:: TAORMINA ARTE AWARD FOR CINEMATIC EXCELLENCE

Each night, a Taormina Arte Award for Cinematic Excellence was presented on the stage of the Greek Theatre, prior to the evening screening. The Taormina Arte Award for Cinematic Excellence which this year is sponsored by Harry Winston jewelers went to seven great personalities of world cinema [read more...]  [link...]

:: NASTRI D'ARGENTO AWARDS

Best director is Gabriele Salvatores for "Io non ho paura". Best actors are Neri Marcorè and Gigi Proietti ex aequo. Best actress is Giovanna Mezzogiorno Here is the complete winners' list of the Nastri d'Argento 2003 [read more...]  [link...]

:: THE GUESTS

Several guests at the festival this year, among the others Miklos Jancso, Robert Duvall, Nino Manfredi, Joel Schumacher, Mariangela Melato, Ornella Muti, Marisa Paredes but even Monica Bellucci, Renzo Arbore, Gillo Pontecorvo, Luciana Pedraza, Maurizio Nichetti, Roberta Torre, Giuseppe Piccioni, Ferzan Ozpetek, and many others. Find them in the photogallery  [link...]

:: "GREAT CINEMA" AT THE ANCIENT THEATRE

To choose a strongly European review proved winning. The films, at the moment among the best on the market, convinced the audience. The great American previews were not missing.  [link...]

:: CINEMA FROM THE WORLD

Two movies of Cinema from the world section receive two awards. NOORA by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh receives the Scarabeo d'oro Award offered by Aprilia. EL ULTIMO TREN by Diego Arsuaga receives Fipresci (the Federation of International Press) Award. The window on the world of the cinematographic previews is always very interesting.  [link...]

:: SHORT FILM AWARDS

EL ULTIMO VAGON by Osvaldo Daicich will receive the BNL Award for International Short film and DEADLINE by Massimo Coglitore will receive the BNL Award for I Corti Sicliani. The winners will receive tonight the BNL Awards. [read more...]  [link...]

:: TAKEN: THE EVENT

The 15 hours long film produced by Spielberg and directed by ten different directors could not have a better launch. Beneath the stars of Taormina the ten episodes moved and convinced the audience [read more...]  [link...]

:: CINEMA'S LESSONS

The cinema lessons, started with Kiarostami as a bet during the last festival, are now a reality with a strong presence of students and audience. [read more...]  [link...]

:: SHOOTING STARS

In this section ten films have been showed and ten new emerging talented actresses and actors have been carefully selected among those of ten European Countries. Shooting Stars is arranged in collaboration with the European Film Promotion  [link...]

:: SILVANO CAMPEGGI MEETS PINOCCHIO

"Pinocchio sono io. Pinocchio, that's me" is a paint exhibition made by Silvano Campeggi and inspired by the famous character created by Collodi. The exhibition is located at Palazzo dei Congressi [read more...]  [link...]

:: TOWARDS THE 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE TAORMINA FILM FESTIVAL

Felice Laudadio, artistic director presents the 49th Taormina BNL FilmFest will that take place June 7-14, 2003. [read more...] 

:: TAORMINA BNL FILM FEST AT ROME

The Taormina BNL FilmFest will take place June 23-28, 2003 in Piazza Vittorio in Rome, organized by Anec Lazio, by the Ministry of Cultural Activities's film department and with support from Bnl.

:: A SPECIAL SILVER RIBBON TO REMEMBER ALBERTO SORDI

At midnight on June 14, a special Silver Ribbon will awarded to Alberto Sordi at Taormina, on the occasion of the awards of the 2003 Silver Ribbons, at the end of the Taormina Bnl FilmFest. The award [read more...] 

:: COMPLETE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

The 49th Taormina BNL FilmFest, directed for the fifth consecutive year by Felice Laudadio, screen fifty feature films during the Festival’s eight day period, ten as world premiers and 16 as international premiers; all are being shown for the first time in Italy. [read more...] 

:: BNL - THE IMPORTANCE OF CINEMA

The relationship between BNL and the cinematographic world has been going on for over 60 years. If, in the past, it acted as a bank financing public funds, nowadays, BNL is a private credit agency, a bank which has always offered and still offers its knowledge and know how enhancing the expansion of this important branch of the Italian economy and culture