Italy has chosen Francesco Costabile’s drama Familia as its candidate for the Greatest Worldwide Function Movie class on the 98th Academy Awards.
The biographical drama, co-written by Costabile, Vittorio Moroni and Andriano Chiarelli, relies on Luigi Celeste’s memoir Non sarà sempre così about his youth as a far-right militant, dwelling within the shadow of home violence with a prison father.
The drama world premiered within the Venice Movie Pageant’s Orizzonti sidebar in 2024.
The choice course of overseen by Italian movie physique Anica concerned 24 movies submissions this yr that additionally included Gianfranco Rosi’s Beneath the Clouds, Pietro Marcello’s Duse and Leonardo Di Costanzo’s psychological drama Elisa.
The committee consisted of Italian movie professionals Micaela Fusco, Alessandra Magliaro, Gabriele Muccino, Olivia Musini, Simona Paggi, Federico Pontiggia, Micaela Ramazzotti, Stefano Sardo, and Vito Sinopoli.
Italy’s final submission was Maura Delpero’s World Warfare II drama Vermiglio, which was chosen after profitable the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize in Venice in 2024 after which made it so far as the shortlist.
The nation final received the Greatest Worldwide Function Movie Oscar in 2014 with The Nice Magnificence by Paolo Sorrentino. His newest movie, the Venice Movie Pageant opener La Grazia, was not submitted for Italy’s 2026 entry. That movie is scheduled for launch subsequent yr, which is exterior the required native launch interval – working from October 1, 2024-September 30, 2025 – to be eligible for submission to the 2026 awards.
The forged of Familia options Francesco Gheghi, Barbara Ronchi and Francesco Di Leva, who received a David di Donatello award for Greatest Supporting Actor for his efficiency within the movie.
The movie is lead produced by Attilio de Razza and Nicola Picone at Rome-based Tramp Restricted, with co-producers Nicola Giuliano at Rome’s Indigo Movie and Pierpaolo Verga at Naples’ O’Groove, and in affiliation with Medusa Movie.
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