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People And Religions – Terni Film Festival
People and Religions – Terni Film Festival is an international film festival, which takes place annually in November at the CityPlex Politeama Lucioli in Terni and at many other venues around the town. It deals with interfaith dialogue, spirituality in cinema, immigrant integration, visual education and activities for prisoners. For two consecutive years, the festival was awarded the Medal of the President of the Italian Republic. It has been organized by ISTESS, Institute of Theological and Historical-Social Studies, directed by Stefania Parisi. Honorary president of the festival is Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish film director; the artistic director is Arnaldo Casali. Promoted by the diocese of Terni Narni Amelia (currently led by Bishop Giuseppe Piemontese) and by the Episcopal Conference of Umbria, the festival enjoys the patronage of the Municipality of Terni and the Pontifical Council for Culture, with the support of the Umbria Region, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popoli E Religioni - Terni Film Festival
Popoli is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Pescara in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. History Though the site has not revealed significant Roman presence it appears in a ninth-century document as ''borgo di Pagus Fabianus''. Its name in medieval Latin was Castrum Properi ("Waystation Fortress"), which name was recorded as early as 1016 as the property of Girardo, son of Roccone. The castle above the town was built between 1000 and 1015 for Tidolfo, Bishop of Valva (city), Valva. In 1269 the Angevin ruler Charles I of Naples granted Popoli as a fief in the Cantelmo family, who held it, with its ducal title, until 1749. The fief passed to Leonardo di Tocco, Prince of Montemiletto, and his heirs, until feudality was abolished in the ''Regno'' in 1806. Popoli was bombed twice during World War II by the Royal Air Force. On 20 January 1944, the most important bridge in the region, the "Julius Caesar" bridge connecting Rome with Pescara, was destroyed. On 22 Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Stuhr
Jerzy Oskar Stuhr (; born 18 April 1947) is a Polish film and theatre actor. He is one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish actors. He also works as a screenwriter, film director and drama professor. He served as the Rector of the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków for two terms: from 1990 to 1996 and again from 2002 to 2008. Life and career Stuhr was born in Kraków. His ancestors, Leopold Stuhr and Anna Thill, migrated within Austria-Hungary from Mistelbach to Cracow shortly after their wedding in 1879. Having obtained a degree in Polish literature from the Jagiellonian University in 1970, Stuhr spent the next two years studying acting at the Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków ( often shortened to ''PWST''), where he became a professor. From the early 1970s, Stuhr appeared in Polish theatre and worked in film productions, making his debut with the role of Beelzebub in Adam Mickiewicz's directed by Konrad Swinarski. Having met fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martine Brochard
Martine Brochard (born 2 April 1944) is a French actress and writer. Life and career Born in Paris, Brochard debuted in 1968 in a minor role in François Truffaut's '' Baisers volés''. In 1970, she moved to Italy, where she became a minor star in genre films, including poliziotteschi, commedia sexy all'italiana and giallo films. From the mid 70's, she regularly appears in Italian TV-series and on stage. In 1995 and 1999, she released two collection of stories for children, ''La gallina blu e altri racconti'' (Mursia, ) and ''Zaffiretto il vampiretto e altri racconti'' (Mursia, ). In 2003, Brochard was diagnosed with leukemia, a disease from which she was able to recover. Filmography *''Baisers volés'' (1968) *''La Main noire'' (1968) *''Béru et ces dames'' (1968) *''Le Socrate'' (1968) *''Les Cinq Dernières Minutes'' (1968) TV *''Le Survivant'' (1969) TV *''Eine Rose für Jane'' (1970) TV *''L'amour'' (1970) *''I giovedì della signora Giulia'' (1970) TV *'' Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Manfredi
Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi (22 March 1921 – 4 June 2004) was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter. He was one of the most prominent Italian actors in the ''commedia all'italiana'' genre. During his career he won several awards, including six David di Donatello awards, six Nastro d'Argento awards and the Prix de la première oeuvre (Best First Work Award) at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival for ''Between Miracles''. Typically playing losers, marginalised, working-class characters yet "in possession of their dignity, morality, and underlying optimism", he was referred to as "one of the few truly complete actors in Italian cinema". Life and career Early life Manfredi was born in Castro dei Volsci, Frosinone into a humble family of farmers. His father recruited in Public Safety, where he reached the rank of Maresciallo, and in the early 1930s, he was transferred to Rome, where Nin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taormina Film Fest
Taormina Film Fest (TFF) is a film festival that began in 1955 under the name Rassegna Cinematografica Internazionale di Messina e Taormina. The exhibition, which moved permanently to Taormina in 1971, has hosted over the years many stars of international cinema: Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich, Sophia Loren, Cary Grant, Robert De Niro, Colin Firth, Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Tom Cruise, Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas, among others. The award is the ''Nastro d'Argento'' in Italian cinema (Silver Ribbon). History From 1957 to 1980 there was the award ceremony of David di Donatello, named after Donatello's David, a movie award assigned each year for cinematic performances and production by Ente David di Donatello, part of Accademia del Cinema Italiano. It is the Italian equivalent to the Academy Award. The aim was to honour the best of each year’s Italian and foreign films, similar to the American Oscars. However, the Davids have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Chiesa
