Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope will receive an inaugural Torino Grand Prix for its contribution to revitalising the US film industry. The director will attend the 27th Turin Film Festival, which runs November 13 – 21, to collect the award.
This year’s festival will host 42 world premieres, 21 international debuts, ten European premieres with 74 of the films screening in Italy for the first time.
To see the festival’s full programme, please visit the Turin Film Festival website.
Gianni Amelio will replace Nanni Moretti as artistic director of the Turin Film Festival. Amelio has stepped in to lead Turin's 27th edition in 2009 just four days after Moretti stepped down.Filmmaker Gianni Amelio's credentials include winning Venice's 1998 Golden Lion for the Turin-set period drama The Way We Laughed ...
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