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Festa é Festa

2021

A village in the interior of Portugal is preparing the best village festival ever, in the year that marks the centenary of its greatest benefactor. Everyone does their best in organizing the party always with something in mind: the inheritance of the elderly woman.

Pamela Roberts

Pamela Roberts is an actress whose range and commitment to character and her craft put her in a class of her own. She brings a level of warmth, integrity, reality and life to her work that is admirable. Pamela was born on December 8, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. At a young age she moved to Los Angeles with her parents; where her career in acting began. In the 1970s Pamela joined the Paul Robeson Players theatre touring company that led to an opportunity to perform at FESTAC (Festival of Black Art and Culture) in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977. While at FESTAC Pamela had the opportunity to meet the legendary Stevie Wonder who was also in attendance. Pamela has graced the stage playing some of the most powerful characters of our time. Her performances and talent put her on a par with legendary actresses who have stepped into those very same roles: Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Lena Younger (A Raisin in the Sun), Maggie Pollitt (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Medea (Medea) and Mattie Williams (The River Niger). Pamela's strong theatre background led to a prolific career in both film and television. Through the 1980s she appeared in such popular television shows as Hill Street Blues (1985), Dynasty (1988) and L.A. Law (1989). In the 1990s and into the 2000s Pamela's career continued strong with guest appearances on Doogie Howser, M.D. (1991), E.R. (1996), Living Single (1996) and Gabriel's Fire (1990) in which Pamela had the opportunity to work along side legendary actor James Earl Jones. She also guest starred on the popular television show NYPD Blue (2004) and Joan of Arcadia (2004). In 2002 Pamela landed a role in the science fiction movie Minority Report from director Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Cruise and Colin Farrell. As an actress, working under the directorship of Mr. Spielberg, was a memorable learning experience for Pamela. Recently, Pamela was cast in the heartwarming short film Pacific Edge (2014) starring seven-time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) and three-time Emmy Award winner Barbara Bain (Mission Impossible). Pamela lives in Los Angles with her husband, actor Michael D. Roberts, and their 2 children.

Carlo Monni

Ha esordito con spettacoli nei locali e nelle feste paesane della sua zona. In tali occasioni ha avuto la possibilità di incontrare Roberto Benigni, col quale ha stretto un lungo sodalizio artistico ed umano. Nel 1976 Monni e Benigni fanno "il grande salto" di notorietà approdando sulla seconda rete: i due comici fingono di disturbare le frequenze della RAI con una fantasiosa tv, Onda Libera, che trasmette da "una stalla di Capalle" (e la scenografia contempla anche alcune mucche). Nel 1978 è nel programma di Roberto Benigni, Vita da Cioni. Da questo anno in poi è chiamato a recitare in diversi film di stampo toscano che gli daranno la notorietà. Continua a presenziare a spettacoli pubblici (ormai oltre 100) e nel 1998 contribuisce al successo dello spettacolo di Massimo Ceccherini Fermi tutti questo è uno spettacolo le cui repliche continuano ancora oggi. Nonostante questo successo, come da lui espresso durante una poesia nello spettacolo di Ceccherini, Carlo Monni ama dedicarsi al verseggiare libero, nella tradizione della sua terra natia, che preferisce alla popolarità della TV.

Laura Seay

Laura Seay is an actor, director, writer, and stand-up based in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. Acting credits include Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., NCIS, NCIS: Nola, CBS's Pure Genius opposite Dermot Mulroney, Greg Mottola's Superbad, and many more. She has directed award-winning and Oscar Qualifying shorts spanning genre and tone. Her most recent venture, a dark comedy short called The Coupon, played top-tier genre festivals including Fantastic Fest, FilmQuest, and Slash International Film Festival in Vienna, earning many best-of-fest accolades. Her directorial debut, Speak, premiered at the reputed Nantucket Film Festival and received critical acclaim and awards nationally for its provocative exploration of domestic violence. Laura has also performed stand-up at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, The Duplex in New York, and the Brooklyn Comedy Collective for New York's Annual Comedy Festival.

Chacrinha

José Abelardo Barbosa de Medeiros (Surubim, 30 de setembro de 1917 — Rio de Janeiro, 30 de junho de 1988), o Chacrinha, foi um grande comunicador de rádio e televisão no Brasil, como apresentador de programas de auditório, enorme sucesso dos anos 1950 aos 1980. Foi o autor da célebre frase: "Na televisão, nada se cria, tudo se copia"1 . Em seus programas de televisão, foram revelados para o país inteiro nomes como Roberto Carlos, Perla, Paulo Sérgio e Raul Seixas, entre muitos outros23 . Desde a década de 1970 era chamado de Velho Guerreiro, conforme homenagem feita a ele por Gilberto Gil que assim se referiu a Chacrinha numa conhecida letra de canção que compôs chamada "Aquele Abraço".

