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Edition All editions 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2017 2016 2015 Category All categories awards festival scenes festival uncovered interviews press Reset festival uncovered 05/06/2026 Chaplin: The Rediscovered Cut Discover more festival uncovered 26/05/2026 Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’ to screen in 35mm at Il Cinema Ritrovato XL < Discover more festival uncovered 25/05/2026 A Cult Filmmaker: Artavazd Pelešjan Discover more festival uncovered 22/05/2026 Three Perspectives on “Cinemalibero” Discover more festival uncovered 14/05/2026 ‘Weighed But Found Wanting’ by Lino Brocka at Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more awards 13/05/2026 Il Cinema Ritrovato – Blu-Ray & DVD Awards 2026 _ Finalists Discover more festival uncovered 12/05/2026 ‘Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans’: World Premiere Screening at Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival Discover more festival uncovered 12/05/2026 Contemporary Films at Il Cinema Ritrovato: Documents and Documentaries Discover more festival scenes 05/05/2026 24th Il Cinema Ritrovato Book Fair Discover more interviews 29/06/2025 Conversations with Gian Luca Farinelli, Andrea Meneghelli e Cecilia Cenciarelli Discover more awards 28/06/2025 Vittorio Boarini Award | Shivendra Singh Dungarpur Discover more awards 27/06/2025 Vittorio Boarini Award | Boudjemaâ Karèche Discover more awards 26/06/2025 Blu-ray and DVD Awards 2025 | The winners Discover more festival scenes 24/06/2025 Last night, Piazzetta Pasolini was touched by magic: the Goldstaub-Fund Discover more interviews 23/06/2025 Film Criticism Today: A Conversation with Roy Menarini (video) Discover more festival scenes 21/06/2025 Hidden Treasures: The underlogged films of Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more awards 21/06/2025 Vittorio Boarini Award | Sophie Seydoux Discover more festival scenes 20/06/2025 Bologna in cinema mode Discover more festival scenes 19/06/2025 The “Cinema Painters” Exhibition Discover more festival uncovered 18/06/2025 That Which We Can Lose Discover more awards 28/06/2024 Blu-ray and DVD Awards 2024 | The winners Discover more festival uncovered 26/06/2024 Unseen Bernardo Bertolucci: Rediscovered ‘The Death of a Pig’ Filmed at Age 15 Discover more awards 25/06/2024 Vittorio Boarini Awards Discover more festival uncovered 23/06/2024 Il Cinema Ritrovato Book Fair Discover more festival uncovered 22/06/2024 Il Cinema Ritrovato, Farinelli’s guide to the Festival Discover more festival scenes 21/06/2024 Il manifesto in tiratura limitata del Cinema Ritrovato Discover more festival uncovered 21/06/2024 Wim Wenders at Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more festival uncovered 06/06/2024 A Festival Full of Music Discover more festival uncovered 05/06/2024 Il Cinema Ritrovato’s New Frontiers Discover more festival uncovered 05/06/2024 Il Cinema Ritrovato: Unexpected stars Discover more festival scenes 04/07/2023 Encore! The faces behind the music Discover more 03/07/2023 Il Cinema Ritrovato celebrates an edition like no other Discover more awards 30/06/2023 Vittorio Boarini Award Discover more awards 30/06/2023 DVD Awards 2023 | The winners Discover more festival uncovered 30/06/2023 Gina Lollobrigida’s unearthed debuts Discover more festival uncovered 29/06/2023 Matt Dillon, surprise guest at Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more festival uncovered 28/06/2023 Östlund at Il Cinema Ritrovato! Discover more festival uncovered 25/06/2023 Festival guest Wim Wenders Discover more festival uncovered 25/06/2023 African Tales: on Monday 26th, Cinemalibero, cinema lesson, Senegalese actuality films, Gaumont Catalogue and Samama Chikli project Discover more festival scenes 25/06/2023 Il Cinema Ritrovato and Cheap: the urban exhibition Discover more festival uncovered 23/06/2023 Music to My Ears (and Eyes) Discover more festival uncovered 21/06/2023 “What is a movie theater, and what can it offer people?”