Taormina Film Fest 2024
70th Edition
The Festival has attracted a wealth of talented actors and actresses over the years. Some of the most notable names to attend the festival include legends such as Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, Charlton Heston, Audrey Hepburn, and Richard Burton. More recent attendees have included stars like Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Colin Firth, Monica Bellucci, John Malkovich, and Richard Gere. These actors and actresses have all contributed to the festival’s reputation as a premier destination for film lovers around the world.
(Source: taorminafilmestival.com)
Host of the evenings: Elvira Terranova
Art Director: Marco Müller
FRIDAY 12 JULY
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala A
@11.00am
Pisicchio e Melisenda – Teste di legno (1938, 11’) by Ugo Saitta
followed by
Il ladro di stelle cadenti (2024, 89’) by Francisco Saia (world premiere)
with Francisco Saia (director), Daniel Mc Vicar and Leandro Baroncini
Il cassetto segreto (2024, 132’) by Costanza Quatriglio
with Costanza Quatriglio
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – 4th floor
@ 3.00pm
Press Conference Nastri D’Argento and Taormina Film Fest
Talent: Carlo Verdone, Christian De Sica, Emanuela Fanelli, Luca Manfredi, Giovanni Veronesi, Pilar Fogliati, Maurizio Lombardi, Beatrice Granno’, Nicolas Maupas, Luca Barbareschi
@ 5.00pm
Vulcano (1950, 101’) by William Dieterle
followed by
I ragazzi della Panaria (2005, 56’) by Nello Correale
with Vittoria Alliata di Villafranca e Valguarnera (Panaria Film)
@ 8.00pm
Volcano (1950, 106’) by William Dieterle
with Vittoria Alliata di Villafranca e Valguarnera (Panaria Film)
ANCIENT THEATRE
@ 9.00pm
Taormina Film Fest Opening – Special Event Nastri D’Argento (Silver Ribbons Award)
With Luca Barbareschi, Christian De Sica, Emanuela Fanelli, Pilar Fogliati, Beatrice Grannò, Maurizio Lombardi, Luca Manfredi, Nicolas Maupas, Carlo Verdone, Giovanni Veronesi
SATURDAY 13 JULY
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala A
@11.00am
L’arte della gioia (2024, Part 1: 154’) by Valeria Golino and Nicolangelo Gelormini
with Valeria Golino, Nicolangelo Gelormini , Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Jasmine Trinca, Tecla Insolia, Viola Prestieri (producer), Fabio Cianchetti (director of photography), Giogiò Franchini (film editor)
@12.00Press Conference
Il ladro di stelle cadenti (2024, 89’) by Francisco Saia (world premiere)
Talent: Francisco Saia, Daniel Mc Vicar, Leandro Baroncini
@ 2.30pm
L’arte della gioia (2024, Part 2: 155’) by Valeria Golino
with Alla Valeria Golino, Nicolangelo Gelormini , Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Jasmine Trinca, Tecla Insolia, Viola Prestieri (producer), Fabio Cianchetti (director of photography), Giogiò Franchini (film editor)
@5.45pm
Shikun (2024, 84’) by Amos Gitai
with Amos Gitai and Rivka Gitai (screenwriter)
@7.30pm
Vanina (2024, 120’) by Davide Marengo
with Giusy Buscemi (actor), Carlo Degli Esposti (producer)
TOWN GARDENS / Villa Comunale @8.30
Vissi d’arte. Vissi per Maria / Homage to Maria Callas (70’)
Giampiero Mancini, actor/ Voce of Maria Callas / Dino De Palma, violin / Luciano Tarantino, cello / Donato Della Vista, piano
ANCIENT THEATRE
@ 10.00pm
Saint Clare (2024, 92’), (world premiere)
with Mitzi Peirone (director), Bella Thorne and Rebecca De Mornay (actors)
SUNDAY 14 JULY
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala A
@11.00am
Unsettled (2024, 15’) by Bella Thorne
with Bella Thorne
followed by
Gesù è morto per i peccati degli altri (2014, 90’) by Maria Arena
with Maria Arena
@11.45am
Press Conference Saint Clare
Talent: Mitzi Peirone, Bella Thorne, Rebecca De Mornay
@1.00pm
