Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2025

In collaboration with
Cinecittà
Italian Ministry of Culture
Film at Lincoln Center

On the occasion of the 24th edition of
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
Film at Lincoln Center, May 29 – June 5, 2025
Click here for the full schedule of screenings

A roundtable with the following artists from the Italian delegation:

Ferzan Ozpetek – Diamonds / Diamanti (Director)
Fabrizio Gifuni – The Time it takes / Il tempo che ci vuole (Actor)
Gianluca De Serio and Massimiliano De Serio – Canone Effimero (Directors)
Andrea Segre – The Great Ambition / Berlinguer, La Grande Ambizione (Director)
Antonio Piazza and Fabio Grassadonia – Sicilian Letters / Iddu (Directors)
Alissa Jung – Paternal Leave (Director)
Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino – Luce (Directors)
Sara Fgaier – Weightless / Sulla Terra Leggeri (Director)
Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman – Vittoria (Directors)
Lyric Dela Cruz – Where the Night Stands Still / Come la Notte (Director)

Moderated by
Stefano Albertini, NYU
Leonardo Campaner, Ph.D. Candidate, Italian Studies, NYU

In ENGLISH

About Open Roads: New Italian Cinema

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema is the premier showcase for the most compelling voices in contemporary Italian filmmaking. This year’s edition presents 14 new feature films, ranging from works by acclaimed directors returning to Open Roads, to notable debuts by four new filmmakers—underscoring the breadth and vitality of Italian cinema today. Many of the filmmakers will be present to discuss their films. The festival opens with the New York premiere of Francesca Comencini’s latest film, The Time It Takes, which is nominated for six David di Donatello awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor for its star, Fabrizio Gifuni, who will be present for a Q&A. The film is a deeply personal cinematic autobiography about Comencini’s relationship with her legendary filmmaker father, Luigi Comencini. Romana Maggiora Vergano, who plays Francesca, won the Pasinetti Award for Best Actress at its Venice Film Festival debut.

“The lineup for this year’s edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema represents an Italian cinema which has never been more international, more responsive to social and political developments both at home and abroad, more adventurous in terms of both style and substance,” said Dan Sullivan, FLC Programmer. “I’m particularly struck by the number of younger, even debuting, directors in the festival this year: the future of Italian cinema is bright, and it’s exciting to catch these new talents at an early stage of their artistic developments.”

Co-presented by Film at Lincoln Center and Cinecittà. Organized by Dan Sullivan of Film at Lincoln Center and by Carla Cattani, Griselda Guerrasio, Monique Catalino, and Rossella Rinaldi of Cinecittà, Rome.

Open Roads is supported in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in NY and with the support of Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò NYU, ITA Airways, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.