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Vittoria Scarpa


1909 articles available in total starting from 01/03/2007. Last article published on 04/06/2025.

Martone’s We Believed triumphs at David di Donatellos

Released in the 150th anniversary year of the Unification of Italy, Mario Martone’s film on the Risorgimento, We Believed, won Best Film at the 55th edition of Italy’s top film awards, the David...  

06/05/2011 | David di Donatello 2011

Benigni enters Wrong Picture for Woody

The news was confirmed by Roberto Benigni’s press office: the Tuscan actor-comedian will appear in the new film by Woody Allen, The Wrong Picture. The juicy rumours started circling the US film...  

06/05/2011 | People | Italy

Riccardo Tozzi new president of ANICA

Riccardo Tozzi has been named the new president of ANICA, the umbrella organisation for Italian film, audiovisual and multimedia industries. Nominated unanimously yesterday by the association’s...  

06/05/2011 | Institutions | Italy

Garrone starts shooting Big House

Shooting kicks off today in Naples on Big House, the latest film by Matteo Garrone (photo). The director returns behind the camera three yeas after Gomorra, which besides grossing over €10m in...  

05/05/2011 | Production | Italy

April: admissions on the upswing, local films enjoy 37% market share

The negative trend in Italian cinemas had an upturn in April. Although 14.48% fewer admissions were registered last month (for a total of 6,294,000 admissions) than in April 2010, the March...  

05/05/2011 | Box Office | Italy

Sorrentino’s semi-autobiographical story on a thorny father-son relationship

Just days before the presentation of This Must Be the Place, in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22), director Paolo Sorrentino (winner of the 2008 Jury Prize on the Croisette...  

04/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Italy

Contemporary art and “arrangiarsi” in Senza arte né parte

What happens when an unemployed blue-collar man discovers that a bottle of whiskey placed in a shoe is worth hundreds of thousands of euros? The answer comes from director/artist Giovanni...  

03/05/2011 | Films | Italy

Dream factory Cinecittà shows off

Elaborate exteriors, historical costumes, props, photographic and audio material are just some of the items the legendary Cinecittà studios are making available to the public in an exhibit that...  

29/04/2011 | Events | Italy

Darren Aronofsky president

US director Darren Aronofsky will preside over the jury at the 68th Venice International Film Festival (August 31-September 10). Winner of Venice’s Golden Lion in 2008 for The Wrestler, the...  

28/04/2011 | Venice 2011 | Jury

TFL Window fosters bonds between film and literature

In 2010, 27% of films produced in Italy were literary adaptations. On the basis of this data from the Italian Publishers Associations, the International Book Forum (IBF) – the business section of...  

27/04/2011 | Events | Italy

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