Welcome to the LAVAZZA ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2006 website. 

This year’s Festival will present an award-winning programme of contemporary films as well as an exciting Michelangelo Antonioni retrospective at Cinema Paradiso, Northbridge and Luna on SX, Fremantle The Antonioni retrospective is the largest collection of films from legendary director ever screened together in Australia!

The Festival will open at 6.45pm on Thursday 16 November at Cinema Paradiso, Northbridge with the Perth premiere of popular actor and director Carlo Verdone’s MY BEST ENEMY, the delightful smash-hit generational comedy that re-unites Verdone with his Manual of Love co-star Silvio Muccino, followed by an after party.

Other contemporary film highlights include: Cannes Palme d’Or winning director Nanni Moretti’s THE CAIMAN; Academy Award-winning director Gabriele Salvatores’ slick thriller QUO VADIS, BABY?; Christina Comencini’s moving ‘family-secrets’ drama THE BEAST IN THE HEART starring the luminous Giovanna Mezzogiorno; Michele Placido's absorbing gangster epic CRIME NOVEL from the writers of the acclaimed The Best Of Youth; and renowned auteur Marco Bellocchio’s THE WEDDING DIRECTOR
starring Sergio Castellito.

The Antonioni retrospective includes fifteen feature films, and four programmes of shorts and documentaries, with highlights including his first feature film CHRONICLE OF A LOVE  (1950), his biggest success: the trilogy THE ADVENTURE  (1960), THE NIGHT (1961) and THE ECLIPSE (1962) and his most famous international English-language films BLOW-UP (1966) and ZABRISKIE POINT (1970).

We look forward to seeing you soon. Ciao!