Oscar-winner Giuseppe Tornatore to present his much-loved ‘Cinema Paradiso’ in Mumbai

During his maiden India visit, the 68-year-old cinema legend will attend a special Italian film festival titled ‘Cinema Italian Style – Celebrating Tornatore And The Masters Of Italian Cinema’, scheduled to be held from September 27-29, at Regal Cinema. The screenings are open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Festival’s schedule. (Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation)

The three-day festival, which intends to celebrate the legends of Italian cinema and exhibit restored Italian classics, will screen Tornatore-directed classics ‘Malèna’ (2000) and ‘Ennio’ (2021), apart from ‘Cinema Paradiso’. Restored films of Italian masters including Luchino Visconti’s Senso (1954), Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita (1960), Vittorio de Sica’s Marriage Italian Style (1964) and Sergio Leone’s Once Upon A Time in America (1984) will also be screened during the festival.

The three-day festival, which intends to celebrate the legends of Italian cinema and exhibit restored Italian classics, will screen Tornatore-directed classics like ‘Malèna’ (2000). (Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation)

Filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, who is the founder of Film Heritage Foundation (FHF), said: “We are privileged that Giuseppe Tornatore whose film ‘Cinema Paradiso’ pays tribute to film projectionists has agreed to present the Lifetime Achievement Award for Cinema Projection at the opening of the festival.”

Speaking about his upcoming Mumbai visit, Tornatore said: “I was delighted that my film ‘Cinema Paradiso’ is known and loved in India. I am honoured that my films will be presented alongside the films of great Italian masters like Vittorio de Sica, Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini and Sergei Leone,” and added that “It would be my pleasure to present the award to the winning projectionist (Lifetime Achievement Award for Cinema Projection) at the opening of the festival in Mumbai.”