Introducing Tuscan Film School

Looking for an outside-the-box Italy trip this spring? Ready to unleash your inner filmmaker? Our friend Dakkan Abbe is hosting a week-long Tuscan Film School at the stunning Spannochia estate May 11 to 18, 2013.  We know Dakkan as the producer of the exquisite PBS documentary Inside The Tuscan Hills. I know many of our readers have enjoyed Dakkan’s work. …

This Ferragosto Holiday, Enjoy the Movie Trailer for the Italian Film “Mid-August Lunch”

One of my favorite Italian movies of all time is Pranzo di Ferragosto (or Mid-August Lunch). The charming and funny tale of a Roman man who gets stuck caring for three elderly women (his mother, the mothers of two friends and an aunt of a friend thrown in for good measure) on the most important of Italian holidays (when Italians …

An Italian Wine & Movie Night in Denver

I didn’t even know Elizabeth Montana of DreamItalia and her husband the famous Denver sushi master Yasu Kizaki were longtime readers of Dream of Italy when I attended the Italian Wine and Movie Night they co-organized last summer at Balistreri Vineyards in Denver. It was simply the best event I have been to in the two years I have lived …

Study Film in Italy with Director Steven McCurdy

Our friend film director Steven McCurdy, producer of Postcards from Italy and Bringing Home Sardinia, is offering an intensive 25-day film workshop in Italy, approximately June 20 to July 12, 2012. The hands-on cultural documentary program is entitled “Conversations of Italy” and McCurdy is accepting four applicants to join him. This is the third film workshop program McCurdy has conducted in Italy (see this …