The Mafia women mini film festival is a collaborative project between CinemaItaliaUK and Professor Felia Allum (University of Bath) with sponsorship from Jacobacci Avvocati, Turin. The aim of this mini film festival has been to shine a light on the gendered nature of mafias, to challenge the traditional narratives that portray women as minor, secondary and insignificant characters and to shift thinking away from the neutral-male centric perspective to one that sees and considers women as having their own agency independent of men.

The first edition took place online during Covid in 2020 and this year will be the festival’s 5th edition and the last one for some time. During the 5 years, 17 mafia films & documentaries will have been shown following Giovanni Falcone’s wise words: ‘silence is the mafia’s greatest ally, and courage is its greatest enemy’.