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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opens in Los Angeles The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opens its doors to the world on September 30. Founding Supporter of the Museum, Cinecittà has signed a deal that will bring Italian Cinema to Los Angeles with festivals, exhibitions and retrospectives. The relationship between American and Italian cinema, ancient yet stronger than ever, has found and keeps finding its perfect synthesis in Cinecittà, considering that 90 Italian films made in our studios were up for an Oscar nomination - 47 of those were won. The fact that the Museum's project bears the signature of an Italian architect and artist such as Renzo Piano seems to further strengthen this dialogue between Hollywood and [...]

COSTUME DESIGN... ITALIAN STYLE “Costume design…Italian Style” is the name of the round table, on October 24th at MAXXI, moderated by the prestigious costume designer, Deborah Nadoolman Landis who will be accompanied by Daniela Ciancio, Eva Coen, Stefano de Nardis, Gabriella Pescucci, Carlo Poggioli. Produced by The Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences in partnership with Festa del Cinema di Roma, the collaboration of ASC, Istituto Luce Cinecittà and the support of Swarovski. Dresses, costumes, ornaments and accessories are fundamental in the creation of the characters that live in the cinema, they are intrinsically woven into the fabric that makes a film a work of art. Prof. Landis, PhD, is a director of David C. Copley Center for [...]

ACADEMY MUSEUM ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH ISTITUTO LUCE – CINECITTÀ The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced Istituto Luce – Cinecittà as a Founding Supporter with a five-year agreement in support of an annual series of Italian films and accompanying public programs. The museum will be the world’s premier institution dedicated to the art and science of movies and moviemaking. Over the course of the five-year agreement, the Academy Museum team will curate an annual series of Italian masterpiece film screenings and programs in consultation with Istituto Luce – Cinecittà. The first will be a centennial tribute to the legendary writer-director Federico Fellini (1920–1993) traveling to major museums and film institutes in Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States. [...]

MATTEO GARRONE’S ‘DOGMAN’ TRIUMPHS AT ITALY’S DAVID DI DONATELLO AWARDS DOGMAN by Matteo Garrone, with Marcello Fonte (Best European Actor, Best Actor Cannes 2018), Cinema Italian Style Hong Kong & Los Angeles 2018 opening night movie, and official Italian entry to the Oscars 2018, scored an impressive result, receiving 9 David di Donatello Awards (the Italian Oscar), including Best Movie, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (other awards went to Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Make Up and Best Sound Mixing). Confirming the great choices by Artistic Director Laura Delli Colli, other Cinema Italian Style titles received the most prestigious Italian award: LORO by Paolo Sorrentino (2 including Best Leading Actress for [...]

THE NEW LIFE OF CINECITTÀ In July 2017, Cinecittà Studios returned to public management, making Istituto Luce Cinecittà the first and only Italian audiovisual hub. This return to the public was very important for the industry and the city of Rome. First of all for its social impact, having managed to keep and strengthen our team. Secondly, the MiBAC (Italian Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities) has initiated an important investment plan to renovate the entire complex, providing Cinecittà with new equipment and technologies. This investment plan also includes two large soundstages, an indoor water tank for underwater filming and a studio with permanent green screen for advertising and digital productions, which will definitely strengthen our commercial offer. Therefore, [...]

LUCHINO VISCONTI’s RECORD BREAKER RETROSPECTIVE ENDS ITS TOUR IN LOS ANGELES, AT THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE  The great success of the retrospective dedicated to Luchino Visconti continues. Produced by Luce Cinecittà, organized by Camilla Cormanni and Paola Ruggiero, the retrospective has offered to the American public the chance to admire all the director's masterpieces, starting from the recently restored films, Death in Venice and Ossessione, and the re-print from the original negative of a new 35mm copy of Ludwig, in the version never seen by Visconti, who was forced to cut it. After the Harvard Film Archive, the Lincoln Center in New York, where it was the most successful retrospective in its history, the TIFF in Toronto, the BAMPFA in [...]

MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI’S WORLD TOUR WRAPS UP AT LONDON’S BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE  After the North American tour, inaugurated at MoMA in New York in December 2017, then continued in major US and Canadian institutions, including the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles, the Seattle Internationl Film Festival (SIFF), the Castro Theater in San Francisco etc., the retrospective dedicated to Michelangelo Antonioni wrapped in London. Organized by the British Film Institute and Istituto Luce Cinecittà, the Michelangelo Antonioni’s retrospective: Confronting the Modern World with Style (January 1 – February 27, 2019) offered the complete body of work of the Maestro: almost 60 years of art from the [...]

Sold out for the opening night of the retrospective dedicated to Ugo Tognazzi at the MoMA   Sold out and lots of emotions last night for the premiere of the homage dedicated to Ugo Tognazzi at the MoMA The Museum of Modern Art in New York organized, as every year, by Istituto Luce Cinecittà . Maria Sole Tognazzi, representing her family for the occasion, introduced her documentary: "Portrait of My Father", followed by the movie that consecrated Tognazzi as best actor in Cannes in 1991: "Tragedy of a ridiculous man". Roberto Cicutto, President and CEO of Istituto Luce Cinecittà, affectionately remembered Bernardo Bertolucci, director of the movie who passed away last week, to whom Istituto Luce Cinecittà had dedicated a [...]

Rino Barillari. The King of Paparazzi An exhibition with the candid shots of the world’s most famous photo reporter Friday 12 October 2018 - Sunday 28 October 2018   Extra MAXXI – admission free For the first time a complete show devoted to the career of the photo reporter who best represents the “paparazzo”, a figure created by Federico Fellini for the film La Dolce Vita. Our country is revived through the shots of a photographer who allowed himself to be guided by instinct and passion to capture the most significant images of the last 50 years of Italian history: not just the international stars, but also the bloody episodes that marked the most painful pages of recent times, [...]

DOGMAN by Matteo Garrone is the official Italian Oscar submission It comes as no surprise that Dogman by Matteo Garrone will be representing Italy in the Oscars Best Foreign-language Film nomination race. The nominations will be announced in Los Angeles on 22 January 2019, with the official awards ceremony due to take place on 24 February. The ANICA-established commission chose Garrone's film from 21 nominated titles, all of which were distributed in Italian cinemas from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018. Other films in the running included Happy as Lazzaro by Alice Rohrwacher, awarded at Cannes with a Special Jury Mention. Also screened in competition at Cannes Film Festival last year, Dogman won the La Palma Award for Marcello Fonte’s performance and has received widespread acclaim from critics and [...]

David di Donatello Awards / Stunning success for the movies showcased in the 2017 edition of Cinema Italian Style Los Angeles, carefully selected by Artistic Curator Laura Delli Colli. They scored 11 David di Donatello Awards last night in Rome (lifetime achievement to Steven Spielberg, from the hands of Monica Bellucci,  special award to Diane Keaton and Stefania Sandrelli), including Best Movie (LOVE AND BULLETS by Manetti Bros), Best Director (Jonas Carpignano for A CIAMBRA), Best Leading Actress (Jasmine Trinca for FORTUNATA by Sergio Castellitto), Best Leading Actor (Renato Carpentieri for HOLDING HANDS by Gianni Amelio), Best Supporting Actress (Claudia Gerini for LOVE AND BULLETS), Best Supporting Actor (Giuliano Montaldo for FRIENDS BY CHANCE by Francesco Bruno). To view the complete list of winners and competitors (many of which in the selection too) click here . Special mention to Antonio Piazza and [...]