. Discover more festival uncovered 19/05/2023 Waiting for Il Cinema Ritrovato: Award-winning ‘Triangle of Sadness’ director, Ruben Östlund in Bologna Discover more press 07/10/2022 Jonathan Rosenbaum’s Il Cinema Ritrovato review Discover more festival scenes 03/07/2022 Festival faces Discover more awards 03/07/2022 Vittorio Boarini awards assigned Discover more festival uncovered 01/07/2022 Il Cinema Ritrovato 2022 rediscovering childhood Discover more festival uncovered 30/06/2022 At Il Cinema Ritrovato, eroticism… and beyond! Discover more awards 29/06/2022 DVD Awards 2022: winners announced Discover more festival uncovered 28/06/2022 The other side of stardom: the male stars of the festival Discover more festival uncovered 26/06/2022 Female gaze: female directors at Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more festival scenes 25/06/2022 Bologna wears cinema: the urban exhibit of Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more festival uncovered 24/06/2022 Time to dance… at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2022! Discover more festival uncovered 23/06/2022 Photography and cinema (and their liaison dangereuse at Il Cinema Ritrovato) Discover more 23/06/2022 One festival, many different gauges Discover more festival uncovered 21/06/2022 The divas of the festival (one per section) Discover more festival uncovered 27/05/2022 Il Cinema Ritrovato… A festival with a musical theme! Discover more festival uncovered 03/05/2022 The first film poster in the history of cinema Discover more festival uncovered 26/04/2022 Nosferatu: was Max Schreck really a vampire? Discover more festival uncovered 21/04/2022 The Cinema of Kenji Misumi: a glossary Discover more press 07/09/2021 Remembering il Cinema Ritrovato 2021: festival attendees pick their favourite films Discover more press 06/09/2021 On Criterion Collection’s official site, Il Cinema Ritrovato according to Imogen Sarah Smith Discover more festival uncovered 28/07/2021 Isabelle Huppert: “Il Cinema Ritrovato is our memory” Discover more awards 24/07/2021 Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards 2021 winners Discover more festival uncovered 23/07/2021 The sound of silence: Enrico Caruso sings loud and clear (in a 1918 silent movie)! Discover more festival uncovered 23/07/2021 The note of Guillermo del Toro for ‘Frenchman’s Creek’ Discover more festival scenes 23/07/2021 Festival folks Discover more festival uncovered 15/07/2021 Cinema, Everybody’s Art Discover more festival uncovered 15/07/2021 At Il Cinema Ritrovato, the literary adaptations of the silent era Discover more festival uncovered 14/07/2021 Romy and Alain, Between Life and Fiction Discover more festival uncovered 13/07/2021 Aspettando Il Cinema Ritrovato… A Female Perspective Discover more festival uncovered 12/07/2021 Aspettando Il Cinema Ritrovato… 1901: the first (ephemeral) cinema in Bologna Discover more festival uncovered 09/07/2021 From Isabella to Isabelle: Il Cinema Ritrovato opens with Isabella Rossellini and closes with Isabelle Huppert Discover more press 09/07/2021 The international Film Institutions celebrate Il Cinema Ritrovato festival Discover more festival scenes 15/06/2021 Waiting for Sotto le stelle del cinema… the big screen of Piazza Maggiore! Discover more festival scenes 01/09/2020 Saying goodbye to Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival 2020… Discover more press 28/08/2020 “‘Tenet’ in 70MM Takes on Special Significance in Italy’s Temple of Cinema” Discover more festival uncovered 14/08/2020 Waiting for Il Cinema Ritrovato… ‘LA LUCE. The Light of the Movies’ Discover more press 17/07/2019 Press Review: “Bologna: el paraíso de la cinefilia” Discover more festival uncovered 15/07/2019 Coppola: “You know what the secret is? Steal from the best!” Discover more festival scenes 03/07/2019 The Cinephiles’ Heaven… in 3 words! Discover more press 29/06/2019 Press Review: “Le Monde” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more press 29/06/2019 Press Review: “Clarín” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more interviews 28/06/2019 Interview with Baris Azman – ‘Dutch angle: Chas Gerretsen & Apocalypse Now’ Discover more press 28/06/2019 Press Review: “Il Fatto Quotidiano” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more press 28/06/2019 Press Review: “Il Resto del Carlino” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more press 28/06/2019 Press Review: “La Repubblica” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more press 28/06/2019 Press Review: “Corriere della Sera” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more press 27/06/2019 Press Review: HFPA about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more awards 27/06/2019 Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards 2019 XVI edition – The winners Discover more press 27/06/2019 Press Review: La Repubblica about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more interviews 25/06/2019 Interview with Riccardo Costantini Discover more press 25/06/2019 Press Review: Il Fatto Quotidiano about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more press 25/06/2019 Press review: “La