The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Five" International film festivals worldwide, which include the Big Three European Film Festivals, alongside the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada and the Sundance Film Festival in the United States. These festivals are internationally renowned for giving creators the artistic freedom to express themselves through film. In 1951, FIAPF formally accredited the festival.
Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based in Gandhi Nagar, Bangalore. The 1934 film Sati Sulochana directed by Y. V. Rao was the first talkie film released in the Kannada language. It was also the first film starring Subbaiah Naidu and Tripuramba, and the first screened in the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom. It was produced by Chamanlal Doongaji, who in 1932 founded South India Movietone in Bangalore.
The Adelaide Film Festival is a film festival usually held for two weeks in mid-October in cinemas in Adelaide, South Australia. Originally presented biennially in March from 2003, since 2013 AFF has been held in October. Subject to funding, the festival has staged full or briefer events in alternating years; some form of event has taken place every year since 2015. From 2022 it takes place annually. It has a strong focus on local South Australian and Australian produced content, with the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund (AFFIF) established to fund investment in Australian films.
The FIAPF, created in 1933, is an organization composed with 36 member associations from 30 of the leading audiovisual production countries. Its Secretariat is located in Brussels, Belgium. FIAPF is also in charge of regulating international film festivals, including some of the world's most important ones.
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is an eleven-day film festival held in Santa Barbara, California in February annually, since 1986. The festival screens over 200 feature films and shorts from different countries and regions. SBIFF also includes celebrity tributes, industry panels and education programs.
Gisella Marengo is an italian actress and producer. Her acting portfolio includes roles in acclaimed projects such as "La sconosciuta," by Giuseppe Tornatore Third Person by Paul Haggis. Transitioning into production, Marengo produced projects such as "The Humbling," starring Al Pacino, Blackbird," featuring Susan Sarandon and Kate Winslet and the acclaimed documentary "Ennio" directed by in Giuseppe Tornatore.
Luca Guadagnino is an Italian film director and producer. His films are characterized by their emotional complexity, eroticism, and lavish visuals. Guadagnino has received numerous accolades, including a Silver Lion, alongside nominations for an Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards.
Alice Rohrwacher is an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter. She made her directorial debut with Heavenly Body (2011). She has since directed notable films such as The Wonders (2014), winner of the Grand Prix, Happy as Lazzaro (2018), which received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay, and La chimera (2023). Her short Le pupille (2022) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Sara Serraiocco is an Italian actress, best known for playing Baldwin in the TV series Counterpart.
Antonello Silverini is an Italian illustrator. He is the first illustrator awarded the MAM prize. He has collaborated with Il Sole 24 Ore, La Repubblica, Panorama, l'Espresso, The Boston Globe, The Economist and The Washington Post and has designed book covers for several novels including those of Ian McEwan for Einaudi and Philip K. Dick for Fanucci.
Lorenzo Muscoso is an Italian director, author and journalist.
Antonella Salvucci is an Italian actress and model.
Tigers is a 2020 international co-produced sports drama film written and directed by Ronnie Sandahl and based on the autobiography I skuggan av San Siro by Martin Bengtsson. It was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
The Hummingbird is a 2022 Italian drama film directed by Francesca Archibugi, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
Holiday is a 2023 Italian coming-of-age drama film directed and co-written by Edoardo Gabbriellini
Eravamo bambini is a 2023 Italian neo-noir drama film directed by Marco Martani, loosely based on the play Zero by Massimiliano Bruno. It premiered at the Rome Film Festival on 19 October 2023.
Bare Hands is a 2024 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Mancini, based on the novel of the same name by Paola Barbato. It premiered at the 19th Rome Film Festival on 23 October 2024.
The 19th Rome Film Festival opened on 16 October in the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome with the Italian biographical drama film The Great Ambition by Andrea Segre. Earlier the pre-opening film of the festival, Megalopolis, an American epic science fiction drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was screened on 14 October 2024, at the Cinecittà film studios. The event was streamed live to the Auditorium Parco della Musica's Sala Petrassi. Coppola was honoured at the screening and introduced the film in the presence of his granddaughter, Gia Coppola. Lino Guanciale an Italian actor hosted the opening ceremony. Viggo Mortensen and Johnny Depp were honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Awards. In the festival, an international competition featuring 18 titles hailing from 29 countries were presented.
The 18th Rome Film Festival took place from 18 to 29 October 2023 in the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome. The festival programme was unveiled by Gian Luca Farinelli, the chair of the Rome Cinema Foundation on 22 September 2023. It opened with There's Still Tomorrow the directorial debut film of Italian actress, screenwriter Paola Cortellesi.
The 17th Rome Film Festival took place from 13 to 23 October 2022 in the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome. It became a competitive festival from 2022. The festival programme was unveiled by Paola Malanga, the festival's new artistic director, on 22 September 2022. It opened with The Hummingbird by Francesca Archibugi, preceded by short film Luciano Pavarotti, la stella by Gianluigi Toccafondo.
