“Stonebreakers” chronicles the conflicts around monuments that arose in the United States during the George Floyd protests and the 2020 presidential election. As statues of Columbus, Confederates and Founding Fathers fall from their pedestals, the nation’s triumphalist myths are called into question. By exploring the shifting landscapes of American monumentality, the film interrogates the link between history and political action in a nation that must confront its past now more urgently than ever.

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"Elvira Notari: Beyond Silence" is a feature documentary chronicling the life and work of Elvira Notari (1875-1946), Italy's first woman film director. Despite directing hundreds of silent films that captivated from Naples to New York, Elvira was relegated to the margins of film history for half a century. Her films, poised between realism and staged drama, were deeply rooted in Neapolitan folklore. A woman in a man’s world, her works were targeted by Fascist censorship yet found the embrace of audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. The documentary interweaves voices of those who celebrate her legacy today – from the experts who rediscovered her films to contemporary artists reimagining her vision through new works – to resurrect Elvira’s singular vision. More than a biography, "Elvira Notari: Beyond Silence" is a prismatic portrait of an artist who continues to inspire new creative pathways.

Awen Films in co-production with Parallelo 41 Produzioni and Cinecittà, and support from Film Commission Regione Campania and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU.

Firenze, Italy | Festival dei Popoli  |  Nov. 12 2022, 5pm  |  Spazio Alfieri
World Premiere
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer)
Bergamo, Italy | Nov. 14 2022, 4pm  | Università di Bergamo
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer)

Roma, Italy | Nov. 21 2022, 7pm | Cinema Troisi 
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Giulia Grechi (anthropologist), Sergio Cararo (Director of Contropiano) and Kwanza Musi Dos Santos (activist, co-founder of QuestaèRoma)

Roma, Italy | Nov. 22 2022, 6pm | British School of Rome
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci director), Marla Stone (Occidental College; American Academy in Rome) and Luca Peretti (BSR; Warwick).

Independent Film Festival Boston |  Apr. 29 2023, 4pm  |  Somerville Theatre
USA Premiere
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer)

Genova (Italy)  |  May 2 2023, 10:00  |  Palazzo Tursi, Salone di Rappresentanza
Press conference - Italy spring 2023 screenings tour
In attendance: Francesca Ghio (Genoa City Council), Amina Gaia Abdelouahab (University of Genoa), Alessandro Ferraro (Università di Genova), Luca Celada (journalist), Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer)

Genova (Italy)  |  May 2 2023, 21:00  |  Cineclub Nickelodeon
Film Screening and Q&A with , Luca Celada (journalist), Valerio Ciriaci (director), Francesca Ghio (Genoa City Council), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer)

Milano (Italy)  |  May 3 2023, 21:30  |  Il Cinemino
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Andrea Fumagalli (editor), Marilisa Palumbo (Corriere della Sera)

Prato (Italy)  |  May 4 2023, 18:00  |  Monash University Prato Centre
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Matteo Dutto (Monash University, “Deconolonising Cities”), Simone Grassi (Monash University, “Deconolonising Cities”); introduction by Cecilia Hewlett (Director, Monash University Prato Centre)
Open to the public

Como (Italy)  |  May 6 2023, 18:00  |  Cinema Astra
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer); in collaboration with FuoriFuoco
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Milano (Italy)  |  May 7 2023, 21:30  | Nuovo Armenia
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Sara Troglio (Laboratorio Lapsus), Simone Pisano (Laboratorio Lapsus)
Virtual screening for Nuovo Cinema Armenia members: COMING SOON

Torino (Italy)  |  May 8 2023, 20:30  |  Cinema Massimo
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Lisa Parola (author, “Giù i monumenti?”); moderated by Valentina Noya (Associazione Museo Nazionale del Cinema); in collaboration with Museo Nazionale del Cinema
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Milano (Italy)  |  May 9 2023, 10:30  |  Il Lazzaretto
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Lisa Parola (author, “Giù i monumenti?”)
Event reserved for student groups

