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Taormina Festival restarts between genres and Black Woodstock

2021-06-19T03:52:01.590Z


Taormina Film Fest restarts with three new directors, Francesco Alò, Alessandra De Luca and Federico Pontiggia, six first and second films in competition and seven major national and international premieres. (HANDLE)


Taormina Film Fest restarts with three new directors, Francesco Alò, Alessandra De Luca and Federico Pontiggia, six first and second films in competition and seven major national and international premieres. The 67th edition (27 June 3 July) will then be in the sign of female identity with OCCHI BLU, debut film by Michela Cescon, HONEYMOOD by Israeli Tanya Lavie, FRACTAL by Iranian Rezvan Pakpour and with a jury that includes three women on five components, chaired by director Susanna Nicchiarelli.


Among the films not to be missed is the black Woodstock of SUMMER OF SOUL, or the iconic concert at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival with BB King, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder recovered by director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson with an unprecedented access to the material of 'archive.


Particular attention then to the Italian authors: from the comedy road movie BOYS by Davide Ferrario to the disturbing dystopia of LA TERRA DEI SON by Claudio Cupellini, from ATLAS by Niccolò Castelli, to the innovative horror A CLASSIC HORROR STORY by Roberto De Feo and Paolo Strippoli, with which Netflix debuts at the Taormina Film Fest.


And again for Europe there will be the German NEXT DOOR, the debut film by actor Daniel Brühl and the French LA SIGNORA DELLE ROSE by Pierre Pinot, while for extra-European cinema there will be the Chinese LONG DAY by Yumo Luo, in addition to the aforementioned Iranian and Israeli stocks.


Do not miss the family with Peter Rabbit 2 - A rogue on the run, adventurous mix of animation and live action directed by Will Gluck, which will be presented on June 30 at the same time at the Ancient Theater and in Rome as part of the TimVision Floating Theater Summer Fest organized by Alice in the City.


A meeting with Giuseppe Tornatore, the screening of SPACE BEYON starring the Sicilian astronaut Luca Parmitano, the documentary ON THE TRACKS OF GOETHE IN SICILY directed and starring the German director Peter Stein.


Among the events of this edition, the Film Journalists will remember in Taormina on the centenary of his birth, Nino Manfredi with the "Manfredi Award", which the Sngci assigns to an actor who has revealed a special talent not only in comedy and a meeting with the director Ferzan Özpetek on the twentieth anniversary of Le Fate Ignoranti.


This year the Taormina Film Fest inaugurates a collaboration with Ciak: the historic monthly cinema will comment on the films and will offer interviews and backstage through the Taormina Ciak Daily, and will offer some students of the Master's Degree Course in Methods and Languages ​​of Journalism of the University of Messina an internship in the field. (HANDLE).


Source: ansa

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