on choosing the animated musical comedy, featuring more than 40 rock, rap and pop tunes, as opener for the Nov. 26-Dec. 4 event. It will be Italy’s first festival held in venues with 100% seating capacity since COVID-19 struck.
Genre masters such as John Carpenter, Joe Dante and John Landis have all been guests. But from the outset the fest’s real mission has been to discover, and give visibility to, promising rookies. Todd Haynes and Alexander Payne both trekked to Torino early in their careers and Italy’s Luca Guadagnino, Michelangelo Frammartino and Pietro Marcello got a crucial early boost from their Torino launches.
The fest’s two-pronged mission is “to explore new auteurs around the world and give space to Italian directors at their first or second film,” Di Celle says. He is particularly happy to be feting Monica Bellucci with a prize for artistic innovation as the iconic Italian actor has been “experimenting more than usual.” In her latest film “The Girl in the Fountain,” directed by Italy’s Antongiulio Panizzi, she plays another icon, the late Anita Ekberg, a role for which she dyed her hair blonde.
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