Guido Chiesa (born 1959) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Turin, Chiesa graduated in philosophy and letters with a thesis in cinema, then he moved in New York City where he was the correspondent of several music magazines, but also the assistant of film directors such as Michael Cimino, Amos Poe and Jim Jarmusch, among others. Returned in Italy, he made his directorial debut in 1991 with the drama film ''Il caso Martello''. In 2000 he entered the competition at the 57th Venice International Film Festival The 57th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 30 August to 9 September 2000. The Golden Lion was awarded to Dayereh directed by Jafar Panahi. Jury The following people comprised the 2000 jury: * Miloš Forman (head of jur ... with the war drama '' Johnny the Partisan''. He competed again at the Venice International Film Festival in 2004, with the drama film '' Lavorare con lentezza''. References External links * {{DEFAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renzo Rossellini (producer)
Renzo Rossellini (born 24 August 1941), also called Rossellini Jr., is an Italian film producer, left-wing political activist and communication innovator. He is the second son of costume designer Marcella de Marchis and film director Roberto Rossellini. Since 1964, he has produced 64 films. From 1977 to 1983 he was President of Gaumont Italy and was instrumental in the modernization of Italian film theaters, introducing multiplex structures. In 1975 he co-founded Radio Città Futura in Rome, one of the first "free"not state-ownedradio stations in Italy. In 1981, one year after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, he co-founded Radio Free Kabul. He lives in Rome and Los Angeles. Learning from his father In 1958, Renzo Rossellini graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia with a degree in Visual Arts. After graduation, he began working in the film industry, while studying History and Philosophy at the Sorbonne University in Paris, albeit without graduating. In those ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Bianchini
Paolo Bianchini (born 1931) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Bianchini began his career in 1953 working as assistant director of a number of notable directors, including Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Vittorio De Sica, Mauro Bolognini and particularly Luigi Zampa, with whom he collaborated several times. From the second half of the 1960 Bianchini was also active as a director and a screenwriter, specializing in low-budget genre films. Starting from the 1970s he focused his work on television and advertising commercials. Selected filmography * ''Our Men in Bagdad'' (1966) * '' Massacre Mania'' (1967) * '' The Devil's Man'' (1967) * '' Superargo and the Faceless Giants'' (1968) * '' I Want Him Dead'' (1968) * '' God Made Them... I Kill Them'' (1968) * '' Gatling Gun'' (1968) * ''Hey Amigo! A Toast to Your Death ''Hey Amigo! A Toast to Your Death'' ( it, Ehi amigo... sei morto!, also known as ''Ehi amigo... Rest in Peace'') is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marzia Ubaldi
Marzia Ubaldi (2 June 1938 – 21 October 2023) was an Italian actress and dubber. Life and career Born in Milan, Ubaldi graduated from the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro, and made her professional stage debut in 1960, in the Giorgio Prosperi's drama ''La congiura'' directed by Luigi Squarzina. In 1961, she starred in the play ''Eva a Go Go dalla parte di lui'' alongside Fabrizio De André; in 1966, she eventually was the first to record De André's song "La ballata dell’amore cieco". In 1962, she was directed by Roberto Rossellini in the Beniamino Joppolo's drama ''I carabinieri'', which was represented at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. The same year, she made her film debut in Giorgio Simonelli's ''Il medico delle donne''. Starting from the 1970s Ubaldi was mainly devoted to voice dubbing; for her work in this field she received various awards, notably a Nastro d'Argento for her dubbing of Gena Rowlands in Woody Allen's '' Another Woman'', and the 2012 Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazem Mollaie
Kazem Mollaie ( fa, کاظم ملایی; born in 1981) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter and editor. Biography Kazem Mollaie started filmmaking with short films in 1999. He holds a B.A. in Cinema Directing from Soore University in 2005. He has been a member of several organizations, such as the Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS), the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds (House of Cinema), and a member of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA) and Directors Guild of Iran. He is known for his debut feature film " Kupal" (2017) and short films such as "Delete" (2011) and "Minus" (2009). His second feature film was " The Badger" (2020), which was nominated as the Best Film at the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival 2020 (Asian New Talent Award) at its world premiere. "The Badger" was also screened at the 27th Austin Film Festival in its North American premiere, where it was nominated for the Audience Award and won the Best Narrativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Sole Dei Cattivi
''Il sole dei cattivi'' is the first cinematic film by artist and video maker Paolo Consorti. Filmed in 2013 and divided into two parts, it depicts the Biblical stories of Herod and Caiaphas, but set against a present-day reality show. Plot The film is divided into two parts. It tells the story of the historical figures of Herod and Caiaphas, who are brought into the present and participate respectively in the living Nativity scene of Grottammare and a show about the Passion of Christ in Larino. Productions The film, produced by the Opera Totale, was shot in Marche and Molise. Surrounding the cast, the locations and the extras have a role in the respective religious evocations of the Nativity and the Living Passion. Awards *Best film: People and Religions – Terni Film Festival People and Religions – Terni Film Festival is an international film festival, which takes place annually in November at the CityPlex Politeama Lucioli in Terni and at many other venues arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Crisostomi
Oreste Crisostomi (born 21 August 1982), is an Italian filmmaker. He is particularly known as the writer and artistic director of the critically acclaimed documentary ''Fuori fuoco'' (''Out of focus''). Personal life He was born and raised in Terni. Since 2011, he has been carrying out constant cultural activities with the inmates from Terni penitentiary, where he made the documentary ''Fuori fuoco''. Career He made his debut as a director and screenwriter in 2010 with the feature film ''Alice,'' previewed at the Flaiano Prizes, starring Catherine Spaak. During the 2011/12 season, he made the play ''Io'' as an author and director. The play is inspired by Pierre Rivière's memoir, a case of parricide from the 19th century. In 2013, he was appointed director of the Film Festival Popoli e Religioni. In 2014 and 2015, he worked on the production of ''Asino'', a documentary film by Anatoly Vasiliev. In 2018, his collective documentary project ''Fuori fuoco,'' made with the inmat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
