14/07/2014 - La sedia della felicità (A Chase and a Chair) to open the screenwriting festival on 18 July. The best of seven European movies released during the 2013-14 season will be awarded

La sedia della felicità [+see also:
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Remembered and celebrated with great affection by the entire cinema world, Mazzacurati's life will be told during the seven days of the Amidei programme through his complete works, from the early Eighties to the present day. The round table dedicated to Mazzacurati on 19 July will be centred on screenplay and will feature many of the writers who supported him over the years: from Enzo Monteleone (who shared in his debuts) to Doriana Leondeff, trusted screenwriter during the last decade. Accompanying them also will be Marco Pettenello (one of the authors of La sedia della felicità), Francesco Bruni (screenwriter, director and president of 100autori), Claudio Piersanti and Massimo Gaudioso (member of the jury of the Sergio Amidei Award and well-known by the public at large as the screenwriter of Gomorrah [+see also:
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interview: Domenico Procacci
interview: Jean Labadie
interview: Matteo Garrone
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The International Award for Best Screenplay returns this year with seven movies selected by the now historic Sergio Amidei jury – made up of directors Ettore Scola, Marco Risi, screenwriters Francesco Bruni, Massimo Gaudioso, actress Giovanna Ralli and producer Silvia D’Amico – among European films released during the 2013-14 cinema season. Competing for the prestigious prize awarded for "originality and the ability to experiment with new narrative formulas, as well as attention to the social reality and to emerging issues in the modern world", will be: Blue Jasmine (direction, story, screenplay by Woody Allen), Quiet Bliss [+see also:
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interview: Paolo Virzì
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interview: Pierfrancesco Diliberto
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interview: Sydney Sibilia
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interview: Uberto Pasolini
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Together with the Hommelette Cultural Association and the Barnabil Productions Cultural Association, the Sergio Amidei Award provides an opportunity for young screenwriters to share their ideas with the market on 20 July: ten competition finalists for most original story for cinema and online series must try to sell their stories during a pitch to producers Gianfilippo Pedote, MIR cinematografica, (Noi non siamo come James Bond [+see also:
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interview: Matteo Oleotto
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interview: Marco Simon Puccioni
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film profile], and Marina Rosso, photographer), having just eight minutes to do so. 

(Translated from Italian)