TO Martin Scorsese The Career award while the godmother of this year will be Valeria Solarinoso to 71st edition of the Taormina Film Festivalscheduled from 10 to 14 June 2025directed by Tiziana Rocca.
Presented to Cannes The international jury of the Festival composed of: Dàvine Joy RandolphOscar -winning actress and jury president; the actor Rupert Everett; The famous costume designer Sandy Powellthree times Oscar winner; Steven Gaydosan influential voice of global cinematographic journalism and two protagonists of our cinema as Ilenia Pastorelli And Alessandra Mastronardi.
The thriller will open the festival ‘Ballerina’ Of Len Wiseman while the first work in competition announced is ‘Warfare – War time’film that brings us back to the shocking reality of modern conflicts.
On the occasion of his 25th anniversaryThe manifest of this edition is dedicated to one of the most iconic films of contemporary Italian cinemathe film of Giuseppe Tornatore, ‘Malèna’ starring Monica Bellucci.
The festival this year will be divided into four sections: the International feature film competitionThe Out of competitionThe Special events at the Antico Theater and the new section dedicated to Short film.
Another film that will be presented in the section Out of competition And ‘As brothers’directed by Antonio Padovan and interpreted by Francesco Centorame, Pierpaolo Spollon, Ludovica Martino, Paola Buratto, Mariana Lancellotti, Simonetta Guarino, Alfonso Santagata, Alessio Praticò, Roberto Citran and the friendly participation of Giuseppe Battiston. There comedyaddresses the themes offriendship and of the familyis produced by Pepito Produzioni with Rai Cinema and the June 26th distributed by 01 Distribution.