Italy, Years of Lead. Antonella is the hidden figure of Stay Behind, a secret operation against the communist threat, founded by NATO and CIA. An infamous side of history connecting mafia and politics until 1993. Based on true events.

  Mini film festival ‘Donne di Mafia, having a voice’ returns for its third year at the Garden Cinema, in London. Organised by CinemaItaliaUK and sponsored by Jacobacci & Associati and  the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, University of Bath, Donne di Mafia  film festival will take place at the Garden Cinema on 4 – 5 March 2023. Two features and a short film will be shown over the course to the weekend. The two features address the question of women in the Calabrian and Sicilian mafia contexts, while the short film proposes a different reading of events of post-war Italy, mafia, secret services and politics.   Panels & Screening Stay Behind (2022) Film Director: Federica Schiavello Introduced by Felia Allum, Professor of comparative organised crime & corruption, University of Bath   Una feminina, The Code of Silence (2022) Film director: Francesco Costabile Panel: Antonio Nicaso, author and mafia expert, & Anna Maria Frustaci, Antimafia prosecutor, Procura di Catanzaro, Italy   Prima Donna, The girl from tomorrow (2022) Film director: Marta Savina Panel: Dr Rossella Merlino, University of Messina, Italy, & Dr Adalgisa Giorgio, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Bath & Associate Fellow, Institute of Languages, Cultures & Societies, University of London, UK