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Dean Martin: The King of Cool Film Screening @ TIFF

Dean Martin: The King of Cool Film Screening @ TIFF

PLOT : Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las Vegas. Filmmaker Tom Donahue (This Changes Everything) explores Martin’s varied career, including his complicated relationships with Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, and others. We hear from admirers such as […]

TULIPANI: LOVE, HONOUR & A BICYCLE – Lavazza Drive-In July 12th

This story is one of passion in which pain meets irony; a voyage in the south of Italy during the ‘50s and ‘80s where the rediscovery of one’s origins and the reconciliation with the past meets the liberating powers of revenge. Anna arrives from Canada in the heel of Italy with the aim of bringing […]

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 […]

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 […]

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; […]