Made In Italy returns to London

Line-up and guests announced

by Amber Wilkinson

Flesh Out
Flesh Out Photo: Courtesy of Berlin Film Festival/Vivo Film

Made In Italy notches up its first decade when it returns to London from March 4 to 9, opening with Ginevra Elkann’s If Only, starring Riccardo Scamarcio and Alba Rohrwacher, about three kids sent unexpectedly to live with their unconventional dad.

The line-up features new work, including Michelle Occhipinti's Flesh Out, which considers the gruelling process of gavage - fattening up for a wedding - in Mauritania, and Federico Bondi Dafne, which sees a Down syndrome woman holding her family together in the face of adversity.

There will also be a retrospective screenign of Liliana Cavani’s psychological thriller The Night Porter, starring Charlotte Rampling and Dirk Bogarde.

Elkann, Scamarcio, Occhippinti and Bondi will be among those attending and taking part in Q&As.

Details of venues and times are available from the official site.

The full list of films screening is below:

  • If Only
  • Flesh Out
  • Dafne
  • The Night Porter
  • Stolen Days
  • 5 Is The Perfect Number
  • Volare
  • Sole
  • Simple Women
  • Bangla

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