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Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy. Based on the Oscar Wilde play "Lady Windemere's Fan."

A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.

When librarian Taylor Harris suddenly loses her job, she decides to visit her brother in a small town in Montana. There, she gets involved in the fight to help save her brother's hotel from tycoon Joel Sheenan, who wants to renovate it.

When an Italian man comes out of the closet, it affects both his life and his crazy family.

During the reign of King Alboin, the peasant Bertoldo, sly and smart, manages to always get away with pranks and pleasantires with great mastery, and, even if his clumsy wife Marcolfa and their foolish son Bertoldino always put him in trouble, his shrewdness and acumen save him from any unfortunate situation...

A reluctant summer together transforms into an enchanting adventure when a young boy discovers his aunt's mysterious Sicilian house holds secrets and, perhaps, ancient spirits lurking within its walls.

In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.

Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of them take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son that remains loyal.

When a woman crashes at an empty Italian villa, posing as the owner's fiancée, she discovers an unexpected romance that could transform her life.

When his daughter decides to buy a crumbling Tuscan villa, Eric rushes to Italy to talk her out of it — and instead finds beauty, romance and new purpose.

Based upon the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, a chess grandmaster travels to Italy in the 1920s to play in a tournament and falls in love.

An elderly shepherd takes on big business when he becomes the only holdout against property developers building a luxury resort in his tiny Sardinian village.

Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome obsessed with all-things American.

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

Antonio Barracano is a respected figure among the Neapolitan underworld, keeping order and administering justice according to his own criteria, beyond the law. One day he's faced with a dilemma after a youth asks him permission to kill his father.

Arturo Meraviglia is a struggling impresario who has to take care of Gioele and Rebecca, two children "inherited" by an old uncle. When he realizes that little Gioele has superpowers, his luck changes.

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.

A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.

Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria.

Parikka, the actor once called the Funniest Man in Finland, and his troupe are about to be executed for the atrocities committed during the Civil War in Finland. Jaeger Lieutenant Nyborg, an admirer of Parikka, suspects a definite miscarriage of justice. He wants to save the actors. The forthcoming visit of the German General von der Goltz to the prison island provides him with a suitable opportunity. Nyborg suggests that the actors prepare a comical performance for the visitor and not be shot. Instead, they will be given a new trial. Preparing a comedy in the horrible circumstances, in the midst of hunger and death, seems quite an overwhelming task. Only a handful of real actors are still alive, the rest of the troupe consists of stagehands. Parikka has to use all his inventive skills to be able to produce something funny.

On opening night of a play about addiction and rupture, three actors confront a secret romantic conflict they have long kept hidden. When a betrayal is exposed onstage, the line between fiction and reality shatters, turning the performance into a real confrontation that threatens to destroy everything.

Salto Atrás is a classic Venezuelan sainete that addresses, between laughter and irony, the prejudices, appearances and racism of Caracas society at the beginning of the 20th century. The plot begins with the family celebration for the birth of a new member; however, the joy turns into tension when they discover that the baby is born with dark skin. This event triggers crazy explanations and cross accusations, exposing with fine humor the social hypocrisy of the time and inviting the viewer to reflect on identity.

During the creation of an adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Ceará backlands (sertão), a group of actors plunges into an intense process of rehearsals, improvisations, and conflicts. As behind-the-scenes reality blends with fiction, desires, tensions, and power dynamics begin to slip out of control, turning the creative process itself into an unpredictable and vibrant experience.

Since founding the physical theatre company Dos à Deux, Artur and André have made the camera their constant companion, documenting their lives, their travels around the world, and their creative processes. Over 28 years of rehearsals and touring, the award-winning artistic couple has built an intimate archive in which art and love intertwine both on and off the stage. It is from this unique body of material that the documentary emerges.

An aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination.

A century after his birth, Sérgio Cardoso — one of the greatest stars of Brazilian theater and television — still inhabits the country’s cultural imagination. A symbol of a generation that helped shape modern stage language in Brazil, his presence endures as an artistic, political, and emotional legacy. Through archives, memories, and the rehearsals of the play “Six Actors in Search of Sérgio Cardoso,” the documentary moves between past and present to explore not only the trajectory of a monumental actor, but also what remains of an artist when time transforms men into myth. As a new generation of performers attempts to rediscover his voice, rigor, and restless spirit, the film reveals how Sérgio Cardoso continues to resonate within contemporary theater — as a ghost, an inspiration, and a founding force of a stage tradition still trying to understand itself.

One night at the theater, Lucía is visited by her friend Vero. As the night unfolds, she begins to question the true identity of her visitor. Note: This short film was made in 72 hours as part of a film rally.

During a therapy session, a tormented young man reconstructs his life story, which has been marked by abandonment. Just as he reaches his most intimate moment, a film director interrupts to halt the scene, blurring the lines between truth and fiction.

After a fortune-teller predicts her downfall, Aurora, a rising actress, commits a crime in an attempt to prevent it from happening. As she tries to justify her actions, Aurora spirals into guilt and paranoia.

Stories about life and death during the Day of the Dead season.

Marcelo, a deaf and LGBTQIAPN+ youth grieving the loss of his father, finds in a theater group with young deaf artists a possible path to transform his pain. Communicated entirely in Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) and conceived from an aesthetic that prioritizes accessibility.