Shooting is now underway on Napoli – New York, the new film directed by Gabriele Salvatores, who’s already back behind the cameras after bringing his previous film Casanova’s Return to cinemas in late March this year. The screenplay for Napoli – New York was penned by the director himself, based on an unreleased story written in a neorealistic vein...

It will be Gabriele Salvatores who will narrate the uniqueness of our Country’s regional territories to the visitors to the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. The Oscar-winning film director – selected by a committee chaired by writer Sandro Veronesi – will narrate the Beauty evoked by the very title theme of Italy’s participation in Expo, “Beauty...

Oscar-winning Italian director Gabriele Salvatores (“Mediterraneo”) is making documentary “Voyage in Italy” using material from social media and other sources chronicling life in lockdown in the country that, at present, has suffered the most deaths due to coronavirus. The veteran helmer, who in 2014 made user-generated doc “Italy in a Day” based o...

“Gabriele Salvatores is the ideal artist to preside over the current edition of this festival. His love for our country, his support and his important contribution to our culture knows no boundaries.” With these words, blue-eyed and well-built Italian actor Franco Nero, introduced Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter, Gabrie...

The 15th Annual Italian Festival, chaired by Oscar-winning director Gabriele Salvatores (MEDITERRANEO) and writer and producer Nick Vallelonga (GREEN BOOK) is back in Hollywood on the eve of the Oscars with an array of Italian films - many World and U.S. premieres - as well as Italian, Italian-American and International artists including director a...

Historically, Italy has given a lot to the art of filmmaking and Americans have always been fascinated by “Cinema Italiano” and by Italian films finding it and its craftsmanship unique and inspiring.  Of course, the Academy has also been very receptive to the films produced in Italy and indeed, as of 2014, Italy is the country that has won more Osc...