Repubblica” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more press 25/06/2019 Press Review: “On Film/TheDaily” (The Criterion Collection) about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more press 25/06/2019 Press Review: “Alias” (il manifesto) about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more interviews 24/06/2019 Interview with Nicolas Winding Refn Discover more press 24/06/2019 Press Review: “Folha de S. Paulo” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more press 24/06/2019 Press Review: “The Art Newspaper” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more press 24/06/2019 Press Review: “La Lettura” (Corriere della Sera) about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more press 24/06/2019 Press Review: “Robinson” (La Repubblica) about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more press 24/06/2019 Press Review: “il venerdì” (La Repubblica) about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more press 23/06/2019 Press Review: “Sensacine” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more awards 28/06/2018 Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards 2018 XV edition – The winners Discover more festival scenes 06/07/2017 Curisiosità dal Cinema Ritrovato: il remake “fantozziano” della ‘Corazzata Potëmkin’ Discover more interviews 02/07/2017 An Interview with Ehsan Khoshbakht, curator of the retrospective ‘Noir Teheran’, a tribute to the genius of the re-found film director Samuel Khachikian Discover more festival uncovered 01/07/2017 Bruce Weber: “here, you can really feel a strong awareness in regard to the heritage of cinema and this is something that is missing in the US” Discover more press 30/06/2017 Press review: “Desistfilm” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2017 (Part 1) Discover more press 30/06/2017 Live from Il Cinema Ritrovato 2017: David Bordwell Discover more awards 30/06/2017 Il Cinema Ritrovato Dvd Awards 2017 EDITION XIV Discover more press 29/06/2017 Press Review: “Cinemania” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2017 Discover more festival scenes 29/06/2017 Video Spot from Cinema Ritrovato 2017: What are your ‘Annie Hall’ memories ? Discover more interviews 29/06/2017 Cinema Ritrovato 2017: Interview with the projectionist Stefano Bognar Discover more press 29/06/2017 Press review: “FRED Radio” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2017 Discover more interviews 28/06/2017 Il Cinema Ritrovato: interview to the director Bill Morrison Discover more awards interviews 26/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards: Barbara Alves Rangel (IMS) Discover more awards interviews 25/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards: Tiago Baptista (Cinemateca Portuguesa) Discover more awards interviews 25/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards: Harry Ree (NFSA) and Paul Brobbel (Len Lye Centre) Discover more festival uncovered 24/06/2017 Battleship Potëmkin in Piazza Maggiore: June 25th and 26th highlights Discover more awards interviews 22/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards: Stanislaw Bardadin (CRF) and Tomas Zurek (NFA) Discover more awards interviews 22/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards: Anne Siegmayer (Murnau Stiftung) and Susanne Rocca (Filmarchiv Austria) Discover more awards interviews 22/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards 2017: Dennis Doros (Milestone Film & Video) Discover more awards interviews 22/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards 2017: Eddie Muller and Josh Morrison (Flicker Alley) Discover more awards interviews 22/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards 2017: David Marriott (CINELICIOUS PICS) Discover more festival uncovered 21/06/2017 All the colours of the Festival Discover more awards interviews 21/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards 2017: Jedrzej Sablinski (DI Factory) Discover more awards interviews 20/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards 2017: Marion Boulestreau (Ciné-Archives) Discover more awards interviews 20/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards 2017: Diana Vidrascu (Re:Voir Video) Discover more awards interviews 19/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards 2017: James White (Arrow Films) Discover more awards interviews 19/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards 2017: Ben Stoddart (BFI) Discover more festival uncovered 10/06/2017 All the stars of the Festival Discover more press 13/07/2016 Press Review: Melissa Anderson (The Village