The Los Angeles, Italia – Film, Fashion and Art Festival is currently underway in Hollywood. Held each year in the week leading up to the Academy Awards ceremony, the festival brings to the United States a selection of contemporary Italian cinema alongside filmmaker talks, retrospectives and special presentations. Traditionally hosted at the TCL Chinese Theatre, it has for more than twenty years been one of the foremost events promoting Italian cinema in Los Angeles.
In the current edition (8–14 March), numerous films photographed by cinematographers associated with Collettivo Chiaroscuro are included in the programme, some presented at the festival in their US premiere. Among the titles featured are the series Sandokan, photographed by Valerio Evangelista CCS, Alessandro Pesci CCS and Mirko Sgarzi CCS; and the films Laghat, with cinematography by Stefano Paradiso CCS; Ultimo schiaffo, photographed by Sandro Chessa CCS; Franco Battiato – Il lungo viaggio, photographed by Sara Purgatorio AMC CCS, who is also present with the film Lo scuru. The selection also includes three titles photographed by Luca Bigazzi CCS: Cinque secondi, Eva and Elisa. In the section ‘Tribute to the Italian Masters’, alongside the aforementioned Cinque secondi by Paolo Virzì and Elisa by Leonardo Di Costanzo, the programme also features Fuori by Mario Martone, photographed by Paolo Carnera CCS. Among the short films is Dron amor – Roma Nord, photographed by Davide Manca CCS.
The festival selection confirms the significant presence of cinematographers from Collettivo Chiaroscuro within Italian cinema and across the main international showcases dedicated to Italian film.
