The sense of a film festival, the gap between an exhibition with its cinephile bubble and the public, the relationship to be rebuilt between people and the cinema, the bridge from Venice to Los Angeles for the Oscars and the renewed hopes for Paolo Sorrentino.
Closed Venice 78 ("an exceptional year" defined the director Alberto Barbera, satisfied that the high quality of the selection has been, with few exceptions, confirmed in fact by critics and journalists), the 2022 edition has been launched (31 August-10 September), the 90th anniversary of the oldest film festival, is looking ahead.
Paolo Sorrentino caresses the Silver Lion with the emotion that it does not go away
. "Frankly, I didn't expect anything. Having been part of other juries in the past, which are the most unpredictable and extravagant thing in the world of cinema, I know well that it is always a lottery. The fact that it was well received by the press was not a valid indicator. Then, when on Friday afternoon they called me to return me, obviously without telling me what reward, I got an emotion that still does not go away. I know how it feels not to receive that call, "he told late night the director Grand jury prize at the Excelsior, at the reception of the winners. Excited even more than the Oscars, because "you get tired after months and months of the campaign, especially for those who go back and forth with Italy. It's beautiful but you can't wait for it to end".Are you ready to go back and forth across the ocean again? "It all seems premature to me, you have to take the steps one at a time. We are happy with the Lion, then from tomorrow we will sit down with the great team of this film and see what to do" he replied to ANSA.
'It was the hand of God', the Neapolitan director's caution aside, seems to have the road paved as an Italian film to be designated for the International Oscar nominations but also as a film to be considered for all categories, considering the production of Netflix.
The nominations must be received by the Anica, invited by the Academy, by 31 October
, then the selection commission will meet and will communicate the Italian film by Tuesday 1 November 2021 (the announcement of the nominations will be on 8 February 2022, while the Oscars ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on March 27).
(by Alessandra Magliaro, sent to Venice)