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Introduction by the Director of the 69th Festival, Alberto Barbera

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“It is now established that the main function of a festival is to choose what we can and must see from among the huge blind mass of production”. Far from wishing to refute this claim, which may well be true, I feel I must add a few comments. Not marginal comments, however, if it is true that one of the reasons that led me to return to serving the Venice Film Festival, turns its gaze - in cross-eyed fashion - in a different direction. Nor am I referring to what's left of the f...

July 14th: Ischia Global Global, Gloria Gaynor meets Rob Reiner and Paul Haggis

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10:00am  Congress Center Angelo Rizzoli – Lacco Ameno -  Auditorium Master-Class for Actors .- Director Bernard Hiller Special attendabce by the director Paul Haggis (Usa)   11:00am  V Global Production Summit  Production at the Peaks of the World's Economic Crisis" Opening: Luigi Abete presidente BNL - Gruppo BNP PARIBAS Moderating: Valerio Caprara, president of Campania Film Commission Introduction: Riccardo Monti, vice - president and European...

Lina Wertmuller masterclass in Ischia Global, may 13th

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10:00am  Congress Center Angelo Rizzoli – Lacco Ameno -  Auditorium Master-Class for Actors - Director Bernard Hiller Special attendance by the director Lina Wertmuller 11:00am  One to One. Virginia Madsen (Usa) Ischia Art Award         9:00pm  Baia dell’ Albergo della Regina Isabella – Lacco Ameno “Lay The Favorite” di Stephen Frears - (Italian Premiere) Special attendance the producer Paul Trijbits   11:30  Hotel Mezzatorre –  Fo...

Terry Gilliam on film writing, double feature Master class in Ischia july 10

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With gress Center Angelo Rizzoli – Lacco Ameno -  Auditorium Master-Class for Actors - Director Bernard Hiller Special attendance by Terry Gilliam (U.K.) 11:00am                   World Script Market  - Special attendance: Terry Gilliam (U.K.), Simon Curtis (U.K.), Carlo ed Enrico Vanzina Moderator  Andrea Purgatori, spoke-person for 100 Autori     ...

The Festival will launch with the European premiere of Rob Reiner’s "The Magic of Belle Isle”

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The Ischia International Arts Academy along with American Express, BNL-Group, BNP PARIBAS, Fay and Planter’s are proud to announce that the 10th Annual Ischia Global Film & Music Festival will take place from July 8th through the 15th on several of the most beautiful locations on Ischia, Italy’s renowned green island resort (www.ischiaglobal.com). The Festival will launch with the European premiere of Rob Reiner’s latest movie, “The Magic of Belle Isle” starring Morgan Free...

Annual Ischia Global Film & Music Festival 10th anniversary announcements from Cannes

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  The Ischia International Arts Academy along with American Express, BNL-Group, BNP PARIBAS and Planter's are proud to announce that the 10th Annual Ischia Global Film & Music Festival will take place from July 8th through the 15th on several of the most beautiful locations on Ischia, Italy's renowned green island resort (http://www.ischiaglobal.com/). The Festival will launch with the European premiere of Rob Reiner's latest movie, "The Magic of Belle Isle" starring Morgan Fr...

10th Annual Ischia Global Film & Music Festival will take place from July 8th through the 15th

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The Ischia International Arts Academy along with American Express, BNL-Group, BNP PARIBAS and Planter’s are proud to announce that the 10th Annual Ischia Global Film & Music Festival will take place from July 8th through the 15th on several of the most beautiful locations on Ischia, Italy’s renowned green island resort (www.ischiaglobal.com). The Festival will launch with the European premiere of Rob Reiner’s latest movie, “The Magic of Belle Isle” starring Morgan Freeman and Vir...

Paolo e Vittorio Taviani to receive 2012 Ischia Legend Award

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Italian filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani have been named the first recipients of the “2012 Ischia Legend Award” which will be presented during the 10th Annual Ischia Global Film & Music Fest to be held from July 8th to 15th on isle which is located off the coast of Naples,. The announcement was made today by recently appointed Festival chairpersons Paula Wagner and Rick Nicita and Festival founder and producer Pascal Vicedomini. The festival is presented under the auspices ...

Hollywood icons Paula Wagner and Rick Nicita will chair the 2012 Ischia Global Film & Music Festival

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  Hollywood icons Paula Wagner and Rick Nicita will chair the 2012 Ischia Global Film & Music Festival, which will take place July 8th through the 15th on the magical Isle of Ischia, located off the coast of Naples, it was announced today by the Board of the Ischia International Arts Academy and Festival founder and producer Pascal Vicedomini. "We are extremely pleased to be chairing this year's exciting event," said Wagner and Nicita, both of whom received the...

Paula Wagner and Rick Nicita will chair next Ischia Global fest

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Hollywood icons Paula Wagner and Rick Nicita will chair the 2012 Ischia Global Film & Music Festival, which will take place July 8th through the 15th on the magical Isle of Ischia, located off the coast of Naples, it was announced today by the Board of the Ischia International Arts Academy and Festival founder and producer Pascal Vicedomini. "We are extremely pleased to be chairing this year's exciting event," said Wagner and Nicita, both of whom received the Ischia Lifetime Achievement Award at...