Masterclass “Lezione di cinema” with Valeria Golino
Moderator: Enrico Magrelli
@2.30pm
La rieducazione (2024, 72’) by Aurelio Grimaldi (world premiere)
with Aurelio Grimaldi and Tony Sperandeo (actor)
@ 4.30pm
Quir (2024, 105’) by Nicola Bellucci (world premiere)
with Nicola Bellucci and the actors Carlo Abbadessa, Vivian Bellina, Gino Campanella, Massimo Milani, Ernesto Tomasini
@ 7.00pm
From Ground Zero (2024, 120’) by Reema Mahmoud, Hana Wajeeh Eleiwa, Ahmed Hassouna, Islam Al Zeriei, Mostafa Kulab, Nidal Damo, Khamis Masharawi, Bashar Al Balbisi, Tamer Nijim, Ahmed Al Danaf, Alaa Islam Ayoub, Karim Satoum, Alaa Damo, Aws Al Banna, Rabab Khamis, Etimad Washah, Mustafa Al Nabih, Mohammad Al Sharif, Wissam Moussa, Basel El Maqousi, Neda’a Abu Hassnah, Mahdi Kreirah (Collettivo “From Ground Zero”) supervised by the director Rashid Masharawi (national premiere)
with Rashid Masharawi (director, project coordinator and producer) and Laura Novikov (producer)
ANCIENT THEATRE
@ 9.00pm
La Montagne infidèle (1923, 24’) by Jean Epstein
Live sound by Omar Sosa, piano
with Steve Riambau (Filmoteca de Calunya), Mario Patané (writer)
@10.00pm
Cariddi d’oro Award to Carlo Degli Esposti
followed by
Il giudice e il boss di Pasquale Scimeca (2024, 95’) (world premiere)
with Pasquale Scimeca, Linda Di Dio (producer) and the actors: Gaetano Bruno, Peppino Mazzotta, Claudio Castrogiovanni
MONDAY 15 JULY
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala A
@11.00am
Con il fiato sospeso (2013, 35’) by Costanza Quatriglio
followed by
Terramatta (2012, 74’) by Costanza Quatriglio
with Costanza Quatriglio
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – 4th floor
@11.00am
Press Conference Il Giudice e il boss
with Pasquale Scimeca, Linda Di Dio (producer) and the actors: Gaetano Bruno, Peppino Mazzotta, Claudio Castrogiovanni
@11.30am
Press Conference Quir
Talent: Nicola Bellucci (regista), Carlo Abbadessa (interprete), Vivian Bellina (interprete), Gino Campanella (interprete), Massimo Milani (interprete), Ernesto Tomasini (interprete)
@12.00pm
Press Conference La rieducazione
Talent: Aurelio Grimaldi (director) Tony Sperandeo (actor)
@12.30pm
Press Conference From Ground Zero
Talent: Rashid Masharawi (director), Laura Novikov (producer)
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – 4th floor
@1.00pm
Masterclass with Carlo Degli Esposti
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala A
@2.30pm
Rasoi: Monologo (1993, 15’) by Mario Martone
with Toni Servillo (actor), Angelo Curti (producer)
followed by
Diario senza date (1995, 92’) by Roberto Andò
with Roberto Andò
@5.00pm
Padre Pio (2022, 104’) by Abel Ferrara (world premiere of the Italian version)
with Abel Ferrara, Diana Philips (producer) and Cristina Chiriac (actor)
@7.15pm
Non mi avrete mai: la corsa irrefrenabile del cinema indipendente di Gaetano Di Vaio (1968-2024) 1: Tre regole infallibili (2024, 98’) by Marco Gianfreda (world premiere)
with Marco Gianfreda and the actors Cristiana Dell’Anna, Matteo Olivetti and Guglielmo Aquaro
@9.15pm
Non mi avrete mai: la corsa irrefrenabile del cinema indipendente di Gaetano Di Vaio (1968-2024) 2: Largo Baracche (2014, 70’) di Gaetano Di Vaio
TOWN GARDENS / Villa Comunale
@8.30pm
Tosca. Il ricatto sessuale. (70’) Homage to Giacomo Puccini
Maria Tomassi, sopran / Max Jota, tenor / Elia Fabbian, baritone / Davide Dellisanti, piano / Gianna Fratta, voice
ANCIENT THEATRE
@9.15pm
L’Etna è bianco (1947, 12’) by Ugo Saitta
Sciara (1953, 11’) by Ugo Saitta
Etna quota 3000 (1969, 11’) by Ugo Saitta
with Marcello Alaimo (Sicilian Cine-club)
@10.00pm
Twisters (2024, 122’) by Lee Isaac Chung
TUESDAY 16 JULY
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala A
@ 11.00am
Zolfara (1947, 11’) by Ugo Saitta
