Production designer Dante Ferretti and set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo, recipients of two Academy Awards, and nominated this year in the category Art Direction for Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo”, will receive the L.A. ITALIA – Excellence Award 2012 during the 7° L.A. Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest to be held at the Hollywood Chinese Theatre from February 19th to 25th. The event, chaired this year by Italian filmmaker Pupi Avati, and taking place on the eve of the Oscar’s Night (schedu...
Acclaimed Italian film director Pupi Avati (Incantato, Giovanna’s Father) has been named Chairman of the 15th edition of “CAPRI, HOLLYWOOD 2010 - THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL” it has been announced by Pascal Vicedomini, producer of the highly respected gathering that celebrates cinematic art and the “made in Italy” cultural trademark. This year’s festival will take place December 27th through January 2nd 2011 at various locations on the Isle of Capri, Italy.The festival is jointl...
Christoph Waltz, Best actor in Cannes for ‘Inglourious Basterds' by Quentin Tarantino will attend the seventh Ischia Global Film & Music Fest, the summer event film world, which opens Sunday in Ischia 12 July with three Music superstars Sting, Andrea Bocelli and Zucchero. On their side the actresses Jacqueline Bisset and Elsa Pataki, directors Paul Haggis, Marc Forster, Francesca Archibugi and Dario Argento, the set designers Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, producers, Riccardo T...
Christoph Waltz, Best actor in Cannes for ‘Inglourious Basterds' by Quentin Tarantino will attend the seventh Ischia Global Film & Music Fest, the summer event film world, which opens Sunday in Ischia 12 July with three Music superstars Sting, Andrea Bocelli and Zucchero. On their side the actresses Jacqueline Bisset and Elsa Pataki, directors Paul Haggis, Marc Forster, Francesca Archibugi and Dario Argento, the set designers Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, producers, Riccardo Tozzi a...
the movies and the performers that more than others represent the values of dialogue and solidarity among men and people will be awarded with the TAU prize 2005. Jury presided by the famous Italian director Pupi Avati.
Film director Pupi Avati will be honored with a retrospective at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on the occasion of the “4th Los Angeles, Italia – Film, Fashion and Art Fest”, the “Made in Italy” and cinematic art event to be held in California from February 15th through 21st 2009 (on the eve of the Oscar Night ®). The announcement was made by the Chairman of the Istituto Capri nel Mondo Tony Petruzzi and by the director of the Italian Institute of Culture in Los Angeles, Mrs Frances...
TRUST to the 13th 2008 Faludi International Youth Film Fest and Photo CompetitionThe 13th Faludi International Youth Film Festival and Photo Competition that took place this weekend in Budapest seems to be growing one with the youth of the city it takes place in. Each year the festival is a place where young non-professionals and film students gather to showcase their art and indulge in the love of movie-making without the ostentatiousness of the professional industry. The festival’s objective...
The 6th edition of Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest, Italian Film Festival about horror cinema, will take place in Ravenna (Italy) from 28th October to 2nd November 2008 (Halloween period).Ravenna Nightmare will propose the International Competition For Feature Films (main event of the festival) and the European Competition for Short Films. And premieres & special events which will make Ravenna, for one week, Italian capital of horror cinema.Everybody who is interested in submitting a film (feature o...
Once Again (and for the 10th time) the beautiful island of Capri will host the Capri, Hollywood Film Festival: a great annual celebration of international cinema, to TAKE PLACE from December 27, 2005, to January 2, 2006. The Director General announced that this tenth anniversary edition of the event will be produced with the sponsorship of the Ministry of the Cultural Assets, the Campania Region and the Chamber of Commerce of Naples, with major contributions from RAI Trade, Cinecittà Holding,...
Cairo International Film Festival’s 28th Round Set To Take Place From 30 November To 10 DecemberItalian Director Pupi Avati Chosen to head Jury at 28th Cairo International Film Festival.Year after year, the Cairo Film Festival has exerted its utmost efforts to provide guests with the best possible experience in the country of the Pyramids and the Sphinx.Taking place in the middle of the Cairo autumn, this year our festival hopefully will shine bright, and be a ray of sunshine in a difficult ge...
Audiovisual Industry Promotion, the new body in charge for the foreign promotion of the Italian Film Industry and the organization of international film and audiovisual markets like the most celebrated Mifed in Milan, has officially been founded on December 10 in Milan by Pupi Avati (chairman of Cinecittà Holding) and Piergiacomo Ferrari (CEO for Fiera Milano Spa).Partners of the Company are Fiera Milano Spa (Milan Exhibition Centre hosting 70 exhibitions that annually attracts 4,5 million vi...
