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Browse 36 movies from Emilia-Romagna Film Commission
Diabolik narrowly escapes Inspector Ginko's latest trap, leaving his partner in crime Eva Kant behind. Furious, Eva offers Ginko her help in capturing him, but the former has to face first the return of an old flame of his, noblewoman Altea.
Nov 2022
Torn between longing and anger, 15-year-old Leo travels to the coast of northern Italy to meet her biological father. The two are complete strangers to each other. They struggle to find truth, affinity, love and the courage to face themselves.
May 2025
1991. Two years after their adventure in Romania, young Pago, Rice and Bibi have returned to their quiet and monotonous lives. When Bibi decides to meet Yuliya, a Bulgarian girl with whom he has been corresponding for months, the group of friends embarks on a new journey, this time to Sofia. However, Yuliya hides a secret that throws the three Italians at the center of an international intrigue, ending up in the crosshairs of Balkan crime and the Italian secret services.
Feb 2025
Riko is an honest and hardworking man who can count on a group of real friends and a loving wife. Things change after he loses his job and experiences a midlife crisis.
Jan 2018
A visual and sonorous journey into the poetic and irreverent imagery of the Italian singer, Lucio Dalla.
Jul 2021
The documentary is a cinematic and sensory journey celebrating the centenary of the iconic Italian motorcycle brand, from its 1926 origins to its modern global dominance. It explores the historic Borgo Panigale factory, treating it as a living organism where passion, precision, and cutting-edge engineering come together. Through exclusive archival footage and fast-paced storytelling, the narrative traces a century of evolution—from radio components to revolutionary desmodromic engines. It highlights the brand’s racing DNA, celebrating legendary victories in World Superbike and MotoGP alongside world champions like Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Márquez. Enriched by testimonies from visionary engineers, passionate factory workers, and famous enthusiasts like Keanu Reeves, the film captures the unique blend of Italian style, speed, and community that turned a local manufacturer into a global myth.
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In the '80s, a teenage nerd notices sinister parallels between the story of his favorite comic book and the real life horrors befalling the small town where he lives. He and a few friends seek to investigate.
Aug 2021
Diego Viani is a former robber, well-known in the 1980s for his "unarmed" heists. His best friend is Michele Ragusa, a shabby private investigator scraping by on cases of marital infidelity. Working alongside him is Alex, an unpaid intern—a clumsy "mama’s boy" who dreams of becoming a detective despite having no talent for it. Everything spirals out of control when Diego’s past resurfaces in the form of Salamandra, an old accomplice. Salamandra accuses him of stealing the loot from their final job: five billion lire in gold bullion that vanished into thin air. When Salamandra dies under mysterious circumstances, Diego becomes the prime suspect. Commissioner Castrone, fueled by a long-standing personal vendetta, is convinced of his guilt. The only person who believes in Diego’s innocence is Ragusa, who decides to investigate with the help of the unlikely Alex.
Sep 2026
Marco, raised in the countryside with dreams of grandeur, bets everything on PHA, a revolutionary biodegradable polymer. Ten years later, his startup is a financial unicorn worth over a billion on the stock market, and he is the king of the world. Until Gabriele, a frosty and infallible short seller from New York, decides to bring him down. Specialized in crashing inflated stocks, Gabriele exposes him in a video commentary, accusing Marco's company of being nothing but a scam. For Marco, it is the beginning of a nightmare. What follows is a fierce, deeply personal clash made of dossiers, drones, private detectives, and a livestreamed showdown that keeps Italy holding its breath. Two mirror-image, obsessed men destroying each other in pursuit of the very same mirage.
The Pantani case, a film directed by Domenico Ciolfi, tells the story of the last five years in the life of the cyclist from Romagna, in particular from 5 June 1999, when he was suspended from racing, to 14 February 2004, the day of his death. His untimely death in unclear circumstances, which have opened several judicial inquiries, was a shock to the world of cycling, which lost its Pirate on Valentine's Day. The film is a tribute to this Italian sporting hero, remembering him as a young man who, riding his bike, reached several milestones but was defeated in a fatal match.
Oct 2020
Feb 2023
Irene lives in Rome. When her mother ask to, she go back to Rimini, her hometown, to take care of her autistic brother, Omar. She soon discover that Omar knows very well what to expect from the future, but in order to achieve his dreams, he need to be independent, which is why Irene begins a tender crash course to teach him adult life.
Apr 2025
A young student prepares his degree thesis on Pasolini and Bologna by investigating the relationship of the great intellectual with the city of his childhood and his studies. Following in the footsteps left by Pasolini in Bologna, the protagonist will tell, for the first time in the form of a documentary and with a rock narrative rhythm, the emotional, visceral but also controversial bond of Pasolini with Bologna until his final days, also characterized by severe criticisms of the “consumerist and communist” city, a symbolic terrain of the adverse social and economic metamorphosis from paleoindustrial to neo-capitalist society.
Apr 2022
Liliana Cavani's "The Night Porter" is a film that, fifty years after its release, continues to spark debate and mixed reactions. The story, set in Vienna in 1957, follows doorman Max Aldorfer and his former concentration camp prisoner, Lucia, who reunite after years in a hotel.
A few weeks before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Pago, Rice and Bibi leave the calm city of Cesena looking for adventure: a ten-days-long holiday in Eastern Europe, in those places where the Soviet regime is still alive.
Sep 2020
Claudia, a 25-year-old with serious insecurities, rents the upper floor of a isolated house. There she meets Letizia, a charming woman who introduces her to metaphony. That innocent game soon turns into a nightmare.
Jan 2025
Mattia is 17 years old. Raised in a post-industrial province and experiencing an identity crisis, he is the son of a trade unionist and a housewife. Hypersensitive and fragile, he expresses himself through hip-hop music. The death of his older brother begins a period of great changes. Mattia leaves school, starts working in a factory and, through a North African colleague, approaches Islam. Prey to a lacerating restlessness, Mattia takes the path of progressive isolation and radicalization.
Oct 2024
It often happens that at the moment of death, transgender individuals are shorn of their identity. Their families are ashamed, the funeral takes place in secret, and on the tomb appears the name the deceased had before their transition, in one stroke nullifying the entire life path they had chosen. The same thing happened to Antonia. Her girlfriends gather to honor her memory and give her back her identity denied. In telling her story, the film’s stars, all drawn from the variegated transgender world, interweave the narrative with tales of their own lives, experiences, and memories.
Sep 2022
In a small village somewhere in the Apennines, taciturn Antimo divides his time between the local church, his tedious work on the farm and his chaste meetings with his girlfriend. His pivotal encounter with the wild loner Lazzaro awakens in the devout young man the desire to reach the very core of a faith far removed from the regular Sunday sermons delivered by a representative of the Church – a powerful institution for which freethinking and devotion to God represent incompatible ideas.
Feb 2024