TORONTO – The nominees for the David Di Donatello Awards were recently announced, marking the 70th year for the event – which is Italy’s equivalent to the Oscars. The ceremony will be held on May 7th at Cinecittà Studios and broadcast live on Rai 1, hosted by Carlo Conti and Alessia Marcuzzi. The big winners from last year’s edition included Matteo Garrone’s African Odyssey film Io Capitano, which won the Best Picture and Best Director awards, and Paolo Cortellessi’s black and white box office sensation There’s Still Tomorrow.
TORONTO – Risalente al Paleolitico e fondata come città romana di “Matheola” nel 251 a.C., Matera è la terza città più antica del mondo dopo Aleppo e Gerico. L’antica città, nota per le sue abitazioni rupestri, i cui residenti furono trasferiti dal governo negli anni ’50, è da allora diventata una delle location più esotiche di Hollywood… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>
TORONTO – Dating back to the Paleolithic period, and established as the Roman town of “Matheola” in 251 BC, Matera is the third oldest city in the world behind Aleppo and Jericho. The ancient city, known for its cave dwellings – whose residents were relocated by the government in the 1950s – has since become one of Hollywood’s most exotic shooting locations. By now, the Lucani have seen everyone from Tinseltown’s Ben Hur, Wonder Woman and James Bond create classic cinema in a town that Pier Paolo Pasolini once depicted as Jerusalem, in The Gospel According to St Matthew (1964).
TORONTO – Vent’anni fa, La Passione di Cristo di Mel Gibson incassò 83 milioni di dollari nel suo weekend di apertura, il secondo film vietato ai minori con il più alto incasso di sempre, dopo Matrix Reloaded. L’allora presidente della IFC Entertainment Jonathan Sehring disse questo del film di Mel Gibson: “È il più indipendente possibile, non è stato sviluppato da uno studio, non è stato finanziato da uno studio, non è stato distribuito da uno studio. Non conosco nessuno (Gibson) che abbia mai messo così tanti soldi in gioco per un film”… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>
TORONTO – Twenty years ago, Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ earned $83 million in its opening weekend, the second highest rated-R movie return ever, behind the Matrix Reloaded. The then IFC Entertainment president Jonathan Sehring had this to say about Mel Gibson’s film: “It is about as independent as one can get, certainly wasn’t developed by a studio, wasn’t financed by a studio, wasn’t released by a studio. I don’t know of any individual (Gibson) who has ever put so much of his own money on the line for any movie”.
