Hollywood stars will pass through Puglia – iO Donna

Lto city of Ostuniin the province of Toastsis ready to host many names of American cinema. And not only. From 21 to 26 Junein fact, it will take place in Puglia the first edition of the Allora Fest.

Social commitment is at the basis of the Allora Fest

The Then Fest will be a very particular cultural event. Its purpose is to to bring together the world of cinema with that of art and musicto give life to new cultural initiatives. But also a new examples of social responsibility to undertake.

Yes, because at the center ofThen Fest there really is a strong – very strong – ideal of brotherhood and solidarity. This was explained by the creators of the Festival, Silvia Bizio and Sol Costales Doulto, referring to when, in 1991, they arrived in Brindisi thousands of Albanian refugees on various boats. On that occasion, the restaurants and bakeries of the city worked tirelessly to feed as many people as possible.

“Then Fest will pay tribute to that exceptional event which found its peak with the arrival in August from a rusty cargo ship called Vlora, which was carrying 20,000 refugeesThey explained.

And the use of the image of the Vlora by Oliviero Toscani for an advertising campaign he gave “global visibility to one of the most important events in the history of Mediterranean migration“.

According to the creators of the event – which will have the Rome Film Academy – it was therefore “a demonstration of power of art and the artist to stir consciences“.

The guests of this first edition

But what will they be Hollywood stars present in this first important edition? Between actors and directors, the list is quite long (and there are too ten winners or Oscar nominees).

Among the confirmed there are Marisa Tomei, Alfre Woodard, Edward Norton, Jon Hamm, Matt Dillon, Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Joely Richardson, Raoul Bova.

Marisa Tomei at Paris Fashion Week, March 3, 2022 in Paris. Credit: Pascal Le segretain / Getty Images

But also Oliver Stone, Pawel Pawlikowski, Martin Campbell, Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco. And many others.

Unlike what happens in other Festivals, the directors and actors will not receive the awards (the Laurel Awards). They, in fact, will reward the real heroes of real life, the so-called “Heroes of everyday life”. All those who, through their work and activities, they do their part for a world with more justice. Is social and environmental.

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