Alice Rohrwacher, Bernardo Bertolucci and the Taviani brothers are just some of the filmmakers who’ve been drawn to the beauty and harsh realities of rural Italy.
Ahead of a major season of the work of Palme d’Or winners Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, we take a beginner’s path through their cinema of magical realism, politics and the land.
Including Christopher Nolan’s BFI Fellowship, seasons dedicated to the Taviani brothers, Dorothy Arzner and John Barry and a focus on the work of Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky.