From Thursday 27 to Saturday 29 March 2025
at TUS Millenium Theatre, Moylish Campus, Limerick
The fourth edition of the N.I.C.E. Italian Film Festival Ireland 2025 kicks off with an exceptional new addition.
Thanks to a collaboration with the Limerick School of Art and Design (LSAD), the Festival will further broaden its horizons with a series of four free screenings in Limerick, at the TUS Millenium Theatre, Moylish Campus.
Four selected films – mostly dedicated to female characters – will be screened in Italian with English subtitles:
- THU 27th March – 6pm ‘Romantiche’ by Pilar Fogliati, Comedy, 2023 (108’) TRAILER
- FRI 28th March – 6pm ‘Diamanti’ by Ferzan Ozpetek, Drama, 2024 (136’) TRAILER + reception
- SAT 29th March – 4pm ‘Real’ by Adele Tulli, Documentary, 2024 (83’) TRAILER
- SAT 29th March – 6.30pm “Gloria!” by Margherita Vicario, Drama, 2024 (108’) TRAILER
Free entrance, booking on Eventbrite.
Discover the full programme of N.I.C.E. 2025 at www.nicefestival.org
THE SELECTION
ROMANTICHE by Pilar Fogliati
Rome and its surroundings serve as the backdrop for the hilarious adventures of four different girls, all played by actress and first-time director Pilar Fogliati. Despite their differences, both in social class and geographical origin, the girls are all linked by a romantic soul that will lead them to cross their destinies. A hilarious debut feature that won 1 Nastro d’Argento and 2 Globo d’Oro 2023.
DIAMANTI by Ferzan Ozpetek
For his fifteenth film, Ozpetek wanted a choral cast of no less than 18 Italian actresses in the lead role. Together they have created a generous and multifaceted portrait of Rome in the 1970s, where the tailor’s shop specialising in costumes for the cinema and theatre of sisters Alberta and Gabriella Canova operated. A great film that contains many stories in one, all female.
REAL by Adele Tulli
“Real” is a kaleidoscopic and immersive audiovisual journey that explores what it feels like to be human in the digital age. After an acclaimed world premiere at the latest Locarno Film Festival, it won the Jury Prize at the Villa Medici Film Festival, dedicated to the relationship between cinema and contemporary arts.
GLORIA! by Margherita Vicario
The year is 1800; the place, Sant Ignazio College, a decrepit old musical institute for girls, somewhere near Venice. Here lives “the Mute”, a silent, solitary maid tasked with the humblest chores. No one knows that her name is Teresa; no one suspects that she possesses an extraordinary talent that enables her to sense the harmony of the universe and reshape reality through music.