Michelle Wilson

Michelle Wilson is a Tony nominated American actress known for her work on Broadway in Sweat and A Raisin in the Sun. Other New York credits include Sweat (Public Theater), Detroit '67(Public Theater), New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Lark, Classical Theater of Harlem and the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference.Selected regional: Detroit '67 (Baltimore Center Stage and Detroit Public Theatre), Follow Me to Nellie's, The People Before the Park (Premiere Stages), Fahrenheit 451, For Colored Girls (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Two Trains Running (Goodman Theatre), Indiana Rep, Stella Adler Theater (Los Angeles). TV/Film: "Blue Bloods," "E.R.," Reverse Cowgirl, Nehemiah (2014 Pan African Film Fest), Sink, and The Bicycle (2014 Pan African Film Fest).

Alexis Ostrander

Alexis Ostrander is an award-winning and Emmy nominated director with a penchant for raw, human stories. She is a graduate of Syracuse University and was part of the 40th annual AFI Directing Workshop for Women. Alexis' short film THE HAIRCUT premiered at AFI FEST in 2014 and has played over 45 festivals, garnering 13 awards. Alexis received the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant, Creative District Grant, Impact First Films Grant, and The Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors Foundation Grant for THE HAIRCUT. She participated as a Clinic Fellow in the 2015 Sundance Female Filmmakers Initiative Financing Intensive. In 2016, she was selected for the Ryan Murphy Half Foundation Mentorship Program and subsequently directed the penultimate episode of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ROANOKE for FX. She was a participant in the Fox Filmmakers Lab and Fox Global Directors Initiative and was a drama fellow for the apprenticeship program on HOMELAND. Alexis was one of five directors in the inaugural Warner Bros. Emerging Film Directors Workshop and directed a grounded sci-fi short film, SENSUM, which premiered on HBO Go. After completing the 2017 Warner Bros. Television Directors' Workshop, she has directed episodes of RIVERDALE on CW, SHADOWHUNTERS on Freeform, THE ARRANGEMENT on E!, DEADLY CLASS on Syfy, PEARSON for USA, SUPERGIRL for CW, SERVANT for Apple, SWAMP THING for the DC Universe, IMPULSE for YouTube Red and CONDOR for AT&T Audience Network. Alexis directed the pilot, second episode, and finale block of LIGHT AS A FEATHER for Hulu. She is Emmy nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Digital Drama Series for LIGHT AS A FEATHER.

James Manley

is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Jim Powers. He is best known for his appearances with WWE from 1987 to 1994. Manley was born in Washington Heights, Manhattan and grew up watching wrestling at Madison Square Garden. Jim Powers returned to wrestling for an independent promoter on March 9, 2007. Since returning to wrestling, Powers has wrestled for several independent based organizations and has appeared, pairing back up with Young Stallions partner Paul Roma, at several wrestling fan fests meeting his fans and signing their autographs. In 2007, Powers was contacted by WWE to be a part of their developmental territory and train wrestlers there. Despite meeting face-to-face with WWE booker, John Laurinaitis, Powers never received a contract with the promotion. Powers said in recent interviews that he almost left his then-current job to work with the WWE, and also said Laurinaitis told him there weren't any places available in the developmental territories, but would call him if there was one. Powers said Laurinaitis repeated this so many times he didn't believe him anymore. On November 15, 2008 he defeated Johnny LeDoux at FCW Broken Bones 2008. He then embarked on the Wrestling Legends Tour 2009, facing Joe E. Legend and Tatanka in March 2009. After a fourteen-year absence (he had appeared on several shows in 1995), Powers rejoined NWA New Jersey. Teaming with Danny Inferno as the tag-team Fire Power, the duo defeated The Spirit Squad (Kenny Dykstra and Mike Mondo) to win the NWA New Jersey Tag-Team Championship. Powers final appearances came at "IWF Winter Warfare" for the Independent Wrestling Federation. His last match saw him team with Chachi to defeat Chris Steeler & Damian Adams on January 23, 2010 in West Paterson, New Jersey On February 3, 2010, Powers announced his retirement. In 2012, Powers was hospitalized, and had two hip surgeries. In July 2016, Manley was named part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury. The suit is litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE. US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant dismissed the lawsuit in September 2018. Powers has been a resident of East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Danni Suzuki

