Filmmaker Fred Kuwornu (18 IUS SOLIS) will be presenting his latest documentary, blaxploitalian, which examines the contributions to Italian cinema made by African-American actors, such as Woody Strode and Fred Williamson, and African-Italian actors such…
New Italian Cinema 2017 brings Italy’s newest films to San Francisco, November 8-12 and The Italian Society at Berkeley is delighted to co-present Jasmine Trinca’s prize-winning performance in Fortunata, Sergio Castellitto’s tale of blue-collar female…
Join us on November 7th at 8PM in 101 Moffitt for our screening of Fiorella Infascelli’s Era d’estate, a 2016 film that recounts what transpires one summer in 1985 when Judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino and…
Join us TUESDAY, SEPT. 19, for a special screening in 101 Moffitt*, at 8 PM. Screenwriter and director Valerio Ruiz will be with us to present his short films Piazza Fellini (writer and director, 2011), and Roma, Napoli, Venezia…in un crescendo…
Join us for a program about war crimes in Italy during World War II and about a new Berkeley initiative that combats impunity for similar crimes today. The events that took place in Italy during…
On Wednesday, March 1st, at 8PM in 159 Mulford, we’ll be screening Susanna Nicchiarelli’s LA SCOPERTA DELL’ALBA, the story of a woman given the chance to change the past and possibly prevent her father’s death…
Join us Wednesday, February 22, in 159 Mulford at 8PM for Carlo Verdone’s smash hit, L’ABBIAMO FATTA GROSSA! L’ABBIAMO FATTA GROSSA is the story of Arturo Merlino, a ex-carabiniere turned private investigator, who, having no…
The Italian Society at Berkeley with New Italian Cinema Events (NICE) will be co- presenting Claudio Cupellini’s 2015 film The Beginners (Alaska) at the Vogue Theatre in San Francisco at 6PM on Saturday, November 19th Nadine,…
Thursday, November 17th, New Italian Cinema Events (NICE) and the Italian Society @ Berkeley invite you to a FREE screening of “Seconda Primavera” with Film Director Francesco Calogero. Agenda: 18:30: Reception (food and drink provided) 19:00:…
“Black Panthers, Pop Art, and 1960s California in the Films of Antonello Branca” This two-day event honors the work of Italian filmmaker Antonello Branca with a series of first-time screenings and a roundtable discussion of…