The Torino Piemonte Film Commission celebrates its 25th anniversary with four projects showcased at the Venice Film Festival: two feature films, a documentary, and a short, all made in the region thanks to targeted funding policies and the expertise of its highly skilled professionals.
The suspended backdrops of Turin are at the heart of Paolo Sorrentino’s La grazia, which opened the Competition yesterday to great acclaim. The short film Restare by Turin-born Fabio Bobbio, premiering today at the SIC – 40th International Critics’ Week, was shot entirely in the Canavese area. Produced by Ginko Film in collaboration with the Turin-based Filmine and Malfè Film and supported by the Torino Piemonte Film Commission – Short Film Fund, it follows Sara’s last night behind the counter of a diner, determined to leave her provincial life behind.
Nicolangelo Gelormini’s La gioia, also premiering today, is the only Italian film in competition at Venice Days. Shot in Turin in November 2024 with support from the Torino Piemonte Film Commission and co-funded by the Piemonte Film TV Fund (FESR Piemonte 2021-2027), the feature tells the story of Gioia, a high school teacher who has never known love except for the suffocating one of her parents, with whom she still lives.
On September 4, Pietro Balla and Monica Repetto’s documentary Tevere Corsaro, supported by the Torino Piemonte Film Commission – Piemonte Doc Film Fund, will be presented at Venice Days in the #confronti section.
Sorrentino leaves Naples and its baroque humanity, steeped in philosophical disillusion, to embrace the expansive atmospheres of Turin, the “magical city,” in what many see as a return to the rigor of his early works. The project remains shrouded in near-proverbial secrecy...
An alienating Turin sets the backdrop for the only Italian film in Competition: a story of bodies, love, light, and shadow. It tells the painful relationship between Gioia, a high school teacher who has never known true love, and Alessio, a student who sells his body to suppor...
