The film ‘Leonora Addio’ signed by the director Paolo Taviani, the actresses Marina Confalone and Anna Mazzamauro, the actors Totò Cascio and Francesco Di Leva, the composer Rita Marcotulli, the Navy: they are among the winners of the ‘Sorrentine Peninsula Award’ announced by the artistic director Mario Esposito, whose ceremony will take place on 29 October at the Tasso Theater in Sorrento, after the opening the previous day dedicated to the theme of digital innovation in the world of cinema, which will see the delivery of special prizes to Antonino Giammarino director of ‘ Anna Mendoza ‘, Adele Magnelli creator and manager of the audiovisual project’ The Divine Comedy in VR: Hell, an immersive journey ‘by Ett, Carlo Rodomonti digital manager of Rai Cinema, Timothy Jung international expert on Xr and Vr. “We have chosen the culture-innovation combination for this year’s edition, number 27, of the ‘Sorrentine Peninsula Award’ named after Arturo Esposito – explains the artistic director and patron of the Mario Esposito award to AdnKronos – We will have two days that will see alternating round tables, meetings with authors and protagonists, press conferences, screenings and TV productions, with the presence in Sorrento of numerous guests of national and international importance, such as the world expert in augmented and virtual reality Timothy Jung and the Scottish singer Amy Macdonald “. Godmother of the TV evening, the presenter Alessandra Viero, while the author’s cover of the catalog was entrusted to the artist Giuseppe Leone, dedicated to the centenary of the birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini.The event, organized by the Symposium of the Muses, is sponsored the Presidency of the Council and the support of the Directorate General for Cinema of the Ministry of Culture and the Film Commission of the Campania Region. “Producing new culture, in the wake of tradition but also of modernity, development and relaunch: this is the mission of the ‘Sorrento Peninsula’ Award – underlines Massimo Coppola, Mayor of Sorrento – It is not by chance, in fact, that we wanted to accompany the ‘2022 edition of this prestigious review with an unequivocal claim: culture is the engine of rebirth “. Luigi Pirandello, the only Italian film in competition at the ‘Berlinale’ produced by Donatella Palermo starring Fabrizio Ferracane. Ideally remaining in Sicily, Totò Cascio was also awarded, star of ‘Nuovo Cinema Paradiso’ – the film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, winner at the Cannes Film Festival and at the Golden Globes and Academy Award winner – author of the volume ‘La gloria e la prova. My New Cinema Paradiso 2.0 ‘. Two awards from the master of cinematography of the University of Naples ‘Federico II’ to Francesco Di Leva for the interpretation, while the tribute to his career goes to Marina Confalone. The award named after Dino Verde for comedy will be awarded to Anna Mazzamauro. The screenwriter Anna Pavignano and the director Luigi Pane for the first work ‘Un mondo in più’, the composer Rita Marcotulli, author of the soundtracks of the film ‘Basilicata Coast to Coast ‘with which in the past it was awarded the David di Donatello and the Ciak d’Oro. The international award for the youth category goes to the Scottish star Amy Macdonald protagonist of the musical documentary ‘This is the life’ made by Pim Hawinkels together with Dirk Jan Roeleven and Mike van der Sluys for German television. Finally, institutional recognition to the Italian Navy for the production of the audiovisual ‘Procida Italian Capital of Culture 2022’. (By Enzo Bonaiuto)