Luca Guadagnino

An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

A man at the cutting edge of fashion, photojournalism and portraiture, photographer to the stars Douglas Kirkland has portrayed over sixty years of pop culture. This fascinating feature takes a closer look into the career of one of the most important photographers of the last century. His subjects, who are some of the biggest stars of Hollywood and the fashion world, provide testimonials.

A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld.

A documentary behind the scenes of Luca Guadagnino's 𝘐 𝘈𝘮 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦.

Upcoming documentary about Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci.

An Italian movie crew goes to London to make a documentary about a murder case that took place a few years before.

Behind-the-scenes documentary revealing what goes on inside the colourful, privileged, and sometimes stressful Christian Dior fashion house.

Video essay exploring Luca Guadagnino's filmmaking methods, focusing on the passionate dynamics of desire and ardent longing for connection that sizzles across his cinema.

Documentary on how Luca Guadagnino's 2024 film Queer was made, featuring interviews with the cast and crew.

An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.

An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.

Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.

Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.

Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.

Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.

Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.

An Italian movie crew goes to London to make a documentary about a murder case that took place a few years before.

Giano and Luc are traveling through the woods when a storm breaks, forcing them to take shelter in Luc's villa. Gradually and insidiously, a competition emerges between them, with terrible consequences.

Follows Selinna Ajamikoko, a young Nigerian woman with aspirations of following in her mother's footsteps as a meat seller. She sets out on her journey to Italy in pursuit of her ambition, a journey fraught with horror and bestiality.

This film tells the story of three defeats: Berlusconi’s political and human defeat in his “twilight”, the one of Ciccio Mirra, Berlusconi’s unconditional supporter, deeply rooted in an ancient culture that dies hard, and the director’s artistic defeat in an Italy that recognised itself in this “Berlusconian culture” for a long time, and probably still does.

An Italian movie crew goes to London to make a documentary about a murder case that took place a few years before.

An Italian movie crew goes to London to make a documentary about a murder case that took place a few years before.

An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.

Distinguished Italian poet Antonia Pozzi (1912–1938) was among those women who were at odds with the times in which they lived. Her poems record her inability to adapt to social norms and her desire to live fully, and in poetry she sought an escape from reality and from her own complex soul and emotional life.

St. Moritz, Switzerland. On a snowy Christmas Eve in a grand mountain hotel, the lives of five people magically intertwine during a wild night full of extravagant adventures and joyous celebrations.

St. Moritz, Switzerland. On a snowy Christmas Eve in a grand mountain hotel, the lives of five people magically intertwine during a wild night full of extravagant adventures and joyous celebrations.

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

In a sumptuous villa, three young people discover their desires.

Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.

Two construction-workers, the brothers Cosimo and Elia are hired by a famous singer to do some work on his rural mansion, before he's due to make his big career comeback-concert in his home city. It all seems like an easy enough job, but the small town community doesn't like strangers.

Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.

In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.

When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance.

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

Documentary on the life and work of legendary director Bernardo Bertolucci, using filmed interviews he has given over the last 50 years.

In July 1953, at a glittering party thrown by Truman Capote in Portofino, Italy, Tennessee Williams and his longtime lover Frank Merlo meet Anja Blomgren, a mysteriously taciturn young Swedish beauty and aspiring actress. Their encounter will go on to alter all of their lives.

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

A young woman's journey across the world following a set of cryptic clues.

A young woman's journey across the world following a set of cryptic clues.

Veronica, after a long trial and two years in prison for the alleged murder of her mother and her lover, is found innocent. She is only twenty years old, but it is difficult to look ahead...

Fleeing from the image of his boyfriend who recently committed suicide, Leo arrives in England in order to descend into anonymity. Yet even here his mind continually turns to the reality of his lover’s death and their experiences together.

A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.

Nina, an OB-GYN, faces accusations after a newborn's death. Her life undergoes scrutiny during investigation. She persists in her medical duties, determined to provide care others hesitate to offer, despite the risks.

A brilliant young CEO from London contemplates the possibility of selling his invention to a mysterious Chinese billionaire. Before actually meeting his potential investor however our protagonist must face a number of challenges in the form of journeys, riddles and the exchange of clothes.

In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

A chronicle of the life of a middle-class French girl's sexual adventures, her then fall into prostitution, and her ultimate redemption.

