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Taormina Celebrates its 70th Anniversary With the Nastri d’Argento Awards, a Host of Italian Comedy Stars and Some Sparks
The 70th edition of the Taormina Film Festival got off to a lively start, with the Nastri d’Argento Awards ceremony.
Other absent awardees were Margherita Buy and Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore who received a special career prize. The award for best newcomers went to Beatrice Grannò, who appeared in the second season of “The White Lotus” (filmed in Taormina) and Nicolas Maupas, whose Rai-Netflix show “Mare Fouri” (The Sea Beyond) has made him into a national star. Alessio Vassallo, Maurizio Lombardi and Giovanni Veronesi also received prizes, which are given by the Union of Italian Film Journalists.
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