Cinema and music under the stars. August in company at the Villa Reale.
August 10, 2025
The courtyard of the Nanni Valentini art school at Villa Reale is the setting for the film festival in Monza.
Films, but also music. From comedies to adrenaline-fueled films, from dramas to animated adventures, a long journey through classics and recent releases, plus several previews and first runs. A world of stories by directors like Silvio Soldini and Gabriele Salvatores , to be enjoyed under the stars, in the cool setting of Monza's Villa Reale . And alongside the screenings, there will also be three concerts, from accordion and harp virtuosos to a symphony orchestra. This is what AriAnteo will offer, the summer open-air cinema arena organized by the Municipality and Capitol Anteo SpazioCinema in the courtyard of the Nanni Valentini art school.
Today at 9 pm, you can immerse yourself in the intense and refined atmosphere of a great classic, "In the Mood for Love," a love melodrama by Wong Kar Wai. Tomorrow at the same time, "Fino alle montagne" by Sophie Deraspe, and on Tuesday, "Le assaggiatrici" by Silvio Soldini. Wednesday, "Black Bag" by Soderbergh, Thursday, "Il nibbio" with Claudio Santamaria, and on Friday, for the Ferragosto holiday, there will be a special free screening of "Us e loro" by the Coulin sisters.
Other scheduled events include a series of previews and first runs from Sunday the 17th to Monday the 25th, featuring films such as "Warfare" by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, "Monsieur Blake" by Gilles Legardinier, "The Last Watch" by Petra Volpe, "Too Bad 2" and "All That Remains of You" by Cherien Dabis. On Thursday the 28th, Salvatores' "Napoli-New York" will be screened, preceded at 8 pm by a concert by Antonio Disabato on the digital accordion.
The concert-film combo will be repeated on September 2nd with the Milan Symphony Orchestra's concert "The Sound of Fantasy" and a screening of "How to Train Your Dragon," and on the 4th with a concert by harpist Dora Scapolatempore and a screening of Patricia Font's "The Master Who Promised the Sea." The festival will close with "No Other Land," winner of Best Documentary at the 2025 Oscars, which will be shown in its original language with Italian subtitles. Admission is €7.50, reduced to €5.50 for those under 12 and over 65, while all Italian and European films will cost €3.50.
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