In 2020 many major events turned into a new virtual version of themselves. Such as the Venice Film Festival: and Caffè Aiello was part of it!
2020 have seen a great 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival, not even the coronavirus was able to mess up with this great annual event. Because of covid-19, last year festival was a hybrid edition, part in person and part virtual. The great collaboration amongst the staff and the invitees allowed the event to go on with all the required precautions.
Caffè Aiello was proudly a part of it, as it has been since 2008. We love supporting the Italian movie business through this collaboration, and we are honored to partner with the professionals involved.
A Federico Fellini celebration
We had the amazing opportunity to offer our Caffè Aiello coffee in the Italian Pavilion. The pavilion’s location is at the Excelsior Hotel in Venezia Lido, and Istituto Luce Cinecittà is what makes the Pavillion itself possible.
2020 was the 100th anniversary of Federico Fellini’s birth, and the Italian Pavilion has paid tribute to this great Italian director by dedicating to him the entire place. There were light effects and dream-like decorations, typically present in Fellini’s masterpieces. They also celebrated this great artist through the presence of many of his quotes, furthermore the font used in the visual and graphic elements of Festival was based on his calligraphy.
The awards
This 2020 jury was exceptional: Ludivine Sagnier, Matt Dillon, Veronika Franz, Joanna Hogg, Christian Petzold, Nicola Lagioia and Cate Blanchet.
The Italian movie industry has been proudly awarded with the Volpi Cup to Pierfrancesco Favino (best actor in “Padrenostro” by Caludio Noce).
Here’s a brief list of other awards that were given:
- “Nuevo Orden”, Michel Franco: Silver Lion, Grand Jury Prize
- Vanessa Kirby in “Pieces of a woman”, Kornél Mundruczó: Volpi Cup for best actress
- “Nomadland”, Chloé Zhao: Golden Lion for Best Movie
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa with “Wife of a Spy”: Silver Lion for Best Directof
We were proud to be there for the awarding of an Italian artist. This prize makes us even prouder about the support we have always shown to the Italian move business.