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Honor to Ferzan Ozpetek, one of the most important authors of contemporary cinema. The awards will be presented at the Hollywood TLC Chinese Theater (March 5-11) during the classic kermesse promoted by the Capri in the World Institute with the support of the Dg Cinema and Audiovisual of the Ministry of Culture and Intesa Sanpaolo, which on the eve of Oscar night promotes cinema and Italian excellence.

“Turkish by sintomasdelsida.org birth and an Italian citizen, currently working on ‘New Olympus’. The fourteenth film that will bring him to Netflix for the first time.” announces Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Bobby Moresco, honorary president of the festival. ”Together with Ferzan Ozpetek, we will celebrate the very talented Frank Grillo, the protagonist of my ‘Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend” concludes Moresco, who after success in the U.S. sees his work at the top of viewings in Italy on Amazon Prime.

Moreover, Other highlights of L.A., Italy 2023 include the Legend Award to Liliana Cavani on March 5. In addition, March 6 will be a day dedicated to Lina Wertmuller and Giancarlo Giannini with screenings of their most beloved films. The first woman director in history to be nominated for an Academy Award. She was honored in 2019 with a Lifetime Achievement Oscar and a star on the Walk of fame.

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L'articolo ITALIAN DIRECTOR FERZAN OZPETEK RECEIVED 2023 “L.A. ITALIA EXCELLENCE AWARD” proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.

Celebrating also her friend-actor Giancarlo Giannini, popular “Pasqualino Seventbeauties’ beloved by Americans and many global auteurs who have cast him in international films over the years.

Announcing the appointment is Tony Renis, honorary president of “L.A., Italy,” now a classic kermesse on the eve of Oscar night (March 5-11), promoted by the Capri in the World Institute with the support of the Dg Cinema of the Ministry of Culture, Intesa Sanpaolo and the patronage of MAECI, the Consulate General and the Italian Cultural Institute.
“Lina and Giancarlo are two icons of Italian culture in the world and their collaboration made the history of the seventh art. It was fitting to dedicate a shared tribute to them in the heart of Hollywood at the resumption of the Festival after complicated years.”

Scheduled in the marathon-tribute will be works such as ‘Mimì Metallurgico ferito nell’onore,’ ‘Film d’Amore e di Anarchia,’ ‘Travolti da un insolito destino’ and ‘Pasqualino Settebellezze,’ an Oscar nomination for the director, to Giannini best actor, for a total of 4.

In the broader program of Wertmuller’s films, ‘Ferdinando e Carolina,’ a tribute to Naples, a city to which she was very close and which awarded her honorary citizenship, will also be offered. Also on the board of ‘L.A., Italy 2022’ with Tony Renis and chairman Bobby Moresco (Oscar winner for Crash) are producers Mark and Dorothy Canton, Marina Cicogna, Franco Nero, Oscar winners Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo and Alessandro Bertolazzi, and former Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs.

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L'articolo WERTMULLER AND GIANNINI DAY AT 18th EDITION OF LOS ANGELES ITALIA proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.