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Jeanne Du Barry

ITALIAN PREMIERE

Ancient Theatre, Friday 30th June 2023 @ 9.00pm

 

Director: Maïwenn
Cast: Johnny Depp, Maïwenn, Pierre Richard, Melvil Poupaud

Jeanne du Barry follows the life of Jeanne Bécu who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.

 

TICKETS on boxol and ticketone

Platea (parterre): € 30,00
Gallery: € 20,00
Upper Circle (non numbered seats): 10,00

 

MORE INFO

https://taorminafilmfestival.com/en/jeanne-du-barry

Fondazione Taormina Arte – www.taoarte.com – info@taorminaarte.org

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

 

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The Worst Days – I Peggiori Giorni

WORLD PREMIERE

Ancient Theatre, Thursday 29th June, 2023 @9.00pm

 

Directors: Massimiliano Bruno, Edoardo Leo
Cast: Edoardo Leo, Massimiliano Bruno, Anna Foglietta, Renato Carpentieri, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Giuseppe Battiston, Neri Marcorè, Anna Ferzetti, Ricky Memphis, Claudia Pandolfi, Rocco Papaleo, Giovanni Storti and Massimo Wertmüller, Marco Bonini, Sara Baccarini, Liliana Fiorelli

How nice it is to be with family at Christmas. Or not? And is May Day really a holiday for all workers? Mid-August in lightheartedness between a barbecue and a dip in the pool? Do you dress up on Halloween to trick or treat strangers? Three brothers find themselves drawing lots, on Christmas day, to decide who, among them, will have to sacrifice himself and donate a kidney to save their father’s life. A businessman on the streets is taken hostage on May Day by his former employee who, fired without just cause, is ready to do anything to be able to take the severance money. The clash between social classes ignites on August 15th in front of a barbecue and because of teenage children grappling with the risks of a high-alcohol party and the dangers of the Internet. Finally, Halloween is the joke that fate plays on an unfortunate wizard who finds himself being hired without his knowledge by his historic rival in love. After the best days always come the worst days! Four new episodes for an ensemble film which, between irony and bitterness, probes the human soul and its miseries.

 

TICKETS are for both THE WORST DAYS and DIVINITY

on boxol and ticketone

Platea (parterre): € 30,00
Gallery: € 20,00
Upper Circle (non numbered seats): 10,00

 

 

MORE INFO

https://taorminafilmfestival.com/en/the-worst-days

Fondazione Taormina Arte – www.taoarte.com – info@taorminaarte.org

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

 

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Divinity

EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Ancient Theatre, Thursday 29th June, 2023 @11.30pm

 

Divinity will be preceded by a showing of the short film The Vandal

 

Director: Eddie Alcazar
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Moises Arias, Jason Genao, Karrueche Chan, Mike O Hearn, Emily Willis, Scott Bakula, Bella Thorne

Set in an otherworldly human existence, scientist Sterling Pierce dedicated his life to the quest for immortality, slowly creating the building blocks of a groundbreaking serum named “Divinity.” Jaxxon Pierce , his son, now controls and manufactures his father’s once-benevolent dream. Society on this barren planet has been entirely perverted by the supremacy of the drug, whose true origins are shrouded in mystery. Two mysterious brothers arrive with a plan to abduct the mogul, and with the help of a seductive woman named Nikita, they will be set on a path hurtling toward true immortality.

 

TICKETS on boxol and ticketone

Platea (parterre): € 30,00
Gallery: € 20,00
Upper Circle (non numbered seats): 10,00

 

 

MORE INFO

https://taorminafilmfestival.com/en/divinity

Fondazione Taormina Arte – www.taoarte.com – info@taorminaarte.org

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

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Influential Shorts, Taormina 27 June 2023 Source: https://fashionlifeweb.it/bella-thorne-e-i-suoi-influential-shorts

Influential Shorts

Curated by Bella Thorne

WORLD PREMIERE

Ancient Theatre, Tuesday 27th June 2023 @9.00pm

 

A gala evening curated by Bella Thorne featuring short films by young directors and influential people including including Bella Thorne, Nina Dobrev, Khaby Lame, Jacqueline Fernandes, and many more.

Bella Thorne will present the world premiere of her debut short film PAINT HER RED, an original screenplay she wrote, directed and starred in. To complete her short film and create an exceptional evening, Bella Thorne will invite not only artists, celebrities and well-known influencers to present their projects as directors, but also recently discovered talent.