Leonardo, a 19-year-old student, leaves his hometown of Palermo to study economics in London. He soon grows restless and enrolls at the University of Siena to study literature before dropping out of school to study classics on his own. The following year, he travels to Turin where he meets a man who will help him on his journey of self-discovery.

A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.

A young woman's journey across the world following a set of cryptic clues.

Human technology has made great leaps forward in recent decades, but what about humanity itself? Post-industrialization is causing distressing social changes, and Home Front: A Journey in Italy with Domenico Quirico shows what that means in practice.

In the void created ad hoc to throw us into desperation, fear, shock, the torment of an infinite present, Arto Lindsay sings with words, silences and small gestures of/with/for/about love, a force that is so violent that nothing will ever be the same again.

Fleeing from the image of his boyfriend who recently committed suicide, Leo arrives in England in order to descend into anonymity. Yet even here his mind continually turns to the reality of his lover’s death and their experiences together.

Domenico Quirico, correspondent for the daily La Stampa, was abducted in Syria in 2013 and released after 152 days of captivity. Here he evokes a career spent collecting fragments of other people's lives, and journeys back to the cell where he found himself sharing the fate of the people he writes about. His words, the narrative fabric of the film, turn into action: we follow him first along the Donbass front and then on his return journey, to the place "where it all began and where it all ended:" Syria. Because "it's not about going home; it's about coming back here."

At the Hotel Majestic in Cannes, Tilda Swinton talks to director Luca Guadagnino about cinema, loneliness and love.

Documenting the making of Elisa's 2003 album 'Lotus'

The monster comes out to devour with its deadly bite in prey of its subconscious.

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

Filmed mostly in close-ups, the film documents a personal conversation that the two film directors had with each other. Delbono addresses a wide range of different topics: death and life, love, politics and religion, even private things, such as moving and diets.

In the void created ad hoc to throw us into desperation, fear, shock, the torment of an infinite present, Arto Lindsay sings with words, silences and small gestures of/with/for/about love, a force that is so violent that nothing will ever be the same again.

Filmed mostly in close-ups, the film documents a personal conversation that the two film directors had with each other. Delbono addresses a wide range of different topics: death and life, love, politics and religion, even private things, such as moving and diets.

Documentary on the life and work of legendary director Bernardo Bertolucci, using filmed interviews he has given over the last 50 years.

An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.

An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.

Francesca, Morgana, Edo and Antonio. Four of today’s youngsters. Four inadvertent representatives of today’s generation of 20-year-olds who “do whatever I want”.By chance they find that they’re spending a week in Catania together, the Baroque city perched on the slopes of a volcano, the continual rumbling of which seems to reflect their restlessness…

Up the hills between Liguria and France, a car goes up towards the Pre-Alps. Paolo Masieri, one of the most innovative of the great Italian chefs, has his vegetable garden, his country house, his herbs. Luca Guadagnino's camera follows him, moving among the fronds with the step of a weasel, sniffing the moss and the dried leaves of the chestnut trees, becoming nature among nature.

Up the hills between Liguria and France, a car goes up towards the Pre-Alps. Paolo Masieri, one of the most innovative of the great Italian chefs, has his vegetable garden, his country house, his herbs. Luca Guadagnino's camera follows him, moving among the fronds with the step of a weasel, sniffing the moss and the dried leaves of the chestnut trees, becoming nature among nature.

A documentary in which seven Italian intellectuals survey the political history of their country from its imperial adventure in Ethiopia in 1937 to the ascent of Silvio Berlusconi, focusing on the evolving role of the Fascist Party.

At the Hotel Majestic in Cannes, Tilda Swinton talks to director Luca Guadagnino about cinema, loneliness and love.

Documenting the making of Elisa's 2003 album 'Lotus'

From a poem of Gabriele Frasca

Enea chases after the myth he bears in his name; he does so to feel alive in a dead and decadent age. He does so together with Valentino, a newly baptized aviator. The two, in addition to dealing and partying, share youth. Lifelong friends, victims and perpetrators of a corrupt world, but moved by an incorruptible vitality. Beyond the boundaries of rules, on the other side of morality, there is a sea full of humanity and symbols to be discovered. Enea and Valentino will fly over it to the furthest extremes. However, drugs and the underworld are the invisible shadow of a story about something else: a melancholy father, a brother fighting at school, a mother defeated by love and a beautiful girl, a happy ending and a happy death, a palm tree falling on a glass world.