Milano (Italy)  |  May 9 2023, 18:30  |  Il Lazzaretto
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Lisa Parola (author, “Giù i monumenti?”); moderated by Francesca Guerisoli (MAC Lissone)
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Firenze (Italy)  |  May 10 2023, 21:00  |  Cinema La Compagnia
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Justin Randolph Thompson (The Recovery Plan, Black History Month Florence); moderated by Vittorio Iervese (Festival dei Popoli); in collaboration with Festival dei Popoli
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Modena (Italy)  |  May 11 2023, 15:30  |  UNIMORE (Aula B04)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Vittorio Iervese (Festival dei Popoli), Mirco Carrattieri (Istituto Storico di Modena); in collaboration with Istituto Storico di Modena

Modena (Italy)  |  May 11 2023, 21:15  |  Sala Truffaut
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Metella Montanari (Istituto Storico di Modena); in collaboration with Istituto Storico di Modena
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Jesi (Italy)  |  May 12 2023, 21:30  |  Il Piccolo
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Marta Gara (public historian); in collaboration with Associazione Culturale Res Humanae
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Festival Mente Locale  |  Vignola (Italy)  |  May 13 2023, 18:00  |  Teatro Ermanno Fabbri
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer)

Firenze (Italy)  |  May 14 2023, 15:00  |  Cinema La Compagnia
Film Screening

Roma (Italy)  |  May 15 2023, 11:00  |  Università Tor Vergata (Aula Cinema - T19, Edificio A)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Lucia Ceci (Tor Vergata), Luca Mazzei (Tor Vergata)

Firenze (Italy)  |  May 15 2023, 21:00  |  Cinema La Compagnia
Film Screening

Roma (Italy)  |  May 16 2023, 21:00  |  Nuovo Cinema Aquila
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Yasmin Riyahi (Sapienza Università di Roma); moderated by Matteo Berardini (Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici italiani); in collaboration with Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici Italiani

Firenze (Italy)  |  May 16 2023, 19:00  |  Cinema La Compagnia
Film Screening

Napoli (Italy)  |  May 17 2023, 10:00  |  Cinema Modernissimo
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Giulia Grechi (Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli)
Event reserved for students of Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli

Napoli (Italy)  |  May 17 2023, 19:00  |  L’Asilo (Sala Cinema)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Giulia Grechi (Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli), Carmine Conelli (Libreria Tamu), Tiziana Terranova (autrice); in collaboration with Libreria Tamu

Boston (USA)  |  May 19 2023, 7pm  |  Emerson Paramount Center
ArtsEmerson and Roxbury International Film Festival present: Shared Stories
Film Screening and Q&A with Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Curtis Caesar John (producer), Karin Goodfellow (Director of Public Art, City of Boston), Elizabeth Tiblanc (Deputy Director of Programs, Embrace Boston), Tran Vu (Artist and Cultural Organizer); Moderated by Lisa Simmons (Artistic/Executive Director, RoxFilm)
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Roma (Italy)  |  May 19 2023, 17:00  |  Università Rome Tre (DAMS, Aula Parco)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Ivelise Perniola (Università Rome Tre), Giacomo Ravesi (Università Rome Tre); moderated by Leonardo De Franceschi (Università Rome Tre)

Firenze (Italy)  |  May 23 2023, 19:00  |  Cinema La Compagnia
Film Screening

Milano (Italy)  |  May 24 2023, 18:30  |  Fondazione Memoriale della Shoah
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Sara Troglio (Laboratorio Lapsus), Simone Pisano (Laboratorio Lapsus)

Padova (Italy)  |  May 25 2023, 21:00  |  Cinema Lux
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Annalisa Frisina (UNIPD), Mariam C. Rechchad (UNIPD), Gustavo Alfredo García Figueroa (UNIPD)

Verona (Italy)  |  May 26 2023, 20:30  |  Cinema Nuovo San Michele
Festival del Giornalismo di Verona
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Stefania Pontrandolfo (Università di Verona)
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Brooklyn Film Festival |  Jun. 3 2023, 6pm  |  Windmill Studios
New York Premiere
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Joseph Sciorra (folklorist), Roberto Mukaro Borrero (Kasike, Guainía Taíno Tribe).
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Lucca (Italy)  |  Jun. 14 2023, 21:00  |  IMT School for Advanced Studies (Cappella Guinigi)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer); moderated by Anna Pirri Valentini and Felicia Caponigri (IMT); part of the program: Law and Cultural Heritage across the Atlant
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Firenze (Italy)  |  Jun. 15 2023, 21:30  |  Cinema di Castello, Arena Estiva
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director)

