Apple TV+ has picked up a drama from Peaky Blinders‘ scribe Steven Knight that tracks the life of driver and entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari. The drama, to be titled Ferrari, is being directed by Suburra’s Stefano Sollima and is being produced by Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle’s The Apartment Pictures, in co-production with Nicola Giuliano for Indigo Film....
READ MOREThe big names of Italian cinema, as well as the city of Naples, triumphed at the 2022 edition of the Nastri d’Argento awards, handed out every year by the SNGCI, with Paolo Sorrentino and Mario Martone receiving the most votes from Italian film journalists. At the awards ceremony, held last night at the MAXXI in Rome, The Hand of God [+] collected...
READ MOREPaolo Sorrentino’s Oscar-nominated autobiographical drama “The Hand of God” took top honors at Italy’s 67th David di Donatello Awards, winning best picture, director, supporting actress and tying for the best cinematography statuette. Sorrentino’s Naples-set film about the personal tragedy and other vicissitudes that drove him to become a top notch...
READ MOREPaolo Sorrentino's E' Stata la Mano di Dio and Gabriele Mainetti's Freaks Out each got 16 nominations for the Italian Oscars, the David di Donatello awards, as the nominations were announced on Monday. They were followed by Qui Rido Io with 14, and Ariaferma and Diabolik with 11 each. The best film nods went to E' Stata la Mano di Dio, Freaks Out,...
READ MOREFriday, March 25, 2022. From 6:00 pm To 7:00 pm PT. Organized by Consulate General of Italy and Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles in collaboration with Los Angeles Italia Film Festival. Free registration required. The Los Angeles, Italia" Film Festival comes back to LA to highlight Italy's longstanding cinematic, lifestyle and artistic legacy...
READ MOREFor Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, scoring the second Oscar nomination of his career this year helped ease some of his lingering insecurities as a filmmaker. “This really makes me happy and proud,” Sorrentino, whose movie “The Hand of God” is up for a best international feature at this month’s Academy Awards, said in an interview. “If the first...
READ MOREThe upcoming Los Angeles-Italia Film Fashion and Art Festival will be honoring Italian directors Paolo Sorrentino (“The Hand of God”) and Enrico Casarosa (“Luca”) as well as costume-designer Massimo Cantini Parrini (“Cyrano”) all of whom have scored nominations for the upcoming Academy Awards. The 17th edition of the pre-Oscars event will be held M...
READ MOREPaolo Sorrentino is undoubtedly one of the major Italian directors currently in business, who also stands out for being an actor, producer, screenwriter and writer, and is the winner of a Golden Globe, four European FilmAwards, five David di Donatello and eight Nastri d’argento. Born in Naples in 1970, Sorrentino soon became an orphan, and began wo...
READ MOREHe did it again. Just 7 years after the victorious trip to Los Angeles for The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino is back competing for an award. The Hand of God is in fact nominated for the 2022 Oscars for Best Foreign Film. Sorrentino has a stunning ability to center the events of his movies in certain locations, making the audience fall in love with...
READ MOREThe Hand of God by Italian film director Paolo Sorrentino has been nominated for an Oscar, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday. The coming-of-age film, whose original Italian title is È stata la mano di Dio, is now among the five hopefuls vying for a prize in the academy's best international feature movie category....
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