Events

On 27th-29th March 2025, the N.I.C.E. (New Italian Cinema Events) Italian Film Festival will come to Limerick for the first time. 

Thanks to a collaboration with the Limerick School of Art and Design (LSAD), the Festival will further broaden its horizons with a series of four screenings in Limerick, at the TUS Millenium Theatre, Moylish Campus. 

Tickets are free, but advanced booking is required.

The following four selected films will be screened in Italian with English subtitles: 

Thursday, 27th March at 6pm

‘Romantiche’ by Pilar Fogliati, Comedy, 2023 (108’) 

Rome and its surroundings serve as the backdrop for the hilarious adventures of four different girls, all played by actress and first-time director Pilar Fogliati. Despite their differences, both in social class and geographical origin, the girls are all linked by a romantic soul that will lead them to cross their destinies. A hilarious debut feature that won 1 Nastro d’Argento and 2 Globo d’Oro 2023.

Friday, 28th March at 6pm

Opening Reception (opening speeches, refreshments and live music) followed by ‘Parthenope’ by Paolo Sorrentino, Drama, 2024 (136’)  

Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film is a return to Naples. A long journey through the life of Parthenope from 1950, the year of her birth, to the present day. ‘An epic of the feminine without heroism, but inhabited by the inexorable passion for freedom, for Naples and the unpredictable faces of love. The real, the useless and the unspeakable kind of love that brings pain, yet also forces you to start again.

Saturday, 29th March 

4 pm – ‘Real’ by Adele Tulli, Documentary, 2024 (83’) 

6.30 pm – ‘Gloria!’ by Margherita Vicario, Drama, 2024 (108’) 

REAL by Adele Tulli 

“Real” is a kaleidoscopic and immersive audiovisual journey that explores what it feels like to be human in the digital age. After an acclaimed world premiere at the latest Locarno Film Festival, it won the Jury Prize at the Villa Medici Film Festival, dedicated to the relationship between cinema and contemporary arts.

GLORIA! by Margherita Vicario

The year is 1800; the place, Sant Ignazio College, a decrepit old musical institute for girls, somewhere near Venice. Here lives “the Mute”, a silent, solitary maid tasked with the humblest chores. No one knows that her name is Teresa; no one suspects that she possesses an extraordinary talent that enables her to sense the harmony of the universe and reshape reality through music.

This event is organised by – Creative Broadcast and Film Production, Department of Digital Arts and Media, LSAD.