followed by
Works of the Sicilian CSC students:
1. Fino alla fine di Beatrice Perego (2022, 24’)
2. Sotto lo stesso tempo (2021, 71’) by Alice Malingri di Bagnolo, Naomi Kikuchi, Mariafrancesca Monsù Scolaro, Matteo Di Giandomenico, Mario Estrada Sanchez, Tito Puglielli, Gianfranco Piazza, Marta Basso, Giuliana Crociata, Calogero Venza and Alessia Cervini (professor)
with Naomi Kikuchi, Mariafrancesca Monsù Scolaro, Beatrice Perego
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – 4th Floor
@ 11.30am
Press Conference Tre regole infallibili
Talent: Marco Gianfreda (director), Cristiana Dell’Anna (actor), Matteo Olivetti (actor)
@ 3.00pm
Press Conference L’invenzione di noi due
Talent: Corrado Ceron (director), Silvia D’Amico (actor), Lino Guanciale (actor)
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala B
@ 1.00pm
Masterclass with Costanza Quatriglio
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala A
@ 2.30pm
Volto di Sicilia di Ugo Saitta (1962, 10’)
followed by
L’Ora – Inchiostro contro piombo (2022, 120’) by Piero Messina
with Piero Messina and Claudio Fava (screenwriter)
@ 5.00pm
Madame Luna (2024, 110’) by Daniel Espinosa
with Daniel Espinosa and the actors Meninet Abraha Teferi, Hilyam Weldemichael, Claudia Potenza, Emanuele Vicorito, Luca Massaro
@ 7.30pm
Va savoir + (2002, 220’) by Jacques Rivette (national premiere)
with Sergio Castellitto (actor)
ANCIENT THEATRE
@ 9.00pm
Veniamo a quel paese (70’)
Concert with the music of Carlo Crivelli, Ficarra e Picone films
Symphonic Orchestra of the Vittorio Emanuele Theatre of Messina
Eliseo Castrignanò, director
with Carlo Crivelli (composer), Salvo Ficarra and Valentino Picone
@ 10.15pm
L’invenzione di noi due (2024, 110’) by Corrado Ceron (world premiere)
with Corrado Ceron (director), Nicola Fedrigoni (producer) and the actors Silvia D’Amico and Lino Guanciale
WEDNESDAY 17 JULY
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – 4th floor
@ 11.00am
Masterclas with Arnaud Desplechin
Moderator: TBC
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala A
@ 11.00am
canecapovolto (1996-2024) (93’)
Evil and pop culture
An Example of Just and Fair Punishment
Il popolo è con me
Le ossa
What happens
Your disease, their plan
Niente da ricordare
Credere a tutto
Nor(male)
with the directors Alessandro Aiello, Enrico Aresu and Alessandro De Filippo
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – 4th Floor
@ 11.30am
Press Conference Madame Luna
Talent: Daniel Espinosa (director), Meninet Abraha Teferi, Hilyam Weldemichael, Claudia Potenza, Emanuele Vicorito, Luca Massaro (actors)
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala A
@ 1.00pm
Open Career Interview: Nicolas Cage (CANCELLED)
Moderator: Sandra Hebron
@ 2.30pm
Works of the Sicilian CSC students
1. Africa Bianca (2020, 23’) by Filippo Foscarini, Marta Violante
2. Parabole d’oro (2023, 57’) by Rodrigo Aguirre, Laura D’Angeli, Francesco Di Fiore, Filippo Michieli, Giuseppe Modafferi, Giusi Restifo, Antonia Stelitano, Bernadette Vespaziani Reginato, Luna Zimmermann,
3. Mondogatto (2023, 38’) by Naomi Kikuchi
with Rodrigo Aguirre, Naomi Kikuchi, Giuseppe Modafferi, Antonia Stelitano, Bernadette Vespaziani Reginato, Luna Zimmermann (director and professor)
@ 5.00pm
Mater Procida (2024, 30’) by Giordana Moltedo (world premiere)
with Giordana Moltedo (director) and Angelo Curti (producer)
followed by
Pietra madre (2024, 68’) by Daniele Greco and Mauro Maugeri (world premiere)
with Daniele Greco and Marco Maugeri (directors), Giulia Iannello (producer)
@ 7.00pm
À son image (2024, 113’) by Thierry de Peretti
with Thierry de Peretti
TOWN GARDENS / VILLA COMUNALE
@ 830pm – CONCERT
Note di celluloide (70’)
Music by Rota, Morricone, Piovani, Piccioni et al.
