ST ALi. Italian Film Festival

The ST. ALi Italian Film Festival returns to Lygon Street (Melbourne's very own "Little Italy") this September - October with contemporary drama, comedy, documentaries and retrospectives. Join us on an adventurous cinematic escape to la bella Italia! 

IFF25 Somebody To Love

Opening Date: Friday, 19 Sep 2025

After the global success of 2016’s Perfect Strangers, writer/director Paolo Genovese has struck gold again with Somebody to Love, an ... more

IFF25 The Negotiator

Opening Date: Saturday, 20 Sep 2025

Inspired by real events, The Negotiator is a dramatic spy thriller starring Claudio Santamaria and Sonia Bergamasco that delivers a ... more

IFF25 The Illusion

Opening Date: Saturday, 20 Sep 2025

Starring popular comic duo Salvatore Ficarra & Valentino Picone (Strangeness IFF23) and festival favourite Toni Servillo (also in La Grazia ... more

IFF25 Napoli - New York

Opening Date: Saturday, 20 Sep 2025

In 1949, the Italian city of Naples lies in ruins after the devastation of WWII. Amidst the poverty and rubble-strewn ... more

IFF25 The Boy With Pink Trousers

Opening Date: Saturday, 20 Sep 2025

A cultural phenomenon and box office sensation in Italy, this emotional drama set in a Rome high school explores the ... more

IFF25 The Mountain Bride - Vermiglio

Opening Date: Sunday, 21 Sep 2025

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, The Mountain Bride – Vermiglio is an atmospheric, ... more

IFF25 Diamonds

Opening Date: Sunday, 21 Sep 2025

Award-winning filmmaker Ferzan Özpetek returns with this Italian box office hit, a joyous and touching tribute to the costume designers ... more

IFF25 The Life Apart

Opening Date: Sunday, 21 Sep 2025

Directed by Marco Tullio Giodana, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Marco Bellochio and Gloria Malatesta, and inspired by the ... more

IFF25 The Great Ambition

Opening Date: Sunday, 21 Sep 2025

Elio Germano delivers a standout performance as Enrico Berlinguer in this meticulous, intelligent biopic of a man for whom life ... more

IFF25 When Mum is Away...With the In-Laws

Opening Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 2025

After the great success of the first two films in the series, 10 Days Without Mamma (IFF19) and When Mum ... more

IFF25 Gianni Versace - Emperor of Dreams

Opening Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 2025

Cleverly intertwining past and present, fiction and documentary, with this biopic director/co-writer Mimmo Calopresti tells the story of the growth ... more

IFF25 Diva Futura

Opening Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 2025

In 1980s-1990s Italy, with his agency Diva Futura, Riccardo Schicchi revolutionises mass culture by turning the hippie utopia of free ... more

IFF25 Siblings

Opening Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 2025

The directorial debut from actress Greta Scarano (The Perfect Dinner IFF22), fun dramedy Siblings is inspired by the true story ... more

IFF25 The Time it Takes

Opening Date: Wednesday, 24 Sep 2025

In this personal tale, filmmaker Francesca Comencini reflects on her bond with and pays homage to her father Luigi Comencini, ... more

IFF25 Fuori

Opening Date: Wednesday, 24 Sep 2025

This elegant and moving film from award-winning writer/director Mario Martone (Nostalgia, The King of Laughter) follows a decisive event in ... more

IFF25 Signorinella: Little Miss

Opening Date: Thursday, 25 Sep 2025

Narrated by Italian-Australian actress Greta Scacchi, this fascinating documentary written, directed and produced by the creators of LYGON ST - ... more

IFF25 My Daughter

Opening Date: Thursday, 25 Sep 2025

Directed by Ivano DeMatteo (Mia IFF24) this compelling drama about forgiveness and parental love that is loosely based on Ciro ... more

IFF25 La Grazia

Opening Date: Thursday, 25 Sep 2025

The ST. ALi Italian Film Festival is delighted to present Oscar-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino’s highly anticipated new drama La Grazia ... more

IFF25 Sicilian Letters

Opening Date: Friday, 26 Sep 2025

From Fabio Grassadoni and Antonio Piazza (Sicilian Ghost Story), this fictionalised mafia story features standout performances from Elio Germano and ... more

IFF25 Vittoria

Opening Date: Friday, 26 Sep 2025

Jasmine (Marilena Amato) is a hairdresser in her 40s and appears to have everything she ever wanted: a devoted husband, ... more

IFF25 The Tasters

Opening Date: Saturday, 27 Sep 2025

Adapted from Rosella Postorino’s bestselling novel At The Wolf’s Table, this gripping historical drama from multi award-winning writer/director Silvio Soldini ... more

IFF25 My Place Is Here

Opening Date: Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025

Starring Ludovica Martino (SKAM Italia) and Marco Leonardi (Cinema Paradiso) My Place Is Here is a compelling tale of a ... more

IFF25 Hold Tight, Missy! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited

Opening Date: Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025

When Isabella Ducrot (née Antonia Mosca) began to devote herself to art at the age of 55, no one – ... more

IFF25 Battleground

Opening Date: Wednesday, 1 Oct 2025

Written and directed by Gianni Amelio (Lord of the Ants IFF22), loosely based on the 2018 novel The Challenge by ... more

IFF25 Weightless

Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Oct 2025

In her debut feature, director and cowriter Sara Fgaier delivers a lyrical, sensitive and thoughtful drama about the power of ... more

IFF25 Looking For Alibrandi

Opening Date: Thursday, 16 Oct 2025

Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, all-star Australian classic coming-of-age drama Looking For Alibrandi is presented in a brand new ... more

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