GUESTS AND JURY

Check out the outstanding protagonists of the 2021 edition of Riviera International Film Festival.

FILM JURY

President

Kenneth Lonergan

SCREENWRITER

Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay in 2017 with “Manchester by the sea,” which also earned him a nomination for Best Director.

Ada Bonvini

PRODUCER

CEO and executive producer of The Family/Maremosso, which recently produced the TV series “Made in Italy” for the Italian channel Canale 5.

Paola Casella

JOURNALIST

Film critic for Mymovies.it and contributor to the magazine “IO Donna”, “La Lettura – Corriere della Sera”, “8 ½” and “CineCritica”.

Greta Ferro

ACTRESS

After her first appearances as a model, she made her onscreen debut in 2018 and stood out in the successful TV series “Made in Italy”.

Eric Kopeloff

PRODUCER

From independent to high-budget projects, he has produced many Oliver Stone movies and had Halle Barry win an Oscar with “Monster’s Ball”.

DOCUMENTARY JURY

President

Andrea Crosta

ACTIVIST

Founder of “Earth League International”, a non-profit organization specializing in undercover investigations to fight environmental crimes.

Davide Demichelis

JOURNALIST

Documentary filmmaker and traveler, he has worked for web, press, radio, publishing and TV companies. He created and leads the TV-show “Radici”, on RAI 3.

Maren Olson

AGENT

Film agent specialized in Media Finance for CAA, the most important agency in Hollywood.

GUESTS

Carlo G. Gabardini

attore e autore

Autore di Cameracafé ha recitato in L’uomo della carità di A. de Robilant e in altri film per il cinema. È uno degli autori di “Sanpa”.

Gianluca Neri

AUTORE

Gianluca Neri è un produttore cinematografico, autore televisivo, conduttore radiofonico e blogger italiano. È uno degli autori di “Sanpa”.

Aubrey Plaza

ATTRICE

American actress, comedian, stand-up comedian and producer, star of the kult Ingrid Goes West and Best sellers with Micheal Caine.

Carlo Carlei

DIRECTOR

He has directed successful films and TV series, including “Enzo Ferrari”, “I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone” and recently “La Fuggitiva”.

Mokadelic

MUSICIANS

Band specialized in writing music for films and TV series, including “Gomorrah”, “ACAB-All Cops Are Bastards” and “Romulus”.

Barbara Tarricone Hamilton

Conduttrice

Author and presenter of SKY Cinema, professor of Unibo and IULM, she worked in Los Angeles as a correspondent and producer.

Fiorenza Pieri

Attrice e Regista

She has acted in numerous national theater productions and in various television series. In 2018 she made her debut in theater direction. She is a teacher at the Teatro della Tosse in Genoa.