Voice) about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more press 11/07/2016 Press Review: Alissa Simon (Variety) about the documentary “Peter von Bagh” Discover more press 11/07/2016 Press review: “FRED Radio” about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more press 11/07/2016 Press Review: “Cultural Weekly” about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more press 11/07/2016 Press Review: Hollywood Foreign Press Association about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more press 11/07/2016 Press Review: Nick Vivarelli (Variety) about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more press 11/07/2016 Press Review: Pamela Hutchinson (The Guardian) about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more press 11/07/2016 Press Review: “The Huffington Post” about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more press 11/07/2016 Press Review: “La Croix” about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more press 11/07/2016 Press Review: Aurélien Ferenczi (Télérama) about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more press 11/07/2016 Press Review: Thomas Sotinel (Le Monde) about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more press 11/07/2016 Press Review: “Cronica de Hoy” about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more press 11/07/2016 Press Review: “Cinemania” about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2016 Discover more awards 01/07/2016 Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards – XIII edition. The Winners Discover more interviews 30/06/2016 Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards: Interview with Alexander Horwath Discover more interviews 25/06/2016 Il Cinema Ritrovato Book Fair: Interview with Charles Barr Discover more interviews 24/06/2016 Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards: Interview with Mark McElhatten Discover more interviews 23/06/2016 Il Cinema Ritrovato Book Fair: Interview with Vincent Paul-Boncour (Carlotta Films) Discover more interviews 23/06/2016 Il Cinema Ritrovato Book Fair: Interview with Rainer Rother Discover more interviews 21/06/2016 Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards: Interview with Lucien Logette Discover more awards 18/06/2016 Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards: the finalists (Part II) Discover more interviews 18/06/2016 Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards: Interview with Lorenzo Codelli Discover more awards 13/06/2016 Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards: the finalists (Part I) Discover more interviews 09/06/2016 Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards: Interview with Jonathan Rosenbaum Discover more awards 03/07/2015 DVD AWARDS 2015 – XII edition: THE WINNERS Discover more Load more
festival uncovered 26/05/2026 Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’ to screen in 35mm at Il Cinema Ritrovato XL < Discover more
festival uncovered 14/05/2026 ‘Weighed But Found Wanting’ by Lino Brocka at Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more
festival uncovered 12/05/2026 ‘Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans’: World Premiere Screening at Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival Discover more
festival uncovered 12/05/2026 Contemporary Films at Il Cinema Ritrovato: Documents and Documentaries Discover more
interviews 29/06/2025 Conversations with Gian Luca Farinelli, Andrea Meneghelli e Cecilia Cenciarelli Discover more
festival scenes 24/06/2025 Last night, Piazzetta Pasolini was touched by magic: the Goldstaub-Fund Discover more
festival scenes 21/06/2025 Hidden Treasures: The underlogged films of Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more
festival uncovered 26/06/2024 Unseen Bernardo Bertolucci: Rediscovered ‘The Death of a Pig’ Filmed at Age 15 Discover more
festival uncovered 25/06/2023 African Tales: on Monday 26th, Cinemalibero, cinema lesson, Senegalese actuality films, Gaumont Catalogue and Samama Chikli project Discover more
festival uncovered 21/06/2023 “What is a movie theater, and what can it offer people?”. Discover more
festival uncovered 19/05/2023 Waiting for Il Cinema Ritrovato: Award-winning ‘Triangle of Sadness’ director, Ruben Östlund in Bologna Discover more
festival uncovered 28/06/2022 The other side of stardom: the male stars of the festival Discover more
festival scenes 25/06/2022 Bologna wears cinema: the urban exhibit of Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more
festival uncovered 23/06/2022 Photography and cinema (and their liaison dangereuse at Il Cinema Ritrovato) Discover more
