Gianni Amelio is an Italian film director.
Valeria Golino is an Italian actress and film director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in Rain Man, Big Top Pee-wee, and the two Hot Shots! films. In addition to David di Donatello, Silver Ribbon, Golden Ciak and Italian Golden Globe awards, she is one of four actresses to have twice won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival.
The Golden Lion is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguished prizes. In 1970, a second Golden Lion was introduced; this is an honorary award for people who have made an important contribution to cinema.
Giovanna Mezzogiorno is an Italian theatre and film actress.
Il divo is a 2008 Italian biographical drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is based on the figure of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. It competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, where it was awarded the Jury Prize. The film also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Makeup at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010.
Stephen Amidon is an American author and critic.
The Golden Leopard is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to be entered in the competitive selection. The winning films are chosen by a jury. The award went under many names until it was named the Golden Leopard in 1968. The festival was not held in 1951 and the prize was not awarded in 1956 and 1982. As of 2009 René Clair and Jiří Trnka are the only two directors to have won the award twice, both of them winning in consecutive years.
Caterina Vertova is an Italian actress. She studied in London and in Paris, as well as at the Actors Studio in New York City.
Luca Marinelli is an Italian actor.
Blasco Giurato was an Italian cinematographer.
Sara Serraiocco is an Italian actress, best known for playing Baldwin in the TV series Counterpart.
Ilenia Pastorelli is an Italian actress. In 2016, she made her film acting debut with They Call Me Jeeg, for which she was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Actress award.
The 75th Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 8 September 2018.
Lorenzo Soria was an Argentine-Italian journalist and executive who served as the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for three terms.
Ernesto Gismondi was an Italian designer, founder of Artemide. Gismondi was best known for designing light fixtures.
The 78th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 2021.
Mohammad Phaim Bhuiyan is an Italian actor, producer, director, and filmmaker.
The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement is an award given at the Venice Film Festival. It is awarded to directors, actors and other personalities from the world of cinema who have distinguished themselves in the art. Among the winners are Charlie Chaplin, Manoel de Oliveira, Stanley Kubrick, Alida Valli, Sophia Loren and many other figures of international film. It joins the Golden Lion, the festival's highest prize, which is instead awarded to a film in competition.
