Italian production designer Paolo Comencini, whose recent credits include the box office hit There’s Still Tomorrow, will be feted with the Campari Passion for Film Award at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.
The ceremony will take place on September 6 to be followed by the Out of Competition screening of Il Tempo Che Ci Vuole by the production designer’s sister Francesca Comencini, which features the production designer’s work.
The father and daughter drama, starring Fabrizio Gifuni and Romana Maggiora Vergano, takes inspiration from their father, the iconic director Luigi Comencini.
Having cut her cinema teeth as an intern on Billy Wilder in Italy, Avanti! in 1978, Comencini began working with her father, before branching out into productions by her sisters and other directors.
Comencini’s more than production designer 50 credits include Michele Placido’s award-winning film Romanzo Criminale for which she received the David di...
The ceremony will take place on September 6 to be followed by the Out of Competition screening of Il Tempo Che Ci Vuole by the production designer’s sister Francesca Comencini, which features the production designer’s work.
The father and daughter drama, starring Fabrizio Gifuni and Romana Maggiora Vergano, takes inspiration from their father, the iconic director Luigi Comencini.
Having cut her cinema teeth as an intern on Billy Wilder in Italy, Avanti! in 1978, Comencini began working with her father, before branching out into productions by her sisters and other directors.
Comencini’s more than production designer 50 credits include Michele Placido’s award-winning film Romanzo Criminale for which she received the David di...
- 8/7/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The collection “Let's make it weird: Laughing with Italian Comedies” is now showing exclusively on Mubi.Most of us have experienced the joys of watching Italian cinema—not least of which is the delight of laughing at Italian comedies. In the second season of Mubi Podcast: Voci Italiane Contemporanee, we explore how Italian comedy has changed since the days of classic postwar “Commedia all’Italiana,” tracking the evolution of the genre to explore what makes us laugh today and why. Our guide is comedian and cinephile Saverio Raimondo, who has conducted five conversations with contemporary filmmakers, critics, and stand-up comedians. This episode features Paola Minaccioni:Does contemporary social awareness and sensitivity change the way we watch the films of Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli and Carlo Vanzina? Might we now perceive that these Italian comedy masterpieces are sexist?We discuss these questions with Paola Minaccioni, one of the leading authorities on Italian comedy,...
- 8/1/2024
- MUBI
Italian production designer Tonino Zera, whose credits include Roman Polanski’s upcoming drama The Palace, will be feted with the Campari Passion Award at the 80th edition of Venice Film Festival, running from August 30 to September 9.
The prize, which was launched at the 75th Venice Film Festival, pays tribute to cinema crafts professionals who have made a “remarkable contribution” to the films on which they have worked.
Previous recipients span U.S. film editor Bob Murawski, Italian cinematographer Luca Bigazzi, U.S. jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, UK production designer Marcus Rowland, and U.S. artist and costume designer Arianne Phillips.
Zera will be presented with the award on September 2 ahead of the Out of Competition world premiere of The Palace in the Sala Grande.
“To receive the prestigious Campari Passion for Film Award during the Venice Film Festival is not only a personal honor, it is also a...
The prize, which was launched at the 75th Venice Film Festival, pays tribute to cinema crafts professionals who have made a “remarkable contribution” to the films on which they have worked.
Previous recipients span U.S. film editor Bob Murawski, Italian cinematographer Luca Bigazzi, U.S. jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, UK production designer Marcus Rowland, and U.S. artist and costume designer Arianne Phillips.
Zera will be presented with the award on September 2 ahead of the Out of Competition world premiere of The Palace in the Sala Grande.
“To receive the prestigious Campari Passion for Film Award during the Venice Film Festival is not only a personal honor, it is also a...
- 8/10/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
[This piece was co-written with Gian Giacomo Petrone.]
[This October is "Gialloween" on Daily Dead, as we celebrate the Halloween season by diving into the macabre mysteries, creepy kills, and eccentric characters found in some of our favorite giallo films! Keep checking back on Daily Dead this month for more retrospectives on classic, cult, and altogether unforgettable gialli, and visit our online hub to catch up on all of our Gialloween special features!]
"The old dies and the new cannot be born: in this interregnum, the most diverse and morbid phenomena occur."
In this maxim penned by Italian Marxist theorist, writer, and politician Antonio Gramsci, depleted of its penetrating political significance, but not of its universal character, lies a stringent and clarifying reading of that pre-eminent period of popular Italian cinema, between the end of the ’70s and the beginning of the ’80s. A short history of this irreversible crisis finds a first turning point in the Year of Grace 1974, and specifically in the Constitutional Court ruling 225, which authorized cable broadcasting for private companies; a second judgment, no. 202 in 1976, also of the Constitutional Court, will sanction the first liberalization of the ether, albeit only on a local level. In this context it is not obviously essential to examine the entire recent history of Italian television, with the allocation of Rai to the three...
