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June 24, 2023 – Taormina FilmFest > The Undecided Groom

T A O R M I N A   F I L M   F E S T   2 0 2 3

 

 

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 Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

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June 23, 2023 – Taormina FilmFest > Pavarotti Forever

T A O R M I N A   F I L M   F E S T   2 0 2 3

 

Pavarotti Forever

Ancient Theatre, Friday 23rd June 2023 @9.30pm

Organised by Fondazione Taormina Arte in collaboration with Fondazione Luciano Pavarotti

 

n a benefit for the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation, experience an enchanting evening that pays homage to one of the greatest voices in history. Get ready for a breathtaking Pavarotti Tribute Night, where the immortal melodies of the legendary Luciano Pavarotti come alive once again with performances by stars and luminaries of both the operatic and pop world who were friends and colleagues of Luciano Pavarotti. The evening will feature performances from Plácido Domingo, Aida Garifullina, Vittorio Grigolo, Andrea Griminelli and Mario Biondi.
(Source: taorminafilmfestival.com)

 

TICKETS on boxol and ticketone

Platea (parterre): € 150,00
Gallery: € 100,00
Upper Circle (non numbered seats): 35,00

 

 

MORE INFO

https://taorminafilmfestival.com/en/pavarotti-forever

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

Fondazione Luciano Pavarotti

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

 

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June 23 / July 1, 2023 – Taormina Film Fest, 69th edition

Taormina Film Fest – 69th Edition

and

Nastri D’Argento Award

Ancient Theatre, Congress Hall, Casa del Cinema and other locations. From Friday 23rd June to Saturday 1st July 2023

 

Over 60 films showing across multiple theatres.

 

PROGRAMME

Click HERE to see the daybyday programme

 

FRIDAY 23 JUNE 

Ancient Theatre
PAVAROTTI FOREVER – 21:30
In a benefit for the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation. The evening will feature Placido Domingo, Vittorio Grigolo and other stars and luminaries of both the operatic and pop world that were friends and colleagues of Luciano Pavarotti.

Palazzo dei Congressi – Congress Hall
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) – 10:00
4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH (2011) – 12:15
TRADING PLACES (1983) – 14:15
300 (2006) – 17:45

Casa del Cinema
THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937) – 11:00
CITY LIGHTS (1931) – 15:30

 

SATURDAY 24 

Ancient Theatre
THE UNDECIDED GROOM, WHO COULDN’T OR WOULDN’T LEAVE THE BATHROOM – 21:00
WORLD PREMIERE
Director: Giorgio Amato
Cast: Gianmarco Tognazzi, Ilenia Pastorelli, Stefano Pesce, Francesco Pannofino, Morena Gentile

Palazzo dei Congressi
THE SHINING (1980) – 09:30
THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980) – 12:30
THE FUGITIVE (1993) – 15:15
GO GO TALES (2007) – 18:00

Casa del Cinema
MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN (1979) – 11:00
VULCANOIDI – 15:30

 

SUNDAY 25

Ancient Theatre
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY – 21:00
ITALIAN PREMIERE
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Harrison Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Boyd Holbrook

Palazzo dei Congressi
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981) – 09:00
NEW ROSE HOTEL (1998) – 11:15
HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE (2001) – 13:15
BEN-HUR (1959) – 16:15

Casa del Cinema
WAY OUT WEST (1939) – 11:00
DR. STRANGELOVE (1964) – 15:30

 

MONDAY 26

Ancient Theatre
A THOUSAND AND ONE – 21:00
EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Director: A.V. Rockwell
Cast: Teyana Taylor, Josiah Cross, William Catlett, Aaron Kingsley Adetola

Palazzo dei Congressi
PASOLINI (2014) – 10:00
NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE (1979) – 12:00
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951) – 14:15
AMADEUS (1984) – 17:15

Casa del Cinema
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) – 11:00
MAESTRALE – 15:30

Casa Cuseni
MASTERCLASS – 18:00
JOHN LANDIS
Comedy in Film

 

TUESDAY 27

Ancient Theatre
INFLUENTIAL SHORTS – 21:00
A gala evening curated by Bella Thorne featuring short films directed by celebrity talent and influencers including Bella Thorne, Nina Dobrev, Khaby Lame, Jacqueline Fernandes, and many more.

