Actor, anchorman, director: PAOLO CALABRESI will inaugurate the exciting meetings with the jurors of #Giffoni50Plus. Beloved in Boris as the mythical Biascica and in the Smetto quando voglio saga, in which he plays an educated archaeologist who is exploited and poorly paid, he will answer the jurors' questions on July 22. On the same day, the pop-rap duo PSICOLOGI will be in the Sala Truffaut for a meeting powered by COMIX aimed at exploring the new trends in Italian music. The day will continue with GIUSY BUSCEMI: after the successful Rai series Un passo dal cielo - I guardiani, this autumn she will join the cast of the series Doc- nelle tue mani. The last talent of the day will be LINDA CARIDI. Born in 1988, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2021 Nastri d'argento for the film Lacci by Daniele Luchetti.
On July 23, an event within the event for a "social media day" with two meetings not to be missed: the first with KHABY LAME and the second with GIULIA SALEMI. The former is an Italian-Senegalese TikToker with 82 million followers. He has the third most popular Instagram profile in the world -the first in Italy- and has become the phenomenon of the year, gaining popularity with his humour and simplicity. Giulia Salemi is beautiful, vibrant, cheerful and full of energy. Influencer and spirited presenter, her bright and genuine smile is ready to charm the Giffoners.
CAROLINA CRESCENTINI will meet the jurors on the same day. Nominated as Best Supporting Actress at the 2021 Nastri d'argento for the TV film La bambina che non voleva cantare by Costanza Quatriglio, in which she played the mother of Italian singer Nada, last year she starred as Paola Vinci in the series Mare fuori by Carmine Elia. As for cinema, we have seen her in Milena Cocozza's Letto N. 6, a social horror film produced by the Manetti Bros. Finally, TERESA SAPONANGELO, who won the Best Actress award at the 2021 Nastri d'Argento for her role in Antonio Capuano's Il buco in testa, will answer the jurors' questions. Born in Taranto, the south of Italy and its dialects have enriched her acting career in films such as Rubini's Tutto l'amore che c'è or Martone's I Dieci Comandamenti.
A great master of Italian cinema opens the day on July 24. FERZAN OZPETEK, director of internationally acclaimed and much loved films, will be back at Giffoni. Ozpetek, who will also meet the young people of the IMPACT! section, will receive the most prestigious prize of the festival, the Truffaut Award. VALENTINA BELLÈ will also be in Giffoni on July 24. After the international production Medicis: Masters of Florence, in which she was cast alongside Dustin Hoffman and Richard Madden, in 2019 she starred in the thriller L'uomo del labirinto, with Toni Servillo. She will also be in the international Sky series Romulus and in the second season of Volevo fare la rock star on Rai 2. Very popular on social networks, where she has more than 3 million followers, VALERIA VEDOVATTI will be at Giffoni on Saturday 24 July. Her popularity gained her the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award two years in a row. In her latest book, Per Rinascere, she discusses the delicate subject of anorexia, which has never been so topical.
SARA LAZZARO will be enthusiastically welcomed on July 25: in a few months we will see her on television in the new episodes of Doc - Nelle tue mani, in Volevo fare la rockstar and in the second season of Devils. She will soon be in cinemas with Siccità by Paolo Virzì and on Netflix with Fedeltà by Andrea Molaioli and Stefano Cipani. July 25 will also see the arrival of LILLO, Pasquale Petrolo. Absolute protagonist of the Prime Video comedy show LOL- chi ride è fuori, he stars in Tutti per Uma by Susy Laude. After him, MATTEO PAOLILLO, actor and singer, will meet the jury. Among his most interesting works is his participation in the film Famosa, directed by Alessandra Mortelliti. In 2020, he starred in the series Mare Fuori, for which he also wrote the theme song, and Vivi e Lascia Vivere. In the same year, he worked on his first solo album under the name of Icaro. Next autumn he will be back as Edoardo in the second season of Mare Fuori. Multiculturalism and dialogue, some of Giffoni's founding values, will be the focus of the meeting powered by COMIX with creators DAYOUNG and TASNIM on July 25. Italian-Korean DAYOUNG reveals to her 752,000 followers some linguistic anecdotes and curiosities about the countries she has visited. Known as "the TikToker with the veil", TASNIM ALI is also active on Instagram where, by highlighting her origins, she tries to make her followers aware of the discriminations against Muslims.
