Category: Writing
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Princess (2022)
A Nigerian-Italian’s impoverished life on the outskirts of Rome is told as a modern fable.
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Fireworks (2023)
Two teenage boys connect in rural Sicily during the 1980s: a time and place not ready to accept them.
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The Neighbor (2022)
Love between two young men is put to the test in this emotionally involving drama.
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L’immensità (2022)
The transgender experience is not often told on film, least of all with this level of nuance and care.
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Il colibrì (The Hummingbird) (2022)
A comprehensive, often exhausting, look at one man’s life through connection and heartbreak, tragedy and resilience.
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Ti mangio il cuore (Burning Hearts) (2022)
A unique re-imagining of forbidden love within the world of organized crime.
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Bentu (2022)
Man and nature are always at war in this neorealist tale of Sardinian wheat farmers.
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Astolfo (Never Too Late For Love) (2022)
A pleasant romance between two adults who realize that, even later in life, they deserve to find connection and happiness.
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Malarazza (2017)
Giovanni Virgilio’s “Malarazza,” set in his hometown of Catania, explores the ramifications and gradual self-destruction of a family entrenched in the mafia.