Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour

March 7

Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour is an annual festival of restored and rediscovered films taking place at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center; the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD); and the National Gallery of Art, presented in collaboration with Il Cinema Ritrovato, organized by the Cineteca di Bologna in Italy.

This year, AFI Silver celebrates Italian filmmaker Luigi Comencini — the subject of a retrospective at last year’s edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato — and Italian actress Claudia Cardinale, who passed away in September 2025, with a screening of the recently restored BEBO’S GIRL [LA RAGAZZA DI BUBE]. The screening is free of charge thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington.

Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour at UMD is an initiative of the Italian Program and the Program in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. The festival is co-sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute at the Embassy of Italy and presented in partnership with the Bologna Film Archive, Italy (Cineteca di Bologna), the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center and the National Gallery of Art. At the University of Maryland, the festival is supported by the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures; the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies; the Department of French and Italian; and the Department of German Studies.