The Juries of side competitions 2021
In this section we publish the Jury
of the side competitions of edition 2021.
The jury of VideoVersi competition
LIDIA RIVIELLO (President)
Born in Rome. She is the author and host of radio and TV programs such as Radiotre, Radiodue, Rai Due, Rai Tre, Rai Uno, La7, Sky and Rai play. For years she have created and conducted Rai radio programs dedicated to Italian and foreign poetry. Her poems are translated into several languages: English, French, Swedish, German, Spanish, Arabic and Japanese. She conceives, curates and organizes poetry and art events and festivals in Italy and abroad.
FRANCESCA PATTI
After classical studies, in 1999 she founded the publishing house Prospettiva Editrice, where she carried out layout work until 2014. She later became director and editorial director.
In the last twenty years she took part of the organizations of various literary festivals throughout Italy. She organizes and participates as a jury member in various literary prizes in Italy an worldwide.
LUCA GUERINI
Graduated in Literature, Music and Entertainment at the "Sapienza" University of Rome, then in Sociology at the University of Urbino "Carlo Bo", in History of Art always in Marche. He made his debut as actor in 1998 and continued attending courses in actor, direction, videofilmaker, screenplay at the Pino Quartullo School of the Arts, continuing his research individually, creating the Skenexodia theatrical association in 2004. Despite his young age he already managed 85 projects as director, a dozen videos and he is the author of thirty unpublished texts, some published by the publishing house Le Mezzelane in the collection "Sagittario, ascendente pesci...dicono!"
The jury of the literary competition Un Mare di Libri
ELIO PECORA
Elio Pecora was born in Sant'Arsenio (Salerno).
He has published collections of poems, short stories, novels, critical essays, texts for the theater. He directs the international magazine "Poeti e Poesia". He has collaborated for literary criticism in various newspapers and magazines and Rai broadcast. Since 2004 he is the director of international quarterly publishing “Poeti e poesia”.
His poems have appeared translated, among other languages, into French, English, Romanian, Yugoslavian, Arabic. Three of his verse books have been published in Portuguese, Dutch and English. Among the prizes received for poetry: the Circe-Sabaudia, the City of Salerno-Alfonso Gatto, the Matacotta, the Dessì Prize, the Calliope, the International Le Muse Prize, the Venice Prize, the Mondello International Prize, the Frascati Prize, the Il Fiore Prize, the Penne Prize, the Cesare De Lolli Prize, the Fontevivo Prize, the Tagliacozzo Prize.
MARIA GRAZIA VERZANI
Born in Grosseto, she graduated in modern literature at the La Sapienza University of Rome. She carries out a cultural voluntary service in the high schools of Civitavecchia for the implementation of school-work alternation projects and promotes projects suitable for elementary school children. Her passions, history, art, poetry, communication with the world of young people. It is currently involved in the project for the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the death of Luigi Calamatta, supported by the Municipality of Civitavecchia.
ANDREA GIANNASI
Andrea Giannasi was born in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana (Lucca). Graduated in Contemporary History at the University of Pisa, he has been a publisher since 1989. He is the author of numerous studies on the formation of military contingents employed in war scenarios.Andrea Giannasi is the coordinator of the "Arrigo Benedetti Award" dedicated to the historic founder of Espresso and of the European. Among the winners of the Riccardo Iacona prize, Concita De Gregorio, Ferruccio De Bortoli, Milena Gabanelli, Toni Capuzzo, Federica Angeli, Paolo Borrometi.
He manage Tralerighe and Terracina Book festival.
ROBERTA GALLETTA
Graduated in Arts with specialization in Performing Arts and thesis on the history of theaters in Civitavecchia, she has collaborated with the Teatro Comunale Traiano, while for over ten years she has been involved in her city and in the area in activities for the protection of the artistic, archaeological and natural heritage. of his city.
Writer, actor, lecturer, editor, radio speaker and TV presenter. He has published the collection of horror / noir short stories.
Passionate about historical novels and thriller literature, he loves to write stories linking past events to current news events. He wrote the novels Chiave di volta (2015) and Sindrome assassina (2017) published by Leone Editore.
Essays on Cinema Jury
MARCO SALOMONE
He was born in Civitavecchia where he lives and works, since 2015 he is the president of "Book Faces", a local cultural association that deals with the training and promotion of local authors and the organization of literary events (book presentations, monologues, reviews, etc.). Among our other initiatives, the National Literary Competition "Centumcellæ Award". As a writer he has published two volumes of short stories: “Come gettare un sasso in uno stagno” and “Le avventure di un taxista riluttante”), both self-published. Other writings have been published in various anthologies.
FEDERICO RUFFO
Beginning the ranks among the Roman newspapers and private TV, he arrives in Rai thanks to an investigation as an infiltrator in the clandestine fighting between dogs. He has produced investigations for Report, Agorà, Crash and Presa Diretta; he has collaborated with Le Iene, TG5, Sky, host for the summer edition of Omnibus on LA7 in 2007, for about two years he has been writing for cinema as a text consultant. In 2013 he won the Ilaria Alpi Award with "Ladri di Calcio". In 2015 he published with Rizzoli "Gli Orologi del Diavolo", an investigation novel on mafia witnesses.
GRAZIANO MARRAFFA
Born in Rome on October 18, 1975, attended seminars on cinematography and theater at the
faculties of Literature, Philosophy, Sociology of various Universities of Rome, and in Jurisprudence
of copyright and entertainment, film law.
Founder and President of Archivio Storico del Cinema Italiano – Cultural Association, consisting
of an unlimited heritage of original film materials from the 1930s to the present day, divided into
various sections: Film library, Video library, Film Poster Library, Newspaper library, Sound library
archive, Set Designs and Costumes.
Consultant and curator of iconographic exhibitions, retrospectives and festivals created in
collaboration with prestigious international institutions.
International consultant for various development, printing and post-production laboratories, expert
in theory and practice of film restoration on original black and white and color film supports.
The jury of "Education for work, safety for citizens" video contest
EZIO SINA (President)
National President of APIDGE, the professional association of teachers of legal and economic sciences, lecturer and expert on regulatory aspects, organization and research of the Public Administration, expert in the field of training, collaborates and coordinates research and innovation structures in the world of Work and Professions.He is particularly involved in the world of information and the media.
MARTA CERIONI
She obtained a research doctorate in "Constitutional and General Public Law" at the University of Rome "La Sapienza".
She is currently a Researcher of Institutions of Public Law, at the Polytechnic University of Marche where she teaches Law of Public Institutions, Information and Communications Law, Health Law and Protection of citizens' rights; she is qualified as Associate Professor of Constitutional Law. She is a lawyer registered in the Special Register for legal aid before the Court of Cassation and other Higher Jurisdictions.
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ELENA ARMELLINI
Expert Gaffer & Spark who has been working in London since 2019 with experience in the creation of commercials, television series and films produced by Netflix and Amazon, music videos and short films.
Winner of the Special APIDGE Award 2020.
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