From summer 2025 through to winter, ICI London is launching a new film screening series: New Italian Stories. Conceived in collaboration with film critic Roberto Oggiano, the project showcases contemporary cinematic gems from Italy. The series aims to spotlight remarkable, and often overlooked, films that reflect the richness and evolution of Italian cinema.
Tuesday 2 September 2025, 6.30 pm at ICI London
In Italian with English subtitles
Berlinguer. La grande ambizione (The great Ambition) by Andrea Segre
Director: Andrea Segre
Writers: Andrea Segre, Marco Pettenello
Cast: Elio Germano, Paolo Pierbon, Roberto Citran, Francesco Acquaroli
Biography, Drama/ History 2024/2 h 3m/colour
Secretary of the most influential Communist Party in the Western world (1972- 1984), Enrico Berlinguer challenged the international balance by seeking to bring the Communists to government in Italy and achieve socialism in a democratic country. From 1973, when he escaped an attack by the Bulgarian secret services, to the assassination of his main ally Aldo Moro in 1978, not forgetting his trips to Moscow and the covers of Time: the story of a man who wanted to change the world.
Awards
2025 David di Donatello – Best Actor Elio Germano
2025 Nastri d’argento – Best screenplay Andrea Segre, Marco Pettenello
2024 Rome Film Festival – Best Actor Elio Germano
Introduction and post-screening discussion with Roberto Oggiano.
Book HERE
Roberto Oggiano is a film critic and film programmer. He holds a MA in Film Programming and Curation at Birkbeck College and his collaborations include Cineuropa (EN, FR, ITA, SP), Scenari (IT) and journal Cinelapsus (IT), Cinè-Lumière at the French Institute in London, and Noods Radio (Bristol, UK).