Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jonas Carpignano’s third feature film, “A Chiara,” the third film in his loosely networked Calabrian trilogy, is an ambitious ...

A standalone film with connections to the director’s previous features, ‘A Chiara’ follows a teen who discovers her father’s mafia ties. It comes as something of a surprise to realize we still feel ...

The film Chiara Lubich: Love Conquers Over All begins almost immediately with Chiara appearing before a stern board of five Vatican officials, mostly cardinals, ready to examine the accusations being ...

Jonas Carpignano completes his trilogy about a Calabrian town where African refugees, the Romani community and the local mafia exist side by side, this time making his protagonist a teenage girl. By ...

Italian director Jonas Carpignano earned the best European film prize, as part of the Europa Cinemas Label competition, for his family drama set in Calabria. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief A ...

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The film stars newcomer Swamy Rotolo as the titular teen who discovers her father is deeply entangled in Calabrian organized crime. Writer, director, and producer Jonas Carpignano cast the lead ...

Jonas Carpignano’s third feature film, “A Chiara,” the third film in his loosely networked Calabrian trilogy, is an ambitious genre-melter rendered in his observational, lyrical style. At once a ...