ImageNation Outdoors  |  Harlem, NY |  Jun. 17 2023, 7:45pm  |  F. Douglass Blvd bet. 119th & 120th St
Film Screening
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Filmteenth Film Festival  |  Bethesda, MD |  Jun. 19 2023, 12pm  |  Landmark Bethesda Row
Maryland Premiere
Film Screening
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Magna Graecia Film Festival  |  Catanzaro (Italy)  |  Aug. 3 2023, 21:00  |  Chiostro del San Giovanni
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director)
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New York, NY  |  Sept. 7 2023, 7pm  |  Maysles Documentary Center
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Roberto Mukaro Borrero (Kasike, Guainía Taíno Tribe).
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Rijeka (Croatia) | History Film Festival | Sept. 16 2023, 6:30pm  | Art-kino Croatia
Film Screening
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Richmond International Film Festival |  Sept. 27th 2023, 6:15pm  |  Byrd Theatre
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Curtis Caesar John (producer), Ana Edwards (public historian and activist)
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Virginia Commonwealth University | Sept. 28th 2023, 6:00pm  |  Temple Building 1164 - 901 W Main St, Richmond, VA
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Rohan Kalyan (VCU), Michael L. Dickinson (VCU) and Ana Edwards (public historian and activist)
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New York, NY  |  Oct 2nd 2023, 6.30pm  |  Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò NYU
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Joseph Sciorra (folklorist), David Forgacs (NYU), Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU), Roberto Mukaro Borrero (Kasike, Guainía Taíno Tribe).
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Perugia (Italy)  |  Oct 4th 2023, 7pm  |  Perso Film Festival | Cinema Zenith
Film Screening
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Licodia Eubea (Italy) |  Festival della Comunicazione e del Cinema Archeologico | Oct. 14th 2023, 9pm | Teatro della Legalità
Film Screening
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New York, NY |  Workers Unite Film Festival | Oct. 27th 8.30pm | Cinema Village
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Roberto Mukaro Borrero (Kasike, Guainía Taíno Tribe), Joseph Sciorra (folklorist)
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Grosseto, Italy |  Nov. 2 2023, 7pm | Cinema Stella
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer)
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Carbonia, Italy |  Nov. 3 2023, 9pm | Fabbrica del Cinema
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer)
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Noto, Italy |  Nov. 3 2023, 6.30pm | Festival Documentaria
Film Screening
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Ales, Italy |  Nov. 4 2023, 6pm | Casa Natale A. Gramsci
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer)
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Cagliari, Italy |  Nov. 5 2023, 7pm | Associazione ARC / Laboratorio 28
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer) Valeria Deplano (historian)
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Bergamo, Italy |  Nov. 7 2023, 4pm | Università di Bergamo
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Anna Chiara Cimoli (Unibg), Federica Sossi (Unibg), Giuseppe Previtali (Unibg)
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Carpi, Italy |  Nov. 8 2023, 9pm | Biblioteca Loria
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer)
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Modena, Italy |  Nov. 9 2023, 9am | Sala Truffaut (riservata agli studenti)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer)
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Cesena, Italy |  Nov. 9 2023, 9pm | Cinema Eliseo
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer)
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Cesena, Italy |  Nov. 10 2023, 8.30am | Cinema Eliseo (riservata agli studenti)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer),
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Milano, Italy |  Nov. 14 2023, 10.30am | Anteo Palazzo del Cinema (riservata agli studenti)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer)
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Milano, Italy |  Nov. 14 2023, 7.30pm | Casa della Memoria
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer),
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Pisa, Italy |  Nov. 15 2023, 8.30pm | Cinema Arsenale
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Arnaldo Testi (historian)
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Roma, Italy |  Nov. 16 2023, 6.30pm | Università Luiss (riservata agli studenti)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Anna Pirri Valentini (Università Luiss).
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Roma, Italy |  Nov. 16 2023, 9.30pm | CSOA Forte Prenestino
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer)
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Roma, Italy |  Nov. 20 2023, 7.00pm | Temple University (riservata agli studenti)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Lorenzo Rinelli (Temple University)
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Trento, Italy |  Nov. 20 2023 | 6.00pm Harpolab + 8.45pm Treatro Cuminetti
Virtual Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Giorgio Lucaroni (historian) at Harpolab + Film Screening at Teatro Cuminetti
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Montclair State University |  Nov. 30 2023, 6pm | Presentation Hall 1040 - School of Communication and Media
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer)
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Santa Barbara, CA |  Dec. 5 2023 , 7pm | The Carsey-Wolf Center at UC Santa Barbara
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), and prof. Stephanie Malia Hom (UCSB)
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Bassano del Grappa |  Jan 15 2024, 8pm | Metropolis Cinemas
Rassegna cinematografica “Rovine d’America”
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director)
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Venezia |  Jan 16 2024, 9pm | Multisala Rossini
Rassegna cinematografica “Rovine d’America”
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director)
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Brescia |  Jan 17 2024, 9pm | Cinema Nuovo Eden
Rassegna cinematografica “Rovine d’America”
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director)
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Bologna |  Jan 22 2024, 9pm | Pop Up Cinema Arlecchino
Rassegna cinematografica “Rovine d’America”
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director) and Mariana Califano (Resistenze in Cirenaica)
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Roma |  Jan 29 2024, 8pm | Cinema Troisi
Rassegna cinematografica “Rovine d’America”
Film Screening and Q&A with Alessio Marchionna (Internazionale)
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Honolulu, HI |  Feb 17 2024, 2pm | HOMA
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director)
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Padova, Italy |  Feb 19 2024, 8.45pm | Spazio Stria
Rete Yekatit 12 - 19 Febbraio
Film Screening

