Many have called them the Italian Golden globes, certainly the Filming Italy Venice Award ceremony of which Tiziana Rocca is the general and artistic director and Ciak the Media partner, has big Hollywood events in its DNA. Lots of people paraded the red carpet at the Excelsior Hotel before the awards evening in the Sala degli Stucchi. “Managing to put together such a unique parterre of guests, including actors, actresses and directors from all over the world,” admitted Tiziana Rocca at the morning meeting, ”required months of constant work to achieve a satisfactory result. Godmother Laura Chiatti chose to be there, despite her allergy to big events: “Tiziana is the only one who manages to flush me out of my Umbrian cave context,” she joked.
Among the many award recipients were not only actors, including Christopher Lambert, Franco Nero, Isabella Ferrari, Miriam Leone, Vinicio Marchioni, Sonia Bergamasco, Sergio Castellitto, Alba Rohrwacher, Margherita Buy, Vittoria Puccini, Anita Caprioli, Cristiana Dell’Anna, and Maurizio Lombardi, but also directors such as Daniele Luchetti, Sandro Veronesi, Riccardo Milani, and Roberto Andò, and songwriters such as Riccardo Cocciante. “I have never written directly for cinema,” said the author of Margherita, ”but indirectly my songs have entered it. Recalling the beginnings was Isabella Ferrari: “Cocciante started with me in Sapore di mare and now we have found each other in Sorrentino’s Parthenope.” Many young people also received awards, from Romana Maggiora Vergano to Selene Caramazza, while Amos Gitai received the Filming Italy Venice International Director and Annabel Scholey the Filming Italy European Award.
