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Gabriele Salvatores launches "Italy in a Day"

Oscar-winning filmmaker, Gabriele Salvatores is set to begin production on his next film, "Life In a Day ." The project is a take-off on Ridley Scott's 2010 "Britain in a Day." It will be the first collective film to be made by Italians. The designated day is October 26, 2013, which the director calls, "a normal autumn Saturday.” Participants are invited to document their own day on video, showing an ordinary day in their lives. “We always say that cinema should tell the story of our own lives. For once, we are asking people to stop being directed and to tell who they are themselves,” explained Salvatores.  “It is an interesting challenge and a great responsibility,” Salvatores went on, “because here, the author is putting himself at the service of citizens’ emotions and thoughts. It's a project that is beyond cinema and documentary.” The film, produced by Indiana Production and Rai Cinema, will be released in theaters and shown on the Rai network.

Gianfranco Rosi's Roman Tale, "Sacro GRA"

Grande Raccordo Anulare History was made at this year's Venice Film Festival. The jury, headed by Director Bernardo Bertolucci awarded the coveted Golden Lion Award to director, Gianfranco Rosi for his documentary, "Sacro GRA." It was the first time in the festival's history that a documentary took top honors. The film's subject, the GRA, an acronym for Grande Raccordo Anulare, is a 42-mile stretch of highway that surrounds Rome. It's an imperfect circle with dozens of tunnels and exits, which serve the communities, neighborhoods and countryside surrounding the Eternal City. It's somewhat of a meeting point that brings together the inner and outer parts of the city. Construction of the GRA began in 1948 with sections that opened every couple years until its completion in 1979. Since then, the road has been under construction a number of times to add more lanes and more accessibility. Regardless of the intentions for this highway to make commuting

Equinozio D'Autunno: 19 International Artists

EQUINOZIO D’AUTUNNO  19 Italian & International Artists September 22 – November 10 As the equinox repeats over time marking the transition from one season to another, the Autumn Equinox exhibition returns to the Castello di Rivara , even more rich and evocative. Franz Paludetto, today as then, has identified a new generation of artists to celebrate the astronomical event that makes night equal to day. Autumn Equinox is an extraordinary exhibition. This is not a conventional exhibition, but a complex and multifaceted experience. There are four solo shows in which the works of Elvio Chiricozzi "Weightless", Oreste Casalini "Balanced", Mustafa Sabbagh "Everything Moves" and Davide Dormino "Magnetism" are displayed in a part of the main part of the castle, which was renovated in late nineteenth century. Also in this space, next to the works of the collection exhibited permanently, are the works of Omar Ronda,

Enrico Lo Verso

A scene from "L'amore Imperfetto" (2002) Born in Palermo in 1964, Enrico Lo Verso knew as a child that he'd one day pursue acting. Determined to make his dream come true, he headed to Rome when he was a teenager and attended the iconic film school, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.  In 1989, he made his feature film debut in Anselmo Sebastiani's, " Ragazzi nervosi ."  For the next several years, he went back and forth working in both television and cinema. His breakthrough project came in 1994 with a role in  Gianni Amelio 's  internationally acclaimed, " L'America."  Lo Verso starred alongside veteran actor, Michele Placido .  "L'America" is a richly symbolic film set against the backdrop of poverty stricken Albania after the fall of its communist government. Lo Verso plays the part of Gianni, an Italian swindler, who along with his partner, tries to set up a manufacturing plant to make easy money off unscr

Isola Tibertina: Rome's Island of Cinema

Created in 1995, L'Isola del Cinema (The Island of Cinema) sounds like a dream, but is actually an enchanting annual film festival held along the banks of the Tiber River in Rome. There, you can watch a film, have a cocktail and bask in a place surrounded by everything cinema. Located on Isola Tiberina (Tiber Island), a tiny island near the Trastevere neighborhood in central Rome, L'Isola del Cinema operates during the summer months and features a broad range of international films.  The island itself has a fascinating history dating back to 510 B.C., when it housed the Temple of Esculapio, god of medicine. Today, the island is home to one of Rome's hospitals, Ospedale Fatebenefratelli San Giovanni Calibita. The hospital was founded in 1584 and is still operating, run by the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God or "Fatebenefratelli."  The island and its bridges offer spectacular views of the Tiber River with the unique Roman architecture and colo