press 07/09/2021 Remembering il Cinema Ritrovato 2021: festival attendees pick their favourite films Discover more
press 06/09/2021 On Criterion Collection’s official site, Il Cinema Ritrovato according to Imogen Sarah Smith Discover more
festival uncovered 23/07/2021 The sound of silence: Enrico Caruso sings loud and clear (in a 1918 silent movie)! Discover more
festival uncovered 15/07/2021 At Il Cinema Ritrovato, the literary adaptations of the silent era Discover more
festival uncovered 12/07/2021 Aspettando Il Cinema Ritrovato… 1901: the first (ephemeral) cinema in Bologna Discover more
festival uncovered 09/07/2021 From Isabella to Isabelle: Il Cinema Ritrovato opens with Isabella Rossellini and closes with Isabelle Huppert Discover more
press 09/07/2021 The international Film Institutions celebrate Il Cinema Ritrovato festival Discover more
festival scenes 15/06/2021 Waiting for Sotto le stelle del cinema… the big screen of Piazza Maggiore! Discover more
press 28/08/2020 “‘Tenet’ in 70MM Takes on Special Significance in Italy’s Temple of Cinema” Discover more
festival uncovered 14/08/2020 Waiting for Il Cinema Ritrovato… ‘LA LUCE. The Light of the Movies’ Discover more
festival uncovered 15/07/2019 Coppola: “You know what the secret is? Steal from the best!” Discover more
interviews 28/06/2019 Interview with Baris Azman – ‘Dutch angle: Chas Gerretsen & Apocalypse Now’ Discover more
press 25/06/2019 Press Review: “On Film/TheDaily” (The Criterion Collection) about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more
press 24/06/2019 Press Review: “La Lettura” (Corriere della Sera) about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more
press 24/06/2019 Press Review: “Robinson” (La Repubblica) about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more
press 24/06/2019 Press Review: “il venerdì” (La Repubblica) about Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 Discover more
festival scenes 06/07/2017 Curisiosità dal Cinema Ritrovato: il remake “fantozziano” della ‘Corazzata Potëmkin’ Discover more
interviews 02/07/2017 An Interview with Ehsan Khoshbakht, curator of the retrospective ‘Noir Teheran’, a tribute to the genius of the re-found film director Samuel Khachikian Discover more
festival uncovered 01/07/2017 Bruce Weber: “here, you can really feel a strong awareness in regard to the heritage of cinema and this is something that is missing in the US” Discover more
festival scenes 29/06/2017 Video Spot from Cinema Ritrovato 2017: What are your ‘Annie Hall’ memories ? Discover more
interviews 29/06/2017 Cinema Ritrovato 2017: Interview with the projectionist Stefano Bognar Discover more
awards interviews 25/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards: Tiago Baptista (Cinemateca Portuguesa) Discover more
awards interviews 25/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards: Harry Ree (NFSA) and Paul Brobbel (Len Lye Centre) Discover more
festival uncovered 24/06/2017 Battleship Potëmkin in Piazza Maggiore: June 25th and 26th highlights Discover more
awards interviews 22/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards: Stanislaw Bardadin (CRF) and Tomas Zurek (NFA) Discover more
awards interviews 22/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards: Anne Siegmayer (Murnau Stiftung) and Susanne Rocca (Filmarchiv Austria) Discover more
awards interviews 22/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards 2017: Dennis Doros (Milestone Film & Video) Discover more
awards interviews 22/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards 2017: Eddie Muller and Josh Morrison (Flicker Alley) Discover more
awards interviews 22/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards 2017: David Marriott (CINELICIOUS PICS) Discover more
awards interviews 20/06/2017 Focus on DVD Awards 2017: Marion Boulestreau (Ciné-Archives) Discover more
press 13/07/2016 Press Review: Melissa Anderson (The Village Voice) about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more
press 11/07/2016 Press Review: Alissa Simon (Variety) about the documentary “Peter von Bagh” Discover more
press 11/07/2016 Press Review: Hollywood Foreign Press Association about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more
press 11/07/2016 Press Review: Pamela Hutchinson (The Guardian) about Il Cinema Ritrovato Discover more
interviews 23/06/2016 Il Cinema Ritrovato Book Fair: Interview with Vincent Paul-Boncour (Carlotta Films) Discover more
interviews 09/06/2016 Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards: Interview with Jonathan Rosenbaum Discover more
