Italy in the Spotlight for the 25th Edition of the [Cannes Film Meetings](https://www.cannes-cinema.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=178:25emes-rcc&catid=82&Itemid=104), organized by Cannes Cinรฉma from December 10 to 16.
After a long series of varied themes, Cannes Cinรฉma has chosen to celebrate its 25th anniversary with a neighboring country whose cinematic ties with France have always been very strong: Italy.
Since the beginnings of the 7th Art, this country has established itself with the immense richness of its production as one of the major places in the history of cinema.
From the world success of the first peplum (Cabiria by Giovanni Pastrone in 1915) to the neorealism of Vittorio de Sica and Roberto Rossellini that revolutionized post-war cinema, the creation of the legendary Cinecittร studios to the masterpieces that Federico Fellini would film there, from the Italian comedy of Monicelli, Risi, Scola to the spaghetti westerns of the three Sergios, Leone, Sollima, and Corbucci, from the modern cinema of Michelangelo Antonioni to the Giallo of Dario Argento and Mario Bava…
A substantial retrospective aiming to remember none of the great moments of this cinematography; exceptional guests like Dario ARGENTO and Claudia CARDINALE will be with us, to bear witness to their contribution to cinema.
And of course, the [25th Cannes Film Meetings](https://www.cannes-cinema.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=178:25emes-rcc&catid=82&Itemid=104) cannot be conceived without the competition of 8 films in previews, the Audience Award, various workshops, debates, a cine-concert, a musical show dedicated to the music of Nino Rota, as well as an evening in partnership with the Italian Chamber of Commerce: on Thursday, December 13 with the “Italian Thrills” Evening in the company of Dario ARGENTO at the Espace MIRAMAR, accompanied by an Italian-style cocktail!
