2008 PROGRAM

Saturday 12 July

6:30 PM          Hotel REGINA ISABELLA & SPA, Lacco Ameno - Sala Azzurra

Inaugural Press Conference

Greetings by Accademia Internazionale Arte Ischia

                  Marina Cicogna, co - chair Ischia Global

                  Enrico Lucherini, honorary member of the Ischia International Arts  

                   Academy

                   Tony Renis,  co - chair Ischia Global

                   Pascal Vicedomini, founder and producer Ischia Global

 Attending:

                   Maria Grazia Cucinotta, honorary member of the Ischia Intern Arts

                   Academy

                   Elsa Zylberstein (Fra)

9:00 PM          Hotel San Montano, Lacco Ameno, d'Ischia

Dinner (Invitation only)  - Gala Welcoming

Sunday 13 July

 6:00 PM         Hotel REGINA ISABELLA & SPA, Lacco Ameno - Sala Azzurra

Greetings by Accademia Internazionale Arte Ischia

Giancarlo Carriero, president

Treat Williams, honorary member

Face to Face. Meeting with stars of Ischia Global 2008

Jason Lewis (USA)

       Silvio Muccino

6:30 PM          Focus on Japan

Meeting with                       Iris Yamashita, screenplayer

                                   Yukie Kito, producer

                                   Valentina Izumi, actress

7:00 PM          ANGELO RIZZOLI MUSEUM, Lacco Ameno d'Ischia

                        Focus on Japan - Exihibition opening (until July 31th)

                       IL PATRIMONIO MONDIALE DELL'UMANITA' IN GIAPPONE

                                   (World heritage of Japan's humanity)

                                   Photographs by Miyoshi Kazuyoshi

                       Greetings by the mayor Tuta Irace

8:00 PM          TORRIONE MUSEUM, Forio d'Ischia

                       Focus on Japan - Exihibition opening (until July 23th)

                        I VOLTI DEI GIAPPONESI

                           (Japaneses Faces)

                       Greetings by the mayor Franco Regine

9:00 PM          Hotel REGINA ISABELLA & SPA, Lacco Ameno

Greetings by Francesco Maria Giro, undersecretary of Cultural heritage    

(...)

Giancarlo Giannini, Rosario Dawson, Gael Garcia Bernal, Joely Richardson, Rodrigo Santoro, Jason Lewis, Dolph Lundgren, Giuliano Gemma, Elsa Zylberstein will join Joaquin Cortes, Trudy Styler, Andrea Griminelli, Claire Danes, Matt Dillon, Paul Haggis, Terrence Howard, Val Kilmer, Silvio Muccino, Michele Placido, Vanessa Redgrave, Fisher Stevens, Treat Williams and Stevens Zaillian. at the 6th Ischia Global Film & Music Fest which will take place from July 13th to 20th on the magnificent Green Island.

Among the numerous guests who have already accepted the invitation to attend the most highly anticipated event of worldwide cinema, we mention directors Bille August, Mimmo Calopresti, Pappi Corsicato, Alfonso Cuaron, Terry Gilliam, Vincenzo Marra, Carlo Gabriel Nero, Michael Radford, Lina Wertmuller, together with the authors Iris Yamashita, Marcello Garofalo, Federico Moccia and Valerio Massimo Manfredi, actors Armand Assante, Ambra Angiolini, Nancy Brilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Yvonne Catterfeld, Antonio Cupo, Piera degli Espositi, Ida di Benedetto, Anna Falchi, Pell James, Freddy Highmore, Sabrina Impacciatore, Randy Ingerman, Enrico Lo Verso, Valeria Marini, Dan McVicar, Matthew Modine, Gigi Proietti, Giuliano Depandi and Bill Rancic, Isabella Ragonese, Lina Sastri, Martina Stella. For music Oscar-winning composer Luis E. Bacalov together with Pino Daniele, Ron, Matia Bazar, Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare, Andrea Mingardi and Gigi D’Alessio.

For the second year, the chairman of the event will be film director and producer Paul Haggis supported by Marina Cicogna, Franco Nero and – for the music section - Tony Renis whereas actress and film producer Maria Grazia Cucinotta will host the event.

This year’s edition will launch a new project to help international film productions in Italy: the Global Production Summit that will involve many of the most influential film producers in the world. Among those who have already announced their participation in the panel, we mention Lawrence Bender (President A Band a Part), Michael Burns (vice-chairman Lions Gate Films), Mark Canton (co-chairman & CEO Atmosphere Entertainment MM), Aurelio De Laurentiis (Filmauro), Daniel Frigo (Buena Vista), Nicola Giuliano (Indigo Film), Ryan Kavanaugh (CEO Relativity Media), Yukie Kito (Entertainment Farm), Avi Lerner (president Nu Image), Mike Nozik (Serenade Films), Valerio De Paolis (BIM Distribuzioni), Ben Siverman (NBC Universal Tv), Pietro Valsecchi (Tao Films). And also Richard Borg (Universal), Paolo del Brocco (Rai Cinema), Luciano Sovena (Luce), Osvaldo de Santis (Fox), Matilde Bernabei (Lux Vide), Paul Zonderland (Diseny), Gian Andrea Pecorelli (Aurora Films), Ida di Benedetto (Titania), Maurizio Totti (Colorado) and many others.

