100 film italiani da salvare

The list of the 100 Italian films to be saved (Italian: 100 film italiani da salvare) was created with the aim to report “100 films that have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978”. The project was established by the Venice Days (“Giornate degli Autori”) at the 65th Venice International Film Festival, in collaboration with Cinecittà Holding and with the support of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.

The list was edited by Fabio Ferzetti (film critic of the newspaper Il Messaggero) in collaboration with the director Gianni Amelio and the writers and film critics Gian Piero Brunetta,...