“Filming Italy Award – Marche Special Award” to Neri Marcorè, for his directorial debut with “Zamora,” released in theaters this year. The seventh edition of Filming Italy Sardinia, in collaboration with the Marche Region, will reward the artist from the Marche region on the final evening of the event on 23 June at the Forte Village in Cagliari among a parade of film stars, from Harvey Keitel to Oscar winners Patricia Arquette and Brie Larson.
It was Marcorè who awarded the prize Andrea Agostinipresident of Marche Culture Foundationwho recalled his role as «testimonial of the Marche, creator and promoter of a brilliant idea like RisorgiMarche, which for 8 years now has promoted a unique format of its kind, of territorial solidarity and concrete closeness, through culture and music, to the areas hit by the earthquake.”
«I thank you for the award dedicated to my best film, also because it was the only one I directed – joked Marcorè -. For RisorgiMarche all the artists who performed for free should be thanked. It is a great satisfaction to have launched a beautiful message with them that continues, because this summer we will continue with the eighth edition».
The cinemaAndrea Agostini then recalled in a meeting of the exhibition dedicated to “Filming Italy: Made in Italy in international challenges”, can increasingly play an important role in the Marche economy: «promoting Made in Italy is easy – he commented – but you have to know how to tell: here comes winning storytelling, working in the territories to be audiovisual friendly, making investments and skills available to accommodate high-quality productions. We are doing it in the Marche, ready to find an ideal context, of proximity and at the same time discretion, as is the style of the Marche people. Participating in the major festivals in Italy and Europe is important for establishing relationships and promoting the intense commitment to the growth of the audiovisual sector that we are carrying out.”
