With 20 years of programming under its belt, Cinema Italy returns to Miami at O Cinema for four days of cinema Italiano with ten film premieres. Even after two decades, artistic director Claudio Di Persia remains committed to the festival's objective to "bring together passionate people with the common goal of bringing [Italian] cinematographic culture to Miami and beyond."

If there is one thing uniting this diverse group of films, it is the pursuit of la bella vita (the beautiful life), one defined by friends, family, and one's desire to live life passionately and authentically. Cinema Italy opens Friday, March 15, with the coming-of-age film My Soul Summer. The film is a touching tale of a 17-year-old girl finding her voice over one summer.