Town
by invitation only

10 May 18:00

Cape Town

10 May 20:30

Cape Town

11 May 16:00

Cape Town

11 May 18:00

Cape Town

11 May 20:30

Cape Town

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