Francesca, an Italian-American writer who lives in New York, must return to Rome to retrieve her aging mother. There, the ghosts of her childhood will come to her through her mother's art.

In the early 20th century, impoverished teenage Italian cobbler Salvatore Ferragamo sailed from Naples to America to seek a better life. He settled in Southern California, and became Hollywood's go-to shoemaker during the silent era. In 1927, he returned to Italy and founded in Florence his namesake luxury brand. This feature-length documentary recounts his adventures.

An American tourist in Greece finds himself on the run after a tragic accident plunges him into a political conspiracy that makes him a target for assassination.

Francesca, an Italian-American writer who lives in New York, must return to Rome to retrieve her aging mother. There, the ghosts of her childhood will come to her through her mother's art.

In the secret forests of Northern Italy, a dwindling group of joyful old men and their faithful dogs search for the world’s most expensive ingredient, the white Alba truffle. Their stories form a real-life fairy tale that celebrates human passion in a fragile land that seems forgotten in time.

Luca Guadagnino left for Sicily from Milan to knock on the doors of his childhood friends and discuss with them their experience of this exceptional moment, which has united the entire world.

Luca Guadagnino left for Sicily from Milan to knock on the doors of his childhood friends and discuss with them their experience of this exceptional moment, which has united the entire world.

Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.

In July 1953, at a glittering party thrown by Truman Capote in Portofino, Italy, Tennessee Williams and his longtime lover Frank Merlo meet Anja Blomgren, a mysteriously taciturn young Swedish beauty and aspiring actress. Their encounter will go on to alter all of their lives.

Upcoming documentary about Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci.

Adaptation of Thomas Mann's 1901 novel, which chronicles the decline of a wealthy German merchant family over the course of four generations, portraying the manner of life and mores of the Hanseatic bourgeoisie in the years from 1835 to 1877.

Adaptation of Thomas Mann's 1901 novel, which chronicles the decline of a wealthy German merchant family over the course of four generations, portraying the manner of life and mores of the Hanseatic bourgeoisie in the years from 1835 to 1877.

Upcoming documentary about Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci.

A new film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's influential novel 'American Psycho'. It aims to reimagine Patrick Bateman in the fast-paced modern era.

A new film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's influential novel 'American Psycho'. It aims to reimagine Patrick Bateman in the fast-paced modern era.

Explores the dynamics between two local sixteen-year-olds, Ketty and Giulio, who together build an exclusive friendship, a shared refuge in their search for freedom, away from the judging eye of the adult world.

Late one night, a middle-aged man is visited by the ghost of his father.

Late one night, a middle-aged man is visited by the ghost of his father.

After spending his childhood in Macau, Afonso returns to Lisbon during the Carnation Revolution of April 25, 1974. Amidst the country’s upheaval, he navigates an agitated adolescence and experiences a personal revolution - discovering himself and his sexuality.

Described as a comedic drama set in the world of artificial intelligence, around the period at OpenAI in 2023 that saw CEO Sam Altman fired and rehired in a matter of days.

Described as a comedic drama set in the world of artificial intelligence, around the period at OpenAI in 2023 that saw CEO Sam Altman fired and rehired in a matter of days.

Cinema's reigning romantic Luca Guadagnino premiers a modern-day paean to the good times, inspired by a Wolfgang Tillmans picture.

The Italian director Luca Guadagnino knows how to work a wardrobe into a narrative, and this fashion fairytale is no exception.

For the exhibition "Tilda Swinton: Ongoing" at Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam, Luca Guadagnino created a short film in which Swinton appears as a timeless icon - recognisable in her red sweater, the same sweater she wore when they first met.

Guadagnino is at the helm to adapt William Golding’s legendary 1953 novel; the plot follows a collective of boys stranded on an isolated island and left to fend for themselves. As the boys try to govern themselves they descend into feral chaos as their humanity seems to dissolve.

A biographical film about Scotty Bowers, a Hollywood hustler who was known for procuring male sex workers for closeted gay and bisexual film stars.