The Salento International Film Festival (SIFF) promotes Italian and international independent films to the public, in recognition of the fact that movies are the most powerful form of cultural communication and link between cultures` and peoples`.
The first edition in Apulia Region from 26th to 30th NovemberThe visual media as an occasion of dialogue and meeting Inter – religiousAt the beginning of 3000 men and people discover and recover the values of the faith that has marked the end of their civilization and the history of their places. A film festival with a documentary subject is the occasion for utilizing the visual media as an iconographic recall to places and characters that have marked a thousand-year history of faith, as sugge...
Executive Director Luigi Campanile announces the Puglia Premiere of Rachid Benhadj’s film For Bread Alone, which will kick-off the 2006 Salento International Film Festival ( September 9 – September 17) as the Opening Night Film, Saturday September 9 at 9:30 P.M. outdoor screening in the historical Piazza Pisanelli in Tricase, home of the Salento International Film Festival.For Bread Alone starring Said Taghmaoui and Marzia Tedeschi is an autobiographical story based on the book “For Bread...
2005 SALENTO FILM FESTIVAL OPENS WITH VITO ZAGARRIO’S FILM THREE DAYS OF ANARCHY.Executive Director Luigi Campanile announces the Puglia Premiere of Vito Zagarrio’s film Three Days of Anarchy, which will kick-off the 2005 Salento International Film Festival ( September 10 – September 18) as the Opening Night Film. Official Sponsor BANCA CARIME will sponsor the Opening Night screening at 9:00 pm, in Piazza Cappuccini, and the Official Hotel CAPOALTO will sponsor the cocktail pre-screening a...
SALENTO INT.L FILM FESTIVAL (SIFF 2004) WINNERS Salento Int.l Film Festival packed the Esperia Palace Hotel in Lido Marini (Lecce) Italy Sunday Night September 26, at the Awards Ceremony Party for the 1st annual Salento Int.l Film Festival.Academy Award Winner Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, and the Academy Award nominee Production Designer Bruno Rubeo (Merchant of Venice) received the "FINIBUS TERRAE AWARD" which recognizes the artistic excellence, professional accomplishment and dedication...
The Salento International Film Festival will honor the Robert Minkoff on September 26, 2004. Mr. Minkoff will be presented with "SALENTO DIRECTOR AWARD" which recognizes a director for their visionary achievements in cinema., at the Salento International Film Festival , which will be held on September 18-26, 2004, Tricase, Lecce - Italy. In the heel of the boost shaped Italy, surrounded by the sea on three sides, with its end Santa Maria di Leuca Cape.ROB MINKOFF (Director/Executive Producer) i...
