Maria Rosaria "Mara" Carfagna is an Italian politician and former showgirl and model. After obtaining a degree in law, Carfagna worked for several years on Italian television shows and as a model. She later entered politics and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Forza Italia party in 2006. From 2008 to 2011, she served as Minister for Equal Opportunity in Berlusconi IV Cabinet. In 2018 she was elected vice president of the Chamber of Deputies. In 2021, she has become the Minister for the South and territorial cohesion in the cabinet presided by Mario Draghi.
Igort is an Italian comics artist, illustrator, script writer, and film director.
Dzi Croquettes is a 2009 Brazilian documentary film directed by Tatiana Issa and Raphael Alvarez about the dance and theater group of the same name.
Paolo Consorti is an Italian artist and film director.
Fabio Barcellandi is an Italian poet and translator.
Il Rosa Nudo is a 2013 Italian film written and directed by Giovanni Coda. The film was shot in Quartu Sant'Elena and Siliqua, in Sardinia, Italy. The Italian premiere took place during the 2013 edition of the Torino GLBT Film Festival - Da Sodoma a Hollywood.
The 71st annual Venice International Film Festival took place in Venice, Italy between 27 August to 6 September 2014. The festival opened with Alejandro G. Iñárritu's film Birdman, and closed with Ann Hui's drama film The Golden Era. Italian actress Luisa Ranieri hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Swedish film A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, directed by Roy Andersson, won the Golden Lion, and Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence won the Grand Jury Prize.
Egisto Nino Ceccatelli is an Italian photographer best known for his ethnographic work depicting people and cultures of various parts of the world.
Giovanni Coda is an Italian film director and photographer. He is the director of Il Rosa Nudo.
The 2015–16 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 107th in existence and 100th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.
Elodie Di Patrizi, known professionally as simply Elodie, is an Italian singer, actress and model. She first came to prominence as the runner-up of the fifteenth season of the show Amici di Maria De Filippi.
The Rabarama Skin Art Festival is an international festival dedicated to the promotion of artistic body painting, in the form known as "Skin Art". Begun in 2014, the festival is held every year in Italy from May to October, with selections in various Italian cities. The final event was held in Merano (BZ) in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The festival is supported by a brand leader in professional cosmetics, by the artist Rabarama, and by various Italian municipalities. The international media partner is the body painting magazine "Skin MarkZ" (USA).
Alessandro "Alex" Palmieri is an Italian singer, songwriter, performer and LGBT activist. He reached media popularity thanks to internet activities and different TV programs. He released 1 Ep, 3 albums and 20 singles.
The Misunderstood Love is a 2013 Italian dramatic short film directed by Riccardo Di Gerlando.
Delia Vaccarello was an Italian journalist and writer, as well as an activist for LGBT rights. She conducted lectures regarding journalism in Bologna and Urbino, and edited columns in the national periodical press related to anti-discrimination issues. A self-declared lesbian, in 2005, she collaborated on a project in the municipality of Venice for citizen education regarding homophobia. For Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, she curated a multi-volume anthology on love between women, the Principesse azzurre.
Stellantis Heritage is a department established to protect and promote the historic legacy –both automotive and archival– of the Italian brands Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia and Abarth. It was founded in Torino in 2015 to coordinate all the activities which, up to that moment, had been conducted individually by the brands to promote their historical and cultural heritage.
Giovanni Lo Storto is the General Manager of Luiss Guido Carli University.
Silvana Grasso is an Italian writer.
Giovanni Enrico Morassutti is an Italian actor, director, artist, writer and cultural entrepreneur. Since 2001 he has appeared in more than thirty films including independent films, international films, and prime time TV. He is most known for having deepened the study of the Strasberg's Method and for his involvement in sustainable practice in the arts, being the founder of Art Aia - Creatives In Residence.
Shigeaki Sugeta is a Japanese linguist. Emeritus professor of General, Romance and Italian Linguistics at the University of Waseda, and now advisor to the Institute of Italian Studies of the same university, is the author of the first ever Sardinian-Japanese vocabulary.
