Tiziana Rocca On Running Taormina And Filming Italy Sardegna: Two Distinct Italian Film Festivals With Different Missions
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Diana Lodderhose
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Tiziana Rocca, Artistic Director of the Taormina Film Festival, discusses balancing back-to-back festival duties as she prepares for Filming Italy Sardegna, which she founded nine years ago. The Sardegna festival runs June 25-28 at Forte Village in Cagliari, screening over 50 films with Italian and world premieres, featuring guests like Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, and James Franco. Rocca outlines the distinct focuses of the two festivals — Taormina aims to elevate its international stature while Sardegna champions emerging voices — and shares her ambitions for growing both events' global reach.
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· 3 pulledThey are very different festivals with very different focuses.
Taormina is about elevating the international stature of the festival and bringing world-class cinema to Sicily.
Filming Italy Sardegna has always been about championing emerging voices and giving a platform to new talent.
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