In Venice, all Italians celebrate Matteo Garrone, a symbol of Italian pride, who scores a major double victory for Italy with his film "Io Capitano." The story of the odyssey of two Senegalese migrants.
A film necessary for the country: Silver Lion for best director and Mastroianni award for the young protagonist Seydou Sarr. He is the only Italian awarded in the main competition Venezia 80. Venice Film Festival is not only Cinematography, but also good food.
Spaghetti Venezia 80 is the dish that conquers the Venice Biennale at the Tennis Club of the Lido di Venezia. The typical Neapolitan cuisine of the chef Gennaro Galeotafiore is simple and genuine, it uses raw materials at km zero. A dish prepared with typical Venetian ingredients. Spaghetti with radicchio white onion Asiago and speck.
From Wednesday 30 August to Saturday 9 September the excellence of Neapolitan cuisine was the protagonist at the 80th edition of the Venice International Film Festival – La Biennale di Venezia. Neapolitan cuisine, in fact, was present in Venice thanks to the association “Aperitivo Food & Drink” by Marta Koral and the company “Sapori di Napoli” by chef Gennaro Galeotafiore. Inside the Hollywood Celebrities Lounge, organized by Hollywood Communication within the spaces of the Tennis Club del Lido di Venezia, where pizza chefs, chefs, influencers and bloggers were the protagonists of the international event dedicated to cinema.
“We are proud to bring our products and our culinary tradition to an important event such as the Venice International Film Festival. – said Gennaro Galeotafiore of the company “Sapori di Napoli” – Our goal is to promote Neapolitan cuisine around Italy as well as welcoming journalists, actors, directors and international stars with our products”Marta Koral, president of the association “Aperitivo Food & Drink”, shares this opinion. "We can only be satisfied with our presence in Venice inside the Hollywood Celebrities Lounge. Our association, in collaboration with the company Sapori di Napoli, aims to promote the aperitif as one of the cornerstones of Italian cuisine and lifestyle. This is why we are in Venice".
Among others, guests in the food area of the Hollywood Celebrities Lounge will be: pizza chef Simone Zullo of Pizzeria Fratelli Pulcinella, chef Diego Guglieminetti, owner of cooking catering and banqueting, chef Michele Foltran of his restaurant La Fusinella. commis Raffaella Galeotafiore; chef Loredana Errichiello of Tratto Bianco. Pizza chef Francesca De Marco of Pinseria Di Fransis, chef Antonio Guerriero. chef Giovanni Vezza of Sapori di Napoli. At the lounge, bartenders from the Mixer Lab training school, Domenico Barra and Pasquale Russo. One of the drinks they brought to the film festival, in addition to the classic IBA, will be the setting for the Stregotto. A twist on the classic American cocktail. Recipe: 3cl bitter 900 – 3cl Strega Alberti – 3cl Chinotto Neri. Main sponsor Sacar forni.
Coordinating the operations is Anna Rubino, a food influencer who has been dedicated to the gluten-free world for years and an established coordinator of catering and food events.
A return to Venice for the company “Sapori di Napoli” and for the chef Gennaro Galeotafiore who, after the presence of 2020, has decided to relaunch the food area of the Hollywood Celebrities Lounge also with the help of the association “Aperitivo Food & Drink” with which he created the first edition of the Aperitivo Championship last April.
Furthermore, the presence at the Venetian event is only the last stage of a journey that has seen the "Sapori di Napoli" company and the "Aperitivo Food & Drink" association be protagonists in events such as, for example, the last 73rd edition of the Sanremo Festival and the 53rd edition of the Giffoni Film Festival.
In addition to auteur cinema, Venice also had space for quality Campania cuisine. For this 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival, many activities were confirmed; the confirmation of the events of the International Critics' Week, the return as media partner of Best Movie, the most widely read monthly film magazine in Italy. An area of 1000 square meters equipped with security/hostess staff, audio, video and lighting service. The INDOOR area is a fully furnished and air-conditioned space, with 4 TV Sets (independent silent air conditioning), 2 Round Table/One To One areas, 1 Press Conference area and 1 MakeUp/Hairstyle Area; while the OUTDOOR is both a covered and furnished space with an open bar and an uncovered space with 5 TV Sets. In the Hollywood Celebrities Lounge, special events, dinner galas, exclusive cocktail parties, junkets, press conferences, box interviews, round tables available to delegations and companies present at the Festival will be planned, in addition to red carpet preparation and outfit fitting, all this to make every moment impeccable. Hollywood communication for the sixth consecutive year, Mary Calvi and Antonio Lange, the hosts of the Hollywood Celebrities Lounge, will welcome their guests inside the exclusive Tennis Club of the Lido a few meters from the Red Carpet of the Venice International Film FestivalHollywood communication by Mary Calvi and Antonio Lange, for the sixth year are the hosts of the Hollywood Celebrities Lounge, welcomed their guests inside the exclusive Tennis Club of the Lido a few meters from the Red Carpet of the Venice International Film Festival. The idea was to bring to the tables of the guests the high quality products of Campania, handcrafted as tradition dictates. Following this objective, during the event the products partner of the initiative and many other operators were presented, the Venetians and the professionals were delighted by the true flavors of Campania.
Every year, for the Film Festival hundreds of foreign tourists choose Italy, also passing through Campania, to visit restaurants, wineries, delicatessens. And so the places of production of the over three thousand typical products that make up the gastronomic atlas of the nation, thanks not only to the agri-food excellence but also to a higher quality of services, preparation methods and structures.
The initiative was an opportunity to learn about the territory and the agri-food heritage of the Province of Naples and the whole of Campania, but above all an occasion to reflect on the value of food, through the direct testimony of producers and restaurateurs, an acknowledgement of the contribution of the different production and transformation methods to guarantee consumers through the promotion of our excellent products, so as to determine conditions of price transparency that allow to shorten the distances between production and consumption", the comment of Rosario Lopa, Spokesperson of the National Council for Agriculture and Tourism, on the sidelines of the event.
HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES LOUNGE CONFIRMS ITS LINK WITH VENICE 80
Hollywood Communication is ready to return for the next edition of the Venice Film Festival. It has now become a fixed point of reference for all those who work during the days of the Festival, and, after the success of the last edition, the Communication agency, brings its lounge back to the prestigious Film Festival at the Lido. In fact, for the sixth consecutive year, Mary Calvi and Antonio Lange, the hosts.
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