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Pietro Marcello
Pietro Marcello (born 2 July 1976) is an Italian film director. He has directed more than ten documentary and feature films since 2004. Several of his films have been presented at international film festivals and have received various awards and nominations. Career In 2009, Marcello's docudrama ''The Mouth of the Wolf (2009 film), The Mouth of the Wolf'' (''La bocca del lupo'') follows Vincenzo Motta, who served a long sentence in a Genoa prison, and his love history with a trans woman named Mary Monaco in prison, Mary promised to wait for Enzo once she gets out of prison, but shortly after they find a home to share, she became addicted to heroin. The film had its world premiere at the 2009 Torino Film Festival winning the FIPRESCI Prize for best film. And was also selected for the 60th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Caligari Film Award and the Teddy Award for best documentary. ''Martin Eden (2019 film), Martin Eden'', based on Jack London's Martin Eden, cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caserta
Caserta ( ; ) is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. An important agricultural, commercial, and industrial ''comune'' and city, Caserta is located 36 kilometres north of Naples on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Campanian Subapennine mountain range. The city is best known for the 18th-century Bourbon Royal Palace of Caserta. History Anciently inhabited by Osco- Samnite tribes, modern Caserta was established around the defensive tower built in Lombard times by Pando, Prince of Capua. Pando destroyed the original city around 863. The tower is now part of the Palazzo della Prefettura that was once the seat of the counts of Caserta, as well as a royal residence. The original population moved from Casertavecchia (former bishopric seat) to the current site in the sixteenth century. Casertavecchia was built on the Roman town of ''Casa Irta'', meaning "home village located above" and later contracted as "Caserta". The ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
76th Venice International Film Festival
The 76th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2019, at Venice Lido in Italy. Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel was the jury president for the main competition. Alessandra Mastronardi hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to '' Joker'' by Todd Phillips. The festival opened with ''The Truth'' by Hirokazu Kore-eda, and closed with '' The Burnt Orange Heresy'' by Giuseppe Capotondi. Juries Main Competition (''Venezia 76'') * Lucrecia Martel, Argentine filmmaker - Jury President * Piers Handling, Canadian film historian and critic, executive director of the Toronto International Film Festival * Mary Harron, Canadian filmmaker * Stacy Martin, French actress * Rodrigo Prieto, Mexican cinematographer * Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese filmmaker and actor * Paolo Virzì, Italian filmmaker '' Orizzonti'' * Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italian filmmaker - Jury President * Mark Adams, artistic d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Births
Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. * January 27 ** The United States vetoes a United Nations resolution that calls for an independent Palestinian state. ** The First Battle of Amgala (1976), First Battle of Amgala breaks out between Morocco and Algeria in the Spanish Sahara. February * February 4 ** The 1976 Winter Olympics begin in Innsbruck, Austria. ** The 7.5 1976 Guatemala earthquake, Guatemala earthquake affects Guatemala and Honduras with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured. * February 9 – The Australian Defence Force is formed by unification of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duse (film)
''Duse'' is an upcoming biographical film directed by Pietro Marcello, starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Italian stage actress Eleonora Duse. The film will have its world premiere in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion. Premise In the wake of the First World War, former actress Eleonora Duse makes a return to the stage, contending with the limits of her own body as well as realities of power at odds with her utopian ideals. Cast * Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Eleonora Duse * Noémie Merlant as Enrichetta Checchi, Duse's daughter * Mimmo Borrelli as Ermete Zacconi * Fausto Russo Alesi * Marcello Mazzarella * Fanni Wrochna * Vincenzo Pirrotta * Federico Pacifici * Vincenza Modica * Edoardo Sorgente * Savino Paparella * Vincenzo Nemolato * Stefano Rosato Production The Match Factory opened ''Duse'' to international pre-sale at the Marché du Film during the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. That May, ''Vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlet (film)
''Scarlet'' () is a 2022 drama film, drama film, directed by Pietro Marcello, from a screenplay by Marcello, Maurizio Braucci, Maud Amelin, and Geneviève Brisac. It is loosely based on ''Scarlet Sails (novel), Scarlet Sails'', a 1923 novel by Alexander Grin. It stars Raphaël Thiéry, Juliette Jouan, Louis Garrel, Noémie Lvovsky, Ernst Umhauer, François Négret and Yolande Moreau. It was a French-led production with co-production companies in Italy, Germany and Russia. It had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022, in the Directors Fortnight section. Cast * Raphaël Thiéry as Raphaël * Juliette Jouan as Juliette * Louis Garrel as Jean * Noémie Lvovsky as Adeline * Ernst Umhauer as Renaud * François Négret as Fernand * Yolande Moreau as The magician * Lolita Chammah as the wife of Renaud Production In April 2021, it was announced Juliette Jouan, Raphaël Thiéry, Louis Garrel, and Noémie Lvovsky had joined the cast of the film, with Pietro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Rohrwacher
