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Italian Contemporary Film Festival
The ICFF is a not-for-profit, publicly attended film festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, programming international films and taking place during the summer. Founded in 2012, ICFF has grown from a four-day, single-venue festival of 18 films, to a 10-day, nine-city festival of over 130 feature films, documentaries and short films. The ICFF has a monthly program with screenings and events held in its main cities, a Youth Festival program and its main June Festival initiative. Every year ICFF takes place during the month of June in celebration of Ontario’s Italian Heritage Month with screenings in the cities of Toronto, Vaughan, Vancouver, Hamilton, Markham, Niagara, Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec City. The ICFF festival screenings in Toronto are held at the TIFF Bell LightBox. The ICFF also runs special events and international programs throughout the year, which aim to involve different niche audiences. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, in 2020 the 9th edition of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Beautiful Day (film)
''What a Beautiful Day'' ( it, Che bella giornata) is a 2011 Italian film directed by Gennaro Nunziante starring Checco Zalone, Luigi Luciano and Rocco Papaleo. The film is currently the sixth highest-grossing Italian film in Italy. Plot Checco, a man who works as a bouncer at a nightclub in Brianza, dreams of becoming a carabiniere like his uncle Giuseppe Capobianco, however, he is rejected by Colonel Gismondo Mazzini after his third interview in one year. By the recommendation of the Archbishop of Milan, Checco manages to become a security officer at Milan Cathedral. While working at the cathedral he meets Farah, an Arab woman pretending to be an architecture student in order to gain access to the Madonnina. Farah, with the help of her brother and two other accomplices, plans to place an explosive device at the feet of the Madonnina to avenge the killing of her family in an unspecified bombing. Checco takes Farah to a dilapidated trullo, which he inherited from his grandfather i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Milani
Riccardo Milani (born 15 April 1958) is an Italian film and television director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Milani began his career in 1985, as assistant director of Mario Monicelli in ''Let's Hope It's a Girl''. After being assistant of Nanni Moretti, Florestano Vancini and Daniele Luchetti, in 1994 he made his feature film debut with the comedy-drama '' Auguri professore''. In 2001 he made his television debut, directing the miniseries ''Il sequestro Soffiantini''. He is married to actress Paola Cortellesi. He's an atheist but he admires Christian values. Filmography Film * '' Auguri professore'' (1994) * '' The Anto War'' (1999) * ''The Soul's Place'' (2003) * '' Piano, solo'' (2007) * ''Welcome Mr. President'' (2013) * '' Do You See Me?'' (2014) * ''Mom or Dad?'' (2017) * ''Like a Cat on a Highway'' (2017) * '' Don't Stop Me Now'' (2019) * '' Like a Cat on a Highway 2'' (2021) * ''Corro da te'' (2022) Television * '' Tutti pazzi per amore'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva L'Italia
''Viva l'Italia'' () is a 2012 Italian comedy film written and directed by Massimiliano Bruno. Politician, Michele Spagnolo loses the ability to lie because of a stroke in the brain and that has dire consequences. Cast * Raoul Bova as Riccardo Spagnolo * Ambra Angiolini as Susanna Spagnolo * Michele Placido as Michele Spagnolo * Alessandro Gassmann as Valerio Spagnolo * Rocco Papaleo as Tony * Edoardo Leo as Marco * Maurizio Mattioli as Antonio * Rolando Ravello as Giansanti * Sarah Felberbaum as Valentina * Isabelle Adriani as paziente ospedale * Imma Piro as Giovanna * Camilla Filippi as Elena * Nicola Pistoia as Roberto D'Onofrio * Isa Barzizza as Marisa * Sergio Fiorentini Sergio Fiorentini (29 July 1934 – 11 December 2014) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Fiorentini was best known for his portrayal of characters in Italian crime dramas and films as well as dubbing Gene Hackman in a majority of his films an ... as Cesare * Remo Remotti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Perfect Family
''A Perfect Family'' ( it, Una famiglia perfetta) is a 2012 Italian comedy film directed by Paolo Genovese. It is a remake of Fernando León de Aranoa's '' Familia''. Cast * Sergio Castellitto as Leone * Claudia Gerini as Carmen * Carolina Crescentini as Sole * Marco Giallini as Fortunato * Ilaria Occhini Ilaria Occhini (28 March 1934 – 20 July 2019) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films. References External links * 2012 films[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Was The Son
''It Was the Son'' ( it, È stato il figlio) is a 2012 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Daniele Ciprì. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, where Ciprì won the Osella for Best Cinematography. Premise The main story unfolds within the frame story of an older man waiting to pay bills at a post office in Palermo, who captivates his listeners by promising to tell the story of a boy who killed his father over a scratched car. Nicola Ciraulo is a father (Toni Servillo as Nicola Ciraulo) trying to teach his son ( Alfredo Castro as Busu) the basics of his maritime salvage / scavenging business. Soon thereafter, Nicola's daughter is killed by mafioso. This murder entitles the family to compensation for their loss, which brings out their greed and begins the central conflict of the story. Cast * Toni Servillo as Nicola Ciraulo * Giselda Volodi as Loredana Ciraulo * Alfredo Castro as Busu * Fabrizio Falco as Tanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siberian Education
