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20th Annual

Nuovo Cinema Italiano
Film Festival

November 4-8, 2026

Queen Street Playhouse, 20 Queen St. Charleston, SC

Presenting sponsor:

FESTIVAL 2026…

We are gearing up for our 20th anniversary film festival, set for Nov. 4-8 at the Queen Street Playhouse.

Given the occasion, we are adding an extra day to the festival: Opening Night is Wednesday, and will feature a major new Italian movie (details coming soon). The extra day will enable us to offer a special program and/or present two or three of the most important films twice, giving patrons ample opportunity to watch the best of the best of recent Italian cinema.

Our artistic director has selected the 13 films to be screened this year; we are now in the process of securing licenses, marketing material and more in preparation for our grand announcement, which we expect to make in early September.

We are thrilled to have our first “Presenting Sponsor” this year: Farina Law Firm. Thank you for the generous support! For other sponsorship opportunities, click here.

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2025 Featured Films

The following were a few of our featured films for 2025

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The Schedule

News & Announcements

The most recent news and announcements about the festival.

Classic movie night!

February 1, 2026 PRESS RELEASE Contact: Giovanna De Luca, delucag@cofc.edu; nciffchas@gmail.com Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival announces special 2-movie spring event Welcome to Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival’s 20th year! For the second time, we are presenting a pre-festival event…

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Our Festival Sponsors

We’re grateful to our leading sponsors who have been so instrumental in the success of the festival.

  1. Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Miami
  3. Farina Law Firm
  5. Nathan and Marlene Addlestone Foundation Inc.

Our Festival Supporters

  1. Società Dante Alighieri
  5. Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation
  6. College of Charleston Department of French, Francophone, and Italian Studies