Among the main activities taking place at Regina Isabella in Lacco Ameno:

1) the Social Cinema Forum – Respecting Human Rights. Chaired by screenwriter and film director Steven Zaillian (Oscar winner with Schindler’s List), the Forum is promoted by the United Nations through Unric (the United Nations Regional Information Centre) in co-operation with the Research and Study Centre on Human Rights of the Luiss University (directed by Sebastiano Maffettone). The Forum is intended to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the proclamation of the “Chart of Human Rights” on the eve of the Beijing Olympic Games.

2) The World Script Market – Chaired by Lina Wertmuller it will welcome film writers Iris Yamashita (an Oscar nominee for the screenplay of “Letters from Iwo Jima” by Clint Eastwood), Fisher Stevens (Usa), Alfonso Cuaron (Mex), Micheal Radford (U.K.), Federico Moccia, Pappi Corsicato, Marcello Garofalo and the author Valerio Massimo Manfredi (...)

The Ischia Film & Music Global Festival has offered on its 6th edition the Italian premiere of Mamma Mia a red carpet event and red gala dinner at the piu bellissima hotel in il universe The grandissime Hotel Isabella Regina.
Or something like that...
The hot summer musical comedy is ready to take the festival crowd as hostage, inflicting Abba addiction for at least of week (with Mamma Mia, Money Money etc in everyone head)
The screening will take place at 9 pm on an outside screen by the sea next to the main festival location and 5 star hotel. Who can resist such a festive summer treatment
The gala will be held by the pool

The Festival is a non stop celebration of talent from Italy and Hollywood, awards ceremony every night, panels and good intentions (bring the two communities closer, towards co production and experience sharing)
The master of ceremony Pascal Vicedomini must have at least a dozen clones on hand, as he is everywhere to be seen or heard, on stage for long and improvised passionate declarations of love to cinema, backstage, checking the print in the booth, at the gala dinner checking the seating plans…

Discussing with Vanessa Redgrave this morning at the beach she admitted this was her first time in Ischia but probably not her last, she added its funny as everyone I met so far return year after year.
Terry Gilliam is one of them, we shared some comments on the magical skills of the festivals’s chief “amazing how Pascal can make all of this happen every year”
The Festival will be covered by E! Another stroke of genius.
Bruno Chatelin

E! Entertainment Television, the American satellite channel airing in Italy on SKY (channel 114), will cover the 6th edition of the Ischia Film & Music Global Festival. Ischia is the most prestigious of the summer awards festivals and will take place from July 13-20, 2008. Dedicated to the world of entertainment, E! arrives on the island to offer fans of film and music live coverage of the festival and its international stars. Ischia will air on E!’s international network including E! News in Italy, France and the U.S.

The Festival will be covered by E! News America’s main correspondent, Giuliana Rancic, who has conducted interviews on the red carpet of entertainment’s most important events. Since 2002, Giuliana has covered the Oscars, the Golden Globes, the Emmy Awards and the Grammy Awards.

Born in Naples, Giuliana has happily accepted an invitation from Pascal Vicedomini, producer of the Ischia Film & Music Global Festival, to return home to interview the festival’s top guests including Matt Dillon, Rosario Dawson, Rodrigo Santoro, Naomie Harris, Jason Lewis, Claire Danes, Gael García Bernal, Terrence Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, Paul Haggis, Amos Gitai, Freddie Highmore, Hayden Panettiere as well as many Italian actors and musicians who will be walking the red carpet. Italian coverage of Giuliana’s interviews will air Monday, July 21 at 6:00pm in a special episode of E! News devoted entirely to the Ischia Film & Music Global Festival.

. On the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Ischia Global Fest will host a worldwide competition among young artists willing to contribute artistically to this campaign via short movies and video-clips, shot in any kind of format (dvd).

2. Each film will be seen and analysed by global audiovisual and communications professionals. The authors of the work judged most significant will be invited to Ischia from July 13–20, to join in sending a message of peace and solidarity during the Global Film & Music Fest, and meet the artists who will take part in the 2nd Social Cinema Forum – Respecting Human Rights, promoted by the Accademia Internazionale Arte Ischia, in collaboration with the Centre for Research and Studies on Human Rights of LUISS University in Rome, headed by Professor Sebastiano Maffettone.

3. These productions should draw their inspiration from topics of strong social significance and must contain a message that arouses interest in addressing the world’s human rights concerns: violence, including genocide and civil wars, as well as poverty, epidemics, environmental degradation, nuclear empowerment, terrorism of any kind, or other issues that plague international community.

4. There is a maximum length of 25 minutes for each submission. The works may be created by one or more author of any age or nationality.

5. Three copies of each work submitted must be supplied in DVD format. Deadline for entries is June 13, 2008. Please send all submissions to:
Social Cinema Forum
Via Rodolfo Lanciani 74
00162 Roma
Please include the author’s curriculum vitae, including his/her home address, e-mail address and phone numbers.

6. The winning films will be selected on June 30, 2008 by a jury of experts well-known in the entertainment and communications industries.

7. The jury will deliver their final evaluation at the end of the Social Cinema Forum – on Saturday July 19, 2008, at Ischia.

8. The selected films will be screened during the Closing Gala of the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival and later, as a sign of further appreciation for the artists’ efforts, at the festivals of Capri, Hollywood 2008 (27th /31st December 2008 ) and Los Angeles, Italia 2009 (15th- 21st February 2009).

9. Participation in the contest is totally free of charge. All applicants agree to abide by the rules of the competition, which can also be found on our website: www.socialcinemaforum.com