"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
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Cannes Docs Online 2020 hosts the first edition of Showcase Italy
CANNES DOCS ONLINE 2020 HOST THE FIRST EDITION OF THE SHOWCASE ITALY, REALIZZATI IN COLLABORAZIONE CON PIEMONTE E TOSCANA L’edizione 2020 of the Cannes Film Market, that this year will be held online from 22 al 26 June, baptizes the first edition of Showcase Italy, initiative created within Cannes Docs thanks to the collaboration between the Turin Film Festival and the Festival dei Popoli, with the support of the Turin Piedmont Film Commission and the Tuscany Film Commission. Showcase Italy will be held on Tuesday 23 June at 14:30 in the prestigious setting of Cannes Docs, the space that the Marchè du Film dedicates every year to the cinema of reality. Four documentaries
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
Valmyn supports the reopening of the cinemas and brings LA GOMERA and MARIE CURIE back to the theater
Valmyn supports the reopening of the cinemas and brings LA GOMERA and MARIE CURIE back to the theater, two titles released just before the lockdown and finally available again on the big screen starting from 15 giugno La distribuzione Valmyn ritorna in prima linea, alongside the exhibitors, and supports the reopening of cinemas, bringing LA GOMERA and MARIE CURIE back to the room, two titles released just before the lockdown and whose path, then, it was abruptly interrupted. From 15 June, both are available again on the big screen. Defined by the New York Times as “A cinephile divertissement
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
Jonathan Nossiter's Italian LAST WORDS in the Cannes Official Selection 72 presented by Thierry Frémaux
L’italiano LAST WORDS di Jonathan Nossiter nella Selezione Ufficiale Cannes 72 presentata da Thierry Frémaux Nella Selezione Ufficiale di Cannes 2020 announced by director Thierry Frémaux, there is also the Italian LAST WORDS directed by Jonathan Nossiter (Grand Prix at Sundance for the film "Sunday" subsequently presented at Certain Ragard, in competition in Cannes with "Mondovino" and in Berlin with "Natural existence" ), a Stemal Entertainment production with Rai Cinema, an Italian-French co-production with Paprika Films, Films Here and Films Of The Rat, produced by Donatella Palermo. In 2085 the world we know no longer exists. Very few men survived. A young man embarks on a long journey in search 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
The revenge of Leo Muscato: The Marina Review
The whole world has stopped for a while and, so, many businesses had to temporarily close their doors. Same goes for cinemas, Unfortunately. Instead, what has never stopped is the desire to enjoy the seventh art in all its forms. And so, in this lockdown period due to Covid-19 there are numerous films streamed on online platforms. Among these there is also, therefore, The revenge, work before the acclaimed theater director Leo Muscato. But what is it about, in particular, The revenge? The revenge,
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.
Biografilm Festival | The great documentaries of the two competitions
I GRANDI DOCUMENTARI DEI DUE CONCORSI DI BIOGRAFILM FESTIVAL Dal 5 al 15 June, Biografilm Festival will be online and from 1st June it will be possible to book a place in the festival's virtual room, by accessing the website www.mymovies.it and creating an account. It will be possible to enjoy the vision during 24 hours following the start of the screening. The films and meetings with the authors of the Biografilm Festival will be available for free, in the original language with Italian subtitles, for all people who connect to the platform from Italian territory. More information will be available on the biografilm.it website in the next few days. Biografilm