Palazzo dei Congressi
SPORTIN’ LIFE (2021) – 10:00
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) – 12:00
COMING TO AMERICA (1988) – 15:00
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951) – 17:30

Casa del Cinema
DUCK SOUP (1933) – 11:00
JASON BROWN – 15:30

Casa Cuseni
MASTERCLASS – 10:30
ABEL FERRARA

 

WEDNESDAY 28

Ancient Theatre
BILLIE’S MAGIC WORLD – 21:00
WORLD PREMIERE
Director: Francesco Cinquemani
Cast: Alec Baldwin, William Baldwin, Valeria Marini, Mia McGovern Zaini, Soraya Azzabi, Elva Trill

Palazzo dei Congressi
THREE AMIGOS (1986) – 09:00
WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) – 11:15
MASTERCLASS – 12:00 BELLA THORNE & FRIENDS > The New Generation: Film and the Role of Social Media
TROY (2004) – 13:30
SIBERIA (2020) – 17:15

 

THURSDAY 29

Ancient Theatre
THE WORST DAYS – 21:00
WORLD PREMIERE
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

DIVINITY – 23:00
EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Director: Eddie Alcazar
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Moises Arias, Jason Genao, Karrueche Chan, Mike O Hearn, Emily Willis, Scott Bakula, Bella Thorne

>> Divinity will be preceded by the short film THE VANDAL


Palazzo dei Congressi
TOMMASO (2019 ) – 10:00
SPIES LIKE US (1985) – 12:30
INCEPTION (2010) – 14:45
SHTTL (2023) – 17:45

Casa del Cinema
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING – 3.00pm
EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Director: Lisa Cortes
Cast: Tom Jones, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Little Richard, Nile Rodgers

Casa Cuseni 
MASTERCLASS – 10:30
DEBORAH NADOOLMAN LANDIS
The Transformation of Film through Costume Design

 

FRIDAY 30

Ancient Theatre
JEANNE DU BARRY – 21:00
ITALIAN PREMIERE
Director: Maïwenn
Cast: Johnny Depp, Maïwenn, Pierre Richard, Melvil Poupaud

Palazzo dei Congressi
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) – 10:00
THE BODYGUARD (1992) – 12:45
INTO THE NIGHT (1985) – 15:30
CASABLANCA (1942) – 18:00

Casa del Cinema
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949) – 15:30

 

SATURDAY 1

Ancient Theatre
NASTRI D’ARGENTO AWARDS
A gala evening celebration

LA STRANEZZA
Director: Roberto Andò
Cast: Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Toni Servillo, Roberto Andò

Palazzo dei Congressi
THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) – 10:00
LETHAL WEAPON (1987) – 13:00
OSCAR (1991) – 15:15
THE MATRIX (1999) – 17:30

Casa del Cinema
BRIDESMAIDS (2011) – 11:00
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952) – 15:30

Grand Hotel Timeo
MASTERCLASS – 11:00
WILLEM DAFOE & ABEL FERRARA
A Life of Collaboration

 

 

MORE INFO

www.taorminafilmfest.com

www.facebook.com/taorminafilmfestival

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

 

 

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June 21, 2023 – Festa della Musica

Festa della Musica – 29th Edition

Make Music Day

Taormina, Thursday 21st June 2023

 

This is the 29th edition of this wonderful music festival, originated in France in 1982, with the initiative conceived by the French Ministry of Culture, throughout France, where amateur and professional musicians invaded streets, courtyards, squares, gardens, stations and museums.

Meanwhile the “Fête de la Musique” has become an authentic social phenomenon.

Since 1985, the festival has been held in Europe and around the world. Since 2016, in Italy more than 700 cities have joined, creating a network distributed throughout the country. Lots of live music concerts take place every year on 21 June in all cities, mainly in the open air, with the participation of musicians of all levels and genres. Free concerts, value of the musical gesture, spontaneity, willingness, curiosity, all music belongs to the festival. Amateur or professional, everyone can express themselves freely, the Music Festival belongs, first and foremost, to those who make it.

