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View details for IFF26 TheLost Caravaggio
IFF26 The Lost Caravaggio
The Sleeper. El Caravaggio perdido (2025) is a documentary-thriller tracking the frantic, high-stakes hunt for a lost Caravaggio masterpiece, Ecce Homo, discovered…
View details for IFF26 La Grazia
IFF26 La Grazia
Outgoing Italian President Mariano De Santis navigates his final term while grappling with moral dilemmas, including a bill on euthanasia and personal…
View details for IFF26 The Tasters
IFF26 The Tasters
Adapted from Rosella Postorino’s bestselling novel At The Wolf’s Table, the new film from multi award-winning writer/director Silvio Soldini (Bread and Tulips,…
View details for IFF26 I Sawa King
IFF26 I Saw a King
As the 1930’s African Campaign casts its shadow, the tranquil life of a small Italian village is upendedby Ras Abraham, a captive…
View details for IFF26 Somebody ToLove (Follemente)
IFF26 Somebody To Love (Follemente)
After the global success of 2016’s Perfect Strangers, writer/director Paolo Genovese has struck gold again with his record-breaking hit Somebody to Love,…
View details for IFF26 Napoli –New York
IFF26 Napoli – New York
In the aftermath of World War II, two Neapolitan children, Carmine and Celestina, escape the poverty of their hometown by sneaking onto…
View details for IFF26 Once Upon aTime in the West
IFF26 Once Upon a Time in the West
A mysterious, harmonica-playing stranger and a notorious bandit form an uneasy alliance to protect a widowed settler from a ruthless hired gun…
View details for IFF26 Diamonds (Diamanti)
IFF26 Diamonds (Diamanti)
Set in the 1970s, this film follows the lives of the Canova sisters and their employees in a prestigious Roman dressmaker's shop.…
View details for IFF26 Trifole
IFF26 Trifole
Trifole (2025) is a drama about Dalia, a young woman who travels to Italy's Piedmont region to care for her aging grandfather,…
View details for IFF26 My Placeis Here
IFF26 My Place is Here
Starring Ludovica Martino (SKAM Italia) and Marco Leonardi (Cinema Paradiso) My Place Is Here is a compelling tale of a woman’s pursuit…
View details for IFF26 When Mum isAway…with the in-Laws
IFF26 When Mum is Away…with the in-Laws
Fabio De Luigi and Valentina Lodovini return as Carlo and Giulia Rovelli and this time, the family is heading to sunny Puglia,…
View details for IFF26 Bread & Tulips(Pane e Tulipani)
IFF26 Bread & Tulips (Pane e Tulipani)
After being forgotten at a highway service station during a family vacation, a housewife decides to start a new, independent life in…
View details for The Social Reckoning
The Social Reckoning
Inspired by true events and the whistleblower who started the social media reckoning we’re seeing play out today, this Aaron Sorkin original…
View details for Verity
Verity
Adapted from Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel, this seductive, psychological thriller follows renowned author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway) and Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson),…
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Other Mommy
Bela, an 8-year-old girl living in a home with marital problems, confronts a sinister entity that comes out of her closet. The…
View details for Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
From Focus Features and Working Title comes an irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty, and…
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Whalefall
Following the death of his father (Josh Brolin), Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) goes diving off the central Coast of California in search…
View details for Street Fighter
Street Fighter
Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious…
View details for Forgotten Island
Forgotten Island
Your best friendship is worth fighting for. DreamWorks Animation, the studio that brought you unforgettable bonds between a boy and a dragon…
View details for Paw Patrol –The Dino Movie
Paw Patrol – The Dino Movie
After their ship gets caught in a mysterious storm, the PAW Patrol pups crash land on an uncharted tropical island filled with…
View details for Heart ofthe Beast
Heart of the Beast
After a harrowing plane crash, Special Forces officer James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog, Odin, find themselves stranded deep in…
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