São Paulo. The lawyer and President of Rome Lazio Film Commission Luciano Sovena received an award for “Uma vida para o Cinema” in the audiovisual exhibition “Prisma” in São Paulo in Brazil. The president of the Italian-Brasilian Chamber of Commerce Edoardo Pollastri, the director of the exhibition Alessandro Battisti, the director of the Italian festival Nico Rossini presented the award for the following reasons: ” Luciano Sovena who has long honoured Italian cinema with his long career holding many different and prestigious posts. He has enriched the Italian film with high quality films, sharing our film culture around the world and has contributed to the growth of our audio-visual industry. The Italian-Brasilian Chamber of Commerce thanks him and wants to count among him among its overseas friends for his promotion of Italian cinema in Brazil and his role in the large Italian community in Sao Paulo. We also want to thank the Roma Lazio Film Commission that he presides and the Lazio Region.” Sovena thanked and gave a short speech confirming the importance of the promotion of Italian cinema abroad and greeting the audience including the Vice Consul, Francesca Orsini and the director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Renato Poma. (9Colonne)
