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Interview with Ferdinando Maddaloni, Artistic Director of International Gastronomy Film Festival

Interview with Ferdinando Maddaloni, Artistic Director of International Gastronomy Film Festival

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"Cinema is a mirror of all the people in the world"

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The audience knows him mostly as an actor in films like the mystery
drama Quo Vadis, Baby? and popular Italian TV series like Don
Matteo and Inspector Ricciardi. But for the International
Gastronomy Film Festival, born in 2025 from festival founder Gülper
Ergün’s wish to bridge different cultures, cities, and countries
via food and stories, Ferdinando Maddaloni stepped up as Artistic
Director. Informed by his own multidisciplinary experience in film,
he curates the short films competing for the main awards. On site
in Çeşme, where the festival moved after its premiere edition in
Urla, Maddaloni spoke with Lidanoir about his hope for movie
theaters dedicated solely to short films, bringing film and food
together, and the political side of both.