The Italian Cultural Institute in London capped off its series Italian Independent Cinema: Screens in Freedom last month with Edgardo Pistone’s Ciao Bambino , marking the film’s first screening for UK audiences. Of all the titles shown so far in the showcase, this one seemed to garner the most enthusiasm from the venue’s capacity audience, with the ovation at the close signalling a room of truly impressed spectators.   A key sub-strand of 21st century Italian cinema has been