Jonas Carpignano has become known for a particular type of naturalism born from observing – and then depicting – life in contemporary Calabria, specifically in the coastal town of Gioia Tauro, known ...

Carpignano returns to Gioia Tauro for a harsh coming-of-age story about a mafia daughter forced to confront the true meaning of family. Each of the bracingly intimate films that comprise Jonas ...

Jonas Carpignano made Filmmaker‘s 25 New Faces list in 2012 on the basis of his astonishing short, A Chjàna, about violence between African immigrants and police in Rosarno, Italy. His debut feature, ...

Filmmaker Jonas Carpignano rounds out his Calabrian trilogy with Directors’ Fortnight entry A Chiara, the story of a 15-year-old girl who learns some hard truths about her close-knit family when her ...

Jonas Carpignano’s third feature film, “A Chiara,” the third film in his loosely networked Calabrian trilogy, is an ambitious genre-melter rendered in his observational, lyrical style. At once a ...

The film stars newcomer Swamy Rotolo as the titular teen who discovers her father is deeply entangled in Calabrian organized crime. Writer, director, and producer Jonas Carpignano cast the lead ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MK2 Films has boarded Italian-American filmmaker Jonas Carpignano’s anticipated movie “A Chiara” which recently wrapped shooting ...

Director Jonas Carpignano's encounter with a worldly young hooligan led to casting the precocious boy in his film about life in a small Italian village. By Tatiana Siegel Director Jonas Carpignano ...

Jonas Carpagnino resumes the stories of certain characters from his neo-realist debut 'Mediterranea' in this thoughtful but less arresting follow-up. Neo-realism isn’t necessarily a genre built for ...

In Jonas Carpignano’s intense and observant new film, a teenager in southern Italy confronts the truth about her family. By A.O. Scott When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

Jonas Carpignano is an unusual cat with an unusual set of skills. He’s a cross pollinator, a man who defies labels, in an industry that loves them. Carpignano, a black Italian-American who works and ...