Italian director Ermanno Olmi received the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement on Friday.
The 77-year-old director won the Golden Lion at Venice for “La Leggenda Del Santo Bevitore (The Legend of the Holy Drinker)” and the Palme D’Or at Cannes for “The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L’Albero Degli Zoccoli).”
During a press conference, Olmi recalled being inspired by the Italian neorealism of Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio de Sica.
He said audiences didn’t know how to react to Rossellini’s postwar masterpieces “Roma Citta Aperta (Open City)” and “Germania Anno Zero (Germany Year Zero)” because the movies made them too uncomfortable.
“The cinema of Rossellini, of Di Sica … is a cinema of the honest men of neorealism, one that has the value of allowing you to recognize yourself on the screen,” Olmi said.
Olmi also said he has seen signs of a renaissance in Italian filmmaking in the last few years, citing films such as “il Divo,” a lively portrait of former Premier Giulio Andreotti by Paolo Sorrentino, which was honored at Cannes this year.
“Cinema is beginning again to be aware of being an instrument of civility,” Olmi said.
It was announced Thursday that “Tierra Y Pan (Land and Bread)” by Mexican director Carlos Armella had won the top prize in the festival’s short film competition. The 8-minute film deals with hunger in a desert landscape.
The jury cited Armella’s capacity to “tell in (a) few minutes and in one space a dramatic tale of misery and loneliness.”
Armella said that the most difficult part in making the film was keeping it simple.
“The goal was to provoke from the audience the feeling of having witnessed a very hard, tragic moment but without ever actually having seen it,” Armella said in a statement.
The 30-year-old director studied scriptwriting in Mexico and filmmaking at the London Film School. He co-directed and edited “Toro Negro,” which won awards at the San Sebastian and the Havana film festivals, as well as “Born Without,” which won a prize at the Mexico City International Contemporary Festival.
AICP Awards Tour To Conclude With Stops In Dallas and Chicago
The 2024 AICP Awards Tour concludes with stops in Dallas and Chicago this month as it wraps up its tour of cities across the U.S. The National Tour brought presentations, panels and screenings to marketers, advertising agencies, production and postproduction companies.
The AICP Awards will be in Dallas on Thursday, November 14, at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, followed by the Chicago event, set for Thursday, November 21, at The Old Post Office. Tickets are available now for both events here.
In Dallas, the program kicks off at 6:45 pm with a happy hour, followed by the screening and panel discussion at 7:30. The evening ends with a networking reception from 8:30 to 11:30.
Appearing in Dallas will be Abe Garcia, chief creative officer, Dieste; Julia Melle, director of brand and content, Southwest Airlines; and Isaac Pagán Muñoz, VP, executive creative director of PepsiCo Foods. The panel will review selected winners from the suite of the AICP Awards programs, offering insights into what made them rise to the top of their respective categories and share their viewpoints on key trends in the industry.
The Chicago stop starts at 6 pm with a happy hour, followed by the presentation and screening at 7 pm. A reception caps the event, starting at 8 pm and concluding at 11:30 pm.
The panel there will feature 2024 AICP Awards curators and winners from the marketer, agency, production and postproduction sectors who’ll highlight this year’s winners. The conversation will include a discussion about the winning work, including insights into what makes a project stand out, as well as industry trends and insights.
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