Journées du Cinéma Italien - Nice

40th Edition

where:	Espace Magnan, Nice
when:	March 14th - 28th, 2026
address:	Espace Magnan 31, rue Louis de Coppet F-06000 Nice
tel:	+334 93 86 28 75
email:	courrier@espacemagnan.com
website:	www.espacemagnan.com/cinemaitalien

A film festival focusing on the emerging Italian cinema, which offers French premieres of films awarded at international festivals, specially first and second features.
Competing films are awarded with Young Jury Award and the Audience Award.
The event is organized in partnership with the Consulate General of Italy in Nice and the Italian Institute of Culture in Marseille.

participations

2026	The Boy with Pink Pants by Margherita Ferri: Compétition Officielle - Mention Spéciale du Jury Jeune A brief affair by Ludovica Rampoldi: Compétition Officielle Ciao bambino by Edgardo Pistone: Compétition Officielle La città proibita by Gabriele Mainetti: Compétition Officielle Diamonds by Ferzan Ozpetek: Compétition Officielle Duse by Pietro Marcello: Compétition Officielle La grazia by Paolo Sorrentino: Compétition Officielle The great ambition by Andrea Segre: Compétition Officielle Heads or Tails? by Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis: Compétition Officielle The illusion by Roberto Andò: Compétition Officielle Madly by Paolo Genovese: Compétition Officielle My place is here by Cristiano Bortone, Daniela Porto: Compétition Officielle - Prix du Public Napoli-New York by Gabriele Salvatores: Compétition Officielle - Prix du Jury Jeune The negotiator by Alessandro Tonda: Compétition Officielle Pinocchio by Enzo D'Alò: Hors Compétition Sweetheart by Margherita Spampinato: Compétition Officielle
2025	Battleground by Gianni Amelio: Compétition Officielle Familia by Francesco Costabile: Compétition Officielle Fireworks by Giuseppe Fiorello: Compétition Officielle Gloria! by Margherita Vicario: Compétition Officielle - Prix du Jury Jeune Laf by Michele Riondino: Compétition Officielle Like Sheep Among Wolves by Lyda Patitucci: Compétition Officielle Maria Montessori by Léa Todorov: Compétition Officielle Mia by Ivano De Matteo: Hors Compétition Romeo is Juliet by Giovanni Veronesi: Compétition Officielle There's still tomorrow by Paola Cortellesi: Compétition Officielle - Prix du Public/b> The time it takes by Francesca Comencini: Compétition Officielle Trust by Daniele Luchetti: Compétition Officielle Vermiglio by Maura Delpero: Compétition Officielle A world apart by Riccardo Milani: Compétition Officielle Zamora by Neri Marcorè: Compétition Officielle
2024	Adagio by Stefano Sollima: Compétition The beautiful summer by Laura Luchetti: Compétition The Best Century Of My Life by Alessandro Bardani: Compétition A Brighter Tomorrow by Nanni Moretti: Compétition Burning Hearts by Pippo Mezzapesa: Compétition The girl from tomorrow by Marta Savina: Compétition Io Capitano by Matteo Garrone: Compétition Kidnapped by Marco Bellocchio: Compétition The Last Night of Amore by Andrea di Stefano: Compétition My Brother is an Only Child by Daniele Luchetti: Film à revoir Nata per te by Fabio Mollo: Compétition Romantic Girls by Pilar Fogliati: Compétition Settembre by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt: Compétition Thank you guys by Riccardo Milani: Compétition - Prix du Public L'ultima volta che siamo stati bambini by Claudio Bisio: Compétition - Prix du Jury Jeune
