Taormina Film Fest

sicily taormina film fest

the Taormina Film Fest is a film event that was born in 1955 in Messina.his original name was International film festival in Messina and Taormina .then within this event was born in 1970 "International Film Festival of Taormina" manifestation of competitive nature that already in 1971 precisely to move Taormina This historic film festival, organized by the Comitato Taormina Arte, in collaboration with the Sicily, Has counted among its guests illustrious names of world cinema, names such as Sophia Loren, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas.in 2009 it celebrated its 55th edition, because, although born in the 70s, has kept the number of the original event Messina.The 2009 edition had an important innovation that has led to further change, as has happened in past years, the appellation of this event taormina film fest in Sicily . novelty is to add these appointments and the usual projections of the major events, as many events in as many beautiful locations in Sicily: Palermo, Syracuse and palm Montechiaro.artistic director since 2007 has Deborah Young famous film critic who wanted the festival to become a festival of Taormina Mediterranean is closely linked to the United States, however, that the world cinema.in 2007, the Festival of Taormina, was celebrated the centenary of Egyptian cinema.This event has appeared in most major newspapers in Europe and Arab.achieved similar success in the 2008 film with turkish.2009 instead paid homage to French cinema.taormina film fest aims to be a festival to showcase precisely with the presentation of a selection of new films chosen carefully among the most important recent film productions.in 2007 five films presented at the festival have also participated in the Academy Award for "Best Foreign Film" in representing their respective countries.Other areas of interest are those related to campus taormina which consists of informal meetings between students and young emerging players Sicilian Taormina area will instead be an opportunity to promote and increase the chances of meeting between prominent figures of the 'world's film industry. "Short Sicilian" a competition organized in cooperation with n.i.c.and. (New Italian Cinema Events) that, each year, allows a young Sicilian director to promote his short film in the world.success was found in 2008 by the informal meetings between young emerging players and students at Sicily campus taormina , And space designed to increase your chances of meeting of key figures of the film world called precisely Taormina area . Another event of great attraction is the competition "Short Sicilian" organized in collaboration with n.i.c.and. (New Italian Cinema Events), which allows a young Sicilian director to disclose his short film around the world.We invite all lovers of cinema to spend Holiday in Sicily in June to attend the Taormina Film Fest.