italian contemporary film festival

AT WAR WITH LOVE – Lavazza Drive-In July 8th

New York 1943. Arturo, a Sicilian emigrant, is in love with Flora who is already engaged to the son of a well known New York boss. She loves Arturo though and they would like to get married, but to do so he needs her father’s blessing. The man lives in Sicily and the only way […]

ICFF @ Home available across Canada July 5th-13th, 2021

ICFF @ Home available across Canada July 5th-13th, 2021

Festival Passes on sale NOW! On July 5th ICFF at Home presented by Lavazza launches and runs from July 5th to July 13th Canada-wide! You can purchase a Festival Pass for only $30, giving you access to 9 films + a short movie collection on the ICFF Platform! Single Movie Tickets are available for purchase […]

THE BEST YEARS – Closes the Lavazza Drive-In July 17th

The story follows the incredible adventures of four long-time best friends, Giulio, Gemma, Paolo and Riccardo from their cheerful and carefree childhood days to their complex and troublesome adult years. Taking place between the early 1980s and modern times, the film takes a deep dive into the theme of friendship and adulthood, while recounting the […]

DREAM HORSE @ Lavazza Drive-In July 15th

With very little money and no experience, Jan Vokes (Toni Collette) — a small town Welsh bartender — convinces her working-class neighbours to help raise a race horse named Dream. As they chip in with their meagre earnings, Dream competes against the racing elites — rising through the ranks with grit and determination. When the […]

SMALL COUNTRY: AN AFRICAN CHILDHOOD @ Lavazza Drive-In July 10th

Based on a true story, Gabriel — a young boy born to a French father and Rwandan mother — grows up in the small African country of Burundi. Despite some tension in his family life, Gabriel lives a carefree life — until civil unrest in Rwanda spills over into Burundi. Set in the 1990s, Gabriel […]

ENGLISH MEDIUM @ Lavazza Drive-In July 9th

Champak Bansal (Irrfan Khan) leads a comfortable life as a small-town owner of a sweet shop. When his teenage daughter Tarika (Radhika Madan) expresses her ambition to graduate from a recognized London university, Champak is desperate to fulfill her aspirations. In hopes of Tarika escaping their simple world, Champak’s world quickly spirals out of control […]

ICFF 18 – COUCH POTATOES

Screenings – Wed, June 20 @ 7pm, Thurs, June 21 @ 9:30pm Giorgio and Tito are father and son. A successful journalist and a lazy teenager apparently impossible to understand. Giorgio’s dream is to take Tito to the Nasca Hill in Liguria, but Tito prefers to spend his entire day with his group of friends, […]

ICFF 18 – THE GIRL IN THE FOG

Remaining Screenings – Tues, June 19 @ 6:30pm & 7pm, Wed, June 20 @ 9:30pm, Thurs, June 21 @ 1pm A winter’s night. A car accident caused by heavy fog. There’s a wrecked vehicle, but the driver unharmed – yet the police detain him anyway. Who’s blood is on his car, if there’s not a […]

ICFF 18 – LOVE AND BULLETS

Screenings – Sun, June 17 @ 8:15pm, Wed, June 20 @ 6:45pm, Thurs, June 21 @ 9:30pm, Fri, June 22 @ 9pm The past of criminal boss Don Vincenzo is catching up to him and his death is inching closer. To prevent her husband from dying, Donna Maria sends him into hiding and has a […]

ICFF 18 – THE LAST PROSECCO

Screenings – Sat, June 16 @ 8pm, Sun, June 17 @ 8:45pm, Mon, June 18 @ 5pm, Wed, June 20 @ 9:30pm, Fri, June 22 @ 5pm The story unravels on the rolling hills where Prosecco grapes are grown; a winemaker Count, fighting to protect his territory, a stubborn half Italian half Persian police inspector; […]