Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival is proud to announce the 19th edition of the annual celebration of contemporary Italian cinema and culture. The 2025 event is set for Nov. 6-9 at the Queen Street Playhouse, 20 Queen St., downtown Charleston.
The festival will screen 13 feature films and documentaries, including two movies with Jewish themes are “Liliana” by Ruggero Gabbai, which tells the true story of Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre, who was made a senator for life in 2018; and “La bicicletta di Bartali” by Enrico Paolantonio, an animated film remembering the Italian cycling champion who secretly worked for the Resistance during World War II, saving 800 Jews from extermination.
