The Italian dramatic event – The Festival of the World Italian series – is starting this summer with a new price to present award offer. The organizers of the FIG told Deadline that they hoped that winning one of their new distinctions would become the Italian equivalent to win an Emmy. The United States has various prices for television, the United Kingdom has the Baftas, France has Césars, Spain the Goyas, etc. With the maximum prices of IGSF, Italian television folks will have a new chance of getting their hands on reward equipment.
Location and timing are crucial for any festival. The IGSF will take place in Riccione and Rimini in June – two popular places by the sea. Its first edition will star nine world, including Italian dramas Alex Bravo, policeman in his own way And We of the Rione Sanità of Italy, COPRODUCTION EPIC EURO Raven’s riseSpanish language drama The unnamedAnd Who almost killed Melody? from Canada.
There will be a preview projection of the Netflix Lena Dunham series Too much Before its launch in July. Igsf Calmar game Season 3. The new Korean Arcs season on Netflix during the festival.
The beginner’s dramatic event – which may not be so new in the sense that it is a reinvented version of the RomafictionFest which took place for a decade until 2017 – will be oriented towards the public with free projections to attend.
The festival is supported by the Italian association of audiovisual producers with the support of the Ministry of Culture. The artistic director of IGSF, Marco Spagnoli, was in Cannes this week with the Italian subsecretaire of the Ministry of Culture, Lucia Borgonzoni, and the head of APA Chiara Sbarigia to preview what will happen.
SPAGNOLI – A seasoned journalist and criticism, said that a key objective with the new festival and its awards is to put the Italian drama on the map.
“If you have something good, you have to show it,” he said in a conversation with Deadline to the Majestic Hotel in Cannes. “There are a lot of very good Italian shows, but when you think about television, I don’t know if you think of Italy. We produce a lot of television. A game is very good, and a game is very different from what you see elsewhere.”
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The festival will have competition sections for Italian and international series. The international play will have 28 series of 21 countries in competition through theater, comedy and limited series sections. The Italian competition will have the same three sections plus one for TV movies. It will present specific prices for the best series, mini-series, comedy, best director, best leading actress, best first-rate actor and best scenario.
Elsewhere, a special section nicknamed “ extraordinary – women described in the ” will be organized by the director of Turin Cinema Museum, and the former artistic director of Berlin Film Festival, Carlo Chatrian.
Talents including Katheryn Winnick, Clive Standen, Lucy Martin, Alan Gasmer, Polly Walker, Marianna Fontana and Gaetano Aronica will attend the IGSF.
A light on David Lynch & Fellini
Spagnoli has still shared some news in the official RP of the festival, in the form of a Federico Fellini-Inpirated Twin peaks A play which will be a tribute to David Lynch and the Italian director, one of the most famous sons of Rimini.
“Rimini was the city where Federico Fellini was born and Fulgor cinema, which we will use, was where he watched films,” said Spagnoli. “It is logical to pay tribute to Fellini and David Lynch by selecting the pilot of Twin peaks.
“I would like to call it” David Lynch’s light “because Federico Fellini said:” Cinema transforms dreams into light “.” Chatrian and the director of the New York Film Festival, Dennis LimTo erase,, Blue velvet) and Peter Deming (Mulholland Drive) in town to join the session.
“The loss of David Lynch was huge; He was a genius and Twin peaks It was the start in a new way of making television. It is perfect for having it in the city of Federico Fellini and his films, and we had to pay tribute to this beautiful friendship. »»
The director of the IGSF also shared the news of a Nordic series, with two episodes of Three Series Playing: Generations outside Denmark; Norwegian police comedy Pig; And another Danish series, the dramatic series of the restaurant Behind each man.
Unlike MIA in Rome later in the year, IGSF will not be a market or will have a jumped calendar of conferences and speakers. However, there will be two masterclasses, one by Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) whose new series Faithful First at the festival. Steven Moffat (Doctor Who) and Sue virtue will deliver the other masterclass of scripting. Moffat Douglas is canceled Play at IGSF.
The festival takes place from June 21 to 28 with the opening evening at the Teatro Galli in Rimini and the closing evening at the Arena del Sole in Riccione.
