Sweetheart (2025 film)

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Sweetheart
Italian Gioia mia
LiterallyMy Joy
Directed byMargherita Spampinato
Screenplay byMargherita Spampinato
Produced by
  • Benedetta Scagnelli
  • Alessio Pasqua
Starring
CinematographyClaudio Cofrancesco
Edited byMargherita Spampinato
Production
companies
Release date
  • 11 August 2025 (2025-08-11)(Locarno)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryItaly
Language
  • Italian

Sweetheart (Italian : Gioia mia) is a 2025 Italian family drama film written and directed by Margherita Spampinato in her feature debut. The film starring Aurora Quattrocchi, follows Nico, a spirited and surly child brought up in a secular, tech-driven household, is reluctantly sent to spend the summer in Sicily with her aunt Gela, an old-fashioned, devout woman. [1]

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The film had its world premiere at the 78th Locarno Film Festival on 11 August 2025, in the Filmmakers of the Present Competition section, where it competed for Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present [2]

Cast

Production

The film marks the feature-length directorial debut of Margherita Spampinato, who has also written the screenplay and edited the film. It is produced by Benedetta Scagnelli and Alessio Pasqua for Yagi Media. Cinematography is handled by Claudio Cofrancesco. [3]

Release

Sweetheart had its world premiere in the 'Filmmakers of the Present Competition' section of the 78th Locarno Film Festival on 11 August 2025, vying for the Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present. [4]

It will also be presented in the World Cinema section at the 30th Busan International Film Festival in September 2025. [5]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipientResultRef.
Locarno Film Festival 16 August 2025 Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present SweetheartNominated [6]
Special Jury Prize CINÉ+Won [7]
Pardo for Best Performance Aurora Quattrocchi Won

References

  1. ↑ "Sweetheart". Locarno Film Festival . 8 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Mona Tabbara (8 July 2025). "Locarno unveils 2025 line-up including premieres of Radu Jude's 'Dracula', Kamal Aljafari's 'With Hasan In Gaza'". ScreenDaily . Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  3. ↑ De Marco, Camillo (16 July 2025). "Gioia mia to screen in Locarno's Cineasti del Presente line-up". Cineuropa . Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Balaga, Marta (8 July 2025). "Radu Jude, Abdellatif Kechiche Head to Locarno as Swiss Fest Announces Lineup: An 'Ambitious and Exciting Edition'". Variety . Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Selection List: World Cinema". BIFF. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Del Don, Muriel (9 July 2025). "Locarno announces the films selected for its parallel sections". Cineuropa . Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Georg Szalai (16 August 2025). "Locarno Film Festival Top Award Goes to 'Two Seasons, Two Strangers' by Sho Miyake". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 16 August 2025.
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