Foreign Language Film Submissions from Italy to the Academy Awards to Compete for an Oscar Nomination or Win in the Best International Feature Film Category
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- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsFilippo ScottiToni ServilloTeresa SaponangeloIn 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.94th ACADEMY AWARDS (2021) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorGianfranco RosiGianfranco Rosi's new documentary is an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East.93rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2020/21) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsPierfrancesco FavinoMaria Fernanda CândidoFabrizio FerracaneThe real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.92nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2019) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsMarcello FonteEdoardo PesceNunzia SchianoA timid dog groomer living in a poor suburb sells cocaine on the side and stays out of trouble, while trying to deal with his unstable, violent acquaintance who is a menace to the whole neighborhood.91st ACADEMY AWARDS (2018) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorJonas CarpignanoStarsPio AmatoIolanda AmatoKoudous SeihonIn A CIAMBRA, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region's factions - the local Italians, the African refugees and his fellow Romani. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the necessary skills for life on the streets of their hometown. When Cosimo disappears and things start to go wrong, Pio sets out to prove he's ready to step into his big brother's shoes but soon finds himself faced with an impossible decision that will show if he is truly ready to become a man.90th ACADEMY AWARDS (2017) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorGianfranco RosiStarsSamuele PucilloMattias CucinaSamuele CaruanaCapturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.89th ACADEMY AWARDS (2016) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorClaudio CaligariStarsLuca MarinelliAlessandro BorghiSilvia D'AmicoVittorio and Cesare are brothers for life, but their friendship is put to the test in their search for wealth.88th ACADEMY AWARDS (2015) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsFabrizio BentivoglioMatilde GioliValeria Bruni TedeschiThe destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.87th ACADEMY AWARDS (2014) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloCarlo VerdoneSabrina FerilliJep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.86th ACADEMY AWARDS (2013) ████ Status: won
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPaolo TavianiVittorio TavianiStarsCosimo RegaSalvatore StrianoGiovanni ArcuriInmates at a high-security prison in Rome prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar."85th ACADEMY AWARDS (2012) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorEmanuele CrialeseStarsFilippo PucilloDonatella FinocchiaroGiuseppe FiorelloA Sicilian family deals with the arrival of a group of immigrants on their island.84th ACADEMY AWARDS (2011) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsValerio MastandreaMicaela RamazzottiStefania SandrelliA misanthropic professor returns to his hometown to assist his dying mother.83rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2010) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsFrancesco SciannaMargareth MadèLina SastriBaaria is Sicilian slang for Bagheria where Tornatore was born and this is an autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village where he was born.82nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2009) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsGianfelice ImparatoSalvatore AbbruzzeseToni ServilloScampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.81st ACADEMY AWARDS (2008) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsKseniya RappoportMichele PlacidoClaudia GeriniHaunted by a horrible past, a young Ukrainian woman calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family.80th ACADEMY AWARDS (2007) ▒▒▒▒ Status: shortlisted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorEmanuele CrialeseStarsCharlotte GainsbourgVincenzo AmatoVincent SchiavelliA Sicilian peasant begins the journey to the promised land and meets a beautiful Englishwoman. But neither is prepared for the harsh realities of Ellis Island. Can they make it through the golden door to the America of their dreams?79th ACADEMY AWARDS (2006) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorCristina ComenciniStarsGiovanna MezzogiornoLuigi Lo CascioAlessio BoniSabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. But nightmares start disturbing her, at almost the same time she discovers that she's pregnant. Little by little she remembers her childhood in a severe middle-class family, but a big secret is still hidden in her heart. Determined to bring clarity and serenity to her life, she considers contacting her brother, a University teacher in the U.S.A., to try to understand what happened in their past. What is the secret? Will Sabina finally manage to free herself from the "beast inside her heart"?78th ACADEMY AWARDS (2005) ▓▓▓▓ Status: nominated
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorGianni AmelioStarsKim Rossi StuartAndrea RossiCharlotte RamplingMeeting his disabled son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.77th ACADEMY AWARDS (2004) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorGabriele SalvatoresStarsAitana Sánchez-GijónDino AbbresciaGiorgio CarecciaA young boy accidentally discovers a deep hole in the ground, where another boy is kept prisoner.76th ACADEMY AWARDS (2003) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiCarlo GiuffrèDespite guidance from the Blue Fairy and the love of his father, a wooden puppet's curious spirit leads him into one wild adventure after another.75th ACADEMY AWARDS (2002) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorNanni MorettiStarsNanni MorettiLaura MoranteJasmine TrincaA psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba-diving accident.74th ACADEMY AWARDS (2001) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMarco Tullio GiordanaStarsLuigi Lo CascioLuigi Maria BurruanoLucia Sardo"I cento passi" (one hundred steps) was the distance between the Impastatos' house and the house of Tano Badalamenti, an important Mafia boss, in the small Sicilian town of Cinisi. The movie is the story of Peppino Impastato, a young left-wing activist who in the late seventies (when almost nobody dared to speak about the Mafia, and several politicians maintained that the Mafia did not even exist) repeatedly denounced Badalamenti's criminal activities and the whole Mafia system, by using a small local radio station to broadcast his political pronouncements in the form of ironic humour. In 1978 Peppino (30 years old) was killed by an explosion. The police archived the case as an accident or a suicide, but his friends never accepted this conclusion. Note: This is a true story. More than twenty years after Peppino's death, the case has been re-opened. Tano Badalamenti, meanwhile, has been convicted in the USA for drug trafficking.73rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2000) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorGiuseppe PiccioniStarsMargherita BuySilvio OrlandoCarolina FreschiThe rumpled owner of a dry-cleaning firm joins forces with a nun to care for an abandoned baby.72nd ACADEMY AWARDS (1999) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio CantariniWhen an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.71st ACADEMY AWARDS (1998) ████ Status: won
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPupi AvatiStarsDiego AbatantuonoInés SastreDario CantarelliIncredibly, the bride at the altar falls in love with the best man on first sight, and even though he makes efforts to avoid her infatuation with him, she is determined to annul her marriage and marry the best man. And although she is able to dissolve her marriage, because she has never consummated it, the best man leaves... only to return to her many months later.70th ACADEMY AWARDS (1997) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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