Cast · Known for Young Hearts

DANNI SUZUKI is an actress, presenter, director, screenwriter, and speaker. She studied directing and acting at NY Film Academy (NY-LA). She holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from PUC-RJ and a Postgraduate degree in Neuroscience from PUC-RS (2024). She is an international speaker, with four TEDx talks, twice a jury member for the International Emmy Awards, and a guest lecturer for the Postgraduate program in Digital Marketing and Influence at PUC-RS. She served as a jury member at the LABRIFF Film Festival in Los Angeles (2017) and in the semi-finals of the International Emmy Awards (2021 and 2024).​ She has established herself as one of the most prominent Asian actresses in her country, performing in soap operas, series, and films since 1998, with a solid career at one of the largest television networks in Brazil (Rede Globo), where she worked for almost 20 years. Her most recent acting work can be seen in the series "Arcanjo Renegado," currently airing on Globoplay, in the series "Desjuntados" on Amazon Prime (BR), in the series "Capoeiras" on Disney Plus, and soon in cinemas in the feature film "Secrets" (premiering in 2024), for which she received a Best Actress nomination at the Marbella International Film Festival in Spain. She made her debut in 2016 as a director and screenwriter with the film "Pulso," which was nominated and awarded for Best Direction, Screenplay, Film, Cinematography, and Acting at various national and international festivals, including the International Festival of "Mar Del Plata" in Argentina, Brazil New Visions Film Fest, "LABRIFF" and "Olympus Film Festival" in LA; it was screened at the Laemmle Theater in Hollywood. She is currently finalizing her documentary feature about refugee children, filmed in Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and the Brazil-Venezuela border. She was the creator and screenwriter of a series on Amazon Prime (Brazil) and a screenwriter for a series on Amazon Prime (USA). As a presenter, she has hosted two seasons of "The Voice Brasil," covered the most important music festivals, hosted daily programs, auditorium shows, and interviews with national and international celebrities. She lived with various peoples from different cultures around the world while filming for Multishow. She is currently filming the second season of the program "New Faces" on E! Entertainment Television, set to premiere in October 2024. She is also working as a voice actress in the animations "Patos" and "Kung Fu Panda 4" for Universal, which will be released in cinemas across Brazil in 2024. A social activist, she has served as an ambassador for the American NGO "Waves for Water" and the international NGO "Make a Wish." She has been running her own social projects for over 26 years, dedicating herself since 2016 to refugee families.

Jessica Mathews

Jessica was born in Florida. She graduated from The University of Florida with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, and Dual Minors in Economics. Her credits are in both features and television, including appearances on: Torchwood, Las Vegas, Method and Red, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, Wild On E!, Art Mann Presents, and Street Stars, along with the features BorderLords II, Change Your Life, and Triangle. Jessica has had the pleasure of working alongside actors such as Lisa Ann Walter, Gary Busey, Gene Simmons, Mike Genovese and John Cothran. For a decade, Jessica has produced television shows, pilots, feature films, feature trailers, commercials, music videos, web series and live theatre. Television credits include: Intervention (A&E), Toddlers and Tiaras (TLC), Second Chance Retreat (HBO Max), Stung (GSN), Intervention: The Heroin Triangle (A&E), Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell (Food Network), Atomic Mom (Lifetime), Uncomfortable Conversations with Celebrities (A&E), Undiagnosed (A&E), Test Dummies (MTV), Walk of Shame Shuttle (VH1), and Gonzalez Twins (Freeform). Commercials include Toyota and the LA Lakers. Jessica loves indie films and her projects have an extensive award list. They include the Award Winning features Marfa Girl (Marcus Aurelius Award for Best Film, Rome Film Festival/Dir: Larry Clark), Triangle (Two Africa Movie Academy Awards/Dir: Theodros Teshome), and Holding Back (Best Feature, Angeleno Film Festival). Additional features include the Dances with Films-Nominee The Last Treasure Hunt (Multiple Official Selections/Dir: Patrick Biesemans) and Vanished (Official Selection LA Indie Film Fest/Dir: Adrian Donaldson). In addition, she has produced nine more Award Winning shorts: Notes on Lying, Guitar Party Nightmare, In Silence, Man vs. Survival, The Proposition, I Am Neda, Pull Down the Moon, The Big Meet, and Warehouse. Her awards list on the indie film circuit includes: Best Film at Poppy Jasper, Spirit of Moondance Award at the Moondance Int'l Film Festival, People's Choice Award at London Shorts, Award of Merit at AOF Film Festival, Best Narrative Short at the Virginia Film Festival, Best Comedy at the Angeleno Film Festival, Special Jury Award at the Scary or Die Film Festival, 4th Place at the Atom Tournament Film Festival, Best Comedy at the Dam Short Film Festival, Audience Choice Award at the Virginia Film Festival, Honorable Mention Los Angeles Movie Awards, Best Feature Film at the Angeleno Film Festival, Winner Platinum Remi Special Jury Award WorldFest Houston Int'l Film Festival, Finalist American Pavilion at Cannes, Winner Best Int'l Short at Burbank Int'l Film Festival, Winner Best Drama Short at AOF Film Fest, Winner Best Short Film Under 30 Minutes at the World Music and Independent Film Festival, Winner Honorable Mention at the Hollywood & Vine Film Festival, Nominated Best Short Film at the Moondance Int'l Film Festival, Top 25 in the 24-Hour LA Film Fest, LA Reels Film Festival Honorable Mention Award, The Earth Award at Cinerockom Film Festival, Best Short Film at Frogtown Film Festival and Best Music Video at the Garden State Film Festival.

