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Riviera International Film Festival
The Riviera International Film Festival (RIFF) is an international film festival dedicated to filmmakers under 35 that takes place every year in Sestri Levante. Since the 2018 edition, there is a section entirely dedicated to documentaries RIFF is a film festival born in 2017 from the passion for cinema and Liguria of Los Angeles-based producer Stefano Gallini-Durante., founder and president of the event, and executive director and co-founder Vito D'Onghia. In the 2018 edition, the Riviera International Film Festival expanded to Portofino, with the aim of reaching other cities of the Ligurian Riviera in the next editions The Riviera International Film Festival aims to bring to the Riviera Ligure di Levante an international film festival characterized by an innovative format, which combines the growing demand for training on film techniques, along with the opportunity to give a qualified space to young directors under 35 of independent cinema. The RIFF combines film and documen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sestri Levante
Sestri Levante ( la, Segesta Tigullorum/Segesta Tigulliorum) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, Italy. Lying on the Mediterranean Sea, it is approximately south of Genoa and is set on a promontory. While nearby Portofino and the Cinque Terre are probably the best-known tourist destinations on the Italian Riviera, Sestri Levante has become popular among Italians. This once quiet fishing village has slowly turned into a tourist hotspot, developing an old and a new town. Geography Sestri Levante is found approximately halfway between Genoa and La Spezia. The town has two bays: Baia delle Favole, (Bay of the Fables), and Baia del Silenzio, the (Bay of Silence). The original part of Sestri Levante is actually on a peninsula, with the Baia del Silenzio (also known as "Portobello") on one side and Baia delle Favole on the other. Baia delle Favole or “Bay of Fairy Tales” was named in honor of Danish writer, Hans Christian Andersen, who lived in Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Quaranta
Gianni Quaranta (born August 30, 1943) is an Italian production designer and art director. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and won the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Production Design for ''La Traviata'' (1983). He won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film ''A Room with a View ''A Room with a View'' is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a humorous critique of English society a ...''. References External links * 1943 births Living people Italian production designers Italian art directors Best Art Direction Academy Award winners Best Production Design BAFTA Award winners {{artdirector-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Gouix
Guillaume Gouix (; born 30 November 1983) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. He starred in the limited television series ''Gone for Good'' (2021). Career Guillaume Gouix learned acting at the Conservatory of Marseille, then at the Regional School of actors of Cannes. On stage, he works often with directors of Didier Galas, Jean-Pierre Vincent and Bruno Bayen±. Gouix made his big screen debut in the film "Deuxième quinzaine de juillet" directed by Christophe Reichert. He is also known for the role of Serge in the TV Series The Returned. Personal life Since 2014, Gouix has been in a relationship with French actress Alysson Paradis Alysson Paradis (born 29 May 1984) is a French actress. She is the younger sister of French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis and the aunt of model and actress Lily-Rose Depp. Personal life Since 2014, Paradis has been in a relationship with F .... In September 2015, the couple's first child, a son, was born. On 22 April 2022, Para ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noémie Merlant
Noémie Merlant (; born 27 November 1988) is a French actress and director. She has been nominated for her performances twice at the César Awards, including a nomination for her breakout role in ''Portrait of a Lady on Fire''. Career Merlant was born on 27 November 1988 in Paris. Both of her parents are real estate agents. She was raised in Rezé near Nantes. Merlant began her career as a professional model before attending the Cours Florent acting school in Paris. She had her first breakthrough in the 2016 film ''Heaven Will Wait'' for which she was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress. In 2019 Merlant starred in ''Portrait of a Lady on Fire''. She won the Lumières Award for Best Actress for her performance and was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress alongside her co-star Adèle Haenel. In 2020 she starred in Zoé Wittock's ''Jumbo'', a film about a woman who falls in love with an Amusement Park ride. She also starred in Marie-Castille Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtiz (film)
''Curtiz'' is a 2018 Hungarian film by Tamás Yvan Topolánszky, based on the making of the 1942 Humphrey Bogart film ''Casablanca'' by Hungarian director Michael Curtiz. That year, America had just entered World War II. Michael Curtiz filmed his iconic multi-Oscar-winning film ''Casablanca'' under most unusual circumstances. During the shoot, he had to battle almost daily with political censors who wanted to change the film's script. In addition, Curtiz's troubled relationship with his daughter made this period more difficult for him. The 2018 film's producers were Tamás Yvan Topolánszky, Claudia Sümeghy, and Barnabas Hutlassa. The Executive Producer was Orian Williams, and the screenwriter was Zsuzsanna Bak. Plot The film tells the story of the first Hungarian Academy Award winner, Michael Curtiz (originally known as Mihály Kertész), who won the Best Director Oscar for ''Casablanca'', a romantic film that film critics consider to be one of the best in film history. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Forlani
