LOS ANGELES, April 18 – Directors Edoardo Ponti (“The Life Ahead”) and Filippo Meneghetti (“Two of us,”) will be assigned the “L.A. Italia Excellence Award” at the 16th edition of the Los Angeles, Italia – Film, Fashion and Art Festival, the prominent and sought-after showcase of Italian culture traditionally preceding the Oscars. This year the festival is scheduled from April 18 to 24.
“These two Italian world renowned filmmakers incarnate the quintessential Italian excellence rich with outstanding creativity and sensitivity. Their artistic talent transcends all geographic boundaries” – declared Marina Cicogna for L.A., Italia.
Ponti’s movie “The Life Ahead” starring the director’s mother Sophia Loren, has recently earned a Golden Globe to Laura Pausini, Diane Warren and Niccolò Agliardi for the original song “Io sì (Seen).” written with Diane Warren and Niccolò’ Agliardi.
“Two of us,” the directorial feature film debut for Meneghetti, an Italian director with an international background, is running for the Academy Awards; the French movie has been shortlisted in the category Best Foreign Film.
Los Angeles, Italia 2021 is dedicated to the late Maestro Ennio Morricone, who was awarded by the Festival in 2007 and who, in 2016, received a well-deserved star on the Walk of Fame by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. The tribute to Morricone will open the section “The Italian Masters” in the forthcoming edition of the much anticipated festival.
La Italia is an Italian film and audiovisual happening produced by Pascal Vicedomini and promoted by the Institute Capri in the world; the event establishes an ideal bridge with the festival Capri, Hollywood that last December celebrated a quarter of century and honored Sophia Loren for her amazing performance in “The Life Ahead.”
Los Angeles, Italia enjoys the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture (Direction General Cinema and Audiovisual) as well as the participation of Intesa Sanpaolo, Rai Cinema, Rai Com, Rainbow, Medusa, Iervolino Entertainment and Isaia, The Italian Consulate General, Ice and the Italian Institute of Culture.

L'articolo DIRECTOR EDOARDO PONTI RECEIVED “2021 LA, ITALIA EXCELLENCE AWARD” AT TCL CHINESE 6 THEATRES ON APRIL 18th proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.

“L’UOMO CHE VENDEVA LA SUA PELLE” DIR. IL REGISTA TUNISINO KAOUTHER BEN HANIA, CON MONICA BELLUCCI, SARÀ PRESENTATO LUNEDI 19 APRILE A LOS ANGELES, ITALIA.

La stella di Monica Bellucci brillerà ancora una volta a Hollywood alla vigilia degli Oscar nel corso del 16.mo Los Angeles Italia Festival . L’attrice è tra le protagoniste del film ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’ della regista tunisina Kaouther Ben Hania che verrà presentato, proprio in onore della Bellucci, all’indomani dell’inaugurazione della kermesse domenica 18 aprile. Opera entrata in cinquina nella categoria “Best International Film” (spuntandola nel duello con l’italiano ‘Notturno’ di Gianfranco Rosi).
Già premiato a Venezia Orizzonti per la Miglior interpretazione maschile a Yahya Mahayni e successivamente col premio per l’inclusione Edipo Re, ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’ propone Monica Bellucci nel ruolo dell’altera Soraya in un contesto di ‘artisti contemporanei’ e di rifugiati politici. Il protagonista del film, dunque, è un giovane siriano che fugge nel Libano e sogna l’ Europa.
”Una Bellucci particolarmente intensa porta quest’anno agli Oscar il fascino femminile dell’Italia cinematografica che purtroppo soffre per la mancata nomination alla leggendaria Sophia Loren per ‘La vita davanti a sé'” sostiene Marina Cicogna, co-fondatrice di L.A., Italia che aggiunge “Ed il nostro Festival dà spazio ad un film prezioso, originale, diretto da una pluripremiata autrice tunisina, che vogliamo premiare per aver fortemente voluto nel cast la nostra Monica”.
Nel corso della giornata inaugurale della manifestazione l’omaggio a Ennio Morricone, il premio a Diane Warren, Laura Pausini e Nicolò Agliardi per la miglior canzone dell’anno ‘Io si – Seen’ proprio dal film di Edoardo Ponti, la ribalta per Matteo Garrone e la sua squadra di ‘Pinocchio’ (doppia nomination agli Oscar per i costumi di Massimo Cantini Parrini e per il make-up di Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli e Francesco Pegoretti) e i premi ai registi Filippo Meneghetti (per Due, film di produzione francese) e Marco Pontecorvo per ‘Fatima’ con Harvey Keitel. Giunto alla sedicesima edizione, promosso con il Mic (Dg Cinema) e Intesa Sanpaolo, il festival fondato e prodotto da Pascal Vicedomini, è promosso dall’Istituto Capri nel mondo anche con il patrocinio del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e la partecipazione di Rai Cinema, Rai Com, Rainbow, Medusa, Iervolino Entertainment, Isaia, nonché del Consolato Generale d’Italia a L.A., l’Ice e l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles.

L'articolo OSCAR® NOMINATED “THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN” DIR. TUNISIAN DIRECTOR KAOUTHER BEN HANIA STARRING MONICA BELLUCCI RECEIVED “2021 LA, ITALIA EXCELLENCE AWARD” proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.

”Laura Pausini is already a national idol and is a celebrated artist all over the world. Diane Warren is a global legend, with a career punctuated by acknowledgments inclusive of twelve Academy Awards nominations. When they joined forces they literally generated a magical and poetic song that strikes a chord with audiences all around the world, ” declared Tony Renis, a Golden Globe winner and Oscar-nominated music composer serving as L.A., Italia Festival co-chairing along with producer Andrea Iervolino and Oscar winner Nick Vallelonga. “On April 25,” added Renis, “we’ll be supporting Diane and Laura, hoping that they will avenge Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion, and myself for a prize we failed to win – though we’d gotten very close to victory with my song ‘The Prayer’ (1999).”

“Io Sì (Seen)” is a song produced for Atlantic Warner by Greg Wells, a long-time collaborator of such music stars like Elton John and Celine Dion. The song is executive produced by music legend, Bonnie Greenberg.

Access to screenings at the Hollywood Chinese 6 Theatres for L.A., Italia 2021 will be free of charge (maximum 100 people, with reservation trough the website losangelesitalia.com) as well all the screenings on Eventive.org and Mymovies.it. Seminars and award giving ceremonies also can be followed on YouTube and social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter).

The Festival, sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affaires and the Italian Ministry of Culture in association with Intesa Sanpaolo, Rai Italia, Iervolino Entertainment, Minerva Pictures, Rai Com, Rai Cinema, Movietaly, Rainbow, Isaia as well as the Anica, Apa, Italian Trade Commission, the Italian Consulate General and the Italian Institute of Culture in Los Angeles, has become a metaphorical bridge between two cultures and two industries.

The Festival, sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affaires and the Italian Ministry of Culture in association with Intesa Sanpaolo, Rai Italia, Iervolino Entertainment, Minerva Pictures, Rai Com, Rai Cinema, Movietaly, Rainbow, Isaia as well as the Anica, Apa, Italian Trade Commission, the Italian Consulate General and the Italian Institute of Culture in Los Angeles, has become a metaphorical bridge between two cultures and two industries. 

L'articolo DIANE WARREN AND LAURA PAUSINI HONORED WITH “MASTER IN MUSIC AWARD” AT L.A., ITALIA 2021 THE OSCAR NOMINATED ARTISTS FETED ON THE OPENING NIGHT, SUNDAY APRIL 18 proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.