New Italian Cinema Events Festival

New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.) is bringing the world renowned Italian Film Festival to Light House this month.

The 2023 edition takes place from April 28th - May 1st. The programme features a mix of new Italian films by up and coming directors as well as movies from experienced and renowned directors.

The festival seeks to promote Italian film internationally. Organisers say that discovering new talent is paramount and it helps to ensure that Italian filmmakers can be appreciated both in the homeland and abroad.

The programme includes nine new films which tell the story of Italy’s past and present along with two biographical films based on two of the most illustrious and famous Italian authors in the world - Dante Alighieri and Luigi Pirandello.

  • N.I.C.E: Dieci minuti

    N.I.C.E: Dieci minuti

    Ten minutes a day can change the course of the day. Ten minutes of doing something completely new can change the course of a life. This is what Bianca will discover in the midst of an existential crisis. New encounters,…

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    Director: Maria Sole Tognazzi

    Genre: Drama

    Release Date: 19-Mar-2024

    Fri 26 Apr
    18:15
  • N.I.C.E: Il primo giorno della mia vita

    N.I.C.E: Il primo giorno della mia vita

    In the exact moment they’re hitting rock bottom, a man, two women and a boy meet a mysterious man capable of gifting them a week of time where they’ll discover how the world would be without them. Will they find…

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    Director: Paola Genovese

    Genre: Fantasy,Drama,Comedy

    Release Date: 19-Mar-2024

    Fri 26 Apr
    20:30
  • N.I.C.E: Volare

    N.I.C.E: Volare

    One day, Annabì decides it’s enough. Her whole life has been affected by her fear of flying and so has her career. She is a successful actress but has turned down many roles abroad because flying is an insurmountable obstacle…

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    Director: Margherita Buy

    Genre: Comedy,Drama

    Release Date: 19-Mar-2024

    Sat 27 Apr
    14:00
  • N.I.C.E: Felicità

    N.I.C.E: Felicità

    This is the story of a broken family, of egotistic and manipulative parents, a two-headed monster that devours every hope of freedom on the part of the children. Desirè is the only one who can save her brother Claudio and…

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    Director: Micaela Ramazzotti

    Genre: Drama

    Release Date: 19-Mar-2024

    Sat 27 Apr
    16:15
  • N.I.C.E: Palazzina Laf

    N.I.C.E: Palazzina Laf

    Caterino is a worker at the Ilva factory in Taranto. When the company executives decide to use him as a spy to identify the workers they should get rid of, Caterino starts to track his colleagues, in search of reasons…

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    Director: Michele Riondino

    Genre: Comedy

    Release Date: 19-Mar-2024

    Sat 27 Apr
    18:30
  • N.I.C.E: L’ultima notte di Amore

    N.I.C.E: L’ultima notte di Amore

    On the night before his retirement, the Franco Amore lieutenant is called to investigate a crime scene where his best friend and long-time partner Dino has been killed during a diamond heist. We soon find out that Amore was involved…

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    Director: Andrea Di Stefano

    Genre: Drama

    Release Date: 19-Mar-2024

    Sun 28 Apr
    18:15
  • CRASS: The Sound of Free Speech

    CRASS: The Sound of Free Speech

    Doc'n Roll Presents - Irish Premiere Celebratory, raw and shocking, this film is as close to the story of the anarcho-punk band as you’re going to get... Crass were an art collective and punk band that formed in Essex in…

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    Director: Brandon Spivey

    Genre: Music,Documentary

    Release Date: 25-May-2024

    Sat 01 Jun
    18:30

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