Italian Film Week 2026 Kicks Off in Hanoi

(ANSA) - HANOI, 20 OTT - Six contemporary Italian films will take center stage at the 2026 Italian Film Week in Vietnam, scheduled from October 27 to November 1 at the National Cinema Center in Hanoi, an initiative promoted by the Italian Embassy in Hanoi in collaboration with the Asian Film Festival in Rome. Each evening, the festival will feature a screening in the original language with Vietnamese and English subtitles, offering the local audience a journey through some of the most recent Italian film productions. The program will open with Paolo Sorrentino’s *La Grazia*, which served as the opening film of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. This will be followed by Andrea Di Stefano’s *Il Maestro*, dedicated to the world of tennis, and Damiano Michieletto’s *Primavera*, set in 18th-century Venice. Also on the program are Margherita Spampinato’s ‘Gioia Mia,’ which won an award at the 2025 Locarno Film Festival; Francesco Sossai’s ‘Le città di pianura’; and Ferzan Özpetek’s ‘Diamanti,’ which will close the event on November 1. Alongside the screenings, on October 28, Casa Italia will host the event “Cine Talk: Cinema Is Never Alone—Interdisciplinarity in the Arts Through the Lens of Cinema,” dedicated to the dialogue between cinema and other art forms, with the participation of professionals from Vietnam’s cultural sector.
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