The Ministry of Culture, through Direzione Generale Cinema, has assigned the title of Film d’Essai. Also present is The Bad Poet, presented at What’s Next Italy MIA 2019.

Among the titles that won the qualification of Film d’Essai, awarded to films characterised by experimental forms and techniques of expression and innovative languages that explore lesser-known cinematic realities, national or otherwise, also includes Gianluca Jodice’s The Bad Poet, produced by Ascent Film, Bathysphere Film and Rai Cinema, presented at the Content Showcase in the What’s Next Italy, MIA 2019 section. Here are all the other qualifiers:

  • Gloria Mundi, by Robert Guédiguian
  • Parsifal, by Marco Filiberti
  • Lei mi parla ancora, by Pupi Avati
  • Genitori vs Influencers, by Michela Andreozzi
  • Queens of the Field, by Mohamed Hamidi
  • #Iamhere, by Eric Lartigau
  • Nomadland, by Chloé Zhao
  • Il turno, by Loris Giuseppe Nese and Chiara Marotta
  • Rifkin’s Festival, by Woody Allen
  • Morrison, by Federico Zampaglione
  • The Father, by Florian Zeller
  • Comedians, by Gabriele Salvatores
  • Another Round, by Thomas Vinterberg
  • Adam, by Maryam Touzani
  • How to be a Good Wife, by Martin Provost
  • Mank, by David Fincher
  • Pieces of a Woman, by Kornél Mundruczó
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7, by Aaron Sorkin
  • Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, by Radu Jude
  • Star Staff, by Milad Tangshir
  • Valley of the Gods, by Lech Majewski
  • Persian Lessons, by Vadim Perelman
  • The Bad Poet, by Gianluca Jodice
  • Summer of 85, by François Ozon
  • A Friendly Tale, by Daniel Cohen
  • My Donkey, My Lover & I, by Caroline Vignal
  • Simple Passion, by Danielle Arbid
  • Amazing Grace, by Alan Elliot
  • A Promising Woman, by Emerald Fennell
  • The Land of the Sons, by Claudio Cupellini
  • The Cordillera of Dreams, by Patricio Guzmán
  • Futura, by Lamberto Sanfelice
  • La scuola non è secondaria, by Alberto Valtellina and Paolo Vitali
  • Le Traversiadi, by Alberto Valtellina and Maurizio Panseri
  • War and Peace, by Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parente
  • Occhi blu, by Michela Cescon
  • Vivere, che rischio, by Alessandro Rossi and Michele Mellara
  • 50 Santarcangelo Festival, by Alessandro Rossi and Michele Mellara
  • The Human Voice, by Pedro Almodovar
  • Boys, by Davide Ferrario
  • Marx Can Wait, by Marco Bellocchio

For further information please visit the website of the Ministry of Culture.