Tullio Kezich

There Was A Comedian Called Cecchelin

Life and career, lights and shadows, successes and misfortunes of Angelo Cecchelin, the greatest comic actor Trieste has ever had. Who was Angelo Cecchelin? Rome had Petrolini, Naples had Totò. Trieste had Cecchelin.

Vittorio D.

A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and family.

Il falso bugiardo

Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen play writer who invented many stories that became blockbusters throughout the world.

Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Documentary exploring the formidable life and career of Italian film star Sophia Loren. With interviews with the actress herself, as well as thoughts from colleagues and admirers, including Woody Allen.

Fellini's Homecoming

A documentary created by the Criterion Collection for their release of Italian film director Federico Fellini's Amarcord about his relationship with his home town, Rimini, featuring archive interviews with the director and more recent interviews with some of his friends and collaborators.

Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

italian documentary

Vitellonismo

A look at the making of Federico Fellini's "I Vitelloni".

Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers

To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, we revisited our edit of the film and interviews with director Gillo Pontecorvo and producer Saadi Yacef, who discuss the process of representing Algeria's struggle for independence and the challenges of presenting a balanced view of the conflict.

The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth

A documentary looking at the life and films of Francesco Rosi.

The Last Sequence

A documentary on Fellini’s lost alternate ending for 8½

Federico Fellini's Mysterious Journey

Documentary

The Magic of Fellini

Documentary with interviews and clips of Fellini's movies.

Il Posto

With his family mired in financial troubles, Domenico moves to Milan, Italy, from his small town to get a job in lieu of furthering his education. A lack of options forces him to take a position as a messenger at a big company, where he hopes to receive a promotion soon. There, Domenico meets Antonietta, a young woman in a similar situation as himself. The two form a tentative relationship, but the soulless nature of their jobs threatens to keep them apart.

The White Line

Following World War II, the Allies designate that an unidentified town in the Trieste area as being partly Yugoslavian and partly Italian. A white line of demarcation splits the town in half and the townspeople are given just a short time to decides on which side of the line they will live. This leads to the dividing of homes, friends, families and the church and tensions run high.