Giona A. Nazzaro

Giona A. Nazzaro (born 1 June 1965 in Zurich, Switzerland) 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) June 1, 1965
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
  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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