(Source fashionlifeweb.it)

 

 

TICKETS on boxol

Platea (parterre): € 30,00
Gallery: € 20,00
Upper Circle (non numbered seats): 10,00

 

MORE INFO

https://taorminafilmfestival.com/en/influential-shorts

fashionlifeweb.it/bella-thorne-e-i-suoi-influential-shorts

Fondazione Taormina Arte – www.taoarte.com – info@taorminaarte.org

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

 

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Jason Brown

EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Casa del Cinema (Corso Umberto n. 61), Tuesday 27th June 2023 @ 11.00

 

Director: Fabrizio Sergi

Cast: Jason Duque, Gia Duque, Orazio Stracuzzi Campagna, Adela Moldovan, Joseph Gugliotta, Dominga Sottile, Salvatore Coglitore

Inspired by the book “Charlie Beach”, the film takes us to the countryside of Serro, on the Tyrrhenian side of Sicily, in September 1943 – in the days preceding and following the armistice signed two months after the Allied landings in Sicily. Here we follow the eponymous protagonist, Jason Brown, a medical officer of the US army, initially lost in the Sicilian countryside.

 

 

MORE INFO

Taormina FilmFest 2023 – Program

https://taorminafilmfestival.com/en

Trailer: https://youtu.be/2KzUihV4CaI

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

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Maestrale

Casa del Cinema (Corso Umberto n. 61), Monday 26th June 2023 @3.30pm

 

Director: Nico Bonomolo

A man goes to work, sees a boat for sale. Dream of a life to leave behind. He leaves, the dream gives way to memory, the mistral wind forces him to a makeshift landing place.
A woman, another story, a new beginning? As in an Escher drawing, everything starts again where it seemed to be finished.

 

 

MORE INFO

https://taorminafilmfestival.com/en

https://taorminafilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/M-Trailer-HD-720p.mov

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

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A Thousand And One

EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Ancient Theatre, Monday 26th June 2023 @9.00pm

 

 

Director: A.V. Rockwell
Cast: Teyana Taylor, Josiah Cross, William Catlett, Aaron Kingsley Adetola

Unapologetic and free-spirited Inez kidnaps her 6-year-old son, Terry, from the foster care system. They set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity and stability in a rapidly changing New York City.

 

TICKETS on boxol and ticketone

Platea (parterre): € 30,00
Gallery: € 20,00
Upper Circle (non numbered seats): 10,00

 

 

MORE INFO

https://taorminafilmfestival.com/en/a-thousand-and-one

Fondazione Taormina Arte – www.taoarte.com – info@taorminaarte.org

 

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

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Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny

ITALIAN PREMIERE

Ancient Theatre, Monday 25th June 2023 @ 9.00pm

Director: James Mangold
Cast: Harrison Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Harrison Ford returns for his final outing as the legendary hero archaeologist in the highly anticipated fifth instalment of the iconic Indiana Jones franchise. Directed by James Mangold, the film sees Indy and his goddaughter on a swashbuckling adventure during the height of the Space Race.
We are honoured to welcome Ford, alongside fellow stars, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen, to Taormina for the Premiere of the film.

 

TICKETS on boxol and ticketone

Platea (parterre): € 40,00
Gallery: € 30,00
Upper Circle (non numbered seats): 20,00

 

 

MORE INFO

https://taorminafilmfestival.com/en/indiana-jones

Fondazione Taormina Arte – www.taoarte.com – info@taorminaarte.org

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

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VULCANOIDI
La Voce umana

Cinema (corso Umberto n. 61), June 24th @ 3.30pm

 

Director: Giuseppe Moschella

Cast: Emanuela Mulè, Giuseppe Moschella

A docufilm which highlights the great Anna Magnani who shot in 1949 on the island of Vulcano (Aeolian), the film of the same name. The three narratives harmoniously blend fiction and historical documentary part: the story of the two protagonists Laura and Alberto, the set of the journalist and the part dedicated to neorealist cinema in black and white and with the magical and mythical halo of Vulcano between past and present.

 

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

 

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The Undecided Groom

Who couldn’t or wouldn’t leave the bathroom

WORLD PREMIERE

Ancient Theatre, Saturday 24th June 2023 @9.00pm

Director: Giorgio Amato
Cast: Gianmarco Tognazzi, Ilenia Pastorelli, Stefano Pesce, Francesco Pannofino, Morena Gentile

Professor Gianni Buridano is an internationally renowned philosopher; Samantha, a beautiful cleaning girl who works at the university where Gianni teaches. Despite the enormous social and cultural differences Gianni and Samantha have decided to get married, unaware of a terrible curse looming over their love ready to be unleashed on their wedding day.

 

TICKETS on boxol and ticketone

Platea (parterre): € 30,00
Gallery: € 20,00
Upper Circle (non numbered seats): 10,00

 

 

MORE INFO

https://taorminafilmfestival.com/en/the-undecided-groom

Fondazione Taormina Arte – www.taoarte.com – info@taorminaarte.org

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta