Giulio Pranno, Ludovica Martino, Carlotta Antonelli and Giacomo Ferrara are the winners of the first edition of this awards ceremony, dedicated to Italian film and TV actors under 30 years of age. Giulio Pranno, Ludovica Martino, Carlotta Antonelli and Giacomo Ferrara are the winners of the first edition of Meno di Trenta, a new awards ceremony dedicated to Italian film and TV actors under thirty years of age. Devised by Silvia Saitta with the artistic direction of Stefano Amadio and Silvia Saitta, the event was hosted by Rome’s Nuovo Cinema Aquila with the sponsorship of Mibact. The Press Jury, composed of Vittoria Scarpa (Cineuropa), Luca Ottocento (Fabrique Du Cinéma), Elena Balestri (Funweek.it), Valentina Ariete/Margherita Bordino/Eva Carducci/Gabriella Gilberti/Sonia Serafini (The Giornaliste) and Alessandra De Tommasi (Airquotes.it), selected its winners from among the competition’s four main categories, starting with the artistic direction’s top five...
Italian director Gabriele Salvatores, who won the foreign-language film Oscar for “Mediterraneo” in 1991 and more recently helmed teen superhero franchise “The Invisible Boy” is in Berlin where sales company Rai Com is showing buyers footage of his upcoming road movie “Volare.” Pic stars Claudio Santamaria and Valeria Golino and is penned by Umberto Contarello (“The Great Beauty”).
Based on a widely translated bestseller by Italy’s Fulvio Ervas — which was inspired by a true story — “Volare” is about a boozing lounge singer (Santamaria) who accidentally intersects with his teen autistic son, whom he has never met before. He has an epiphany and decides to hit the road with him in an attempt to fight his son’s autism. They are chased by the boy’s mother (Golino) and her husband, played by Diego Abatantuono, who also starred in “Mediterraneo.”
Salvatores in Berlin spoke to Variety about making his return to the road movie genre.
Based on a widely translated bestseller by Italy’s Fulvio Ervas — which was inspired by a true story — “Volare” is about a boozing lounge singer (Santamaria) who accidentally intersects with his teen autistic son, whom he has never met before. He has an epiphany and decides to hit the road with him in an attempt to fight his son’s autism. They are chased by the boy’s mother (Golino) and her husband, played by Diego Abatantuono, who also starred in “Mediterraneo.”
Salvatores in Berlin spoke to Variety about making his return to the road movie genre.
- 2/13/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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