Golden Globes: Ready for the 64th Edition Celebrating Italian Cinema Excellence. The Foreign Press Association in Italy Awards Ceremony at Villa Massimo.

From California to Italy. On July 3rd, the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo will host the Foreign Press Association in Italy’s awards ceremony, celebrating the best of Italian cinema. This prestigious event offers Italian artists an international stage to showcase their talent.

“We are immensely proud to witness this renaissance in the seventh art,” says Alina Trabattoni, Co-Artistic Director of the award. “The Italian film industry is reaching new heights, thanks to a new generation of innovative directors, actors, and screenwriters. Their films, characterized by emotional depth and aesthetic experimentation, are captivating audiences and critics worldwide, reestablishing Italy as a cultural powerhouse.”

We’ve seen this with Matteo Garrone at the Oscars and Paola Cortellesi, who continues to excel at both the box office and international festivals. Italian cinema, especially films with social commentary, makes a significant impact abroad. The strength may not lie in funding and production houses but in the content. Italy consistently tells stories with profound artistic sensitivity, a quality few others in the world can match.

This year has been all about debut directors—men and women breaking boundaries and pushing the limits of art. It’s also been a year of Italian pride on the global stage, with Maurizio Lombardi winning the Golden Globe for Italians in the World, a talent with a long-standing legacy.

Selected from dozens of films by over forty foreign correspondents worldwide, the finalists for Best Film are “Gloria!” by Margherita Vicario, “C’è ancora domani” by Paola Cortellesi, and “Io Capitano” by Matteo Garrone. Cortellesi and Garrone are also in the running for Best Director, alongside Alice Rohrwacher for “La Chimera.” For Best Debut Film, we have “Gloria!” by Margherita Vicario, “Felicità” by Micaela Ramazzotti, and “Palazzina Laf” by Michele Riondino.

It’s been a standout year for women, too, as noted by Artistic Director Claudio Lavanga: “This edition celebrates female Italian cinema. Monica Bellucci will receive the well-deserved Career Globe, and Paola Cortellesi, Alice Rohrwacher, Micaela Ramazzotti, and Giovanna Mezzogiorno remain among the Foreign Press’s most acclaimed artists, with multiple nominations. There are also many surprises: Margherita Vicario is up for Best Film, Best Debut Film, Best Soundtrack, and Best Cinematography, and newcomer Rebecca Antonaci is nominated for Best Actress and Best Young Promise.”

The Cinema Committee 2024 features:

• Claudio Lavanga (Artistic Director) NBC NEWS, USA
• Alina Trabattoni (Artistic Director) TRT World
• Maarten van Aalderen, De Telegraaf, Netherlands
• Patricia Mayorga Marcos, El Mercurio, Chile
• Vera Naydenova (Head of TV Series) BTV, Bulgaria
• Praxilla Trabattoni (Head of Documentary Section) freelance correspondent, Switzerland
• Vera Shcherbakova (Head of Short Film Section) ITAR-TASS, Russia
• Sofya Lipenkova, freelance correspondent, Russia (Globo d’Oro social media manager)
• Alba Kepi, RTV Ora News, Albania
• Constanze Templin, freelance journalist, Germany (Head of Feature Film Section)

Cinema brings together the talents of men and women in a powerful collaboration. It’s a positive answer to the present and a light of hope for the future.

Golden Globes, all nominations

Best Film

• C’è ancora domani (Paola Cortellesi)
• Gloria! (Margherita Vicario)
• Io Capitano (Matteo Garrone)

Best Director

• C’è ancora domani (Paola Cortellesi)
• Io Capitano (Matteo Garrone)
• La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher)

Best Debut Feature

• Felicità (Micaela Ramazzotti)
• Gloria! (Margherita Vicario)
• Palazzina Laf (Michele Riondino)

Best Actress

• Rebecca Antonaci (Finalmente l’alba)
• Micaela Ramazzotti (Felicità)
• Federica Rosellini (Confidenza)

Best Actor

• Antonio Albanese (Cento domeniche)
• Pierfrancesco Favino (Comandante)
• Elio Germano (Confidenza)

Young Promise

• Rebecca Antonaci (Finalmente l’alba)
• Andrea Fuorto (Patagonia)
• Simone Zambelli (Misericordia)

Career Achievement Award

• Monica Bellucci

Italians in the World Award

• Maurizio Lombardi

Best Screenplay

• Daniele Luchetti and Francesco Piccolo (Confidenza)
• Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini, and Andrea Tagliaferri (Io Capitano)
• Edoardo De Angelis and Sandro Veronesi (Comandante)

Best Cinematography

• Angelo Sorrentino (Diabolik, chi sei?)
• Gianluca Palma (Gloria!)
• Paolo Carnera (Adagio)

Best Comedy

• Romeo è Giulietta (Giovanni Veronesi)
• 50 km all’ora (Fabio De Luigi)
• Sei fratelli (Simone Godano)

Best TV Series

• Per Elisa – Il caso Claps (Marco Pontecorvo)
• Supersex (Matteo Rovere, Francesco Carrozzini, Francesca Mazzoleni)
• Un Amore (Francesco Lagi)

Best Original Score

• Margherita Vicario and Davide Pavanello (Gloria!)
• Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi (Diabolik, chi sei?)
• Subsonica (Adagio)

Best Documentary

• Posso entrare? An Ode To Naples (Trudie Styler)
• Bangarang (Giulio Mastromauro)
• Roma, santa e dannata (Roberto D’Agostino, Marco Giusti, Daniele Ciprì)

Best Short Film

• L’ultima poesia (Leonardo Petrillo)
• Nel cognome che ho scelto (Lorenzo Sepalone)
• Unfitting (Giovanna Mezzogiorno)

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Also read: Ischia Film Festival running until July 6.