Il Cinema Ritrovato, Bologna, Italy, June 21-29, 2025

Il Cinema Ritrovato returns for its 39th year, running from June 21-29, 2025, in Bologna. This year’s lineup features work by several women film pioneers, including ‘A Santanotte (1922) directed by Elvira Notari, and The Red Kimono (1925), adapted by Dorothy Arzner, produced by Dorothy Davenport Reid, and based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns.

The full program can be accessed here, and the festival catalogue is available here!

Poster for the American drama film The Red Kimono (1925). Courtesy of WikiMedia Commons.

Frame enlargement, Rosè Angione as Nanninella in ‘A Santanotte (1922). Courtesy of the Cineteca di Bologna.