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Mine Vaganti
''Loose Cannons'' ( it, Mine vaganti) is a 2010 Italian comedy film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Özpetek also wrote the script with the help of Ivan Cotroneo, while Domenico Procacci served as a producer. The film stars Riccardo Scamarcio, Alessandro Preziosi, Nicole Grimaudo, Lunetta Savino, Ennio Fantastichini, and Ilaria Occhini. ''Loose Cannons'' premiered on 13 February, 2010, at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. The following month, it was theatrically released in Italy, Switzerland, and Turkey. In the United States, the film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on 28 April, 2010, where it won the Special Jury Prize. It was later screened at the Seattle International Film Festival, the Provincetown International Film Festival and Palm Springs International Film Festival. In October 2010, the film was screened at the London Film Festival. ''Loose Cannons'' received generally positive reviews from critics. It was nominated thirteen David di Donatello Awards, inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferzan Özpetek
Ferzan Özpetek (born 3 February 1959) is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy. Biography Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History at Sapienza University of Rome. He completed his education attending art history and costume design classes at the Navona Academy. He also attended director classes at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art. After receiving stage experience with Julian Beck's Living Theatre, he moved to the cinema landscape, by working as a director assistant to Massimo Troisi, Maurizio Ponzi, Ricky Tognazzi, Sergio Citti and Francesco Nuti. His first work was as Troisi's assistant director for ''Scusate il ritardo'', followed by Ponzi's '' Sono contento'', where he had a small role performing as a “ madonnaro". His directorial debut was with '' Hamam'', an Italian, Spanish and Turkish co-production. The movie, released in May 1997, was presented at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Sofia Ricci
Elena Sofia Barucchieri (born 29 March 1962), known by the stage name Elena Sofia Ricci (), is an Italian actress. She is known, among other things, for playing Sister Angela in the Italian television series . Biography Born in Florence, after a few minor roles Ricci emerged in 1984, with the Pupi Avati's film ''Impiegati'', for which she won a Globo d'oro for Best New Actress. In 1988 she won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress and a Silver Ribbon in the same category for her role in Carlo Verdone's ''Io e mia sorella''. In 1990 Ricci was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress and a Ciak D'Oro in the same category for her performance in '' Ne parliamo Lunedì''. In 2010 she shared with Lunetta Savino a Silver Ribbon for Best supporting Actress for ''Mine vaganti'', directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Elena Sofia Ricci is very active as a television actress, starring in many popular TV series. For her television activity she received several awards, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nastro D'Argento
The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani''). It is the oldest Italian film award, given every year at the ''Teatro Antico'' in Taormina (Sicily). Awards The awards are currently given in the following categories: *Best Film (''Miglior film''; since 2017) *Best Director (''Miglior regista'', since 2017) *Best Comedy (''Migliore commedia''; since 2009) * Best New Director (''Miglior regista esordiente''; since 1974) *Best Producer (''Miglior produttore''; since 1954) *Best Original Story (''Migliore soggetto'') * Best Screenplay (''Migliore sceneggiatura''; since 1948) * Best Actor (''Migliore attore protagonista'') * Best Actress (''Migliore attrice protagonista'') * Best Supporting Actor (''Migliore attore non protagonista'') * Best Supporting Actress (''Migliore attrice non ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Di Donatello For Best Supporting Actress
The David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actress ( it, David di Donatello per la migliore attrice non protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstanding performance in a supporting role of an actress who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. It has been awarded every year since 1981. Winners and nominees Winners are indicated in bold. 1980s ;1981 *Maddalena Crippa – '' Three Brothers'' (ex aequo) Maddalena Crippa - David di Donatello 1981 * Ida Di Benedetto – '' |
David Di Donatello For Best Supporting Actor
The David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actor ( it, David di Donatello per il migliore attore non protagonista) is a film award presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstanding performance in a supporting role of an actor who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. It has been awarded every year since 1981. Actors Giuseppe Battiston and Leo Gullotta are the record holders in this category, with three awards each. Winners and nominees Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees. 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s See also * Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor * Cinema of Italy The cinema of Italy (, ) comprises the films made within Italy or by Italian directors. Since its beginning, Italian cinema has influenced film movements worldwide. Italy is one of the birthplaces of art cinema and the stylistic aspect of film .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Di Donatello For Best Film
The David di Donatello Award for Best Film (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior film'') is one of the David di Donatello awards presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI). The award recognizes the most outstanding Italian film theatrically released in Italy during the year preceding the ceremony. The award was first given in 1970, and became competitive in 1981. Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all the members of the Accademia. Winners and nominees Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees. 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ... * Academy Award for Best Picture * Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 categories, as of 2021. The industry-voted awards are considered the Italian equivalent of the American Academy Awards and rank among top-tier awards such as the Premio Regia Televisiva for television, the Premio Ubu for stage performances, the Sanremo Music Festival, and the annual Venice Film Festival, which hosts the Golden Lion film award. History The David di Donatello film awards follow the same criteria as the American Academy Awards.) The ceremony was established in 1955 in order to honour the best of each year's Italian and foreign films, and first awarded in Rome on 5 July 1956. Similar prizes had already existed in Italy for about a decade, such as the Nastro d.'Gentro, but these were voted on by film critics and journalists. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1957 and held in the United Kingdom, running for two weeks in October with co-operation from the British Film Institute. It screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shorts from approximately 50 countries. History At a dinner party in 1953 at the home of film critic Dilys Powell of ''The Sunday Times'' and at which film administrator James Quinn attended, the notion of a film festival for London was raised. Quinn went on to start the first London Film Festival which took place at the new National Film Theatre (now renamed BFI Southbank) from 16–26 October 1957. The first festival screened 15–20 films from a selection of directors to show films successful at other festivals, including Akira Kurosawa's ''Throne of Blood'' (which opened the festival), Satyajit Ray's ''Aparajito'', Andrzej Wajda's ''Kanał'', Luchino Visconti's ''White Nights'', Ingmar Bergman's ''The Seventh Seal'', Federico Fellini's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Palm Springs International Film Festival (sometimes stylized shortly as PSIFF) is a film festival held in Palm Springs, California. Originally promoted by Mayor Sonny Bono and then sponsored by Nortel,here for Table of Contents it started in 1989 and is held annually in January. It is run by the Palm Springs International Film Society, which also runs the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (ShortFest), a festival of short films and film market in June. Though the festival does feature American independent films, the focus from its inception was to shine a spotlight on international cinema.Susan King (January 2, 2013)Palm Springs film fest lineup includes black and white silent films''Los Angeles Times''. The festival was cancelled in both 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in California. It will be held from January 6 to January 16 in 2023. The 34th edition will screen 134 films from 64 countries including 27 premieres. Film Awards ceremony on January 5 at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provincetown International Film Festival
The Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) is an annual film festival founded in 1999 and held on Cape Cod in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The festival presents American and international narrative features, documentaries and short films for five days in June of each year. The festival is a program of the Provincetown Film Society, the non-profit parent organization which also operates the year-round Waters Edge Cinema (formerly known as Whaler's Wharf Cinema), a year-round Provincetown movie theater presenting what it considers the best in current independent and international cinema. The festival hosts films and panel discussions and incorporates the cultural, historic, and artistic character of Provincetown: with its thriving art colony, its large gay and lesbian population, its original Native American and Portuguese heritage, and its congenial scenic setting. In keeping with its mission, the festival often presents films about countercultural figures, such as John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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