“Poor Things” by Yorgos Lanthimos wins the Golden Lion
The first prize of the 80th Venice Film Festival was won by the film “Poor Things” by Yorgo Lanthimos. The Best Actress award went to Cailee Spaeny for “Priscilla” and Peter Sarsgaard as Best Actor for his role in “Memory.” Silver Lion for “Evil does not exist” by Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
It’s raining stardust in Venice! The Clooney couple is in Venice for the Amal Clooney awards ceremony
A fascination with Italy, George Clooney, known for having a home in Como and for living in Italy whenever possible, came to Venice with his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney. But this time, he was on the island not for himself, but for his wife Amal, who received the DVF Leadership Award for her work on behalf of victims of human rights violations during the time of star rains…
Venice Film Festival 2023: notes from the world of fairy tales
Venice Film Festival 2023 starts with the film Comandante and Leone a Cavani. Liliana Cavani, the Modenese director, collected the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement with the movie Out of Competition, The Order of Time. The award also goes to Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai.
The journey of the Venice International Film Festival begins: Get ready for a trip to the land of fairy tales!
The 80th journey of the Venice Film Festival has begun. Six local directors are competing for the Golden Lion: Edoardo De Angelis with “Comandante”, Garrone with “Io Capitano”, Costanzo with “Finally l’Alba”; Castellitto with “Aeneas”; Rights with “Lubo” and Sollima with “Adagio”. The opening of the festival will take place with “Comandate”.
In Piazza del Colosseo: A tour of the world between film and city
This time, Quo Vadis is waiting for cinema lovers. Where? In the Colosseum, one of the most important heroes of human history.
“Cinema under the stars” in the gardens of the Villa Museum of Alberto Sordi
The film festival dedicated to him and which the Fondazione Museo Alberto Sordi is organising on the twentieth anniversary of his death kicked off this evening, the day on which Alberto Sordi would have turned 103.
David di Donatello 2023, the nominations
The five of the 68th edition of the David di Donatello have been announced. 18 nominations for Exterior Night, 14 for The Strangeness and The Eight Mountains, 11 for The Lord of the Ants, 9 for Nostalgia.
Sophia Loren: “And the Oscar goes to…ROBERTOOOOOOO!!!!”
On March 21, 1999, Roberto Benigni with “Life is Beautiful” brought Italy three Oscars. (best soundtrack by Nicola Piovani, best actor and best foreign film) That evening, Sofia’s cry of joy will always be memorable Loren who, in announcing the award for best foreign film, also pushed by some of her colleagues in the audience as we hear from the videos, said, while announcing La Vita è Bella as the winner: “And the Oscar goes to…ROBERTOOOOOOO!!!! ”
Oscar marathon comes to an end
by Natale Ricci
The Oscar race is over. The list includes essential productions that shed light on both global strategies and art. We’ll see who wins this weekend…
Gina’s will was opened
Half of his estate is to his son Andrea Milko Skofic and the other half to his former secretary, Andrea Piazzolla.