TORONTO – Following its screening at the Cannes Film Festival, the irrepressible Czech-Italian coproduction Caravan will finally have its theatrical release in Italy on August 7th, via Wanted. The Italian Distribution company focuses on art-house and independent projects, opting for films that might otherwise go unnoticed. And Caravan is just that: a road movie that follows the complicated journey of a mother and her disabled son across Italy.
TORONTO – The Venice Film Festival has just announced its “Critics’ Week” entries, a selection of seven films spotlighting first and second features from around the globe – including Italy. Among the seven this year, are two Italian works – a documentary titled Waking Hours by Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini, and a feature film Agon by Giulio Bertelli. The bigger news for Bertelli was the announcement by Mubi (Streaming Platform) that it had acquired all Italian rights to Agon ahead of the film’s premiere.
TORONTO – Shot over a period of four weeks in 2024, Giulio Base’s Il Vangelo di Giuda is being prepared for a theatrical release by Milano’s Eagle Pictures. The film stars several notable actors such as Giancarlo Giannini, Rupert Everett and Paz Vega, and takes a novel storytelling approach in its depiction of Judas Iscariot’s life and demise. The film takes the perspective of Judas, who as he’s about to die [famously by hanging], reflects on the events and mission which led to his infamous betrayal of Jesus.
TORONTO – Actors Andrew Rannells and Nick Kroll appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show last month to talk about their new horror movie I Don’t Understand You – a film they shot in Lazio in 2024. The plot follows a married couple, who, while vacationing in Italy, attempt to adopt a child without any knowledge of the Italian language or transportation. While on Fallon’s Tonight Show, the two “joked” about their time in Italy and about the local culture, mocking the Italian crew’s work ethic and razzing Italians about their [lack of] food culture while doing so.
TORONTO – Not a day goes by, in this Canadian Summer, without one or more fire-related emergencies across the country: today it was the turn of the city of Kelowna in British Columbia and a community in northern Manitoba, forced to evacuate due to the risk caused by the threatening approach of forest fires. →