Alice Rohrwacher (, ; born 29 December 1981) is an Italian film director, editor, and screenwriter. She made her directorial debut with '' Heavenly Body'' (2011). She has since directed notable films such as '' The Wonders'' (2014), winner of the Grand Prix; '' Happy as Lazzaro'' (2018), which she also wrote and which received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay; and '' La chimera'' (2023). Her short '' Le pupille'' (2022) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Early life Rohrwacher was born in Fiesole, Tuscany, to an Italian mother and German father. She lived as a youth in the village of Castel Giorgio, Umbria, where her mother was born and her father Reinhard worked as a beekeeper. Her older sister is Alba Rohrwacher, who became an actress in Italy. After studying Classics at the University of Turin, she specialized in screenwriting at the Holden School in Turin. Career Her first experience in filmmaking was in 2006, when she d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Munzi
Francesco Munzi (born 1 September 1969 in Rome) is an Italian film director and writer. His first film '' Saimir'' won as Best debut film at Nastri d'argento, at the Venice International Film Festival and was nominated at the European Film Award and at the David di Donatello. He is best known for the 2014 film ''Black Souls'', which won several awards at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Film, Best Director and Best Script awards at the 60th David di Donatello Awards The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award ca .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Munzi, Francesco 1969 births Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Film people from Rome David di Donatello winners Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost And Beautiful
''Lost and Beautiful'' () is a 2015 Italian fantasy drama film produced, written and directed by Pietro Marcello. It was entered into the main competition at the 2015 Locarno Film Festival. Plot Pulcinella, mask of the Campania tradition, intermediary between the living and the dead, has the mission of fulfilling the last wishes of a simple Campania shepherd, Tommaso Cestrone: to rescue a buffalo named Sarchiapone. Pulcinella then goes to the Royal Palace of Carditello, a Bourbon residence abandoned to itself in the heart of the land of fires, of which Tommaso was the voluntary guardian and where the young buffalo is found. He takes it with him to the north, on a long journey through a beautiful and lost Italy. Cast * Sergio Vitolo as Pulcinella * Tommaso Cestrone as Tommaso * Gesuino Pittalis as Pastore * Elio Germano as Sarchiapone (voice) See also * List of Italian films of 2015 This is a list of Italian films first released in 2015 (see 2015 in film). See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Toronto International Film Festival
The 44th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 September 2019. The opening gala was the documentary film '' Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band'', directed by Daniel Roher, and the festival closed with a screening of the biographical film ''Radioactive'', directed by Marjane Satrapi. Awards In addition to its regular film awards, whose winners were announced at the conclusion of the festival, the festival also announced the inaugural TIFF Tribute Awards, a special program to honour distinguished lifetime achievement in film. Tribute Awards were presented to Meryl Streep and Joaquin Phoenix for acting, Taika Waititi for directing, cinematographer Roger Deakins for artisan film craft, Mati Diop for emerging talent, Participant Media for impact media, and David Foster for special contributions to film. The first award recipients were announced on 12 September, with the major awards announced at the close of the festival on 15 Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platform Prize
The Platform Prize is an annual film award, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival to films of "high artistic merit that also demonstrate a strong directorial vision.""TIFF reveals Cannes-centric jury for 2018 Platform competition" '''', May 10, 2018. Introduced in 2015, the award is presented to a film, selected by an international jury of three prominent filmmakers or actors, from among the films screened in the Platform program. The program normally screens between eight and twelve films; only one winner is selected each year, although as with TIFF's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotham Independent Film Awards 2020
The 30th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on January 11, 2021. The nominations were announced on November 12, 2020. Actors Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis, director Steve McQueen, writer Ryan Murphy, and the cast of ''The Trial of the Chicago 7'' received tribute awards. The awards honored the best independent filmmaking released between January 2020 and February 2021. Originally scheduled to take place on November 20, 2020, the ceremony was pushed back by two months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ceremony information Originally scheduled to take place in November 2020, the ceremony was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. The eligibility period for releases was extended to include films released between January 1 and February 28, 2021. Films that were scheduled to release theatrically, but had to be released via VOD, are also eligible for the awards. The submission deadline for films was on October 1, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Di Donatello For Best Adapted Screenplay
The David di Donatello for Best Adapted Screenplay () is an award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano since 2017. Together with the David di Donatello for Best Original Screenplay, it replaced the integrated David di Donatello for Best Screenplay (1975–2016). Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s See also *Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay *BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay *César Award for Best Adaptation *Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:David di Donatello for Best Adapted Screenplay Adapted Screenplay A film adaptation transfers the details or story of an existing source text, such as a novel, into a feature film. This transfer can involve adapting most details of the source text closely, including characters or plot points, or the original sou ... Awards established in 2017 Screenwriting awards for film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
