Jan. 28 – Everything’s ready for the 8th edition of “Los Angeles-Italy: Film, Fashion and Art,” hosted by the Chinese 6 Theater from Feb. 17-23. The event – included in the official calendar of the year of Italian Culture in the U.S. – is sponsored by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, and the Economic Development Ministry, and supported by the Ministry of Culture. It was organized in collaboration with ICE, the Consulate General of Italy and Cinecittà Studios. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and USC, University of Southern California also participated.
The event will be presented on Monday, February 4 at the Capranichetta Cinema in Piazza Monticitorio in Rome. The actor and director Michele Placido and the producer and director Iginio Straffi will hold a speech in this occasion. Both are winners of the Los Angeles Italy Excellence Award along with Zucchero and director Kief Davidson, author of the Oscar-nominated documentary about Emergency. Alongside the artists, the president of ICE Riccardo Monti and the honorary president of the festival Marina Cicogna will also speak during the event. Also scheduled to participate are actors Franco Nero, on the silver screen with “Django Unchained,” and Giuliano Gemma, who will be acknowledge by Hollywood as part of the Spaghetti Western homage. Also participating are: director Fausto Brizzi with actress Claudia Zanella (for the feature film “Pazze di Me”), Tony Trupia and Andrea Zaccariello, Valeria Bilello, fresh from the David Frenkel’s “One Chance” set (production Weinstein & Co), who is also the inauguration sponsor of Los Angeles-Italy, and Pascal Vicedomini, founder and producer of the event. “Los Angeles, Italy Festival 2013” is sponsored by the Capri in the world. Special Partners are Cim Group, Eni and Rainbow Group.
