Cinema Italian Style
SIFF's annual celebration of Italian film.
November 9–16, 2023
Cinema Italian Style features some of the best Italian films. Entering its 15th year, the festival will take place November 9–16, 2023 at SIFF Cinema Uptown. Join us for una settimana di straordinari film italiani.
Note: All films will be presented with English subtitles.
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PASSES - Now on Sale
Member Regular: $100
Non-Member: $125
Passes include admission to all Cinema Italian Style screenings and the Opening Night party, plus a 13” pizza courtesy Tutta Bella*. All screenings will be held in person at SIFF Cinema Uptown.
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS - Now on Sale
Member Tickets: $9
Non-Member Tickets: $14
OPENING NIGHT FILM + PARTY
Thursday, November 9, 2023 | KEXP Gathering Space
Make your way to the KEXP Gathering Space after the Opening Night film concludes at the Uptown to dance the night away and enjoy light appetizers, two complimentary drink tickets, and music from SIFF Programmer and DJ Angelo Acerbi. Party is for ages 21+.
Opening Night Film + Party tickets now on sale.
Member Film + Party Tickets: $35
Non-Member Film + Party Tickets: $40
*Limited to first 150 people who purchase a Cinema Italian Style pass. Those eligible will receive a physical Tutta Bella gift card (to redeem for a free 13” pizza) upon pickup of Cinema Italian Style pass.
Kidnapped
Italy | 2023 | 125 min. | Marco Bellocchio
November 9, 2023
Based on incredible true events, this gripping historical drama from master auteur Marco Bellocchio (The Traitor) follows the story of a young Jewish boy whose abduction from his parents by the Vatican fuelled outrage in 19th Century Italy and triggered a global scandal.
Princess
Italy | 2022 | 111 min. | Roberto de Paolis
November 10, 2023
A young clandestine Nigerian girl sells her body in an enchanted forest, dodging emotions and deceiving customers. Until one day—forced to break the chains of exploitation—she meets a man who wants to save her. But first, she has to save herself.
La Chimera
Italy | 2023 | 130 min. | Alice Rohrwacher
November 10, 2023
With a bewitching mixture of earthiness and magical realism, the latest from Alice Rohrwacher follows the travails of Arthur, a pleasantly rumpled Englishman in Italy with a preternatural ability to connect with the land.
Ennio
Italy | 2022 | 153 min. | Giuseppe Tornatore
November 11, 2023
Giuseppe Tornatore pays tribute to Ennio Morricone, retracing the life and works of the legendary composer: from his debut with Sergio Leone to the Oscar-winning The Hateful Eight.
Never Too Late For Love
Italy | 2022 | 88 min. | Gianni Di Gregorio
November 11, 2023
When Astolfo, a pensioner who no longer expects anything from life, is evicted from his Roman apartment, he returns to his family’s crumbling palace in a small town, and takes up with a group of misfits, he is certainly not expecting to meet Stefania...
Thank You Guys
Italy | 2023 | 117 min. | Riccardo Milani
November 11, 2023
Faced with a lack of job offers, Antonio, a passionate but often unemployed actor, accepts a job as a teacher of a theater workshop in a penitentiary institute, deciding to stage “Waiting for Godot.”
Bellissima
Italy | 1951 | 114 min. | Luchino Visconti
November 12, 2023
In Luchino Visconti’s classic look at post-war Italian cinema through a comedic lens, an extremely pushy stage mother enters her plain and talentless little girl in a prettiest-child-in-Rome contest. New 4k restoration.
Bad Conscience
Italy | 2023 | 110 min. | Davide Minnella
November 12, 2023
Filippo is a faithful boyfriend, an impeccable lawyer, and a generous man. Is it possible to be so perfect? Yes, if you have a conscience like Otto that controls your every move...
Fireworks
Italy | 2023 | 134 min. | Giuseppe Fiorello
November 12, 2023
Inspired by true events, Italian actor Giuseppe Fiorello's directorial debut tells a deeply moving story about the painful struggles of two teenaged boys who fall in love in 1980s Sicily.
Like Sheep Among Wolves
Italy | 2023 | 100 min. | Lyda Patitucci
November 13, 2023
Combining a hard-boiled crime thriller with a family drama, Lyda Patitucci’s fierce, gripping feature debut Like Sheep Among Wolves is a story of revenge and redemption against the backdrop of a moody, dangerous Rome.
The Properties of Metals
Italy | 2023 | 93 min. | Antonio Bigini
November 14, 2023
In an Italian village, where the idyllic beauty of the landscape belies the toughness of life, word has it young Pietro has psychokinetic powers. A tender portrait of a young boy, and an allegory of the science of invisible forces.
The Best Century of My Life
Italy | 2023 | 90 min. | Alessandro Bardani
November 14, 2023
Sergio Castellitto plays a centenarian in Alessandro Bardani’s dramedic road movie about two men, both without knowledge of their birth parents, who take on the Italian law prohibiting them from finding out until they are 100 years-old.
Strangeness
Italy | 2022 | 104 min. | Roberto Andò
November 15, 2023
Roberto Andò’s 12th feature stars Toni Servillo as Nobel Prize-winning playwright Luigi Pirandello, who, on a trip to his native Sicily in 1920, encounters a pair of gravediggers/aspiring actors and unexpectedly arrives at the idea for what will ultimately become his signature work.
Margins
Italy | 2022 | 91 min. | Niccolo Falsetti
November 15, 2023
Summer 2008. Three friends have the chance of a lifetime: opening for their favourite punk hardcore band. At the very last moment, the concert falls through but Edo, Iac and Miche don’t give up. To them punk is more than music, it’s a lifestyle.
A Brighter Tomorrow
Italy | 2023 | 96 min. | Nanni Moretti
November 16, 2023
From Italian maestro Nanni Moretti (Mia Madre, The Son’s Room, Dear Diary), A Brighter Tomorrow is a multi-layered new comedy about filmmaking in the age of the streaming giants.
