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69th David Di Donatello
The 69th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 3 May 2024 at Cinecittà, Cinecittà Studios in Rome, to honour the best Italian films of 2023. It was hosted by RAI, Rai presenters Carlo Conti and Alessia Marcuzzi. Winners and nominees The nominations were announced on 3 April 2024. ''There's Still Tomorrow'' received the most nominations with nineteen, followed by ''Io capitano'' and ''La chimera'' with fifteen and thirteen, respectively. ''Io capitano'' went on to win seven awards, more than any other film in the ceremony, including David di Donatello for Best Film, Best Film. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger () Films with multiple nominations and awards References External links * {{David di Donatello David di Donatello 2023 film awards, David di Donatello May 2024 events in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinecittà
Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City Studios), is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were constructed during the Fascist era as part of a plan to revive the Italian film industry. Filmmakers such as Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Luchino Visconti, Sergio Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Mel Gibson have worked at Cinecittà. More than 3,000 movies have been filmed there, of which 90 received an Academy Award nomination and 47 of these won it. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made there led to Rome being dubbed " Hollywood on the Tiber." History The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini, his son Vittorio, and his head of cinema Luigi Freddi under the slogan "''Il cinema è l'arma più forte''" ("Cinema is the most powerful weapon"). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Moroder Crop
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Giorgio may refer to: * Castel Giorgio, ''comune'' in Umbria, Italy * Giorgio (name), an Italian given name and surname * Giorgio Moroder, or Giorgio, Italian record producer ** ''Giorgio'' (album), an album by Giorgio Moroder * "Giorgio" (song), a song by Lys Assia * Giorgio Bruno, a character from the video game ''Time Crisis 4'' * Giorgio Zott, the main antagonist from the video game ''Time Crisis 3'' * Giorgio Beverly Hills, a prestige fragrance brand See also * Georgios * Georgio (other) * San Giorgio (other) San Giorgio, is the Italian form of Saint George. When used as the name of a person it is frequently contracted to Sangiorgio. Places Comuni Many towns and villages are named after the saint, including the following ''comuni'', or municipalities: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ad Vitam Production
Ad Vitam is a French independent film company headquartered in Paris. It specializes in film distribution, but has since expanded into film production. Since its founding in 1998, Ad Vitam has become one of France's leading independent distribution companies. History Ad Vitam was founded in 1998 by Alexandra Henochsberg, Gregory Gajos and Arthur Hallereau. The company distributed its first film on 27 January 1999, ''La révolution sexuelle n'a pas eu lieu'', directed by Judith Cahen. As of 2015, Ad Vitam had released more than eighty films in French cinemas. According to Gregory Gajos, head of acquisitions, the company's programming is driven by an impulse to "First, choose films that we like, then think about their success". Ad Vitam is a member of the Syndicat des Distributeurs indépendants réunis européens (DIRE) alongside fourteen other distribution companies, including BAC Films, Capricci, Diaphana, Haut et Court, Le Pacte, Les Films du Losange, Memento Distribution, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pathé
Pathé or Pathé Frères (, styled as PATHÉ!) is the name of various French businesses that were founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France starting in 1896. In the early 1900s, Pathé became the world's largest film equipment and production company, as well as a major producer of phonograph records. In 1908, Pathé invented the newsreel that was shown in cinemas before a feature film. Pathé is a major film production and distribution company, owning a number of cinema chains through its subsidiary Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont and television networks across Europe. It is the second-oldest operating film company behind Gaumont Film Company, which was established in 1895. History The company was founded as Société Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers Company) in Paris, France on 28 September 1896, by the four brothers Charles, Émile, Théophile and Jacques Pathé. During the first part of the 20th century, Pathé became the largest film equipment and productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rai Cinema
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels and radio stations. It is one of the biggest broadcasters in Italy competing with Mediaset, and other minor radio and television networks. RAI has a relatively high television audience share of 35.9%. RAI broadcasts are also received in surrounding countries, including Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, France, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tunisia and the Vatican City, and elsewhere on pay television and some channels FTA across Europe including UK on the Hotbird satellite. Half of RAI's revenues come from broadcast receiving licence fees, the remainder from the sale of advertising time. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Di Donatello For Best Producer
The David di Donatello Award for Best Producer (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior produttore'') is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize outstanding production efforts by producers or production companies who have worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. The award was first given in 1956 and became competitive in 1981. Winners and nominees Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees. 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s See also * Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer * Cinema of Italy The cinema of Italy (, ) comprises the films made within Italy or by Italian directors. Since its beginning, Italian cinema has influenced film movements worldwide. Italy is one of the birthplaces of art cinema and the stylistic aspect of film h ... References External links * Daviddidonatello.it(official we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Cortellesi