''Siberian Education'' (known as ''Deadly Code'' in the United States;) is a 2013 Italian crime-drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores. It is based on the allegedly autobiographic novel with the same name written by Nicolai Lilin, the pen name of Nikolai Verzhbitsky. The film was nominated to 11 David di Donatello awards, including Best Film and Best Director. Mauro Pagani won the Ciak d'oro for Best Score. The novel by Lilin has never been published in Russia and an investigation by a Russian journalist found that the story was a fabricated hoax by Lilin. Many of the actors, especially child actors, are Lithuanian. Winter scenes were also shot in Lithuania (instead of the actual Russia). All other scenes were shot in parts of Italy. The movie itself was filmed in English, with Italian subtitles. Plot Kolyma and Gagarin are two boys in an ethnically Siberian village in Transnistria being raised by Kolyma's grandfather Kuzja. Kuzja imposes a very strict education to the child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome Mr
A welcome is a kind of greeting designed to introduce a person to a new place or situation, and to make them feel at ease. The term can similarly be used to describe the feeling of being accepted on the part of the new person. In some contexts, a welcome is extended to a stranger to an area or a household. "The concept of welcoming the stranger means intentionally building into the interaction those factors that make others feel that they belong, that they matter, and that you want to get to know them". It is also noted, however, that " many community settings, being welcoming is viewed as in conflict with ensuring safety. Thus, welcoming becomes somewhat self-limited: 'We will be welcoming unless you do something unsafe'". Different cultures have their own traditional forms of welcome, and a variety of different practices can go into an effort to welcome: Indications that visitors are welcome can occur at different levels. For example, a welcome sign, at the national, state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Verdone
Carlo Gregorio Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. Verdone is best known for his comedic roles in Italian classics, which he also wrote and directed. His career was jumpstarted by his first three successes, '' Un sacco bello'' (1980), '' Bianco, rosso e Verdone'' (1981) and ''Borotalco'' (1982). Since the 1990s, he has been introducing more serious subjects in his work, linked to the excesses of society and the individual's hardships in confronting it; some examples are '' Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrata'' (1992), '' Il mio miglior nemico'' (2006) and '' Io, loro e Lara'' (2010). Early life Carlo Verdone was born in Rome to Mario Verdone, an important Italian film critic and academic, and studied at the Italian Liceo classico in Rome, having the future actor Christian De Sica as his deskmate. Subsequently, Verdone earned a degree in Modern Literature at Sapienza University of Rome, the same university where his father tau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Flat For Three
''A Flat for Three'' (Italian: ''Posti in piedi in paradiso'') is a 2012 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone. The film won three Nastro d'Argento Awards, for best comedy film, best actress (Micaela Ramazzotti) and best supporting actor (Marco Giallini). The film was a box office success, grossing over 9 million euros. Plot In Italy burden of the economic crisis three men in Rome: Ulisse, Fulvio and Domenico decide to rent an apartment together in order to live with their modest work. However the three encounter any difficulties that have forced them to always be one step away from starvation. Ulisse has to maintain his wife and daughter selling recordings of important foreign singers, Fulvio has the task of reviewing silly scandals of celebrities instead of writing articles for major artists, while Domenico must keep his wife and children going to make love with old single pensioners. At the end of the story the three, despite all the difficulties, able to have a little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Cotroneo
Ivan Cotroneo (born 21 February 1968) is an Italian writer, scriptwriter and director, known for '' I Am Love'', ''Kryptonite!'' and '' Loose Cannons''. Biography After abandoning his law studies he moved to Rome, where he graduated in scriptwriting from the Experimental Center of Cinematography in 1992. His first experience in the film industry was working the director Pappi Corsicato, for whom Cotroneo wrote the episode 'La stirpe di Iana' of collective film ''The Vesuvians'' and the screenplay for the feature film ''Chimera''. Cotroneo has worked as a writer for several television productions such as drama and TV miniseries on Italian television. In addition to film and television, Cotroneo also works for the theater, adapting the Italian edition of '' Closer'' by Patrick Marber and ''The Rules of Attraction'' by Bret Easton Ellis and writing some comedy shows. He wrote the Claudio Gioè monologue "If you are here tonight". Cotroneo published a collection of essays ''Il picc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kryptonite!
''Kryptonite!'' ( it, La kryptonite nella borsa) is a 2011 Italian comedy film directed by Ivan Cotroneo. Cast * Valeria Golino as Rosaria * Cristiana Capotondi as Titina * Luca Zingaretti as Antonio * Antonia Truppo as Valeria * Libero De Rienzo as Salvatore * Luigi Catani as Peppino * Vincenzo Nemolato as Gennaro * Monica Nappo as Assunta * Massimiliano Gallo as Arturo * Lucia Ragni as Carmela * Gennaro Cuomo as Federico * Sergio Solli as Vincenzo * Anita Caprioli as Madonna * Fabrizio Gifuni Fabrizio Gifuni (born 16 July 1966) is an Italian stage, film and television actor. He won two Silver Ribbons and a David di Donatello Award. Life and career Born in Rome, the son of the politician Gaetano, Gifuni enrolled at the Silvio D'A ... as Matarrese Awards References External links * 2011 films 2011 comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films 2010s Italian-language films Films set in 1973 2010s Italian films {{2010s-comedy-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
