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NUOVO CINEMA DI GENERE FILM SERIES

 

18 SEPTEMBER – 16 OCTOBER 2025

 
Armani/Silos and Piccolo America will be collaborating once again with Nuovo Cinema di Genere, a free film series exploring the revival of genre cinema in contemporary Italian productions. The series reinterprets the codes of noir, musicals, melodramas, biopics, historical dramas, coming-of-age stories and horror films in an original way.
 
Each screening will be followed by a conversation with the films’ directors, leading actors and key figures– including Simone Massi, Margherita Vicario, Francesco Costabile, Giovanni Tortorici and Susanna Nicchiarelli. The conversations will be moderated by journalist Mattia Carzaniga. The opening event will also feature Piccolo America
 
Films in program

  • • Invelle – Simone Massi
  • • Gloria! – Margherita Vicario
  • • Familia – Francesco Costabile
  • • Diciannove – Giovanni Tortorici
  • • Nico, 1988 – Susanna Nicchiarelli

 

Free admission with reservation required by phone at: +39 02 91630010 Reservations open from 16 September

NUOVO CINEMA DI GENERE FILM SERIES

 

18 SEPTEMBER – 16 OCTOBER 2025

 
Armani/Silos and Piccolo America will be collaborating once again with Nuovo Cinema di Genere, a free film series exploring the revival of genre cinema in contemporary Italian productions. The series reinterprets the codes of noir, musicals, melodramas, biopics, historical dramas, coming-of-age stories and horror films in an original way.
 
Each screening will be followed by a conversation with the films’ directors, leading actors and key figures– including Simone Massi, Margherita Vicario, Francesco Costabile, Giovanni Tortorici and Susanna Nicchiarelli. The conversations will be moderated by journalist Mattia Carzaniga. The opening event will also feature Piccolo America
 
Films in program

  • • Invelle – Simone Massi
  • • Gloria! – Margherita Vicario
  • • Familia – Francesco Costabile
  • • Diciannove – Giovanni Tortorici
  • • Nico, 1988 – Susanna Nicchiarelli

 

Free admission with reservation required by phone at: +39 02 91630010 Reservations open from 16 September

FILMS SCREENED

FILMS SCREENED

INVELLE

 

Nowhere

 

Thursday, September 18th
8.00 PM

 
A conversation with Piccolo America, Simone Massi and Mattia Carzaniga will follow
 

Director: Simone Massi
Year: 2023
Duration: 90 min
Language: Italian
 
Three generations – Zelinda in 1918, Assunta in 1943, and Icaro in 1978 – each grappling with war, growing up, and the dream of a different future. Their stories intertwine in a cycle of legacy, hope, and transformation, where each child faces their own time, trying to break away from the past and imagine a new world.


INVELLE

 

Nowhere

 

Thursday, September 18th
8.00 PM

 
A conversation with Piccolo America, Simone Massi and Mattia Carzaniga will follow
 

Director: Simone Massi
Year: 2023
Duration: 90 min
Language: Italian
 
Three generations – Zelinda in 1918, Assunta in 1943, and Icaro in 1978 – each grappling with war, growing up, and the dream of a different future. Their stories intertwine in a cycle of legacy, hope, and transformation, where each child faces their own time, trying to break away from the past and imagine a new world.


GLORIA!

 

Thursday, September 25th
8.00 PM

 
A conversation with Margherita Vicario and Mattia Carzaniga will follow
 

Director: Margherita Vicario
Year: 2024
Duration: 100 min
Language: Italian
 
In early 19th-century Venice, Teresa, a young woman with visionary talent, transcends the centuries and challenges the dusty catafalques of the Ancien Régime by inventing a rebellious and modern music.


GLORIA!

 

Thursday, September 25th
8.00 PM

 
A conversation with Margherita Vicario and Mattia Carzaniga will follow
 

Director: Margherita Vicario
Year: 2024
Duration: 100 min
Language: Italian
 
In early 19th-century Venice, Teresa, a young woman with visionary talent, transcends the centuries and challenges the dusty catafalques of the Ancien Régime by inventing a rebellious and modern music.


FAMILIA

 

Thursday, October 2nd
8.00 PM

 
A conversation with Francesco Costabile and Mattia Carzaniga will follow
 

Director: Francesco Costabile
Year: 2024
Duration: 120 min
Language: Italian
 


FAMILIA

 

Thursday, October 2nd
8.00 PM

 
A conversation with Francesco Costabile and Mattia Carzaniga will follow
 

Director: Francesco Costabile
Year: 2024
Duration: 120 min
Language: Italian
 


DICIANNOVE

 

Nineteen

 

Thursday, October 9th
8.00 PM

 
A conversation with Giovanni Tortorici, Manfredi Marini and Mattia Carzaniga will follow
 

Director: Giovanni Tortorici
Year: 2024
Duration: 109 min
Language: Italian, English
 
The coming-of-age story of a nineteen-year-old from Palermo who leaves his economics studies in London to pursue a dream in Siena.


DICIANNOVE

 

Nineteen

 

Thursday, October 9th
8.00 PM

 
A conversation with Giovanni Tortorici, Manfredi Marini and Mattia Carzaniga will follow
 

Director: Giovanni Tortorici
Year: 2024
Duration: 109 min
Language: Italian, English
 
The coming-of-age story of a nineteen-year-old from Palermo who leaves his economics studies in London to pursue a dream in Siena.


NICO, 1988

 

Thursday, October 16th
8.00 PM

 
A conversation with Susanna Nicchiarelli will follow
 

Director: Susanna Nicchiarelli
Year: 2017
Duration: 93 min
Language: English, German, Czech
 
Set between Paris, Prague, Nuremberg, Manchester, the Polish countryside and the Roman coast, Nico, 1988 is a road movie dedicated to the last years of Christa Päffgen, aka Nico.


NICO, 1988

 

Thursday, October 16th
8.00 PM

 
A conversation with Susanna Nicchiarelli will follow
 

Director: Susanna Nicchiarelli
Year: 2017
Duration: 93 min
Language: English, German, Czech
 
Set between Paris, Prague, Nuremberg, Manchester, the Polish countryside and the Roman coast, Nico, 1988 is a road movie dedicated to the last years of Christa Päffgen, aka Nico.