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Venice 77: Barbera, Del Brocco is the jury

2020-09-13T09:44:06.260Z


Exhibition Director, "unjust, useless and ineffective controversy" (ANSA)"When Paolo Del Brocco will compose the jury we will see": in the middle of the final press conference of Venice 77, the director Alberto Barbera, after having declared "serenity" and "happiness" for the exhibition, visibly irritated, intervenes on the controversy of 'CEO of Rai Cinema Del Brocco, widely reported by the newspapers today, on the "disappointment" for Italian cinema, in particular fo


"When Paolo Del Brocco will compose the jury we will see": in the middle of the final press conference of Venice 77, the director Alberto Barbera, after having declared "serenity" and "happiness" for the exhibition, visibly irritated, intervenes on the controversy of 'CEO of Rai Cinema Del Brocco, widely reported by the newspapers today, on the "disappointment" for Italian cinema, in particular for Gianfranco Rosi's Notturno, not considered in the verdict.

"It is a useless, unjust, ineffective controversy - he tells ANSA -, every time it is a script that repeats itself, there is always discontent. The jury is made up of 7 people who express subjective judgments, there is nothing objective in a verdict ".

"Although we are aware that the verdicts of the juries must be accepted with serenity - said Paolo Del Brocco - we cannot help but be disappointed and a little disappointed because the three films co-produced by Rai Cinema present in the official competition -" Miss Marx "by Susanna Nicchiarelli, "Notturno" by Gianfranco Rosi and "Le sorelle Macaluso" by Emma Dante - were not considered as perhaps they deserved ".

"In particular, I regret that the work of Gianfranco Rosi, the only exceptionally invited to participate in major international festivals - from Toronto to New York and Telluride, to the London Film Festival, to Tokyo and Busan - welcomed the public with 10 minutes of applause, and the almost unanimous approval of the critics and the press of the most prestigious international and Italian newspapers, failed to reach the heart of this jury whose composition probably did not include all the different forms of cinema ".

"Thanks to the Festival, to the president of the Biennale Roberto Cicutto and to the director Alberto Barbera for having challenged fears, in this truly unique year, and having brought to completion with a timely organization and in total safety a complex event like an international festival. This edition of the Festival - underlines the CEO of Rai Cinema Paolo Del Brocco in a note - will remain a positive example all over the world and we are pleased to have contributed significantly to its success - thanks to the quantity (eighteen titles) and to the quality of our films - to send a strong signal of confidence for the restart of the whole cinema ".

"We are happy for the award for Pietro Castellitto's film" I predatori ", an important recognition for a young director at his first rehearsal that encourages him to continue on his path. An award that also pushes Rai Cinema to continue investing energy and resources in support of the new Italian cinema ", he says again.

"On the other hand, although we are aware that the verdicts of the juries must be accepted with serenity, we cannot but be disappointed and a little disappointed because the three films co-produced by Rai Cinema present in the official competition -" Miss Marx "by Susanna Nicchiarelli," Notturno " by Gianfranco Rosi and "Le sorelle Macaluso" by Emma Dante - were not considered as they perhaps deserved. Three very different works, each with a well-defined style and identity and its own strong, original and authentic voice, as it is. been widely recognized by Italian and international critics ", he notes.

"In particular, I regret that the work of Gianfranco Rosi, the only exceptionally invited to participate in major international festivals - from Toronto to New York and Telluride, to the London Film Festival, to Tokyo and Busan - welcomed the public with 10 minutes of applause, and the almost unanimous approval of the critics and the press of the most prestigious international and Italian newspapers, failed to reach the heart of this jury whose composition probably did not include all the different forms of cinema ".

"Finally, our congratulations to Pierfrancesco Favino, an extraordinary actor who has always been in our hearts", concludes Del Brocco. 

Source: ansa

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