 

This is the programm for Taormina:

11.00AM – Church of Santa Caterina
Ensemble of the Conservatory “A. Corelli” of Messina

Ensemble of the Conservatory of Music “A.Corelli of Messina – “I Quattro e quaranta” guitar sextet: Mariano Scarpaci, Bianca Leo, Roberto Ceraolo, Sabrina Antonuccio, Antonio Donzì, Fabio Giacoppo, performoing works by M. Amoroso, J. Rodrigo, G. P. Telemann, G. Mafali, F. Kleynjans, A. Soraci, C. Machado Xote, C. Machado and J. Lennon, P. Mc Cartney.

 

6.00PM – Terrazza delle Palme, Hotel Villa Schuler 
Riccardo Buzzurro, classic and latin guitar music.

Graduated in classical guitar, he has performed on various international stages, directed the Taormina mandolin orchestra, creates his guitar arrangements of the great themes of music.
More info: event, Riccardo Buzzurro, www.hotelvillaschuler.com

 

7.00PM Public Gardens “Florence Trevelyan”
Orchestra mandolinistica Gioviale Taormina

rchestra Mandolinistica Gioviale Taormina. The instrumental ensemble is consisting of mandolins, mandolas, mandoloncelli, guitars and double bass and will perform a wide range of music from classical mandolin musics to film music arrangements. The name is inspired by the greatest Sicilian mandolin player of all time, Giovanni Gioviale, an instrumentalist who lived until the mid-20th century.
More info: event, Orchestra Gioviale

 

8.00PM Piazza Carmine
Domenico Quaceci: Ascendant

rchestra Mandolinistica Gioviale Taormina. The instrumental ensemble is consisting of mandolins, mandolas, mandoloncelli, guitars and double bass and will perform a wide range of music from classical mandolin musics to film music arrangements. The name is inspired by the greatest Sicilian mandolin player of all time, Giovanni Gioviale, an instrumentalist who lived until the mid-20th century.
More info: event, Domenico Quaceci

 

9.00PM Largo Santa Caterina
Bandacircular + Paternò Music Lab Brass Band

andaCircular recalls the village bands that entertain large audiences, involving them in dance to rhythms of various cultures. The band is directed as if it were a Drum Circle. BandaCircular is directed by Romina Adorno Pincha, Percussionist and Drum Circle facilitator. Banda plays rhythms from African, Brazilian and Latin American culture. BandaCircular will play together with the PML, Paternò Music Lab, a brass band directed by master Angelo Di Stefano.
More info: event, BandaCircular

 

9.30PM Pizza Castelmola in  CASTELMOLA
Klostes

he village of Castelmola near Taormina also takes part of the European Music Day. Within the walls of the ruins of the castle of Mola takes place a special event, in keeping with the evocative location. The evening starts at 18.00 h with a lecture in italian language on Feng Shui – l’energia che risuona (the energy that creates resonance), at 19.15 h the Quartetto Klostès performs Anthropop Music. Often meeting to spin and learn the art of weaving the four women of the qaurtetto Klostès (Luisa Biondo harp and voice – Eleonora Bonincontro oud – Anna Maria Castrogiovanni guitar – Novella Novelli voice) started playing in September 2021. The name of the group, refers to a term of the ancient Greek language, which indicates the thread that is produced by the action of spinning. Their music style is linked to Eastern, Greek, Sephardic, Grecanic, digging into the anthropological roots of the Mediterranean, preferring Sicilian dialect. The evening will be finished with the performance of Padma – with her programm “arte mistica del fuoco in danza e musica” (the mystical art of fire in dance and music). Thanks in part to her background as a dance-movement-therapist, Padma is able to symbolically convey all the power of the fire element, which is the real protagonist of the scene, going beyond the technical aspect of the dance and the instrument.
More info: event, Klostes

 

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

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June 18 – David Garrett

David Garrett

Ancient Theatre, Sunday 18th June 2023 @ 7.45pm

 

TICKETS on ticketone
Platea: € 95,00
Gallery: € 80,00
Upper Circle (numbered seats): € 60,00
Upper Circle (non numbered circle): 46,00

 

MORE INFO

www.david-garrett.com/en

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

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June 17/August 27 – Exhib. “La Bella Terra” by Isabella Ducrot

