Author: Cinema Made In Italy

Timothée Chalamet To Be Honored At Italy’s David Di Donatello Awards

Timothée Chalamet will receive the David for Cinematic Excellence honorary award at this year’s David di Donatello film awards.

The Donatellos are Italy’s premier film event and take place on May 7. The event will be hosted by Elena Sofia Ricci and Mika.

Discussing the honor, Piera Detassis, President and Artistic Director of The Academy of Italian Cinema, described Chalamet as “one of the most unpredictable and talented protagonists of international cinema today.”

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Pope Francis The Film Buff: Pontiff Cited Federico Fellini’s ‘La Strada’ As Favorite Movie

Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, had a special relationship with cinema going back to his childhood in Buenos Aires.
“I owe my cinema culture above all to my parents who took us to the cinema a lot,” the pontiff said in a 2013 interview, a few months after his election as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in the Argentinian capital in 1936 to parents with roots in northern Italy, Italian cinema figured highly in his early cinema-going.
In the same 2013 interview, Pope Francis named Federico Fellini’s 1954 Oscar-winning work La Strada, starring Giulietta Masina as fragile protagonist Gelsomina who is abused by brutish circus strongman Zampanò, played by Anthony Quinn, as the film he loved the most.

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Alice Rohrwacher to lead Cannes Caméra d’Or jury

Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher has been selected to preside over the Caméra d’Or jury at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, running May 13-24.

The Caméra d’Or (golden camera) is awarded to the best first feature film in Cannes’ Official Selection, or in the parallel Critics’ Week or Directors’ Fortnight sections.

Last year’s prize went to Norwegian director Halfdan Ullmann Tøondel for his Un Certain Regard premiere Armand.

Rohrwacher is a Cannes regular whose own debut feature Heavenly Body premiered in Directors’ Fortnight in 2011 and her follow-up film The Wonders won the Grand Prix in Competition in 2014.

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Alice Rohrwacher, President of the Caméra d’or Jury

After last year’s duo with Emmanuelle Béart and Baloji, this year Italian director and screenwriter Alice Rohrwacher has been chosen to chair the Jury of the Caméra d’or. This award honors a first feature film presented in the Official Selection, at the Critics’ Week or the Directors’ Fortnight.

Alice Rohrwacher, whose delicate work blossomed in Cannes, will in turn recognize a filmmaker’s debut at the Closing Ceremony of the 78th Festival de Cannes on Saturday May 24. In 2024, the Caméra d’or went to Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel for Armand, which premiered at Un Certain Regard.

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Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Parthenope,’ Political Drama ‘The Great Ambition’ Lead David Di Donatello Noms

The 70th Italian film awards will take place in Rome on May 7.

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‘Parthenope’ & ‘The Great Ambition’ Lead Italian David Di Donatello Nominations – Full List

Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope and Andrea Segre’s The Great Ambition have taken the lead at the nomination stage for Italy’s upcoming 70th David di Donatello awards.

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‘Perfect Strangers’ Director Scores Smash Hit With New Comedy ‘Madly’ With Raft of Remake Deals to Close at Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)

‘Perfect Strangers’ director Paolo Genovese has done it again with a new concept comedy titled “Madly” that is set to hit the global market after scoring mightily in Italy.

“Madly” – which is titled “FolleMente” in Italy – depicts a first date between a man and a woman in Rome and features all the voices that live in their brains which oscillate between embarrassment and laughter, each played by a different actor. The romance-tinged comedy has scored more than 2 million admissions and grossed more than $18 million at the Italian box office since it’s Feb. 20 local release via RAI Cinema’s 01 Distribution — and is still going strong.

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Tiziana Rocca to Head Italy’s Taormina Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)

Marketing guru Tiziana Rocca, who has close Hollywood ties and is a festivals specialist, has been appointed artistic director of Italy’s Taormina Film Festival in a move that brings her back at the helm of the storied Sicilian event that has had its ups and downs over the years.

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Netflix’s ‘The Leopard’ Gains Global Traction as Streamer Screens Sumptuous Show at Italian Embassies Around the World (EXCLUSIVE)

Netflix’s “The Leopard” is gaining global traction with viewers just as the streaming giant is taking the sumptuous Sicilian series on a tour involving gala presentations in Italian embassies and other institutions in Washington D.C., London, Berlin, Brussels and other world capitals.

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Prime Video Teases Jesse Williams Italian Action Drama ‘Costiera’ and Adaptation of YA Romance Novel ‘Love Me, Love Me’ at Series Mania

From a dark conference hall in Lille, Italy’s Amalfi Coast was given some major screen time as Prime Video used Series Mania to promote “Costiera,” the upcoming action drama series starring Jesse Williams.

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