Caroline Festa

Dannie Festa

Executive Producer · Known for Trolls World Tour

Riccardo Festa

Geoffrey Copleston

Cast · Known for Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot

Geoffrey Copleston was an English actor who settled in Italy in the late 1950's. He became heavily involved with the Italian English dubbing industry and his voice can be heard in hundreds of films. He continued physical movie and TV performances as well, almost exclusively in Italian productions or American films made in Italy. He is best remembered for his performance as the chief villain in ROBOT JOX as well as the eccentric reclusive millionaire in EMMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS. His final roles of note were the innkeeper in Roger Corman's FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND and in Al Festa's music-oriented giallo film FATAL FRAMES.

Eiichiro Oda

Executive Producer · Known for LEGO ONE PIECE

Eiichiro Oda (Japanese: 尾田 栄一郎, Hepburn: Oda Eiichirō, born January 1, 1975) is a Japanese manga artist and the creator of the series One Piece. With more than 523.2 million tankōbon copies in circulation worldwide, One Piece is both the best-selling manga in history and the best-selling comic series printed in volume, in turn making Oda one of the best-selling fiction authors. The series' popularity resulted in Oda being named one of the manga artists that changed the history of manga. Since November 7, 2004, Eiichiro Oda has been married to Chiaki Inaba (稲葉ちあき, Inaba Chiaki), a former model and actress whom he met in late 2003 during Jump Festa festival 2004. Oda and Inaba have had two daughters; the eldest was born in mid-2006 and the youngest in 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eiichiro Oda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Eleonora Giorgi

Eleonora Giorgi (born 21 October 1953) is an Italian actress. Giorgi was born in Rome, Italy. Her father was of Italian and English origin. Her mother was of Italian and Hungarian origin. She made her film debut in a minor role in Paolo Cavara's horror film Black Belly of the Tarantula (1970) and subsequently appeared in nearly fifty films, mostly in prominent roles. Domenico Paolella's Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973), an important nunsploitation, marked her film debut, at age eighteen. She then took part in Il bacio (The kiss), a fantasy drama directed by Mario Lanfranchi, and in erotic comedies such as Salvatore Samperi's La sbandata (1974), in which she plays near Domenico Modugno and Luciana Paluzzi, Luciano Salce's Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno (1974), Pasquale Festa Campanile's The Sex Machine (U.S. title: Love and Energy) (1975) and Gianluigi Calderone's Appassionata, that definitively gaine her the public acclaim. Roles in movies like Franco Brusati's To Forget Venice (1979), Dario Argento's Inferno (1980), Nino Manfredi's Nudo di donna (1981), and Liliana Cavani's Beyond Obsession (1982) are some of her most known and remarkable dramatic performances but in the beginning of the eighties, Giorgi decides to rejoin comedy. She's near Adriano Celentano in Mani di velluto and Grand hotel excelsior; for her performance in Carlo Verdone's Borotalco (1982), she won the Nastro d'Argento award and David di Donatello award for Best Actress. In 2003, Giorgi wrote and directed her first film Uomini & donne, amori & bugie (U.S. title: Love, Lies, Kids... & Dogs), with Ornella Muti.