VIEWFest | Digital Movie Festival

VIEWFest is an international festival on 3D cinema and animation, organized every year by VIEW Conference, that screened important world previews, the best of 3D production, retrospectives, movies, short movies, video clips, music, workshops for schools and exclusive events. Not just this. VIEWFest shows the best of the international animation festivals, first of all SIGGRAPH, thanks to a network that become larger every year and goes from Holland to Greece, from Germany to USA; Turin is the Italian side of this network.

VIEWFest offers to independent productions the opportunity of an international audience and, at the same time, brings to Turin the best of the International production.

VIEWFest 2012 will be held from 19th to 21st October at Cinema Massimo in Turin.

Check the website for news! www.viewfest.it

'I'm Carolyn Parker' at Venice 68!

Kyrah Julian from 'I'm Carolyn Parker' at Venice 68!  photo by Vanessa McMahon

'I'm Carolyn Parker' at Venice 68!

Kyrah Julian from 'I'm Carolyn Parker' at Venice 68!  photo by Vanessa McMahon 

'I'm Carolyn Parker' at Venice 68!

'I'm Carolyn Parker' at Venice 68! Director Jonathan Demme. photos by Vanessa McMaho

'I'm Carolyn Parker' at Venice 68!

'I'm Carolyn Parker' at Venice 68! Director Jonathan Demme. photos by Vanessa McMahon

"Covariance" Gains 3rd Festival on 3rd Continent!

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"Covariance" has been accepted to its third festival on three continents. The film will play at the Valpolicella Film Festival in San Pietro in Cariano, Italy from December 1-3, 2011. "Covariance" is the only US film in competition. Since its release, "Covariance" has also been invited to fests in Australia and Africa. For more information on the film and to see a trailer, please visit: http://www.dawnwestlake.com/dawnwestlake/rondecana/films/covariance/index...

The Napoli Film Festival 2011 is ready to roll

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Napoli Film Festival 2011 will be held from 13th to October 18th, 2011 in the site of Castel Sant 'Elmo. The Napoli Film Festival, organized by Napolicinema in collaboration with the Superintendence for the PSAE and the Museums of Naples, is now in its thirteenth edition and returns with six intense days of cinema for movie fans, with evenings devoted to an auditorium withIncontri Ravvicinati with the great protagonists of the film. The retrospective of 2011 will be dedicated to A...

The Invader at Venice, 68

Director Nicolas Provost of THE INVADER (2011) at 68th Venice Film Festival, 2011

The Invader at Venice, 68

At the 68th Venice Film Festival, Belgian director Nicolas Provost held his world premier for his first feature film THE INVADER (2011). He immediately after traveled to Toronto for TIFF 2011 where he held his North American premier and where we held our interview.Actor Isaka Sawadogo (Amadou) photo by Vanessa McMahon

The festival directors introduce the 68th Venice Film Festival's Highlights

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La Biennale President: Paolo Baratta and the festival artisitic Director Marco Muller introduce the festival's highlights. ...

Sicilian Film Festival, 6th Edition, Miami Beach Announces New Addition to its Film Lineup

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Filmfever has yet to end in Miami!  With theclosing of the Miami International FilmFestival, film buffs can continue feeding their passion for the ‘Big Screen’at the 6th Annual Sicilian Film Festival (SFF) on April 7 to 13, 2011 at the MiamiBeach Cinematheque, located at the HistoricCity Hall, 1130 Washington Avenue,Miami Beach, 33139.ArtisticDirector, Salvo Bitonti todayannounced the addition of the highly-acclaimed film, “Legend of the Bandit and the Champion.”  Loosely, based on a b...

ITALIANMIX 2012 - Contest Info and deadline

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ITALIANMIX 2012 is looking for INNOVATIVE, CREATIVE and INSPIRING works by Italian filmmakers or by foreign filmmakers but having as their topic Italy or Italian subjects for ITALIANMIX to be included in the VIEWFest 2012 program in Turin and on the VIEWFest ITALIANMIX DVD. ITALIANMIX welcomes works in all genres and visual forms. An exciting and unique opportunity addressed to Italian filmmakers, digital artists, and other creative professionals, to gain valuable exposure ...

Independent Film Show 10 edition

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This year, E-M ARTS celebrates ten years of the Independent Film Show: an adventure grown in Naples, that is unique in its genre, highly refined, and very labour-intensive. Above all, it is careful to balance projectual rigour with educational and informational aims. Today an event dedicated to Independent Cinema is more necessary than ever in Italy, in Naples. This program leaves nothing to chance, clarifies misunderstandings and draws up a map of its subject. The projects on show go over and a...

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR MAREMETRAGGIO 2011

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Don’t miss the 12th edition of Maremetraggio. You can win 10.000 euro for the best short film. All is ready for the 12th edition of Maremetraggio – International Short and Debut Works Films Festival – that will be held in Trieste, Italy, from the 1st to the 9th of July 2011. Also in 2011 the festival will present to its public a selection of the best European shorts and the most interesting Italian debut works recently released in cinemas. Registration is now open for th...

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