Ensemble “Suoni del Sud”
The concert will be accompanied by the screening of photos of the most evocative places in Taormina
ANCIENT THEATRE
@ 9.30pm
Sant’Agata (1948, 11’) by Ugo Saitta
Traveling in Sicily (1961, 11’) by Ugo Saitta
@ 10.00pm
Cariddi d’oro Award to Nicolas Cage
followed by
The Surfer (2024, 99’) di Lorcan Finnegan
with Lorcan Finnegan (director) and Nicolas Cage (actor)
THURSDAY 18 JULY
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala A
@ 11.00am
Anna (2021, Parte 1: 165’) di Niccolò Ammaniti
with the actors Giulia Dragotto and Elena Lietti
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – 4th floor
@ 12.00
Press Conference Pietra madre
Talent: Daniele Greco (director), Giulia Iannello (producer)
@ 12.30pm
Press Conference Touch
Talent: Baltasar Kormákur (director), Palmi Kormákur (actor)
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala A
@ 2.30pm
Anna (2021, Parte 2: 155’) by Niccolò Ammaniti
@ 5.15pm
La bocca dell’anima (2024, 109’) by Giuseppe Carleo (world premiere)
with Giuseppe Carleo (director and producer), Carlo Cannella (screenwriter), Tancredi Vinci (producer), Laura Inglese (set designer) and the actors Maziar Firouzi, Marilù Pipitone and Maurizio Bologna
@ 7.30pm
Filmlovers! (2024, 88’) by Arnaud Desplechin (world premiere of the English version)
with Arnaud Desplechin
@9.30pm
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, 118’) by Peter Weir
ANCIENT THEATRE
@10.00pm
Touch (2024, 121’) by Baltasar Kormákur
with Baltasar Kormákur and Palmi Kormákur (actor)
FRIDAY 19 JULY
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala A
@ 11.00am
Tano da morire (1997, 77’) di Roberta Torre
with Roberta Torre and Daniele Ciprì (director of photography)
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – 4th floor
@11.15am
Meet Niccolò Ammaniti and Luigi De Angelis
@12.00
Press Conference La bocca dell’anima
with Giuseppe Carleo (director and producer), Carlo Cannella (screenwriter), Tancredi Vinci (producer), Laura Inglese (set designer) and Maziar Firouzi, Marilù Pipitone, Maurizio Bologna (actors)
Ore 12.30
Press Conference Touch
with Baltasar Kormákur (director) and Palmi Kormákur (actor)
Meet Sharon Stone
Moderator: Sandra Hebron
@ 2.30pm
Cacciatori sottomarini (1946, 11’) by Francesco Alliata
Tonnara (1948, 11’) by Francesco Alliata
Tra Scilla e Cariddi (1948, 12’) by Francesco Alliata
Bianche Eolie (1947, 11’) by Francesco Alliata
Isole di cenere (1947,10’) by Francesco Alliata
Opera dei pupi (1948, 11’) by Frederic Maeder
I pupi all’opera (2004, 15’) by Nello Correale
with Vittoria Alliata di Villafranca e Valguarnera (Panaria Film) and Nello Correale (director)
@5 .00pm
To A Land Unknown (2024, 105’) by Mahdi Fleifel
with Mahdi Fleifel
@ 7.00pm
Racconti per l’isola (2003, 25’) by Costanza Quatriglio
followed by
L’isola (2023, 103’) di Costanza Quatriglio
with Costanza Quatriglio
@ 9.30pm
Il cassetto segreto (2024, 132’) by Costanza Quatriglio
with Costanza Quatriglio
ANCIENT THEATRE
@ 9.00pm
L’amore segreto di Ofelia
multimedial pièce by Luigi De Angelis and Chiara Lagani – Steve Berkoff
@ 10.15pm
Cariddi d’oro Award to Sharon Stone
followed by
Finché notte non ci separi (2024, 85’) by Riccardo Antonaroli (world premiere)
with Riccardo Antonaroli, Pilar Fogliati, Filippo Scicchitano (actors)
followed by
CLOSING CEREMONY
SATURDAY 20 JULY
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – Sala A
@ 11.00AM
Diario di Guttuso (1982, 60’) by Giuseppe Tornatore
followed
Meet Giuseppe Tornatore
Moderator: Costanza Quatriglio
Taormina Film Festival è una manifestazione promossa da Regione Siciliana – Assessorato Turismo, Sport e Spettacolo e organizzata da Fondazione Taormina Arte Sicilia
MORE INFO
taorminafilmfestival.com – www.facebook.com/taofilmfest
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