Claire Antonia Forlani (born 17 December 1971) is an English actress. She became known in the mid-1990s for her leading role in the film ''Mallrats'', and in the Jean-Michel Basquiat 1996 biopic, ''Basquiat''. In 1998, she achieved wide recognition for starring in the fantasy romance film ''Meet Joe Black'' (1998). Other notable films include ''Mystery Men'' (1998), '' Boys and Girls'' (2000), ''Antitrust'' (2001), ''The Medallion'' (2003) and ''In the Name of the King'' (2007). Forlani also has appeared in numerous TV films and series, including a starring role on the historical-fantasy-drama series ''Camelot'', and recurring roles on the CBS action series ''CSI: NY'', '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', and ''Hawaii Five-0''. She played the role of Meredith Newman in the 2019 film ''Five Feet Apart''. Early life Forlani was born in Twickenham, London, the daughter of Barbara, who is English, and Pier Luigi Forlani, a music manager from Ferrara, Italy. At age 11, Forlani entered the Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tex Willer
Tex Willer is the main fictional character of the Italian comics series ''Tex'', created by writer Gian Luigi Bonelli and illustrator Aurelio Galleppini, and first published in Italy on 30 September 1948. It is among the most popular characters of Italian comics, with translations to numerous languages all around the world. The author took inspiration from Sardinia, where he grew up as a kid. The fan base in Brazil is especially large, but it is very popular also in Finland, Norway, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, France, India, Serbia, Bosnia, Israel and Spain. The ''Tex Willer'' series is an Italian-made interpretation of the American Old West, inspired by the classical characters and stories of old American Western movies. Tex is depicted as a tough guy with a strong personal sense of justice, who becomes a ranger (even if living in Arizona) and defends Native Americans and any other honest character from exaction and greed of bandits, unscrupulous merchants and corrupt politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigullio
240px, Diagrammatic aerial view showing the main communes of Tigullio. Tigullio is a traditional region and a gulf in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, northern Italy. Part of the Riviera di Levante, it includes the communes of (from West to East) Portofino, Santa Margherita Ligure, Rapallo, Zoagli, Chiavari, Lavagna and Sestri Levante Sestri Levante ( la, Segesta Tigullorum/Segesta Tigulliorum) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, Italy. Lying on the Mediterranean Sea, it is approximately south of Genoa and is set on a promontory. While nearby .... The name derives from the ancient Ligurian tribe, Tigullii. category:Italian Riviera Ligurian Sea category:Province of Genoa {{italy-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariko Minoguchi
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Mariko may refer to: Places * Mariko-juku (鞠子宿), a post station along the Tōkaidō * Mariko, Mali * Mariko (crater), an impact crater on Venus People * MC Mariko (Mari Pajalahti, born 1979), Finnish music group Kwan * Bourama Mariko (born 1979), a Malian judoka * Oumar Mariko (born 1959), a Malian doctor and politician * Mariko (given name) is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings in Japanese The name ''Mariko'' can be written using various ''kanji'' characters, each of which has a different meaning, such as the following: * , "ball" + "child" * , "truth" + "child" * , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Gerini
Claudia Gerini (; born 18 December 1971) is an Italian actress and singer. Life and career Born in Rome, Gerini won the National Competition of Miss Teenager in 1985. She got her first part in a film, ''La ballata di Eva'', at 14. She subsequently played in ''Ciao mà'', ''Roba da ricchi'' and ''Night Club'', by Sergio Corbucci, and many others. At 19 she worked for the popular TV show ''Non è la Rai'', a sort of academy with one hundred girls singing, dancing and gaming. Gerini's first major role was in ''Il padre e il figlio'', directed by Pasquale Pozzessere. She later moved to Paris to learn French for several months, travelling a lot between Italy and France without leaving off University. At 22 she returned to Italy and got a role as protagonist in ''Angelo e Beatrice'', a theatrical work by Francesco Apolloni (writer and director) presented on the stage at the Theater Coliseum in Rome, where director and actor Carlo Verdone noticed her. The encounter with Verdone prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yulian Vergov
Julian Emilianov Vergov ( bg, Юлиан Емилиянов Вергов; born 15 July 1970) is a Bulgarian actor. He is best known for starring in the drama series ''Glass Home'' (2010–2012), and the medical drama '' Stolen Life'' (2017–2019). Vergov made his acting debut in theatre, starring in Lilia Abadjieva's '' Romeo and Juliet'' at the Ivan Vazov National Theatre. He later began acting in films and has starred in numerous Bulgarian films, such as ''Seamstresses'' (2007), ''Mission London'' (2010), '' Directions'' (2017) and '' In the Heart of the Machine'' (2022), as well as appeared in several Hollywood productions, such as ''In Hell'' (2003), '' Until Death'' (2007), ''The Fourth Kind'' (2014), and '' Boyka: Undisputed'' (2017). Education Prior to acting, Vergov took four years of engineering studies. In 2001, he graduated from the Lyuben Groys Theatre College in Sofia, where he studied acting in the class of Professor Tzvetana Maneva. Career Vergov made his debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Perfectly Normal Family
''A Perfectly Normal Family'' is a 2020 Danish drama film directed by Malou Reymann and starring Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Neel Rønholt, Kaya Toft Loholt and Rigmor Ranthe. The film premiered at the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam, before releasing in Denmark on 20 February 2020. Cast *Mikkel Boe Følsgaard as Thomas / Agnete *Kaya Toft Loholt as Emma *Rigmor Ranthe as Caroline *Neel Rønholt as Helle *Jessica Dinnage as Naja *Hadewych Minis as Petra *Tammi Øst as Vibeke *Kristian Halken as grandfather *Peter Zandersen as Peter *Omar Abdel-Galil as Youssef *Shireen Rasool Elahi Panah as Sofia *Wilfred Schandorff Worsøe as Casper Reception The film has rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Sophie Monks Kaufman of ''Empire'' awarded the film two stars out of five. Jay Weissberg of ''Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
