Taormina Film Fest 2023 is in its initial phase, 9 days of meetings, screenings, masterclasses, events and concerts. here is the full program

69th edition of Taormina Film FestivalHe Taormina will launch the 2023 summer session of the Art Foundation Sicily, Under the auspices of the Executive Director and Co-Artistic Director Barrett Wiseman and co-artistic director Beatrice VeniceThe festival is once again a total production of the Foundation and will go on stage By 1 July 2023,

,We are thrilled to present an incredible selection of Italian and international talent and celebrities to Taormina this year” – he claims Barrett Wisemancalled upon to direct the Foundation Specialization The decades in the field of music and cinema have seen the creation of prestigious festivals around the world (this is its 150th) – “I would like to thank Beatrice Venezi, Artistic Co-Director and Ester Bonafede, Superintendent of the Tao Arte Sicilia Foundation, for making all this possible and for trusting me with such an important commitment as the realization of this festival. We managed to organize an event that would represent an important new course for the Foundation and for the city of Taormina, the pearl of the Mediterranean Sea.,

Comment Co-Artistic Director Beatrice Venice,I would call this an epochal turning point for the Taormina Arte Sicilia Foundation, which finally, with this 2023 season, has returned to production and is establishing itself as an important artistic interlocutor on the national and international scene. The activity of the artistic direction that I am carrying out is in order of ideas to restore to Taormina the role of the stage of excellence. I am delighted to collaborate with the Pavarotti Foundation, with whom we are also undertaking an important talent search and promotion of young people, with the aim of identifying promising young opera singers to make their debut on our stage during the summer season .,

Program of films and international guests

  • in the fire Of conor allinsubmitted by hero Amber Heardby the director and actors Yari Gugluchi And Eduardo Noriega
  • Indiana Jones and the Quadrant of Fate Presented by Heroes, by James Mangold Harrison Ford, mads mikelsen And phoebe waller bridge,
  • one thousand and one Of av rockwellPresented by the director and protagonist Teyana Taylor
  • Evening “Impressive Shorts” edited by Bella Thornein which they will participate Nina Dobrev, Khabi Lam, Jacqueline Fernandez, Amanda Cerny, Adriana Lima, Barbara Palvin
  • Billy’s Magical World Of Francesco Cinquemani, directed and presented by William Baldwin
  • divinity Of Eddie Alcazar Presented by the director and actors karrueche tran And Moses Arias
  • eden’s absence Of Marco Perego, Presented by the director and protagonist Zoe Saldana, Garrett Hedlund And adria arjona
  • Meetings and Masterclasses with John Landis, Willem Dafoe And abel ferrara

Italian films and guests in the program

  • The indecisive groom who just can’t (or maybe doesn’t want to) leave the bathroom anymore. Of George Amato
  • bad conscience Of David Minnella, Presented by the director and protagonist Francis Sciana, Philip Cicitano And Catherine Guzzanti,
  • worst day Of Edward Leo and Massimiliano Bruno, presented by directors and artists, composed by Sara Baccarini, Anna FoglietaMarco Bonini, Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Rocco Papaleo
  • strangeness Of Roberto went who will hold the stage of the festival together Tony Servillo, Salvo Ficarra, Valentino Piccone and Giulia Ando