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After the first two extraordinarily popular editions with the public, the ROMEFILMFEST will be back from October 22 to 31, 2008 with films, retrospectives, meetings, exhibitions, concerts and major international stars.

The Pesaro Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo cinema) was founded in 1965 by Lino Miccichè and Bruno Torri and has been under the artistic direction of Giovanni Spagnoletti since 2000. Besides being known for the thorough and original published material it offers, the festival is also synonymous with discoveries, emerging film industries, reinterpretations and numerous events.

The GFF was born in 1971 from a Claudio Gubitosi idea that is to promote and allow cinema for youngsters to develop, elevating it from a niche and marginal position to a respectful, competitive and quality genre. Of all the festivals, the Giffoni Film Festival is the most necessary one”. This is the final sentence of a letter signed by François Truffaut which has become an important heritage with reference to his visit to the GFF in 1982.

Taormina FilmFest 2008 will take place from 15 to 21 June and will be directed for the second year by Deborah Young.

Or rather, the International Feature Film Competition. This is the Festival’s main section, dedicated to searching out and discovering new authors of contemporary cinema. This year, the 15 participating films that have been confirmed, including 7 debut films, will compete for the Prize for Best Feature Film (25,000 Euros) and for the Prize for Best Actress and for Best Actor. European cinema will be represented with 6 films from France (2), Germany, Ireland, Norway and Latvia; Asian cinema will participate with 3 films from South Korea, the Philippines and Malaysia; there are 3 films from the United States, 1 from Canada and 2 from Australia.

MIFF (Milan International Film Festival), is an international cinema exhibition. Each year, MIFF selects an eclectic pool of exceptional Independent films from all over the world, and exhibits them during its program in Milan, Italy. An independent film simply means a motion picture that has been produced and financed (at least 51%) by a non-studio production company (examples of “studios”: Paramount, Universal, Fox, Warner Bros...). Over the last few years, the term “independent film” has been used erroneously to describe films that are non-mainstream in content, also known as “specialty” or “art-house” films. In truth, independent films range from big-budget features to small alternative films.

Francis Menotti was born in Philadephia in 1938 and studied acting at the Chicago Goodman Theater. He also studied under Lee Strasberg in New York. He took part in the American Shakespeare Festival in his early acting career. He has played many roles in works by Gian Carlo Menotti, (he is well known for his role as Toby in The Medium) and was the narrator in Beethoven’s Egmont at the Tully Hall in New York and in Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon at the Charleston Festival. He also designed the costumes for the 1972 production of The Consul for the Teatro La Pergola in Florence. Like his adoptive father Gian Carlo, Francis Menotti soon demonstrated a rare gift for discovering new talents and good judgement regarding the international artistic scene, contributing in the organization of more than 52 Festivals in the United States, Italy and Australia. He has been at the helm of the Spoleto Festival for years, reviving it thanks to daring and spectacular artistic choices.