Chairman director Paul Haggis, Tony Renis the music section will Ischia the jazz musician Eric Lewis that Obama has called to play at the White House, along with Cristiano De Andrè, Stefano Di Battista, Enzo Avitabile, Tony Esposito and Tullio De Piscopo.
Film screenings will be held for a week in the bay of the Queen Isabella at Lacco Ameno (created by Angelo Rizzoli) , on a super screen on the sea, the resort.
On July 18 there will be an homage night to Federico Fellini, with a full anticipation of the imminent blockbuster "Nine" by Rob Marshall, while scrolling the images of "8 ½."
Very well represented at the festival the Italian cinema will be represented by Pupi Avati, Citto Maselli (which is working to revitalize the museum house of Visconti in Forio) by Enzo G. Castellari to Fausto Brizzi, from Bud Spencer, to which the actress Lindsay Lohan will deliver a career prize.
The host country this year is South Africa with a tribute to Mandela on his 91 years.