Paola Cortellesi (born 24 November 1973 in Rome) is an Italian actress, singer, voice actress, and presenter. She has starred in about 20 movies as well as a number of theatrical shows, television shows, and radio shows. Biography Cortellesi debuted in the show business at the age of 13, as a singer for ''Cacao meravigliao'', the jingle of the popular RAI TV show ''Indietro tutta!'' by Renzo Arbore. At 19 she began studying as an actress at the "Teatro Blu" in Rome (the same theatre school that Kim Rossi Stuart, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Claudia Gerini, Stefania Rocca, and Claudio Santamaria, among others, have attended). She began her career in television with the show ''Macao'', presented by Alba Parietti, but eventually reached nationwide popularity as a comic actress in the TV show '' Mai dire Gol'' by the Gialappa's Band (2000), which, in particular, showcased her skills at parodying famous people, a genre where she collected some of her most appreciated performances (the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Bellocchio
Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Bobbio Bobbio ( Bobbiese: ; lij, Bêubbi; la, Bobium) is a small town and commune in the province of Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is located in the Trebbia River valley southwest of the town Piacenza. There is also an abbey and a di ..., near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolteacher. He began studying philosophy in Milan but then decided to enter film school, first at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, then at thSlade School of Fine Artin London. His first film, ''Fists in the Pocket'', (''I pugni in tasca'', winner of the Silver Sail at the 1965 Festival del film Locarno), was funded by family members and shot on family property, in 1965 in film, 1965. Films Bellocchio's films include ''China is Near'' (1967), ''Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (2023 Film)
''Kidnapped'' () is a 2023 Italian-language historical drama film co-written and directed by Marco Bellocchio, about Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy who was taken from his family by the Papal States and raised as a Catholic. It is loosely based on Daniele Scalise's book ''Il caso Mortara''. It is a co-production between Italy, France and Germany. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on 23 May 2023. It was theatrically released in Italy on 25 May. Synopsis 1851. Edgardo Mortara is the sixth child of a Jewish family from the city of Bologna, part of the Papal States. Believing him sick and dying, the Christian maid Anna Morisi administers baptism in secret, for fear that when he dies he will end up in limbo. The child survives, but seven years later Anna tells Pier Feletti, head of the Bolognese office of the Holy Inquisition, about the baptism: the sacrament would have made the child irrevocably Catho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Rohrwacher
Alice Rohrwacher (, ; born 29 December 1980) is an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter. Her film ''Le pupille'' was nominated for Oscar in 2023 in short film categories. Early life Rohrwacher was born in Fiesole, in Tuscany, to an Italian mother and German father. She spent her youth in the village of Castel Giorgio, where her mother was born and her father Reinhard worked as a beekeeper. She is the sister of the Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher. She studied literature and philosophy at the University of Turin, then specialized in screenwriting at the Holden School in Turin. Career Her first experience in filmmaking was in 2006, when directing a part of the Italian documentary ''Checosamanca''. In 2011, she directed her first feature film, '' Heavenly Body'', which premiered at the Directors' Fortnight during the 2011 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim. Her second feature film, '' The Wonders'', won the Grand Prix at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Also in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanni Moretti
Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for '' The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival for '' The Mass is Ended'' and a Silver Lion at the 1981 Venice Film Festival for ''Sweet Dreams'', in addition to the David di Donatello Award for Best Film on three occasions (for '' Caro diario'' in 1994, '' The Son's Room'' in 2001 and ''Il caimano'' in 2006). Every film he has directed since '' Caro diario'' has been shown at the Cannes Film Festival, and in 2012 he was the president of the Official Competition jury. Life and work Moretti was born in Bruneck, Italy to Roman parents who were both teachers. His father was the late epigraphist Luigi Moretti, a Greek teacher at Sapienza University of Rome. His brother is literary scholar Franco Moretti. While growing up Moretti discovered his two pass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Brighter Tomorrow
''A Brighter Tomorrow'' ( it, Il sol dell'avvenire, lit=The Sun of the Future) is a 2023 Italian-French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Nanni Moretti. The film was released in Italy on 20 April 2023. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened on 24 May 2023. It received seven nominations at the 69th David di Donatello awards. Synopsis Giovanni is a director, who dreams to make a film adaptation from John Cheever's " The Swimmer" with a soundtrack made of many Italian pop songs. He is married to Paola, who works with him as a producer. Together they have a daughter, who is a musician. While Giovanni is busy shooting a film about the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Paola starts working on another film production. Giovanni is resentful of Paola's extra professional engagement, as he feels she should concentrate on his career alone. Tension culminates during a visit Giovanni pays to the set of the film Paola is wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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