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A powerful meditation on recent history, In Viaggio premiered out of competition at the Venice Film Festival. Directed by previous Golden Lion winner Gianfranco Rosi, it follows the travels of Pope Francis, using mostly archival footage to paint not just a picture of the man, but of the modern world. Rosi was…

Of the many types of documentary films, Oscar-nominated director Gianfranco Rosi has identified one genre he describes as "complaining and explaining." "There’s someone complaining," Rosi observes, "and then there’s someone explaining to you why they’re complaining." That's not his school. When Rosi settles on a theme…

UPDATED with video: For his documentary Notturno, Italian director Gianfranco Rosi did the unthinkable—spend most of his time in the field without a camera. "I remember my producer saying, ‘Are you crazy? …If something important happens you’re going to miss it!'" he recalls at Deadline's Contenders Documentary…

Neon’s boutique label Super Ltd has acquired North American distribution rights to Notturno, the feature documentary from Gianfranco Rosi that recently was submitted by Italy to be that country’s submission to the 2021 International Oscar race. No word yet on a release plan for the pic, which bowed at this year’s…

Italy is putting forward Gianfranco Rosi's latest documentary Notturno as its candidate for the 2021 International Oscar race. ANICA, the country's national film body, oversaw the selection process with the jury consisting of Nicola Borrelli, Simone Gattoni, Paolo Genovese, Carlo Poggioli, Cristina Priarone, Gloria…