ALESSIO LAPICE will be the first talent on July 26: the protagonist of Negramaro's new music video, next autumn he will be on Netflix with the series Luna Park directed by Leonardo D'Agostini and Anna Negri, on Rai1 with the second season of the series Imma Tataranni and in cinemas with Io sto bene by Donato Rotunno. On the same day, FEDERICA SABATINI will answer the jurors' questions: last summer she was on Sky with the film I Liviatani, directed by Riccardo Papa. She then played the role of Nadia in the second and third season of Suburra - the series on Netflix. We will soon see her among the new protagonists of Toy Boy 2, a Spanish production sold worldwide. The day will close with VINCENZO NEMOLATO: in 2015, he worked with Matteo Garrone in the film Tale of tales, but he is also known for his performances in Igort's film 5 è il numero perfetto alongside Tony Servillo, in Pietro Marcelli's Martin Eden and in Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's Una questione privata. He recently played Gegè Di Giacomo in Carosello Carosone, a Rai major success.
On July 27, it will be FRANCESCO APOLLONI's turn: his last film as director and screenwriter was Addio al nubilato, produced by Minerva Pictures, Rai Cinema and Amazon Prime.
One of the best-loved Italian actresses, on July 28 CLAUDIA GERINI will be in Giffoni. Nominated at the 2021 David di Donatello Awards as best supporting actress for the film Hammamet by Gianni Amelio, she will be in the eagerly awaited Diabolik by the Manetti Bros.
On July 29, the jurors will meet ROCCO FASANO and MATILDA LUTZ. The former gained success in 2018 with the role of Niccolò Fares, one of the main characters in Ludovico Bessegato's SKAM Italia. He was also much appreciated for his latest performance in Andrea De Sica's film Non mi uccidere, next to Alice Pagani. Matilda Lutz played Simonetta Vespucci in the second season of Medicis and was the protagonist of the famous horror saga The Ring 3. She also starred in Revenge, in which she is the charming Jen, a woman caught up in a hunting party where she becomes the prey. Matilda Lutz will be on Netflix with A Classic Horror Story from July 14. Moreover, she has just finished shooting Final Cut by the Oscar-winning director for The Artist Michel Hazanavicius and the film Zone 414 by Andrew Baird, with Guy Pearce. She plays the lead role in both films.
On July 30, the programme continues with EDOARDO DE ANGELIS and PINA TURCO, in collaboration with V-Groove. Director, screenwriter and producer, De Angelis is the author of the film Il vizio della speranza, awarded with a David di Donatello and three Nastri d'Argento. The film featured Turco in the lead role, which won her the Best Actress award at the Tokyo International Film Festival. The two continued to work together in the Rai film Natale in Casa Cupiello, in which Turco played Ninuccia, and in Non ti pago!, currently in post-production, in which she played Stella. Both films are based on the plays of the same name by Eduardo De Filippo.
He has kept the promise he made during the Winter Edition: PIERPAOLO SPOLLON will be at the festival on July 31. He came to success on TV with the role of Marco Allevi, a young photography enthusiast, in the RAI series L'allieva. He was also highly appreciated in the series Doc - Nelle tue mani where he plays Riccardo, a first-year resident in Internal Medicine. We have also seen him in the role of the Renaissance painter Michelangelo in the series Leonardo and in January 2021 he joined the cast of the sixth season of Rai’s Che Dio ci aiuti, where he plays a psychiatrist called Emiliano. This autumn he will be back on Rai1 in the long-awaited drama Blanca.