Stony Brook University, NY |  Feb 22 2024 , 1pm
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), prof. Loredana Polezzi (SBU) and prof. Simone Brioni (SBU)
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Napoli, Italy |  Feb 23 2024, 7pm | Cinema Astra
Rassegna AstraDoc
Film Screening

Honolulu, HI |  Feb 24 2024, 7pm | HOMA
Film Screening
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Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NY |  Feb 27 2024, 6pm | Room 334
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), prof. Steve Cerulli (Fordham)
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Milano, Italy |  Feb 27 2024, 8.30pm | La Scighera, circololo ARCI
Rete Yekatit 12 - 19 Febbraio
Film Screening and online Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer)
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Torino, Italy |  Feb 29 2024, 5pm | Università di Torino
Rassegna cinematografica “Rovine d’America”
Film Screening and online Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), prof. Matteo Rossi (Università di Torino)

Perugia, Italy |  Mar 7 2024, 21:00 | Cinema Postmodernissimo
Rassegna cinematografica “Rovine d’America”
Film Screening
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Bristol, UK |  Mar 11  2024, 18:00  | Watershed
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Amy King (University of Bristol), Cleo Lake (Artist and Engagement Professional), and Edson Burton (Writer and Historian).
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London, UK |  Mar 12 2024, 17:00 | School of Advanced Study (Senate House, Woburn Suite)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Sarah Churchwell (School of Advanced Study), Gianmarco Mancosu (School of Advanced Study), and Charles Burdett (School of Advanced Study).
Organized by the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (ILCS).
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Mestre, Italy |  Mar 13 2024, 21:00 | Cinema Dante
Rassegna cinematografica “Rovine d’America”
Film Screening and Q&A with Federica Timeto.
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Coventry, UK |  Mar 13 2024, 15:30 | Warwick University (FAB0.21 Cinema Room)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Alison Cooley (Classics), Lara Ratnaraja (Cultural Consultant), Jessica Underwood (Politics and International Studies), Trevor McCrisken (American Studies).
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Coventry, UK |  Mar 13 2024, 19:30 |  Coventry Cathedral Chapter House
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Ras Emmanuelle Henry-Cottrell (I&I Collective), Lydia Plath (University of Warwick), David Wright (University of Warwick), and Luca Peretti (University of Warwick).
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Cambridge, UK |  Mar 14 2024, 17:00 | Newnham College, U. of Cambridge (C. Beerbower Room)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Amy Morris (Professor of English, Cambridge), Saleyha Ahsan (PhD Student, Cambridge), Marjorie Osagie (First Year, Cambridge), and Jenny Mander (Professor of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, Cambridge)
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Genova, Italy |  Mar 15 2024, 20:00 | Cineclub Nickelodeon
Rassegna cinematografica “Rovine d’America”
Film Screening
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Paris, France |  Mar 16 2024, 17:15  | Institut national d'histoire de l'art (Lichstenstein Auditorium)
Symposium: New Monuments
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), and Martyna Majewska (Art Historian)
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Torino, Italy |  Mar 18 2024, 6:15pm | Cinema Massimo
Rassegna cinematografica “Rovine d’America”
Film Screening
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Princeton University, NJ |  Mar 21 2024, 5:00pm  |  Rocky-Mathey Theater
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Prof. Kinohi Nishikawa (English and African American Studies, Princeton University).
Organized by Prof. Anna Cellinese (French and Italian Department, Princeton).
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Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy |  Mar. 26, 21:00 | C'Entro - Supercinema Santarcangelo
Rassegna cinematografica “Rovine d’America”
Film Screening
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Mantova, Italy |  Mar. 27, 21:00 | Cinema Mignon
Rassegna cinematografica “Rovine d’America”
Film Screening
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Torino, Italy |  Mar. 29, 20:30 | Cinema Massimo
Rassegna cinematografica “Rovine d’America”
Film Screening
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Rochester Istitute of Technology, NY |  Apr. 3 
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), prof. Elisabetta D’Amanda (RIT)
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Hostos Community College |  Apr. 11 2023, 2pm + 5:30pm  |  Room B–501
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer)
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Watertown, MA |  Apr 11 2024, 6:30pm | Watertown Free Public Library
Film Screening
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Calandra Institute, New York  |  Apr 16 2024, 6pm
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Joseph Sciorra (Calandra Institute)
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Arizona State University  |  Apr 19 2024, 5pm  |  ASU Art Museum
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Gabriella Soto (ASU)
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City College of San Francisco - Mission Center  |  Apr 22 2024, 7pm  |  Room 106
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), James Tracy (CCSF)MORE INFO

