Italy’s official film entry to the 90th Academy Awards In A CIAMBRA, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the regions’ factions – the local Italians, the African immigrants and his fellow Romani. A Ciambra Italy/USA/France/Germany Scoring an award at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Jonas Carpignano’s latest film is a heart-wrenching, ultra-realist tour of the outcast and refugee communities in Italy's south, led by fast-talking Gypsy swindler Pio Amato. A Ciambra is a 2017 Italian drama film directed by Jonas Carpignano. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes in won the Europa Cinemas Label Award, A Ciambra – IFC Center, In A CIAMBRA, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region's factions - the local Italians, the African refugees and his fellow Romani. A Ciambra in US theaters January 26, 2018 starring Pio Amato, Koudous Seihon, Iolanda Amato, Damiano Amato. 14-year-old Pio (Pio Amato) wants nothing more than the respect of his older brother, whom he emulates in every way—including his career a..