Film Schedule

Three crucial moments mark the life of the famous Sardinian writer Grazia Deledda, the only Italian woman to have won a Nobel Prize, and the second ever woman to win: The unexpected arrival of her mother from Nuoro, the hours before winning the world's most prestigious award, and the moments when a doctor looks into her eyes, searching for words that will ... more

Director Gianni Di Gregorio (The Salt of Life, Mid-August Lunch) returns to Filmfest DC with his latest comedy-drama, in which he also takes on the lead role. In this charming film, Di Gregorio stars as a retired professor whose peaceful, perfectly predictable life is upended by the unexpected arrival of his daughter (Greta Scarano), who's taken her two children—teenaged ... more

The year is 1800; the place, Sant Ignazio College, a decrepit musical institute for girls somewhere near Venice. Here lives a silent, solitary maid tasked with humble chores. No one knows that her name is Teresa; no one suspects that she possesses an extraordinary talent that enables her to sense the harmony of the universe. While the old chapel master is ... more

The Negotiator creates such an edge-of-your-seat feeling that when you realize the film is based on actual people and events, the story hits even harder. Amid the bleak chaos of the Iraq war in 2005, an Italian journalist (Sonia Bergamasco) has just been kidnapped. Among other consequences, this interrupts veteran Italian secret service agent Nicola Calipari's ... more

In the early eighteenth century, in Venice, Italy, the fate of a virtuoso violinist named Cecilia (Tecla Insolia) is transformed when her orphanage hires an ambitious composer as the new musical instructor: Antonio Vivaldi. The young women's ensemble performances attract the attention of audiences, patrons, and even suitors, who become enchanted by their talent, ... more