Nanni Moretti

Afghan emigre picks up France's top literary prize for book about plight of women

France's top annual book prize, the Goncourt, has been awarded to Afghan writer and refugee Atiq Rahimi, best known for his novel "Earth and Ashes," which was adapted for the screen. Composed in a brief, dry, poetic style, the...

Moretti returns to curate Turin film festival

Palme d'Or winning director returns after high-profile walkout last year to announce programme that includes a Polanski retrospective and screenings of standout indie fare Oliver Stone and Roman Polanski will attend this year's...

Turin FF: Moretti promises “earnest and cheerful” event

By valerio5505 on Monday, November 10 2008, 12:45 - Film Festival - Permalink Renewing its 2007 slogan, "earnest and cheerful", Nanni Moretti, the artistic director of the Turin Film Festival (November 21-29), presented the...

Road Movie wins over Nanni Moretti

By valerio5505 on Monday, November 10 2008, 12:17 - Film Festival - Permalink Fifteen films have been selected in competition at the 26th Turin Film Festival (November 21-29) by filmmaker Nanni Moretti, the event’s famous...

Italian vfx shops thrive by diversifying

European VFX: Effects studios getting creative to say alive -- It's a tall order to make visual effects that can qualify as special in a land that hasn't spawned a sci-fi, fantasy, disaster or war movie in ages.

Italy's Veronesi picks up French book prize

Italy's Sandro Veronesi picked up France's prestigious Femina prize for best foreign author Monday, while Jean-Louis Fournier won the French writer's prize with a book on having handicapped children.Veronesi was awarded the...

FRANCE - LITTERATURE : Italian author Veronesi scoops France's prestigious Femina prize

Italy's Sandro Veronesi (pictured) has won France's prestigious Femina prize for best foreign author for his 2005 best-seller "Caos calmo" (Quiet Chaos). Jean-Louis Fournier won the French writer's prize with a book on having...

Quiet Chaos - Cinema Two 2040

Grimaldi weaves a study of one man's grief with warm humour, adult sensuality and a sense of broader social malaise in this exquisitely crafted film starring beloved Italian actor and filmmaker Nanni Moretti at his most...

Italy

Italy: Theatrical run still key, local pics gain ground -- The Italian box office is down 5% so far in 2008, a year that is seeing Yank pics command a hefty 62% marketshare despite some Hollywood underperformers. Meanwhile...

Italian Cinema

IT312 Italian Cinema (Dr Jennifer Burns) Module aims This module aims to provide students with a detailed understanding of key formal and thematic issues in post-war Italian cinema, and to place these issues within the contexts...

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