2023	Breaking up in Rome by Edoardo Leo: Compétition Caravaggio’s Shadow by Michele Placido: Événement Dry by Paolo Virzì: Compétition The Eight Mountains by Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch: Compétition - Prix du Jury Jeune Ennio by Giuseppe Tornatore: Les films à revoir - Prix du Public The Hummingbird by Francesca Archibugi: Compétition The Inner Cage by Leonardo Di Costanzo: Les films à revoir Italia, Fire And Ashes by Céline Gailleurd, Olivier Bohler: Les ciné-mardis An Italian gourmet crime story by Davide Minnella: Compétition The King of Laughter by Mario Martone: Focus Mario Martone The Legionnaire by Hleb Papou: Compétition No dogs or Italians allowed by Alain Ughetto: Les films à revoir Nostalgia by Mario Martone: Focus Mario Martone On Our Watch by Pif: Compétition Run to you by Riccardo Milani: Compétition Welcome Venice by Andrea Segre: Compétition
2022	A Chiara by Jonas Carpignano: Compétition The Best Years by Gabriele Muccino: Compétition - Prix du Public Everything's Gonna Be Alright by Francesco Bruni: Compétition The Goddess of Fortune by Ferzan Ozpetek: Compétition I hate Summer by Massimo Venier: Compétition Kidz by Giuseppe Bonito: Compétition My brother chases dinosaurs by Stefano Cipani: Compétition - Prix du Jury Jeune Parents vs. Influencers by Michela Andreozzi: Compétition Sin by Andrei Konchalovsky: Compétition Small Body by Laura Samani: Hors Compétition Three Floors by Nanni Moretti: Compétition Il varco - Once more unto the breach by Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini: Hors Compétition
2021	5 is the Perfect Number by Igor Tuveri aka Igort: Compétition An Almost Ordinary Summer by Simone Godano: Compétition Bangla by Phaim Bhuiyan: Compétition The Champion by Leonardo D'Agostini: Compétition Don't Stop me Now by Riccardo Milani: Compétition Dreamfools by Francesco Micciché: Hors Compétition The King's Musketeers by Giovanni Veronesi: Compétition The Mayor of Rione Sanità by Mario Martone: Compétition Piranhas by Claudio Giovannesi: Compétition Romulus & Remus - The First King by Matteo Rovere: Compétition Sole by Carlo Sironi: Compétition The Traitor by Marco Bellocchio: Compétition - Prix du Public, Prix du Jury Jeunes When Mom is Away by Alessandro Genovesi: Compétition
2019	As needed by Francesco Falaschi: Compétition - Prix du Public At War for Love by Pierfrancesco Diliberto aka Pif: Compétition - Prix du Jury Jeune Dogman by Matteo Garrone: Compétition Happy as Lazzaro by Alice Rohrwacher: Compétition I'm back by Luca Miniero: Compétition Invisible Boy by Gabriele Salvatores: Hors Compétition Invisible Boy – Second Generation by Gabriele Salvatores: Compétition Just Believe by Alessandro Aronadio: Compétition Like a Cat on a Highway by Riccardo Milani: Compétition Loro by Paolo Sorrentino: Compétition Lucia's Grace by Gianni Zanasi: Compétition Made in Italy by Luciano Ligabue: Hors Compétition Pinocchio by Enzo D'Alò: Hors Compétition The Place by Paolo Genovese: Compétition Put Grandma in the Freezer by Giancarlo Fontana, Giuseppe Stasi: Compétition There Is No Place Like Home by Gabriele Muccino: Compétition
2018	Banana by Andrea Jublin: Concorso Children of the Night by Andrea De Sica: Concorso The Confessions by Roberto Andò: Concorso Ears by Alessandro Aronadio: Fuori Concorso Easy by Andrea Magnani: Concorso I Can Quit Whenever I Want – Masterclass by Sydney Sibilia: Concorso the Intruder by Leonardo Di Costanzo: Concorso Italian Race by Matteo Rovere: Concorso Pure Hearts by Roberto De Paolis: Concorso Tainted Souls by Matteo Botrugno, Daniele Coluccini: Concorso Wife & Husband by Simone Godano: Concorso Worldly Girl by Marco Danieli: Concorso
2017	The Beginners by Claudio Cupellini Black Souls by Francesco Munzi Don't be Bad by Claudio Caligari Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi The Last will be last by Massimiliano Bruno Like Crazy by Paolo Virzì On the Trail of My Father by Marco Segato One Kiss by Ivan Cotroneo Solo by Laura Morante Suburra by Stefano Sollima Tale of a fearless Child. Dedicated to Iqbal by Michel Fuzellier, Babak Payami Them who? by Fabio Bonifacci, Francesco Miccichè
