Cinema Italiano Festival

8 - 24 May 2026

The Italian Film Festival | Cinema Italiano Festival New Zealand is proud to celebrate its 11th anniversary in 2026, with a curated programme that combines the best in contemporary Italian cinema with masterpieces from Italy’s rich cinematic tradition, giving a glimpse into Italian society past and present. 
Supported by the Italian Embassy in New Zealand.

2026 Schedule:

Fri 8 May

6:30pm | Opening Night | Somebody to Love | Tickets
                     Opening Night Tickets include Italian Aperitivi with Peroni, San Pellegrino and Prosecco 

Sat 9 May

10:30am | Napoli- New York | Tickets
  2:15pm | Siblings | Tickets
  4:10pm | Umberto Eco - A Library of the World | Tickets
  6:00pm | La Grazia | Tickets

Sun 10 May

10:30am | Diamonds | Tickets
  2:15pm | I Saw a King | Tickets
  4:15pm | The Sleeper - The Lost Caravaggio | Tickets
  6.00pm | The Tasters | Tickets

Somebody to Love | Follemente
Director: Paolo Genovese | 2025
97 min | Romantic / Comedy

Mon 11 May

10:30am | My Place is Here | Tickets
  2:15pm | Who wants to be a parent? | Tickets
  4:30pm | When Mum is Away | Tickets
  6:30pm | Vittoria | Tickets

Tue 12 May

10:30am | Sicilian Letters | Tickets
  2:15pm | It's Time to Talk | Tickets
  4:15pm | Siblings | Tickets
  6:15pm | Bread & Tulips | Tickets

Wed 13 May

10:30am | Ennio | Tickets
  2:15pm | The Illusion | Tickets
  5:00pm | The Last One for the Road | Tickets

Thu 14 May

10:30am | The Great Ambition | Tickets
  2:15pm | I Told You So | Tickets
  4:30pm | The Boy with Pink Trousers | Tickets
  6:50pm | Somebody to Love | Tickets
 

Fri 15 May

10:30am | Once Upon a Time in the West | Tickets
  2.15pm | Trifole | Tickets
  4:15pm | Heads or Tails? | Tickets
  6:45pm | Diva Futura | Tickets

Sat 16 May

10:30am | Diamonds | Tickets
  2.15pm | Fuori | Tickets
  4:45pm | The Sleeper - The Lost Caravaggio | Tickets
  6:15pm | Bread & Tulips | Tickets

Sun 17 May

10:30am | La Grazia  | Tickets
  2:15pm | When Mum is Away | Tickets
  4:30pm | I Saw a King | Tickets
  6.30pm | It's Time to Talk | Tickets

Mon 18 May

10:30am | The Illusion | Tickets
  2.15pm | It's Time to Talk | Tickets
  4:15pm | Umberto Eco - A Library of the World | Tickets
  6:00pm | My Place is Here | Tickets

Tue 19 May

10:30pm | The Great Ambition | Tickets
  2.15pm | The Last One for the Road | Tickets
  4:30pm | Heads or Tails? | Tickets
  7:00pm | I Told You So | Tickets

Wed 20 May

10:30am | The Tasters | Tickets
  2.15pm | Diva Futura | Tickets 
  4:45pm | Napoli - New York | Tickets
  7:15pm | Bread & Tulips | Tickets

Bread & Tulips | Pane e Tulipani
Director: Silvio Soldini | 2000
115 min | Comedy 

Thu 21 May

10:30am | The Boy with Pink Trousers | Tickets
  2.15pm | Who wants to be a parent? | Tickets
  4:30pm | Vittoria | Tickets
  6:30pm | Ennio | Tickets

Fri 22 May

10.30am | Once Upon a Time in the West | Tickets
  2.15pm | Sicilian Letters | Tickets
  4:45pm | I Saw a King | Tickets
  6:45pm | Napoli - New York| Tickets

Sat 23 May

10.30am | Bread & Tulips | Tickets
  2.15pm | The Sleeper - The Lost Caravaggio | Tickets
  4.00pm | Heads or Tails? | Tickets
  6:30pm | Diamonds | Tickets

Sun 24 May

10:30pm | When Mum is Away | Tickets
  2:15pm | Fuori | Tickets
  4:45pm | Somebody to Love | Tickets
  6:45pm | La Grazia | Tickets