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25.01.2022 Florence's famous 'wine windows' have recently experienced a resurgence in use. The centuries old windows were used in times of the plague so palaces could sell off surplus wine to the lower classes without having direct contact. They're now being used to serve wine, Aperol Spritz, coffee and gelato! #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita #IFF20

25.01.2022 Enjoy Italy at home with the Italian Film Festival DVD box set! Revisit old Festival favourites and discover new ones, from classic comedies to engrossing dramas. The 2019 box set is available now. Buona visione! https://www.palacecinemas.com.au/p/film-festivals-box-sets/

24.01.2022 Mark it in your diary! The 2020 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival will be coming to cinemas in Melbourne from 25 NOVEMBER to 9 DECEMBER Get ready for a fabulous lineup up of the latest in Italian cinema. More details and tickets on sale date coming soon. A presto! www.italianfilmfestival.com.au #IFF20 #LaDolceVita #EscapetoItaly

24.01.2022 LETS CLEANAPP (TuttAPPosto) is driven by hilarious performances from Luca Zingaretti and Roberto Lipari and sees a student upending favouritism and corruption in his university with an app for students to rate their professors. Imagine that! Tickets on sale now (Melb Oct/Nov) #IFF20 #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbwhwukcUBA&feature=emb_logo

22.01.2022 Our Special Presentation of the 2020 Festival is THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE (La dea fortuna), which features on our festival poster (Melb dates tba). Ferzan Ozpeteks highly anticipated and award-winning new film explores long-term relationships that change over time and features an all-star cast including Stefano Accorsi, Edoardo Leo and Jasmine Trinca. Watch the trailer here #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita #IFF20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWf3Jwlh5kk

20.01.2022 Just under a week until we open the 2020 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival and we can't wait to showcase our fantastic programme! Melburnians we will be coming to you and it might be sooner than you think In case you haven't caught up on the Festival trailer, take a look here (Melb.Oct/Nov) #IFF20 #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita

20.01.2022 The Oscar nominations have been announced! PINOCCHIO, the opening night film of last year's ST. ALi Italian Film Festival, has been nominated for two Academy Awards - Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Congratulazioni!

19.01.2022 One of the Special Presentations of the 2020 Festival is MARTIN EDEN. Bold and dazzling, acclaimed writer/director Pietro Marcellos award-winning drama provocatively transports Jack Londons 1909 novel about a self-taught and outspoken writer to a pivotal moment in Italys pre-war history. Watch the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66f3BFtAmZA #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita #IFF20

19.01.2022 We are thrilled to launch the full 2020 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival programme today! There is a great range of Australian premiere comedy, drama and everything in between, with tickets now on sale (Melb dates and on sale tba). Visit www.italianfilmfestival.com.au now to plan your escape to Italy with us #IFF20 #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita

18.01.2022 Conceived during lockdown for cinema broadcast, this hugely successful new production of Rossini’s comic opera, OPERA DI ROMA: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE screening at Palace Cinemas, is the work of acclaimed film and stage director Mario Martone, who innovatively uses the entire grand Teatro Costanzi theatre itself! Watch the trailer here:

16.01.2022 Part of the fun of Italian cinema is guessing all the wonderful locations featured. Our guide to the Festival by region shows you just that, for all the films in our lineup. Visit the website to read more and book your escape to Italy! (Melb.Oct/Nov dates tba) #IFF20 #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita https://www.italianfilmfestival.com.au/

16.01.2022 You'll find a great range of Australian premiere Italian comedy and drama at this year's Festival. View session times in your city and secure your tickets via the website. Melbourne, we'll be coming to you very soon.

15.01.2022 The 77th Venice International Film Festival commences on September 2nd and as it will be the first major Festival in the midst of the pandemic, social distancing and mask wearing will be mandatory. The lineup has been announced and there are 60 films from countries including Italy, Germany, Japan and India. For this first time in 11 years, an Italian film will open the Festival - Daniele Luchetti's LACCI. See the full list here! https://www.labiennale.org//ci/2020/venezia-77-competition

15.01.2022 We are pleased to present a Special Presentation of MARTIN EDEN this Festival. This award-winning drama provocatively transports Jack London's 1909 novel about a self-taught and outspoken writer to a pivotal moment in Italy's pre-war history. It stars 2019 Venice Film Festival Best Actor winner Luca Marinelli. Sessions on sale now! (Melb.Oct/Nov) #IFF20 #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita

13.01.2022 We are thrilled to present Matteo Garrone's gothic retelling of the classic PINOCCHIO as our Opening Night film*. Starring Roberto Benigni as Geppetto, this seven-time Nastro d'Argento award-winner will be sure to enthral and delight on the big screen. View the trailer (*Melbourne dates TBA).

