Jeremy Renner, Jacqueline Bisset to headline Sicily’s Taromina Film FestMay 17, 2016 - 11:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sicily’s most glamorous annual film event, the Taromina Film Festival, on Monday, May 16 announced its first round of guests: actors Jeremy Renner, Monica Guerritore and Jacqueline Bisset and Cannes topper Thierry Fremaux, The Hollywood Reporter said. As previously announced, Richard Gere will serve as honorary president of this year's fest with a night dedicated to the homeless. The festival is set to run June 11-18. All international guests are expected to participate in master classes or extended Q&As for the people of Taormina. Fremaux is expected to discuss the Lumiere brothers, as in addition to serving as Cannes artistic director, he heads Lyon’s Lumiere Institute. And last year, Gere, who was an honorary guest of the festival, covered a wide variety of topics, from the changing dynamics of the film industry to why he considers himself a socialist. The festival is set to open June 11 with a special screening of Pixar’s Finding Dory, ahead of its June 17 release in the U.S. The event had a successful launch last year with another Pixar hit, Inside Out. Other films set to screen include Richard Linklater’s Everyone Wants Something and The Angry Birds Movie. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |