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