E X H I B I T I O N

La Bella Terra

by Isabella Ducrot

Palazzo Ciampoli, from June 17 to August 27, 2023

Free entrance. Everyday from 10.00am to 1:00pm and from 4.00pm to 8.00pm

 

Ms Ducrot presents 35 works that tell the themes of travel, landscape, myth and its importance for the future in a poetic, delicate and powerful way at the same time,

 

MORE INFO

Parco Archeologico Naxos > parconaxostaormina.com – urp.parco.archeo.naxos@regione.sicilia.it

Isabella Ducrot home page

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

 

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June 15/19, 2023 – Taormina Book Festival

Taormina Book Festival

13th edition

LE LIBERTA’

Taormina various locations, from June 15 to 19, 2023

Free admission to every event, limited seats.

 

The fascinations of literature combined with the beauty of a unique place in the world. It is the perfect combination of Taobuk, an international literary festival that brings together the tradition of Taormina as the cosmopolitan capital of literature and arts, a refuge for eccentric and excellent personalities such as Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Picasso, Richard Strauss.
The Festival is conceived and directed by Antonella Ferrara.
Every year Taobuk chooses a theme around which the calendar of meetings takes shape with the help of authoritative writers, thinkers and artists, in a tight flow of ideas and novelties.
At the core of the festival there is literature seen through the point of view of international writers. Taobuk’s program, however, is also embellished with exhibitions, theatrical performances, dance pieces and film retrospectives shown in evocative locations: first and foremost the Ancient Theatre, along with the city’s palaces and major hotels.
Every year Taobuk chooses a theme around which the calendar of meetings takes shape with the help of authoritative writers, thinkers and artists, in a tight flow of ideas and novelties.
At the core of the festival there is literature seen through the point of view of international writers. Taobuk’s program, however, is also embellished with exhibitions, theatrical performances, dance pieces and film retrospectives shown in evocative locations: first and foremost the Ancient Theatre, along with the city’s palaces and major hotels.

This year’s theme is FREEDOM

online programme (in Italian)

full programme (in Italian)

 

MORE INFO
www.taobuk.it
www.youtube.com/user/TAOBUK
www.facebook.com/taobuk
www.instagram.com/taobukfestival

 

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

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June 15/19, 2023 – Exhib. “Le Grand Bleu” by Velasco Vitali

T A O R M I N A   B O O K   F E S T I V A L

 

 

Exhibition

Le Grand Bleu

by Velasco Vitali

Former Church Del Carmine. from Tuesday 15 to Monday 19, June 2023
Opening hours: 10am – 1.00pm and – 8.00pm. Free entrance

 

Forty works created from 2010 to today on paper of different formats and techniques, from oil to tempera, from aquarello to china to engraving.

 

MORE INFO

www.taobuk.it

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

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July 11, 2023 – Checco Zalone

Checco Zalone

in “Amore + Iva”

Ancient Theatre, Tuesday 11th July 2023 @ 9.00

 

Luca Pasquale Medici known as Checco Zalone (1977) is an Italian actor, musician, singer-songwriter, imitator, comedian and screenwriter. He co-wrote and starred in the five highest-grossing Italian films in Italy headed by Quo Vado?.

 

TICKETS on ticketone

Platea “Gold”: € 97,75
Gallery “Gold”: € 97,75
Gallery: € 92,00
Upper Circle (numbered seats): € 69,00
Upper Circle (non numbered circle): 46,00

 

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

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June 7/October 31 – Exhib. “Palimpsests. The Ancient Theatre at Taormina: from history to mith”

E X H I B I T I O N

Palinsesti, il Teatro Antico dalla storia al mito

Palimpsests. The Ancient Theatre at Taormina: from history to mith

Ancient Theatre, from June 7 to October 31, 2023

The fee is included in the ticket to the theatre

 

The Story of the Ancient Theatre of Taormina.

On display the most important inscriptions to understand the millenary history of the theatre and some fragments of the architectural decoration of the monument: precious marbles from the imperial age recovered from the pieces in the warehouse.

 

 

MORE INFO

Parco Archeologico Naxos > parconaxostaormina.com – urp.parco.archeo.naxos@regione.sicilia.it

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta 

 

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