[This October is "Gialloween" on Daily Dead, as we celebrate the Halloween season by diving into the macabre mysteries, creepy kills, and eccentric characters found in some of our favorite giallo films! Keep checking back on Daily Dead this month for more retrospectives on classic, cult, and altogether unforgettable gialli, and visit our online hub to catch up on all of our Gialloween special features!]
"The old dies and the new cannot be born: in this interregnum, the most diverse and morbid phenomena occur."
In this maxim penned by Italian Marxist theorist, writer, and politician Antonio Gramsci, depleted of its penetrating political significance, but not of its universal character, lies a stringent and clarifying reading of that pre-eminent period of popular Italian cinema, between the end of the ’70s and the beginning of the ’80s. A short history of this irreversible crisis finds a first turning point in the Year of Grace 1974, and specifically in the Constitutional Court ruling 225, which authorized cable broadcasting for private companies; a second judgment, no. 202 in 1976, also of the Constitutional Court, will sanction the first liberalization of the ether, albeit only on a local level. In this context it is not obviously essential to examine the entire recent history of Italian television, with the allocation of Rai to the three...
- 10/30/2020
- by Eugenio Ercolani
- DailyDead
Matteo Garrone’s gritty revenge drama “Dogman” was the big winner at Italy’s 63rd David di Donatello Awards, the country’s equivalent of the Oscars, taking home nine trophies Wednesday night from a field-beating 15 nominations.
Somewhat surprisingly, however, the sweep did not include a best-actor prize for Marcello Fonte, who had previously won that accolade at Cannes, where “Dogman” premiered, and more recently at the European Film Awards.
“Directing is important…but without great actors you don’t go anywhere,” said Garrone, who thanked Fonte and brought him up onstage.
“I started writing this movie 12 years ago,” Garrone added. “Then, while I was waiting to shoot ‘Pinocchio,’ I actually made it, and the result has gone beyond my expectations.”
Luca Guadagnino’s coming-of-age love story “Call Me by Your Name,” which went into the race with 13 nominations, left relatively empty-handed, winning awards for best adapted screenplay and original song.
Somewhat surprisingly, however, the sweep did not include a best-actor prize for Marcello Fonte, who had previously won that accolade at Cannes, where “Dogman” premiered, and more recently at the European Film Awards.
“Directing is important…but without great actors you don’t go anywhere,” said Garrone, who thanked Fonte and brought him up onstage.
“I started writing this movie 12 years ago,” Garrone added. “Then, while I was waiting to shoot ‘Pinocchio,’ I actually made it, and the result has gone beyond my expectations.”
Luca Guadagnino’s coming-of-age love story “Call Me by Your Name,” which went into the race with 13 nominations, left relatively empty-handed, winning awards for best adapted screenplay and original song.
- 3/28/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Jury includes Italian producers Martha de Laurentiis, Adriana Chiesa Di Palma.
The competition jury of the 64th Taormina Film Festival will be led by Italian producers Martha de Laurentiis, Donatella Palermo, Eleonora Granata, and Adriana Chiesa Di Palma, and actor -director -producer Maria Grazia Cucinotta.
The festival will take place from July 14-20 in Sicily.
International titles screening in competition include Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace, Dario Pleic’s Home and Andrzej Jakimowski’s Once Upon A Time In November. The main selection also includes world premieres of new Italian features by Nino Monteleone (Be Kind), Cristiano Anania and...
The competition jury of the 64th Taormina Film Festival will be led by Italian producers Martha de Laurentiis, Donatella Palermo, Eleonora Granata, and Adriana Chiesa Di Palma, and actor -director -producer Maria Grazia Cucinotta.
The festival will take place from July 14-20 in Sicily.
International titles screening in competition include Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace, Dario Pleic’s Home and Andrzej Jakimowski’s Once Upon A Time In November. The main selection also includes world premieres of new Italian features by Nino Monteleone (Be Kind), Cristiano Anania and...
- 7/11/2018
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Warners, Vanzina Brothers ink pact
Warner Bros. Pictures Italy said Thursday that it has inked a three-picture deal with the Vanzina Brothers and their International Video 80 production company. The films will be directed by Carlo Vanzina, with writing duties being shared with brother Enrico Vanzina. Warner Bros. Pictures International will hold all worldwide distribution rights. The pact marks the second collaboration between Warner Bros. and the Vanzina brothers, with their first being Febbre da Cavallo -- La Mandrakata.
- 6/4/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cecchi Gori bounces back with two new productions
ROME -- After a two-year hiatus because of financial woes, Italy's Cecchi Gori Group is back in action, with several new production projects percolating. The family-owned company, which until three years ago dominated the Italian market, is in the early stages of development on at least two new features -- one by local comic actor-director Carlo Verdone (It Can't Be Our Fault) and the other by veteran comedy director Carlo Vanzina (Kensington Park), Verdone and Vanzina reported Tuesday. In the past few months, Cecchi Gori was believed to be teetering on the brink of bankruptcy after several bad management moves caused debt to spiral out of control, reportedly to more than $500 million.
- 4/23/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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