13.01.2022 Buona festa del papà! We wish all the Papàs and Nonnos a wonderful Father's Day and hope they enjoy being spoilt. We think the ultimate Italian film to share on Father's Day would have to be BICYCLE THIEVES (Ladri di biciclette, 1948), which centres on a poor father's search for his stolen bicycle with his lively son. What is your favourite Italian film to watch with your Papà? #IFF20 #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita

13.01.2022 We're very excited to present our 2020 Italian Film Festival poster! The image has been selected from one of our Special Presentations, Ferzan Ozpetek's THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE (La Dea Fortuna). We love the cosiness and warmth of the image and feel that it sums up how a lot of us have been spending this winter, particularly during lockdown! #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita #IFF20

12.01.2022 Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, seventy or eighty years young, and their dogs, hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle - which to date has resisted all of modern science's efforts at cultivation. A documentary that will have you salivating, THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS is now showing at Palace Cinemas

09.01.2022 Much-loved Italian comedians Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo star in I HATE SUMMER (Odio lestate) a hilarious story of friendship in which three families accidentally book the same holiday rental and chaos ensues. The film was a box office smash in Italy with over 1 million admissions and we can't wait to share a laugh with you at the Festival soon, heaven knows we all need it! #IFF20 #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita (*Melb dates TBA) https://youtu.be/-KWspnTRm8I

07.01.2022 Make sure you set a reminder for tomorrow morning as tickets for the 2020 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival go on sale! (Melb. dates tba). We will also reveal the full programme and drop the Festival trailer #IFF20 #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita

06.01.2022 We have two fantastic family films at special prices this Festival! MY BROTHER CHASES DINOSAURS is a joyous and poignant film about the fear of being judged and is inspired by a true story THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE WORLD is a modern-day fairy tale about a down on his luck theatre manager who upon taking custody of two children, discovers that one of them has amazing telekinetic powers Special ticket prices of only $15! Visit www.italianfilmfestival.com.au/... (Melb.Oct/Nov dates tba) www.itali#IFF20 #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita See more

05.01.2022 We have some exciting news to announce! St Ali Coffee are the new Principal Partner of the Italian Film Festival and the exclusive coffee partner of Palace Cinemas The delicious and aptly named Italo Disco blend will be the coffee of choice at Palace Cinemas nationally and we trust you will enjoy the perfect pairing of fine coffee and Italian film at the Festival. Not long to go now! #IFF20 #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita (*Melb dates TBA).

05.01.2022 Vale Giuseppe Rotunno, famed Italian cinematographer who was best known for his work with Fellini. A great loss to Italian cinema, but a legacy that will endure

04.01.2022 The Centrepiece selection for the 2020 Festival programme is Marco Bellocchios absorbing and multi award-winning crime drama THE TRAITOR (Il traditore). A big winner at the 65th David di Donatello Awards, Pierfrancesco Favino delivers a powerhouse performance as Tommaso Buscetta, the Sicilian Mafia boss-turned-police informer. Watch the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQF1uhlQH5s #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita #IFF20

04.01.2022 Australian premiere comedy, drama and everything in between at the 2020 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival Presented by Palace! Visit the https://www.italianfilmfestival.com.au/ now to plan your escape to Italy with us (Melb. dates tba) #IFF20 #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita

02.01.2022 If you have purchased any IFF Piccolo film to watch on Palace Home Cinema and haven't yet watched it, fear not! IFF Piccolo is still live for a little while longer, particularly while we wait for Melbourne cinemas to open. Featured here is SAY IT LOUD #IFF20 #LaDolceVita #EscapetoItaly https://homecinema.palacecinemas.com.au/

02.01.2022 The 77th Venice International Film Festival opened last week and the directorial debut of Italian actress Jasmine Trinca, a short film called BEING MY MOM, is in competition. You will be able to see it at our Festival (Melb. dates tba), screening prior to selected sessions of THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE, in which Trinca also stars. #IFF20 #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita

01.01.2022 Not long to go until the Festival opens nationally with the wonderful, gothic reimagining of PINOCCHIO! We still have some tickets left for Opening Night events and sessions, so make sure you get your hands on one. (Melb Oct/Nov) #IFF20 #EscapetoItaly #LaDolceVita https://www.italianfilmfestival.com.au/

01.01.2022 An award-winning film starring Monica Bellucci, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN asks the question: What would it take to convince somebody to become a living canvas? For Syrian refugee Sam Ali, it is the promise of being reunited with the woman he loves. Now showing as part of the Alliance Française French Film Festival at Palace Cinemas. www.affrenchfilmfestival.org/film/the-man-who-sold-his-skin/