HIGH LIFE ”by Claire Denis presented at the 36th Turin Film Festival and distributed by the Movies Inspired (Exit 06 August), was designated Film of the Critics by the National Union of Italian Film Critics SNCCI with the following motivation: An orbiting prison in space. A micro-company divided by tasks and genres. Claire Denis talks about the end of humanity at the dawn of the definitive mutation. Author who loves to constantly reinvent her cinema, moving with supreme ease in the genres, signs a very black and sensual sci-fi fable, erotic and political. High Life is contemporary cinema that challenges the
Author: luigi Noera
21° edition of ShorTS International Film Festival- The winners
In the Feature Films section "Faith" by Valentina Pedicini (Italy, 2019) wins with two awards. It ended on Sunday 12 July with the award ceremony live from the Telequattro studios in Trieste and streaming on MYmovies and on the official Facebook page the 21st edition of ShorTS International Film Festival, which also in this online version has seen an extraordinary success with the public, with over 100 thousand views from all over Italy. Large virtual participation from Lombardy, the region that followed the Festival the most online: in second position we find Friuli Venezia Giulia,
SPECIAL 66 ^ TAORMINA FILMFEST 11-19 July (DAY -1)
BEYOND 40 PREVIEWS - OMAGGIO A ENNIO MORRICONE Tra gli OSPITI: EMMANUELLE SEIGNER - VITTORIO STORARO - DOLCE&GABBANA and also NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU - WILLEM DAFOE, to the latter the Taormina Arte Award for Lifetime Achievement. (from Taormina Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Marina Pavido- The photos are published courtesy of the Taormina Arte Sicilia Foundation) Here we are again after a year to tell you about the most glamorous Film Festival in Sicily with over 40 previews at the Ancient Theater and streaming on MyMovies which resists DESPITE the pandemic. Fourteen first works or
All the news at the 61st edition of the #FestivaldeiPopoli : Forward Peoples!
The long journey of the Festival dei Popoli, the international documentary film festival, arrives at the 61st edition from 15 al 22 November in Florence “in the ways and in the dimensions - said Alessandro Stellino and Claudia Maci, co-directors of the festival - which we will evaluate in the coming months based on the health emergency. In any case, we will not give up on pursuing what is most important to us: the possibility of making the best cinema a place for comparison and exchange between cultures and people ". The edition officially starts 2020 with the opening of registrations
The David di Donatello Awards take part in the "Making Cinema" initiative
Accademia del Cinema Italiano – Premi David di Donatello I Premi David di Donatello prendono parte all'iniziativa “Fare Cinema” I cortometraggi italiani candidati ai David di Donatello 2020 potranno essere visti sottotitolati in tutto il mondo su Rai Play dal 15 al 21 giugno Dal 15 June until 21 June, nell'ambito dell'iniziativa promossa dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione “Fare Cinema”, i cinque cortometraggi italiani candidati alla 65° edizione dei David di Donatello saranno disponibili in streaming e in versione sottotitolata in tutto il mondo attraverso la piattaforma digitale RaiPlay.
Film Critics from SNCCI: "TONY DRIVER" by Ascanio Petrini
"TONY DRIVER" by Ascanio Petrini presented at the 34th SIC in Venice 2019 has been designated Critics Film by the National Union of Italian Film Critics - SNCCI with the following Motivation:. In telling the paradoxical story of Pasquale Donatone, said Tony, born in Bari, raised in the US and "repatriated" to Italy (now a foreign land) for an illegal "passeur" activity on the Mexican border, Ascanio Petrini breaks down the concept of frontier in both geographical terms, than political and linguistic. Film about the absurdity of walls and ban, "Tony Driver" reinvents space according to new and
The new Sicilian movie star MIRIAM LEONE in an all-Italian comedy: Love at home by Emiliano Corapi
Miriam Leone is the absolute protagonist in this comedy, not without tragic comic ideas that reflect the evolution of Italian society from the male chauvinist stereotype to a society where the male is afraid of taking the situation in hand. Anna's gaze bewitches you, envelops you and so does Renato, played by Simone Liberati falls into the trap set by Anna (Miriam Leone). Anna is under house arrest at her mother's house but like every human being, loneliness is close to her and so she decides to take back her life. In this
XVIII edition of the # ISCHIAFILMFESTIVAL: The selected works
The eighteenth edition that will take place in a hybrid version is emerging, partly in presence and partly online, from 27 June to 4 July 2020 (www.ischiafilmfestivalonline.it). Short films between social commitment, historical revisitations and intimate reflections, and a new section dedicated to animation works for an imaginative journey that touches almost all the countries of the world, from South Korea to Brazil, from Iran to Iceland, emphasizing the link between cinema and location. In particular, the Short Films section extends to works lasting up to 52 minutes, putting together works of
SPECIAL # Cannes2020: the probable films of the Selection
The presence of Italian films in the so-called Official Selection is uncertain 2020 that Thierry Frémaux will announce in a few days for the edition missed due to COVID19. Pierre Lescure, president of the Cannes Film Festival, e Thierry Frémaux, general delegate of the Festival, will announce the line-up of the 73rd edition of the Festival de Cannes live on Canal + Wednesday 3 June at 18:00, as well as on the Festival website and through its social media. As every year, the event will take place at the UGC Normandie in Paris. For the occasion, the general delegate of the Festival will reveal
From DAVID to # NASTRI2020, passing through the Berlinale, the most popular films although blocked by the Pandemic
After the success of Marco Bellocchio with Il Traditore who at the beginning of May to DAVID 2020 in a surreal atmosphere of the ceremony broadcast by RAI with a solo Paolo Conte he repeated the recognition obtained in Taormina last year the candidates for TAPES have now been announced 2020 promoted by the union of film journalists. The Traitor leaves the scene supplanted by the new that advances impersonated by the brothers D'Innocenzo awarded in Berlin just in time before the Film Industry (the western one) stopped completely because of CORONAVIRUS.