The Salento International Film Festival SIFF
October 1, 2010
Indian Ambassador in Italy Min. SAURABH KUMAR
The seventh Salento International Film Festival is now over and I hope you have been able to take part to the exciting and various program we have offered this year. The high quality of international films presented has been accompanied by a series of amazing collateral events.
We have been honoured by the visit of the Indian Ambassador in Italy Min. SAURABH KUMAR and his First Secretary R. K. AGNIHOTRI, who have come to say thank you for the work done by SIFF in promoting Indian culture and cinema.
We have been able to present for the first time in Salento a group of original Mariachi from Mexico and of Banghra Dance from India, who have lived up the streets of our town for a few days. Not to forget the intriguing night of the Burlesque show by Roxy Rose and the classy concert of Stace England and the Salt Kings from Illinois.
Special guests from Italy and abroad have given the opportunity to our public to talk directly to producers, directors and actors. New partnerships and projects have developed from SIFF 2010 and we are now working on them.
The planning and organization for next year has started, and call for entries for the 2011 SIFF are open from today.
We look forward to review once again a wide selection of works from all over the world representing the best of the independent cinema worldwide.
Sincerely,
Gigi Campanile
Artistic Director
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7° SALENTO INT'L FILM FESTIVAL:
and the winners are...
The Rowan Waltz Best Feature Film
BEST FEATURE FILM: THE ROWAN WALTZ by Alyona Semerenova and Alexander Smirnov- Russia 2009
BEST ACTRESS: KARINA ANDOLENKO for THE ROWAN WALTZ
BEST ACTOR: STEFANO FREGNI for AMORE LIQUIDO Italy 2010
SPECIAL MENTION: THE MUSEUM OF WONDERS by Domiziano Cristopharo
BEST DOCUMENTARY: COLPA NOSTRA by Giuseppe Caporale directed by
Walter Nanni - Italy 2010
BEST SHORT - ITALY IN SHORT: IL SOLE NEGLI OCCHI by Lorenzo Corvino
BEST SHORT - WOMEN LIKE SHORT: TERRE AL MARGINE by Alessandra Ondeggia
BEST SHORT - THE WORLD IN SHORT: THANK YOU FOR NOW by Abhimanyu
Ray
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SIFF 2011 CALL FOR ENTRIES
The Salento International Film Festival announces that submissions for the 8th annual event are now open as October 1, 2010. The festival is scheduled for September 2-11, 2011. Early deadline is Sunday January 30, 2011 - Regular deadline is Tuesday March 15, 2011 - Late deadline is Friday April 15, 2011.
SIFF prefers online entries submitted via Withoutabox.com which provides cost-savings, paperless submission to the festival around the world.
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ABOUT US
The Salento International Film Festival Is a celebration of films and filmmakers, promotes international independent films, in recognition of the fact that movies are the most powerful form of cultural communication and link between cultures' and peoples'.
Founded in 2004 by Luigi Campanile, the Salento International Film Festival emerged as a major cultural event and the top film festival in South Italy.
Each year it introduces film makers worldwide to the Salento area's unique resources, while celebrating the history and future of the film industry with 10 days of world premieres, special events, seminars, feature films, short films, documentaries, and all night parties. 
UE citizens
The seventh Salento International Film Festival
A very romantic evening at the Italian Cultural Institute
with a concert featuring classic neapolitan songs played by Vito Nicola Paradiso at the guitar with his recital “ A Maggia de na chitarra” ( The magic of a guitar). The notes embraced the audience bringing back memories, songs 100 years old still in people’s hearts. It has not been unusual to see quite a few guests following the songs with a nod of the head or just keeping the rhythm with the foot.
Un forgettable songs like “ ‘O Sole Mio”, or “ Reginella” and “ Malafemmena”, where beautifully played with a very refined “ finger picking” technique, executed by Maestro Paradiso, delicate like a butterfly touching the strings with her wings. At the back of Vito Nicola Paradiso, a screen illustrated the several songs in this concert with images depicting Naples and old glories like Toto’, Renato Carosone, still in every Italian’s memories.
Vito Nicola Paradiso is a teacher at a music academy and he held several concerts all around Europe, the only Italian to attend the “ Dublin Guitar Week”.
He is also like to find new ways to teach music and he is the author of a method that it has been used by many music teachers in Europe and America, both North and South.
It has been impossible for Maestro Paradiso to leave the stage after ending his set and he has been called back several times to perform more songs.
A great evening thanks to the Italian Cultural Institute that always brings to London the most amazing artists to perform in its elegant rooms.
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