San Sebastian Adds World Premiere Of Luca Guadagnino’s ‘We Are Who We Are’ Series & Sets ‘Wuhai’ As Closing Night Film

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Ann-Marie Corvin While the pandemic has reduced film festivals’ capacity to showcase new work, an all-singing all-dancing Spanish-Italian number has been selected for two.“Explota Explota” (“My Heart Goes Boom!”), the assured debut feature of music promo and commercials director Nacho Álvarez, will receive an RTVE Gala Screening at the San Sebastian Festival next week and has also made the selection for the Toronto Festival’s market screenings.Set in dictator Francisco Franco’s Spain during the

coronavirus put a stop to his moment in the spotlight, after he tested positive and was unable to travel to Italy as planned.“I told him when he was working hard digging in that tunnel that this film will become famous in the world and you will forget the pains. Then (when he tested positive for the virus) he told me: ‘Mr.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticWatch “We Are Who We Are” with the volume up. There are no high speed car chases or swelling orchestras in the new HBO/Sky drama. From co-creator and director Luca Guadagnino, the series centers a wandering pack of teenagers living on an American military base in an otherwise sleepy little Italian town circa 2016.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentOne of the major figures at this year’s Venice Film Festival, Academy Award-nominated “Call Me By Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino will serve as president of the main competition official jury at Spain’s 68th San Sebastian Festival.The announcement comes as Guadagnino world premieres two films at Venice: the doc feature “Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams,” about extraordinary Italian luxury shoe designer-entrepreneur Salvatore Ferragamo, and a more

Luca Guadagnino to will serve as president of the jury at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Organizers said Friday that the Italian filmmaker will chair the jury for the official selection of this year's 68th edition of the fest.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: In the early 20th century, an impoverished teenage Italian cobbler sailed from Naples to America to seek a better life. He settled in Southern California, and became Hollywood’s go-to shoemaker during the silent era.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterSony Pictures Classics has picked up world rights, excluding Italy, to Luca Guadagnino’s Salvatore: Shoemaker Of Dreams, a feature documentary about the life of fashion icon Salvatore Ferragamo.Written by Dana Thomas and narrated by Michael Stuhlbarg, the pic is set to world premiere at Venice Film Festival out of competition on September 6.

Also Read: Luca Guadagnino to Direct Film About Scotty Bowers, Legendary Sex Procurer to the StarsThe documentary tracks Salvatore Ferragamo’s fascinating personal, artistic and business story, from his childhood in Bonito, where he made his first pair of shoes, to his journey to America to seek his fortune, from his experiences in Hollywood to his return to Italy, from the verge of bankruptcy to resurgence in his Florence factory and rise to definitive acclaim.

Manori Ravindran International EditorSony Pictures Classics has snapped up worldwide rights, excluding Italy, to Luca Guadagnino’s documentary on Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo, “Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams.”The film bows at the Venice Film Festival this coming week, where it screens out of competition.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Joel Edgerton (Loving), Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose), Oscar-winner Mark Rylance (Bridge Of Spies), Sebastian Stan (Captain America) and Vanessa Kirby (The Crown) are among the all-star cast set for Brady Corbet’s (Vox Lux) sweeping immigrant drama The Brutalist, we can reveal.Also among the impressive ensemble will be Isaach De Bankolé (Black Panther), Alessandro Nivola (American Hustle), Raffey Cassidy (The Killing Of A Sacred

Billie Faiers and her sister Sam Faiers looked glamorous as they met up in London with their mum and a pal to enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend.The Mummy Diaries' siblings left their own children back at home as they fawned over their friend Claudia Allen's new tot Tony. Along with their mum Suzi Wells, the foursome enjoyed a spot of shopping in Chanel, then a lavish dinner and cocktails at Italian restaurant Scallini's.

If there are two things that Luca Guadagnino has proven he can do well as a filmmaker, it’s telling stories about teens coming of age and showcasing the beauty of Italy. Thankfully, the director is asked to do both of those things in the upcoming HBO series, “We Are Who We Are.” READ MORE: The 60 Most Anticipated TV Shows Of 2020 As seen in the new trailer for the HBO drama, Guadagnino’s show follows the story of two American teens that are living on a military base in Italy.

Jordan Moreau “Call Me by Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino is moving to TV with “We Are Who We Are,” and the upcoming HBO drama has released its first trailer on Sunday.The limited series stars Jack Dylan Grazer, Chloë Sevigny, Alice Braga, Kid Cudi and Jordan Kristine Seamon, who makes her acting debut in the series.The eight-episode show explores the upbringing of 14-year-old Fraser Wilson (Grazer), who moves from New York to a military base in Veneto, Italy, with his mothers, Sarah

similar state guidelines issued in June.Also Read: Nearly Half of US Movie Theaters Will Be Open This Weekend Even Without New York, CaliforniaAccording to the state’s county status tracker, the counties that can reopen indoor theaters with these modifications include Alpine (minimal), Calaveras (substantial), Del Norte (moderate), El Dorado (substantial), Humboldt (moderate), Lake (substantial), Lassen (substantial), Mariposa (moderate), Modoc (minimal), Mono (moderate), Napa (substantial),

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Sam Humphrey, the New Zealand-born actor, has signed with Los Angeles-based management company Key Talent.Humphrey is most known for his role as Tom Thumb in the box office smash The Greatest Showman.

Cardi B and ‘WAP‘ have made its way back into the American political discourse, after the rapper has fired back at a conservative commentator for saying the world needs less of her – and more of Melania Trump.DeAnna Lorraine, conservative commentator and ex-Republican congressional candidate who lost spectacularly to Nancy Pelosi in the 2020 California primary election, took to Twitter during the Republican National Convention to compare Melania Trump favourably to Cardi.“America needs far more

We Are Who We Are, an eight-part television series directed by Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) will have its world premiere in San Sebastian as part of the festival's special screenings program. Produced by HBO and European pay-TV group Sky, the series is a coming-of-age tale exploring friendship, first love and sexual identity through the story of two adolescents living on an American military base in Italy.

Sebastian Stan and his girlfriend Alejandra Onieva wear matching face masks while stepping out together on Friday (August 21) in New York City.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentYulene Olaizola’s “Tragic Jungle,” Natalia Meta’s “The Intruder” and Clarisa Navas’ “One in a Thousand” will compete at 2020’s slimmed San Sebastian Latinos Horizontes, a showcase of standout recent movies from Latin America that this year underscores the emergence or consolidation of a new generation of female filmmakers in Latin America.In all, women direct or co-direct seven of the nine features in Horizontes Latinos, a section which also