San Diego Italian Film Festival

19th Edition

where:	San Diego, California
when:	October 1st - 31st, 2025
address:	325 W. Washington St. #2100 San Diego - CA 92103 USA
email:	contact@sdiff.net
website:	www.sandiegoitalianfilmfestival.com/
deadline:	May 11th, 2025
entry form:	Submission at Filmfreeway.com

The San Diego Italian Film Festival (SDIFF) is a premier West Coast showcase for Italian cinema and culture. SDIFF is able to share both the joys and tears of life in contemporary Italy, giving a native’s insight into the nation’s wonderful cultural nuances.

participations

2025	The great ambition by Andrea Segre There's still tomorrow by Paola Cortellesi The time it takes by Francesca Comencini Vermiglio by Maura Delpero A world apart by Riccardo Milani
2024	The aquarium by Gianluca Zonta: Short Benzina by Daniel Daquino: Short La chimera by Alice Rohrwacher: Feature Io Capitano by Matteo Garrone: Feature Kidnapped by Marco Bellocchio: Feature Kripton by Francesco Munzi: Feature Orlando by Daniele Vicari: Feature Ten minutes by Maria Sole Tognazzi: Feature Tra gli alberi by Elena Beatrice, Daniele Lince: Short
2023	A guerra finita by Simone Massi: Ristretto Shorts Night Amanda by Carolina Cavalli Bangla by Phaim Bhuiyan Blessed by Paola Randi Dry by Paolo Virzì The girl from tomorrow by Marta Savina The Hummingbird by Francesca Archibugi Nostalgia by Mario Martone Super Jesus by Vito Palumbo: Ristretto Shorts Night
2022	Distanza zero by Pier Glionna: Ristretto Shorts Selection Futura by Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher The Inner Cage by Leonardo Di Costanzo The King of Laughter by Mario Martone Land of the sons by Claudio Cupellini Roman Nights by Valerio Ferrara: Ristretto Shorts Selection Settembre by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt Swing Ride by Chiara Bellosi Welcome Venice by Andrea Segre
2021	Citizenzs of the World by Gianni Di Gregorio Le Fellinette by Francesca Fabbri Fellini Molecules by Andrea Segre Paolo e Francesca by Federico Caponera: Ristretto Shorts Rione Sanità. La certezza dei sogni by Massimo Ferrari Rose Stone Star by Marcello Sannino Santiago, Italia by Nanni Moretti Solitaire by Edoardo Natoli: Ristretto Shorts Stolen Kisses by Fabrizio Laurenti, Gabriella Romano The Ties by Daniele Luchetti Timo’s Winter by Giulio Mastromauro: Ristretto Shorts The Traitor by Marco Bellocchio Verdiana by Elena Beatrice, Daniele Lince: Ristretto Shorts The white wall by Andrea Brusa, Marco Scotuzzi: Ristretto Shorts
2020	Bangla by Phaim Bhuiyan Delitto naturale by Valentina Bertuzzi: Short Films in Contention - Golden Ristretto Award Michelangelo - Endless by Emanuele Imbucci Il Mondiale in piazza by Vito Palmieri: Short Films in Contention My brother chases dinosaurs by Stefano Cipani Normal by Adele Tulli Rifugi by Luca Cutini: Short Films in Contention Thunderbolts and Lightning Strikes by Daniele Lince: Short Films in Contention
2019	Blessed Madness by Carlo Verdone Dogman by Matteo Garrone Euforia by Valeria Golino Ferrante Fever by Giacomo Durzi Like a Cat on a Highway by Riccardo Milani The man who bought the moon by Paolo Zucca Naples In Veils by Ferzan Ozpetek Notti magiche by Paolo Virzì Selfie by Agostino Ferrente There Is No Place Like Home by Gabriele Muccino
2018	A Ciambra by Jonas Carpignano Call Me By Your Name by Luca Guadagnino Caravaggio – The soul and the blood by Jesus Garces Lambert Cinderella the Cat by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone The Habit of Beauty by Mirko Pincelli Let yourself go! by Francesco Amato Love and Bullets by Marco Manetti, Antonio Manetti Nome di donna by Marco Tullio Giordana The Order of Things by Andrea Segre Paolo Fresu – A Jazz Journey by Roberto Minini-Meròt Rainbow - A private affair by Paolo Taviani
2017	Fiore by Claudio Giovannesi Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi From Naples with Love by Gianluca Ansanelli A Holy Venetian Family by Pietro Parolin Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis Italian Race by Matteo Rovere Like Crazy by Paolo Virzì Once in Summer by Fiorella Infascelli Them who? by Fabio Bonifacci, Francesco Miccichè
2016	The Art of Happiness by Alessandro Rak The Beginners by Claudio Cupellini How strange to be named Federico! by Ettore Scola Latin lover by Cristina Comencini Me, Myself and Her by Maria Sole Tognazzi Sworn Virgin by Laura Bispuri Tale of Tales by Matteo Garrone They call me Jeeg by Gabriele Mainetti
2015	The Dinner by Ivano De Matteo I can quit whenever I want by Sydney Sibilia An Italian Name by Francesca Archibugi Long Live Freedom by Roberto Andò Mafia & Tomatoes by Giulio Manfredonia The Medicine Seller by Antonio Morabito Moonwalking Distance by Francesco Calabrese Perez. by Edoardo De Angelis The Referee by Paolo Zucca Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot by Matteo Oleotto
2014	Alì blue eyes by Claudio Giovannesi The Commander and the Stork by Silvio Soldini The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino Human Capital by Paolo Virzì The Italian Character by Angelo Bozzolini Miele by Valeria Golino Una piccola impresa meridionale by Rocco Papaleo Those Happy Years by Daniele Luchetti
2013	Benur by Massimo Andrei Caesar Must Die by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani Easy by Francesco Bruni Il maestro by Maria Grazia Cucinotta Mozzarella Stories by Edoardo De Angelis Reality by Matteo Garrone Sea Purple by Donatella Maiorca A stroke of luck by Francesca Archibugi The trick in the sheet by Alfonso Arau Videocracy - Basta apparire by Erik Gandini Welcome Mr. President by Riccardo Milani
2012	Benvenuti al sud by Luca Miniero Bread and Tulips by Silvio Soldini The Caiman by Nanni Moretti Escort in Love by Massimiliano Bruno Freedom by Davide Ferrario Grazia's Island by Emanuele Crialese Habemus Papam by Nanni Moretti Happy Family by Gabriele Salvatores Loose Cannons by Ferzan Ozpetek Make a Fake by Giovanni Albanese Passione by John Turturro Piano, solo by Riccardo Milani Red like the sky by Cristiano Bortone Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese
2011	The 1000 Euros Generation by Massimo Venier 18 anni dopo by Edoardo Leo Basilicata coast to coast by Rocco Papaleo Black Sea by Federico Bondi The Double Hour by Giuseppe Capotondi The First Beautiful Thing by Paolo Virzì The Girl by the Lake by Andrea Molaioli The Last Pulcinella by Maurizio Scaparro The Man Who Will Come by Giorgio Diritti Return to the Aeolian Islands by Giovanna Taviani The vanishing of Patò by Rocco Mortelliti

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19th Edition