Mario Martone’s “Caravaggio” gets the ‘Asolo Grand Prix’ AwardGiulio Gianini gets the “Flavia Paulon” award for a significant career contribution Mario Martone’s “Caravaggio, the final years” is winner of the 24th AsoloArtFilmFestival that was held in Asolo from 5th – 12th November. Caravaggio, ‘fatally wounded in Naples’, finds a tragic but spirited vision of human existence in this city. The jury described it as a “brilliantly shot film that interprets the historic ...

The Ischia Film Festival, the film competition previously known as the Foreign Film Festival, is underway. This is the Festival which gives artistic recognition to Directors, Directors of Photography and Art Directors who through the locations they have chosen have promoted the culture and the locations of Italy and abroad.There are a lot of new events planned for the 2005 edition. Top of these is the new category of Production Photographs and there will be a special exhibition linked to this w...

TIME OF THE WRITER FESTIVAL“Top African writers for Durban festival”The 7th Time of the Writer Festival, one of the flagship projects of the Centre for Creative Arts, on the Durban campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, takes place this year from the 22 to 27 of March with readings, panel discussions and live music nightly at the Sneddon plus a range of day activities at other venues around the city. Challenging subjects, brilliant minds, colourful and engaging personalities from around ...