On the occasion of the fourth edition of Fare Cinema, an initiative dedicated to the promotion of Italian cinema in the world, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation presents a series of videos dedicated to the resilience of the Italian cinema industry and its protagonists. The clips are presented in collaboration with Fondazione Cinema per Roma.
“Reboot. Il cinema italiano riparte” (Italian Cinema Restarts) is a collection of 11 videos on the Italian cinema industry, featuring movie directors, actors and internationally acclaimed professionals such as Pierfrancesco Favino, Mirko Perri, Daniele Ciprì, Fabio Lovino, Pietro Valsecchi, Massimo Cantini Parrini, Anna Foglietta, Maricetta Lombardo, Daniele Luchetti e Nicola Guaglianone. The playlist is available to watch on our Youtube Channel. All videos have English subtitles.
Pierfrancesco Favino, one of the most important actors of his generation, talks about his love for acting and cinema, revealing some of the secrets of his profession and of his career for which he won three David di Donatello, four Nastri d’Argento, two Globi d’oro, two Ciak d’Oro and a Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival.
Daniele Ciprì, director, screenwriter and director of photography, tells how he began is work and the cinema that changed his life. He won the Photography Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, three Ciak d’Oro, two David di Donatello, an Osella Award at the Venice Film Festival and three Nastri d’Argento.
Research, documentation and study are the cornerstones of his profession: Massimo Cantini Parrini is the creator of some of the most beautiful costumes seen on the big screen. He was nominated for an Oscar in 2021 and has received numerous awards for his creations: one European Film Award, five David di Donatello, three Nastri d’Argento, three Ciak d’Oro.
Anna Foglietta highlights the journey of the profession of an actress from her formative years to the films that have had the greatest impact, the most interesting and the most anxiety-inducing. Foglietta is the winner of two Nastri d’Argento and the godmother of the 77th International Venice Film Festival.
Let sounds take you by surprise, look for them and follow them: Maricetta Lombardo is a sound engineer and deals, especially with live-recorded audio on the set. Lombardo studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and worked on “Dogman”, “Pinocchio” and the series “Gomorra”. She has won two David di Donatello, four Nastri d’Argento and one Ciak d’Oro.
Daniele Luchetti, one of the leading Italian directors of these recent years, has revealed to us what he would have liked to have been told before beginning to do his work, and tells us about his experience while making a film and when ending it. Luchetti has won four David di Donatello, three Globi d’Oro and a Ciak d’Oro, for his films as director and screenwriter.
