Stockholm Film Festival – Thou Shalt Not Hate by Mauro Mancini
The feature film debutant and Italian director Mauro Mancini portrays in ”Thou Shalt Not Hate” an emotional drama filled with remorse and difficult moral decisions. Director Mancini demonstrates a great ability with the powerful ”Thou Shalt Not Hate”, a story inspired by true events. He is undeniably a name to remember for the future. A […]
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Stockholm Film Festival – Nowhere Special by Uberto Pasolini
”Nowhere Special”, which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, is a tender story about a life that is coming to an end, and another that has just begun. The film asks the impossible question: how do you deal with your incurable disease and your inevitable death when you are also a single […]
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Stockholm Film Festival – Lacci by Daniele Luchetti
”The Ties” has been called the European answer to last year’s acclaimed ”Marriage Story”. The drama is also the first Italian film in 11 years to have the honor of being the opening film at the Venice Film Festival – a spot that has for a long time been taken by American films such as […]
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Stockholm International Film Festival
From 11 to 22 November, Stockholm International Film Festival returns in the city’s movie theatres. This year’s edition the Festival is realized in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm and the Italian Embassy in Stockholm, thanks to the integrated promotion plan Vivere all’Italiana. The Stockholm International Film Festival started in 1990 and is one of […]
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Stockholm Film Festival – Isabella Rossellini: Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award
Golden Globe Award-winning Isabella Rossellini, daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, became one of the film world’s most prominent names for her role in the, nowadays, cult film Blue Velvet by David Lynch from 1986. In 2020, the Italian-American actress, director, author and the former photo model is honored with the Stockholm […]
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Stockholm Film Festival – Pinocchio by Matteo Garrone
In Garrone’s live-action interpretation of the classic Italian saga, we get to know wood carver Geppetto, played by Oscarwinning Roberto Benigni, whose wooden doll Pinocchio is brought to life under magical circumstances. With groundbreaking technology, astonishing special effects and makeup, signed twofold Oscar-winning Mark Coulier, and stunning Italian landscapes, Garrone recreates the world-famous story of […]
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Stockholm Film Festival – The Truffle Hunters by Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw
The Truffle Hunters is a real-life fairytale that celebrates human passion in a community struggling to protect a way of life that seems forgotten in time. The film follows a handful of truffle hunters seventy or eighty years young, as they hunt for the rare and expensive white truffle—which to date has resisted all of […]
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Stockholm Film Festival – Stockholm Visionary Award 2020: Matteo Garrone
At the 31st edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival, the Stockholm Visionary Award 2020 is given to the Italian award-winning director Matteo Garrone, who has been praised by both critics and film lovers for his latest film interpretation of the classic tale of the wooden doll Pinocchio – a massive success in Italy. Garrone has already […]
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Italy in 10 Selfies – Symbola Foundation
Italy in 10 selfies 2020 is a project curated by Fondazione Symbola, that presents some of the country’s strengths. Italy is the second country in the world – after China – in fashion for market share, while the Italian wood furniture industry is first in Europe in circular economy. It also is one of the […]
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Jag ger dig en bok
Ti porto un libro – på svenska ”jag ger dig en bok”, är ett initiativ som Italienska Kulturinstitutet i Stockholm startade under 2020 och som går ut på att donera italienska böcker översatta till svenska tack vare översättningsbidraget som årligen delas ut av det Italienska Utrikesdepartementet och fonden Fondazione C.M. Lerici. Böckerna skickas till olika […]
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