Preparations are underway for the gala evening as part of the Regional Selections for the 36th edition of the National Competition A Girl for the Cinemaof the patrons Antonio Lo Presti and Daniela Eramo and whose final will take place on September 8th at the Teatro Antico in Taormina. On Sunday August 11th at 9 pm in the enchanting setting of Piazza Municipio in Messina the Messina Night Show will be held, organized by the Karamella Agency of Giovanni Grasso, which manages the Regional Selections of Una Ragazza per il Cinema.
The music and fashion show is part of the Cartellone Agosto Messinese 2024 and is sponsored by the Municipality of Messina and the Department of Culture. The mayor Federico Basile will be present; the councilor for Culture, Enzo Caruso; the councilor for Entertainment, Massimo Finocchiaro. The event will be presented by Natale Munaò, Antonella Romeo, Alice Carbonaro and Federica Gulino.
The guest of honor will be the singer Roberta Bonanno, who in 2008 came in second in the singing category at Amici di Maria De Filippi, behind the winner Marco Carta. She has released the albums “Non ho più paura” and “Io e Bonnie”. She participated in Sanremo in 2014. In 2018, she was in the cast of “Tale e Quale Show” by Carlo Conti, where she returned for the special edition “Natale e Quale Show”.
The program also features numerous other artists of various genres: Roberta Pennisi, a performer of Croatian origins and half Sicilian, who tours the world with her performances that include various disciplines: fire, aerial acrobatics, led show, burlesque and oriental dances; the very talented violinist from Messina Luisa Grasso, who alternates her commitment as a soloist with orchestral activity with top-level groups, such as the orchestra of the Sanremo Festival; the jazz saxophonist Samyr Guarrera; the very talented Giada Giordano, singer and dancer, fresh from her latest participation in the talent show Performer Talent Cup 2024 on Rai 2 and in the cast of Fiorello’s ViVa Rai 2; the DJ Giuseppe Caminiti.
The girls competing to win the bands needed to reach the final of Una Ragazza per il Cinema will parade with the clothes of the stylists Angela Sgrò of Reggio Calabria, Carmen Vulcano of Sant’Agata di Militello, Emilia Coco of Giarre, Giovanna Giusto and Tina Arena of Messina, Lucia Caccamo of Siracusa, Roberta Gusmà of Gioiosa Marea and the stylists of the Accademia Le Grand Chic. The choreography for the young talents will be curated by the exceptional Giada Minissale, teacher and dancer. The coordination of the parades will be entrusted to Federica Berenato. The filming of the evening will be carried out by PVK and directed by Antonio Grasso.