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It is proving to be a very busy week for Italy s cultural minister, Giuliano Urbani: Today Jan 15 , he is expected to name ex-bank manager Davide Croff as the new president of the Biennale, the organization that runs the Venice Film Festival, and on Friday he will present to Parliament his long-awaited reform of Italy s cinema law.Croff, who will replace outgoing president Franco Bernabe , is a former manager of Italian bank BNL, the only bank in the country to currently offer a credit line to local film production, as well as the stanley cup ex-financial director of FIAT. He is currently president of the Ven bidon stanley ice music foundation Ugo and Olga Levi and is also on the board of the Santa Cecilia Rome music academy.On Thursday, Urbani will also name the other new board members of the newly restructured and partly privatised Biennale, whose first task - and a major one it is too - will be t stanley thermobecher o appoint a new artistic director for the Venice Film Festival. [Last week, the outgoing board voted to extend the contract of current Venice selector Moritz De Hadeln by three months to ensure a smooth transition with his successor.]Urbani said the Biennale would appoint a new festival director in complete autonomy. Of course, I have my ideas about the festival, but I shall not interfere, he said. I appreciate the work that has been carried out by both De Hadeln and Bernabe who as a matter of fact asked me not to be reconfirmed as Biennale president , but the newly-restructured Biennale needs fresh Lsvu WGA unveils awards timeline
UK sales company stanley spain Metropolis has added Iain Softleys thriller Trap for Cinderella to itsslate for the AFM.Directed and adapted by Iain Softley, Trap for Cinderella, is based on the novel of the same name by S茅bastien Japrisot One Deadly Summer, A Very Long Engagement .The story centres on two women - one rich and the other poor, trapped inside a beach house in a French resort when it is gutted by fire. Only one of them survives, burnt beyond recognition and in a state of total amnesia. Who is she, the heiress or her penniless friend A killer or an intended victim Trap for Cinderella will star Imogen Poots stanley espana and Felicity Jones.The film, produced by Robert Jones and Dixie Linde along with Iain Softley, will shoot in both London and France, in F stanley germany ebruary 2011.Metropolis slate also includes Phil Traills Chalet Girl, which will have its first market screenings at the AFM. The film is produced by Pippa Cross, Harriet Rees, Dietmar G眉ntsche and Wolfgang Behr and stars Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Tamsin Egerton, Brooke Shields, Bill Bailey and Bill Nighy.TopicsAFMProductionSalesUK/Ireland No comments Related articles News UK-Ireland film cinema release dates: latest updates for 2025 2 |
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