Gianni Amelio is an Italian film director.
Gian Maria Volonté was an Italian actor and activist. He is best known for his roles in four Spaghetti Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (1964), El Indio in Leone's For a Few Dollars More (1965), El Chuncho Munoz in Damiano Damiani's A Bullet for the General (1966) and Professor Brad Fletcher in Sergio Sollima's Face to Face (1967).
Ferzan Özpetek is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy.
Sergio Castellitto is an Italian film director, actor, and screenwriter.
The Young Cinema Award is a film award given at the Venice Film Festival. The motto of the award is "Spirit of time: a look to the present". The jury consists of one hundred 18- to 25-year-olds from different countries, such as France, Canada, Poland, Hungary, and Italy. The 2016 edition gathered French, Tunisian, and Italian young people.
Ferragosto is a public holiday celebrated on 15 August in all of Italy. It originates from Feriae Augusti, the festival of Emperor Augustus, who made 1 August a day of rest after weeks of hard work on the agricultural sector. It became a custom for the workers to wish their employers buon Ferragosto and receive a monetary bonus in return. This became law during the Roman Renaissance throughout the Papal States. As the festivity was created for political reasons, the Catholic Church decided to move the festivity to 15 August, which is the Assumption of Mary allowing them to include this in the festivity.
Giovanna Ralli,, is an Italian stage, film and television actress.
The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.
Nanni Loy was an Italian film, theatre and TV director. Specifically, Nanni Loy was Sardinian, and one of several notable Sardinian film makers, including Franco Solinas.
Paolo Virzì is an Italian film director, writer and producer.
Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker.
The Bratislava International Film Festival is an international film festival established in 1999 and held annually in Bratislava, Slovakia.
The 65th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was opened on 27 August 2008 by Burn After Reading, and closed on 6 September 2008. International competition jury, led by Wim Wenders, awarded Golden Lion to The Wrestler, directed by Darren Aronofsky.
Christian Filippella is an Emmy Award Nominated and winning producer, cinematographer and director, current active member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS/NATAS).
The 22nd European Film Awards were presented on 12 December 2009, in Bochum, Germany.
The Salt of Life is the second film from writer/director/actor Gianni Di Gregorio, who began his directorial career with 2008’s Mid-August Lunch.
Gianni Di Gregorio is an Italian director, screenwriter and actor.
Vivo Film, established in Rome at the beginning of 2004 by Gregorio Paonessa and Marta Donzelli, is an Italian independent production company for art-house films.
Four Mothers is an upcoming Irish comedy film, co-written and directed by Darren Thornton, co-written by Colin Thornton, and starring James McArdle and Fionnula Flanagan. It is an Irish-set, English-language adaptation of Mid-August Lunch (2008) directed by Gianni Di Gregorio.
Massimo Gaudioso is an Italian screenwriter, film director, and occasional actor, best known for his professional association with Matteo Garrone.
