On the way up to 4 August 2019 Catanzaro Marinaro Porto to the sixteenth edition of the Magna Graecia Film Festival, film festival created and directed by Gianvito Casadonte and dedicated to the first and second films.

Meetings with big Film, projections, debates, book presentations and musical performances will enliven the festival in the heart of Magna Grecia. The festival this year is dedicated to the Maestro Sergio Leone, and confirms the presence the actress-run Carolina Di Domenico. Among the most anticipated guests of the event Godmother Evita Euridice Axen, Pupi Avati, Vinicio Marchioni, Valerio Mastandrea, Vaporidis, Marco Leonardi, Cristina Donadio,Milena Vukotic, Herbert Ballerina, Isabella Ferrari, Francesco Pannofino, Giulia Penna, Christopher Lambert, starred in many films-cult, first of all "Highlander – The last immortal ".

It starts with the Golden Column for the Promotion of Italian Cinema in the World, realized by the goldsmith Michele Affidato, two protagonists of Italian small and big screen: Marco Leonardi, It became famous around the world with the Oscar-winning film "Cinema Paradiso" (1988) of Joseph Tornatore, e Isabella Ferrari- winner of the 1995 the Coppa Volpi for Best Actress at the International Art Exhibition Venice Film Festival and 2012 at the International Festival Silver Marcus Aurelius Rome Film for best actress - who will meet the public at the Hotel Perla del Porto. Always projected in the promotion of emerging filmmakers of Italian cinema, Magna Grecia Film Festival opens its sixteenth edition with the screening – at 21:30 at the Port Marinaro – the film "Hero" Cristiano Anania, that will make the red carpet accompanied by actresses Cristina Donadio and Marta Gastini.

Great expectations for the evening of Sunday, 28 July: guest of honor Christopher Lambert - one of the protagonists of the international film scene, famous around the world for playing the Scottish warrior Connor MacLeod in the cult film "Highlander - The last immortal" - which will meet the public in a debate on 28 July at 18 Supercinema and to receive the Golden Column on stage at the Film Festival. Projection of the second evening will be the film by Paolo Zucca "The man who bought the moon", starring Stephen Fresi and Francesco Pannofino. The jury, chaired by Alessandro Genovesi, It consists of Claudia Potenza, Chiara Francini, Dino Abbrescia, Dario Bandiera and Vaporidis.

From this edition, It comes a new offshoot of the festival: Magna Grecia Book Festival, literary festival dedicated to the cinema, music, television, radio e graphic journalism, directed by the writer, journalist and critic letterarioAndrea Di Consoli, documentary filmmaker. Guests Sunday 28 July radio deejay Massimo Cotto, all 18 at the Hotel Perla del Porto with Rock live (Mondadori), a book on the most legendary rock concert, and Italo Moscati, all 19.30 at the Hotel Perla del Porto with a monograph on Sergio Leone (When the outlaws become heroes, Castelvecchi). Monday 29 July, at 19:30 at the Hotel Perla del Porto, poetry is the protagonist of the volume written and presented by actor Antonio Petrocelli, that tells the glory of the language of poets fathers of Lucania in Peraspina Perapoma (Treditre publishers).

Through meetings with the great masters of cinema, unmissable opportunity to learn about the most appealing aspects of the Seventh Art, Insiders, enthusiasts and film buffs can attend the meetings – All afternoon and free - as we said well with Isabella Ferrari; US actor Christopher Lambert, the 28 July, even with Valerio Mastandrea, actor of great successful candidate ten times the David di Donatello for his roles (plus a nomination for Best Producer) and four-time winner of the award for “The first beautiful Thing”, “the acrobats”, “Long live freedom” e “Fiore”. Not only the film festival founded and directed by Gianvito Casadonte: the one 3 August, the public can meet the young youtuber and singer Giulia Penna, seguitissima on social and on the web.

The book presentations, meetings and debates of the rib festival newborn: Magna Grecia Book Festival They will take place every day from 28 July to 3 August in two locations, Hotel Perla del Porto Catanzaro and the Hotel Blanca Cruz Caminia, in the company of actors, journalists, intellectuals and celebrities. From the novels of Andrea Purgatori (Four small oysters, HarperCollins) those two actors known by the general public, Chiara Francini One year with felice (Rizzoli) and the debut of Marco Bonini with If you love someone tell, family history of growth and redemption (Longanesi). Then, The protagonist of the poem book written by actor Antonio Petrocelli, that tells the glory of the language of poets fathers of Lucania in Peraspina Perapoma(Treditre publishers). The journalist and editor of Rai Teche, Maria Pia Ammirati then presents his latest novel,Two wives. 2 August 1980 (Mondadori), that tells Italy in fierce snapshot on the day of the Bologna massacre. There is also of course the story of cinema, with the monograph of Sergio Leone (When the outlaws become heroes, Castelvecchi) director, writer and historian of cinema and theater, Italo Moscati, but the wise of Vittorio De Seta (Bandits in Orgosolo - The film by Vittorio De Seta, Rubbettino) Academician Antiochus Floris who will be accompanied by the actress and singer Vera Dragone, grandson De Seta. Great space will be devoted to music with Massimo Cotto and his book Rock Live (Mondadori) and Groupie. Girls lose (Odoya), Barbara Tomasino. Then, Massimo Riva lives!, rock life of the historic Vasco guitarist (Baldini&Castoldi), Massimo Poggini and writer Claudia Riva, Massimo sister, and as a killer in the sun (Mondadori), Bruce Springsteen dedicated to the writer Leonardo Colombati. At Magna Grecia Book Festival also Francesca Reggiani,with the book of his monologues and performances are Italian, but I want to quit (Ultra). dual meeting, then, conToni Capuozzo, first work of Italian graphic journalism (The cradle of terror, Signs Publishing) and a cultural trip with the authentic spirit of an era with unforgettable Go to the places of '68 (Il Mulino).