friday night italian film festival:

Italian film is as much a part of Italian culture as the food, music and people! The Italian Film Festival celebrates the 38th year the Italian Cultural Society has presented these special Italian and Italian-American films. 

Each film starts at 7:30pm - bring your family and friends and enjoy the social time before the film (doors open at 7:00pm) and join in the discussion after! The Italian Film Festival begins annually, showing each film only one time. The first films screen in September and October, then continue in January, February, and April, with the final film screening in May. The Friday Night Film Festival Series is organized by ICS Member Bob Masullo. 

FRIDAY NIGHT ITALIAN FILM SERIES

"FROM THE VINE"


FRIDAY - JANUARY 20, 2023

7:30pm

Admission $10
at the Italian Center, Carmichael

"From the Vine" is a 2019 mid-life crisis drama, directed by Sean Cisterna, and based on the novel "Finding Marco" by Kenneth Canio Cancellara.  It stars Joe Pantoliano as Marco Gentile, a burned-out business executive who gives up on the corporate rat race, and moves his family to Italy to revive his grandfather's vineyard in Acerenza, in the region of Basilicata. The film, which premiered in 2019 at the Italian Contemporary Film Festival in Toronto, tells the story of a downtrodden man who travels back to his hometown to recalibrate his moral compass. There he finds new purpose in reviving his grandfather's old vineyard, offering little Acerenza a sustainable future, and reconnecting with his estranged family in the process.

Admission $10 / Refreshments Included / Doors Open at 7:00p


 Films are shown at 7:30 pm on the designated dates 

All films presented at the Italian Center, 6821 Fair Oaks Blvd., Carmichael 95608 

 Film Admission is $10  

 Refreshments Included! 



FRIDAY NIGHT ITALIAN FILM SERIES



"TRUFFLE HUNTERS"


FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 17, 2023

7:30pm

Admission $10
at the Italian Center, Carmichael


“Truffle Hunters” is a 2020 docudrama directed and produced by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw. It follows a group of aging men hunting in the woods, for a prized quarry, the Alba truffle. The story takes place deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, where a handful of 70 to 80 year old men hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle—which to date has resisted all of modern science's efforts at cultivation. They're guided by a secret culture and training passed down through generations, as well as by the noses of their cherished and expertly-trained dogs. They live a simpler, slower way of life, in harmony with their loyal animals and their picture-perfect land, seemingly straight out of a fairy tale. The demand for white truffles increases year after year, even as the supply decreases. As a result of climate change, deforestation, and the lack of young people taking up the mantle, the truffle hunters' secrets are more coveted than ever. However, as it soon becomes clear, these ageing men may just hold something much more valuable than even this prized delicacy: The secret to a  meaningful life.

Admission $10 / Refreshments Included / Doors Open at 7:00p