Edition in reduced form to guide the newly formed Foundation Tao Art after the judicial vicissitudes of the past months
After canceling the outcome of the tender for the organization of the Festival, following the decision of the TAR, the company Etna winner in early May has canceled all previous commitments. The president of the jury would be Russel Crowe and are also skipped attendance in Taormina Al Pacino, Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Roth, Pierce Brosnan, Tim Robbins, Matthew Modine. After a few days the Councilor Barbagallo has appointed a special commissioner to Tao Art Foundation in the person of Pietro Di Miceli. From now on, no longer will sell the brand but will be the same Foundation to manage and organize the Taormina Film Fest he stated on that occasion. And in fact we start from this year slipped to a month and a half on time and in attendance without international stars although they have been used triumphalist terms that hide the management policy inability of a long rally 63 editions relegated to a minor festival. The transition year so defined start next 6 July until Sunday 9 July in a spartan funded by the Department of Barbagallo with 200.000 euro endowment.
Among the few stars present excel Italians Isabella Ragonese and Fabio and Grassadonia
Antonio Piazza who are the protagonists of 63.ma edition Taormina Film Fest, scheduled 6 al 9 July that in these moments are in the race for the Silver Ribbon.
The actress is the focus of a tribute, which includes four screenings of films chosen from her own: Whole Life Ahead by Paolo Virzì, Sole heart love Daniele Vicari and Ten Winters by Valerio Mieli and the father of Italian Fabio Mollo, Another candidate to tapes. Furthermore, will hold a Masterclass, preceded by a screening of the first assignment of Giorgia Cecere.Anche the two directors of Sicilian Ghost Story will meet the audience in a Masterclass, after the screening of Death runs on Charles Laughton River, film that has inspired and influenced them.
In the bill the only internationally known consists of seven films from the preview National dirattamente from Cannes: Rodin di Jacque Doillon, Hikari (Radiance) di Naomi Kawase, Classics section of the documentary Becoming Gary Grant Mark Kidel, Oh Lucy 
Atsuko Hirayanagi, Patti Cakes di Jeremy Jasper, The Cordillera di Santiago Mitre e The phantoms Ismael di Arnaud Desplechin. In fact, all films that aside Naomi Kawase film had no significant recognition, or come from the section Quinzaine that is known to be well disposed to propagate new directors as the film Patti Cakes 
Jeremy Jasper
Among the Italian titles, premieres are Toto and Vice Umberto De Paola and Marco Battaglia, Scaldati tribute to Franco and Mario blows ashes Alberto Castiglione, Handy with Vincenzo Cosentino, Alamar Pedro Gonzales Rubio and seven days by Rolando Colla.
Among the documentaries, instead, The light of Pino Pinelli Mimmo Calopresti and Macbeth by Daniele Campea national premiere, Try as well as contrary to Chiara Agnello, Saro Henry Artale, Mexico cinema to the rescue of Michele Rho, Evidence of Ninni Bruschetta, My Battle of Franco Maresco and No one can judge Steve Della Casa.
It's still, the Taormina Film Fest will organize Saturday 8 July "Night of Cinema" with film screenings, documentaries, concerts and book presentations in various corners of the city, with two films, A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick and Lesson 21 Alessandro Baricco, which will investigate the Ninth Symphony of Beethoven, performed at the Ancient Theater Orchestra and Chorus of the Massimo of Palermo, conducted by Zubin Mehta. Two live shows: Pietro Adragna performs music by Luis Bacalov taken from Il Postino and piano House Cuseni, while Giovanni Renzo accompanies the images of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Also provided presentations of books inspired by the cinema, as the set of meraviglie.di Myron Luciano, Marco Tullio Giordana Marco Oliveri and Anna Paparcone, From Cassino in Hollywood Ugo Di Tullio and I make things, I see people of Giovanni Bogani.
As it has become tradition, the pre-opening of the event will take place on 5 July to Messina. At the moment, we do not know how!
The edition 2017 the Taormina festival is organized directly from Taormina Arte and enjoys the co-financing of the Sicilian Region, Regional Tourism, Sport and Entertainment, through the Special Office for Cinema and Audiovisual / Sicily Film Commission, Sensi program in the Contemporary and the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Film Board and the support of ANEC, of the Sicilian Festival Coordinating Committee, the Universities of Messina and Catania, Cral of the Metropolitan City of Messina and the Albatros Foundation IISS Salvatore Pugliatti Taormina.
As lovers and supporters of cinema we hope that from the ashes of this 63rd edition resurrect a Festival that is worth so much because it is the only showcase today that can promote not only Taormina, but the island internationally.