2016	About killing the pig by Simone Massi: Carte Blanche au CNC Do you see me? by Riccardo Milani: Hors Compétition A Five Star Life by Maria Sole Tognazzi: Compétition Fuoriscena by Massimo Donati, Alessandro Leone: Compétition God Willing by Edoardo Falcone: Compétition - Prix du Public The Golden Door by Emanuele Crialese: Hors Compétition Invisible Boy by Gabriele Salvatores: Compétition Io sto con la sposa by Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry: Compétition Land of Saints by Fernando Muraca: Compétition The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles by Edoardo Leo: Compétition - Prix du Jury Jeune Mafia & Tomatoes by Giulio Manfredonia: Compétition ReCuiem by Valentina Carnelutti: Carte Blanche au CNC The Story of Cino by Carlo Alberto Pinelli: Compétition The Wait by Piero Messina: Compétition
2015	9x10 novanta by Marco Bonfanti, Claudio Giovannesi, Alina Marazzi, Pietro Marcello, Sara Fgaier, Giovanni Piperno, Costanza Quatriglio, Paola Randi, Alice Rohrwacher, Roland Sejko: Hors Compétition Ci vorrebbe un miracolo by Davide Minnella: Hors Compétition - Mention Spéciale Jury Jeune The Dinner by Ivano De Matteo: En Compétition - Prix du Public First Snowfall by Andrea Segre: En Compétition How strange to be named Federico! by Ettore Scola: Hors Compétition I can quit whenever I want by Sydney Sibilia: En Compétition The Legend of Kaspar Hauser by Davide Manuli: En Compétition Leopardi by Mario Martone: En Compétition The Mafia kills only in Summer by Pierfrancesco Diliberto aka Pif: En Compétition - Prix du Jury Jeune Pulce is not here by Giuseppe Bonito: En Compétition Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi: En Compétition South is nothing by Fabio Mollo: En Compétition Tutta colpa di Freud by Paolo Genovese: En Compétition
2014	All the Murmurs of the Sea by Federico Brugia: En Compétition Easy by Francesco Bruni: En Compétition Una famiglia perfetta by Paolo Genovese: En Compétition The First on the List by Roan Johnson: En Compétition Fortapàsc by Marco Risi: En Compétition - Audience Award, Young Jury Prize The Island of the Fallen Angel by Carlo Lucarelli: En Compétition Kryptonite! by Ivan Cotroneo: En Compétition Make a Fake by Giovanni Albanese: En Compétition Pinocchio by Enzo D'Alò: Jeune Public Transeuropae Hotel by Luigi Cinque: En Compétition
2013	The Black Sheep by Ascanio Celestini: En compétition Il colore del vento by Bruno Bigoni: En compétition Cuccioli - Il codice di Marco Polo by Sergio Manfio: Jeune Public Days of Harvest by Marco Righi: En compétition Howard Costello's last dream by Michele Diomà: En compétition The Man Who Will Come by Giorgio Diritti: En compétition - Prix du Public Red like the sky by Cristiano Bortone: Hors compétition Seven Acts of Mercy by Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio: En compétition - Prix Garibaldi Vacuum by Giorgio Cugno: En compétition - Prix Spécial du Jury
2012	18 anni dopo by Edoardo Leo: En Compétition - Prix du Public L'era legale by Enrico Caria: En Compétition Immature, Generation Crash by Paolo Genovese: En Compétition Into paradiso by Paola Randi: En Compétition - Prix Garibaldi Io, la mia famiglia rom e Woody Allen by Laura Halilovic: Hors Compétition Martino's Summer by Massimo Natale: En Compétition Palazzo delle Aquile by Stefano Savona, Alessia Porto, Ester Sparatore: En Compétition Winès Rocks by Ermanno Olmi: En Compétition
2011	Il compleanno by Marco Filiberti: En compétition - Prix du Public