Dori Sakurada

Cast · Known for Alice in Borderland

Dori Sakurada (桜田通), born on December 7, 1991, in Tokyo, Japan, is a versatile Japanese actor, singer, dancer, and model. He was scouted at the age of 11 and joined the talent agency Amuse Inc., where he began his career. Sakurada made his acting debut in 2005 in the TV drama Ruri's Island. He gained widespread recognition for his role as Ryoma Echizen in the musical adaptation of The Prince of Tennis (Tenimyu), becoming the youngest actor to play the lead role at just 14 years old. Over the years, Sakurada has appeared in various films and TV dramas, including Orange (2015), Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (2017), Scum's Wish (2017), Coffee & Vanilla (2019), and Alice in Borderland (2020). He is also a talented musician, releasing his first EP, Sakura da Festa Best, in 2019, and performing live at his annual fan event, Sakura da Festa. In 2020, he established his official fan club, Sakura da Space Society, and completed his first Zepp tour in 2022.

Fiesta Mei Ling

Wies Fest

Sergio Fresta

David Basulto

David Basulto is known for American History X (1998), The Fiesta Grand (2007) and The Clique (2006).

Dieter Laser

Dieter Laser (February 17, 1942 – February 29, 2020) was a German actor. He is known to English speaking audiences for his roles in Lexx and The Human Centipede (First Sequence), for which he won "Best Actor" at the Austin Fantastic Fest. In 1975 he was awarded the German Film Award in the category of Best Actor for the title role in John Glückstadt. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dieter Laser, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Mathias Gnädinger

Gnädinger erlernte den Beruf eines Schriftsetzers, bevor er in Zürich am Bühnenstudio seine Schauspielausbildung begann. In der Folge arbeitete er an verschiedenen Bühnen. Das letzte feste Engagement hatte er in Berlin an der Schaubühne. Er ist seit 1988 freischaffender Schauspieler. In seiner bisherigen Laufbahn wirkte er in 130 Theaterstücken und über 70 Filmen für Kino und Fernsehen mit.

Anja Antonowicz

Cast · Known for SOKO Stuttgart

Anja Antonowicz, auch Anna Antonowicz (* 22. Dezember 1981 in Włocławek) ist eine polnische Schauspielerin. Nach dem Studium an der Hochschule für Film, Fernsehen und Theater in Łódź spielte Anna Antonowicz von 2002 bis 2004 ihre erste feste Rolle als Ruda in der polnischen Serie Na dobre i na zle, woran sich mehrere Fernsehproduktionen anschlossen. Es folgte die Rolle der Miska in Pensjonat Pod Róza. Parallel dazu spielte sie in Warschau Theater. In Deutschland ist Antonowicz seit 2005 in der Rolle der Moldawierin Nastya Niemeyer, geborene Pashenko, in der Serie Lindenstraße bekannt. Sie spielte inzwischen in weiteren deutschen Filmen, so als Vergewaltigungsopfer Maria in der Bella-Block-Folge Die Frau des Teppichlegers. Für diese Leistung war sie 2006 für den Deutschen Fernsehpreis nominiert. In Katinka Feistls Komödie Krieg der Frauenverkörperte sie das Au-pair-Mädchen Jolanta. Gesine Cukrowski und Birge Schade spielten an ihrer Seite. Es folgten weitere deutsche Produktionen: Ralf Huettners Mr. Soft, Olaf Saumers Stille Wasser, Hans-Christoph Blumenbergs Die Kinder der Flucht, zwei Folgen in der Serie Ein starkes Team, die Zwangsprostituierte Dana in der Serie Dr. Psycho und eine Rolle in Kai Wessels Kriminalfilm Das Geheimnis im Moor. International spielte Anna Antonowicz unter der Regie von Peter Greenaway an der Seite von Martin Freeman die Catharina in Nightwatching und die Elene in Nana Dschordschadse The Rainbowmaker. Ebenfalls international zu sehen war sie in einer Produktion der Krimi-Reihe mit dem Titel GSI - Spezialeinheit Göteborg 5: Riskantes Spiel. 2013 übernahm sie eine Rolle in der Literaturverfilmung Westen. 2005 spielte sie im Musikvideo „Tomaszów“ der polnischen Sängerin Maria Sadowska mit.