Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni, better known as Raffaella Carrà, was an Italian singer, dancer, television presenter, actress and model. Considered a pop culture icon in Europe and Latin America, between the 1970s and 1980s she became a pioneer of feminism and women's sexual freedom in the television and music industry, as well as an LGBT icon and an icon of fashion and design.
Riccardo Cocciante, also known in French-speaking countries and the United States as Richard Cocciante, is an Italian and French singer and songwriter.
Iva Zanicchi is an Italian pop singer and politician. She has a mezzo-soprano voice and is nick-named by the press as "Eagle of Ligonchio".
Francesco Benigno, is an Italian actor, director, singer and television personality.
Daniela Miglietta, known by her stage name Mietta, is an Italian singer, actress and novelist. She has released 11 albums in total.
Paola Fabiana Ponce, known professionally as Lola Ponce, is an Argentine singer and actress.
Sentieri selvaggi is an Italian musical ensemble, specialising in contemporary music. Its name means "Wild Trails" in English.
The Mystery of Dante is a 2014 Italian independent film written and directed by Louis Nero that explores The Divine Comedy though a documentary-style look at the life and philosophy of Dante Alighieri.
How Strange to Be Named Federico is a 2013 documentary film directed by Ettore Scola. The film documents Scola's relationship with his friend and inspiration, film director Federico Fellini. Scola has described it as "the little portrait of a great man".
The filmography on immigration in Italy is a phenomenon started with the arrival of the first migratory flows in Italy, since the 1990s.
L'uomo perfetto is a 2005 Italian comedy film directed by Luca Lucini.
Andrea Segre is an Italian film director. He directed more than ten films since 2004.
Massimo Felisatti was an Italian novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and director.
Trieste Science+Fiction Festival was founded in 2000 under the name of Science plus Fiction by the Research and Experimentation Centre La Cappella Underground with the ambitious purpose of re-launching the Festival Internazionale del film di fantascienza, which had been held in the northern Italian city of Trieste in the years 1963–1982.
Il ritorno del Monnezza is a 2005 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina.
Natale da chef is a 2017 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti.
Dagmawi Yimer, is an Ethiopian-born Italian filmmaker. He is also the co-founder and vice president of the Archivio delle Memorie Migranti.
Daniela Padoan is an Italian writer, essayist, and documentary filmmaker. She won the 2005 Martoglio Prize for Journalism, and the 2006 Nonino Prize
Io e Spotty is a 2022 Italian comedy film directed by Cosimo Gomez.
Alessandro Triulzi is an Italian historian, Africanist and since 2011 Emeritus Professor of African History and former Vice Director of the African and Arab Studies Department at the Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" at Naples. He studied Political Science at the Sapienza University of Rome for a Master's degree in 1966 and obtained a PhD in History at Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois in 1981. Triulzi performed field work among the Ashanti people in Ghana (1969), and the Berta and Oromo people in Wallaga, West Ethiopia. He worked in Ethiopia, Sudan and Eritrea during 1970–1973, and again in Ethiopia during 1985–2005.
