We are SO excited to have Paola Cortellesi join us for this year’s Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF)! Paola’s films Mamma o Papà? and Qualcosa di Nuovo – both appearing at ICFF – have her credited as both an actor and writer. Paola will be joining us for the screening of Qualcosa di Nuovo (our Opening Film) and for our Opening Night Party on June 8th, as well as the screening of Qualcosa di Nuovo and Mamma o Papà? in Vaughan on June 9th.She is gorgeous, talented, and beloved by fans, but it’s hard to imagine a more gracious, unassuming, unpretentious superstar than Italian actress Paola Cortellesi. She’s #13 on Ciak Magazine’s 2016 Power List, the star of dozens of crowd-pleasing and award-winning films and described as “one of the best Italian voices”!
Paola Cortellesi
Paola began as a singer at age 13 and went on to become a popular comic actress on television, where she showcased her particular talent for impersonations.
Paola as Italian politician Daniela Santanchè.
Since 2000 she’s starred in some of Italy’s funniest and most successful movies, early on in the title role of Aldo Giovanni and Giacomo’s Tu La Conosci Claudia? (Do You Know Claudia?) As Claudia, she’s adorably hilarious playing the girl that literally everyone in the movie loves and wants.
Tu La Conosci Claudia (Do You Know Claudia?)
Lately Paola’s career has been on fire, starring in two successful films that we’ll be screening at the ICFF, her husband Riccardo Milani’s Mamma o Papà?, and Cristina Comencini’s Qualcosa Di Nuovo.
In Mamma o Papà, she stars with Antonio Albanesi as a divorcing couple in the middle of a custody battle; the twist? In this custody battle, neither parent wants custody.
Mumma O Papa
In Qualcosa Di Nuovo, Paola stars with Micaela Ramazzotti and plays Lucia, a middle-aged woman who has shut herself off to the possibility of love after a big heartbreak, and has a fling with a handsome 19-year-old guy.
This year ICFF movie goers will have the unbelievable opportunity to get up close and personal with this Italian Cinema super star at the festival’s June 8 Opening Party as well as the film screenings.
Meet Paola Cortellesi
| Event | Date | Time | City | Location | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualcosa di Nuovo* More info… |
08 June 2017 | 7:00 PM | Toronto | TIFF Bell Lightbox | Buy |
| Opening Party* More info… |
08 June 2017 | 9:00 PM | Toronto | QRC West | Buy |
| Qualcosa di Nuovo* More info… |
09 June 2017 | 6:15 PM | Vaughan | Cineplex Cinemas | Buy |
| Mamma o Papà?* More info… |
09 June 2017 | 8:00PM | Vaughan | Cineplex Cinemas | Buy |
| Press Conference* | 08 June 2017 | 2:00PM | Toronto | Istituto Italiano di Cultura | Free (RSVP at gmitolo@icff.ca) |
*The Istituto Italiano di Cultura will host a press conference with ICFF guest of honour Paola Cortellesi.
*Guest star in attendance. Subject to change at the actors discretion.
