Discover Elvira Notari

The first woman director in the history of Italian cinema.

The National Committee for the celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Elvira Coda Notari has been established.

A journey spanning 150 years through the life and work of a woman who remains strikingly contemporary.

Born in Salerno in 1875 and raised in early twentieth-century Naples, Elvira Notari was the first woman director in Italian cinema: a pioneer, producer, and storyteller of both reality and the popular imagination.

What We Aim to Do

Restore

Raise Awareness

 Strengthen

Understand

Promote

Share

Enhance

Reconstruct

News

Elvira in the United States

In the United States, a tour of screenings and talks brings Elvira Notari across the ocean and relaunches her legacy on an international scale.

Watch the film on Sky and NOW

Shortlisted for the 71st David di Donatello Awards and among the five finalists for the Nastri d’Argento, it is available on demand on Sky and streaming on NOW.

Elvira Notari’s box set is out now

Eighty years after Elvira Notari’s death, this box set brings together 6 films preserved by the Cineteca Nazionale, with new musical accompaniments by Enrico Melozzi, Michele Signore and Silvia Cignoli.