Taormina FilmFest

  • 2018 Taormina FilmFest Awards – ONCE UPON A TIME IN NOVEMBER Wins Best Film

    [caption id="attachment_31018" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Once upon a Time in November Once upon a Time in November[/caption] The 64th edition of the Taormina FilmFest, just wrapped with Andrzej Jakimowski’s Once upon a Time in November winning the Taormina Arte Award for Best Film.  Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo’s It Will be Chaos took home the The Taormina Arte Award for Best Directing, while Debra Granik won The Taormina Arte Award for Best Screenplay for Leave No Trace. Nino Monteleone’s Be Kind received a Special Mention. “The festival offered a week-long series of exceptional films which were attended by a very attentive audience who appreciated their selection, originality and depth,” said artistic co-director Silvia Bizio. The festival will return for its 65th edition in June 2019

    2018 Winners of the Taormina FilmFest Awards

    The Cirs Award of the Italian Social Reintegration Committee: Road to the Lemon Grove by Dale Hildebrand – CANADA/ITALY – International Premiere The Angelo D’Arrigo Award, presented by Laura Mancuso: Dr. Pietro Bartolo, from Lampedusa The Sebastiano Gesù Award, in memory of the Sicilian film critic who passed away earlier this month: Luca Vullo Ccà Semu (30 mins) – ITALY The Ferrari De Benedetti Award, presented by the journalist Paola Ferrari: La Libertà non Deve Morire in Mare by Alfredo Lo Piero – ITALY – World Premiere The Videobank Award, presented by Ginevra Chiechio: Lello Analfino, leader of the historic Tinturia musical group The Tauro d’Oro Award: Maurizio Millenotti for the costumes of The Happy Prince The Tauro d’Oro Lifetime Achievement Award: Matthew Modine The Tauro d’Oro Awards, for Best Director and Best Actor: Rupert Everett for The Happy Prince The Tauro d’Oro Award: Richard Dreyfuss The Tauro d’Oro Italian Excellence Award, for acting, directing and screenwriting: Michele Placido The Tauro d’Oro Best Independent Film Award: Trauma is a Time Machine by Angelica Zollo – USA – European Premiere The Taormina Arte Award for Best Producer: Gianluca Curti The Taormina Arte Award for Best Distributor: SunFilm Group Special Mention: Be Kind by Nino Monteleone – ITALY – World Premiere The Taormina Arte Award for Best Screenplay: Leave No Trace by Debra Granik – USA – Italian Premiere The Taormina Arte Award for Best Actor: Alberto Mica in Transfert by Massimiliano Russo – ITALY – World Premiere The Taormina Arte Award for Best Actress: Leven Rambin in Tatterdemalion by Ramaa Mosley – USA – International Premiere The Taormina Arte Award for Best Director: It Will be Chaos by Filippo Piscopo and Lorena Luciana – USA/ITALY – International Premiere The Taormina Arte Award for Best Film: Once upon a Time in November by Andrzej Jakimowski – POLAND – International Premiere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPOTPy-lLmU

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  • Actress Meg Ryan Honored at 2013 Taormina Film Festival

    MEg Ryan at 2013 Taormina Film Festival

    Actress Meg Ryan was honored with the Taormina Arte Award Lancia at the 2013 Taormina Film Festival in Italy.

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  • Actress Marisa Tomei Honored at 2013 Taormina Film Festival

    Marisa Tomei at 2013 Taormina Film Festival

    Actress Marisa Tomei attended the 2013 Taormina Film Festival in Italy where she was honored with the Taormina City Prize.

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  • TaorminaFilmFest Pays Tribute to James Gandolfini

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    TaorminaFilmFest released a statement today on behalf of actor James Gandolfini, who died of a heart attack yesteday in Italy.  Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the 59th TaorminaFilmFest. In a statement on it’s website, the festival said that Gandolfini had been confirmed to attend the TaorminaFilmFest on June 22 to preside over a TaoClass that the festival dedicated to what it calls “the great interpreters of film and television” and to receive the Taormina City Prize.

    Mario Sesti editorial director of Taormina FilmFest and Tiziana Rocca general manager said they had spoken to the actor just a few hours before his death, and that he was very happy to receive the award and visit Italy. “He was the American actor that better than anyone else has been able to interpret the Italian-American with his personality full of contrasts, ambition, pain, humor. He was the face representative of the golden age of television, but also an actor of memorable cinema. We are organizing in this time a tribute that the Taormina FilmFest will dedicate to  his career and talent.”

    The TaorminaFilmFest continues through Saturday, June 22, 2013 in Taormina, Italy.

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