Giona A. Nazzaro (born 1 June 1965) is the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival.[1]

Giona A. Nazzaro
Giona A. Nazzaro at the GranRex in Locarno
Born (1965-06-01) 1 June 1965 (age 59)
Zürich, Switzerland
OccupationArtistic director
OrganizationLocarno Festival

He is also the General Delegate of the Venice International Film Critics’ Week.[2] and a member of the selection committee at the International Film Festival Rotterdam[3] and he collaborates with the Locarno Film Festival[4] and the Visions du Réel Nyon.[5] He is a board member of the European Film Awards.[6] He was named the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival in November 2020 after the resignation of Lili Hinstin.[7]

A member of the Union of Italian Film Critics (SNCCI) Nazzaro is a regular contributor to the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto[8] and the bymonthly magazine MicroMega.

He is the author of several books on cinema: Il cinema di Hong Kong – Spade, kung fu, pistole, fantasmi (Le mani, 1997),[9] John Woo – La nuova leggenda del cinema d'azione (Castelvecchi, 2000);[10] Il dizionario dei film di Hong Kong (Universitaria Editrice, 2005),[11] Action – Forme di un transgenere cinematografico (Le mani, 2000)[12] and Il conflitto delle idee. Al cinema con MicroMega (Bietti, 2014).[13] Nazzaro is also the author of the novel A Mon Dragone c'è il Diavolo (Perdisa Pop, 2010).[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Locarno Film Festival: Giona Nazzaro è il nuovo direttore artistico". Movieplayer.it.
  2. ^ "Giona Nazzaro | TorinoFilmLab". www.torinofilmlab.it.
  3. ^ "Giona A. Nazzaro". IFFR. July 7, 2020.
  4. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: LOCARNO #69 - ROGER CORMAN BY GIONA NAZZARO. YouTube.
  5. ^ "Ecstasy". Visions du Réel.
  6. ^ "Six Debut Films Nominated for the European Film Awards 2020". https.
  7. ^ "Locarno Fest Names Giona Nazzaro Artistic Director | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  8. ^ "il manifesto". il manifesto.
  9. ^ Nazzaro, Giona A.; Tagliacozzo, Andrea. Il cinema di Hong Kong. Spade, kung fu, pistole e fantasmi. ASIN 8880120530.
  10. ^ "John Woo. La nuova leggenda del cinema d'azione".
  11. ^ Nazzaro, Giona A.; Tagliacozzo, Andrea. Il dizionario dei film di Hong Kong. ASIN 8886619197.
  12. ^ "Action! Forme di un transgenere cinematografico – Giona A. Nazzaro – Libro – Le Mani-Microart'S – Cinema. Saggi | IBS". www.ibs.it.
  13. ^ "Il conflitto delle idee. Al cinema con MicroMega – Giona A. Nazzaro – Libro – Bietti – Heterotopia | IBS". www.ibs.it.
  14. ^ Giona A. Nazzaro (2010). A Mon Dragone c'è il diavolo. Perdisa pop. ISBN 978-88-8372-487-9.
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