Cinema Made in Italy

Back for its sixteenth edition, the Cinema Made In Italy festival will be celebrating the best new Italian cinema and filmmakers at BFI Southbank. Over five days, it’ll host screenings 10 of the best contemporary Italian films, including biopics, period drama, historical epics, noir thrillers and documentaries. Much of the programme will be receiving its first screening in the UK and some screenings will feature talks from the directors and cast members. This year look out for renowned opera director Damiano Michieletto’s Primavera, which is based on the life of Italian composer Vivaldi; Ludovica Rampoldi’s A Brief Affair, a dark and twisted romance; Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis’ new Euro-western Heads or Tails and Francesco Sossai’s The Last One for the Road, an endearing dramady that follows a pair of drunkyards trying to relive their glory days.