UC Berkeley |  Apr 23 2024, 12:30pm  |  Nestrick Room, 142 Dwinelle
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer), Prof. Mia Fuller (UC Berkley), Rhiannon Welch (UC Berkley) and Laura Ruberto (Berkley City College)
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Paris, France  |  May 18 2024, 17:30  |  POUSH
Presented in connection with the exhibition-event “Nord-Est” by Thomas Hirschhorn
Film Screening, preceded by a talk with Martyna Majewska (Université Paris Nanterre)
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Calandra Institute, New York  |  Jun 14 2024
Creative Spaces/Contested Spaces Workshop (FIT)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer)
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Calandra Institute, New York  |  Jun 21 2024
Creative Spaces/Contested Spaces Workshop (FIT)
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer)
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Bologna, Italy | July 17 2024, 9.30pm | Giardino Graziella Fava (Parsec)
Film Screening 

Chicago, IL  |  Siskel Center  |   Oct. 15 2024, 6pm
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director), Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Mechtild Widrich (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) and Rebecca Zorach (Northwestern University)
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New York, NY | Fashion Institute of Technology  |  Nov. 22 2024, 3:10pm
Film Screening and Q&A with Valerio Ciriaci (director)

Minneapolis, MN | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities  |  Jan. 18 2025
Film Screening and Q&A with Curtis Caesar John (producer)
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Forlì, Italy  |  Sala San Luigi  |  Feb. 10 2025
Film Screening
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Milano, Italy  |  Cinema Beltrade  |   Feb. 24 2025
Special screening for schools organized by Archivio Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza ETS.

Torino, Italy  |  Cinema Massimo  |   Mar. 12 2025
Special screening for schools organized by Archivio Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza ETS.

Richmond, VA  |  Mar. 22 2025, 1pm  |  Richmond Italian Film Festival (University of Richmond)
Film Screening and Q&A with Isaak Liptzin (producer/cinematographer), Sonja Bertucci (University of Richmond), Julian Maxwell Hayter (University of Richmond), and Nicola Maurantonio (University of Richmond)
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Mister Wonderland recounts the remarkable story of Sylvester Z. Poli, a humble artisan who emigrated from Italy to America at the end of the 19th century — only to become the greatest theater impresario of his time. The film chronicles his journey from rural Tuscany to the bright lights of the Roaring Twenties, revealing how a migrant’s ingenuity shaped the movie-going experience as we know it. Crossing continents and generations, Mister Wonderland sets out to find what remains today of Sylvester’s theaters and the communities they used to serve