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POLO LIFESTYLES MAGAZINE
Polo Lifestyles May 2021: Tribute to Mothers

Our first-ever tribute to moms – we have celebrity interviews, polo-mom features, momagers (think Kris Jenner), authors, podcasters and more. Plus The U.S. Open Polo Championships in photos and late-breaking coverage from Miami Beach’s World Polo League Beach Polo correspondent.

 
 



MONACO LIFE MAGAZINE
“Our attitude and courage makes us kings, not our social status”

Monaco Life speaks with award winning Producer Valentina Castellani-Quinn, who will be presenting her new film ‘Polo’ at this year’s Cannes Film Festival alongside her work with the CC-Forum Monaco.




THE INDEPENDENT UK & PERSIAN
Messenger of Peace and Legacy of Anthony Quinn in Dubai

Interview with Italian cinematographer Valentina Castellani (translated from Farsi)



L’OFFICIEL UK & FRANCE
Prince Nereides and Valentina Castellani Quinn: a Trailblazer Celebrity Duo.

Discover the partnership that took place last week between H.R.H Prince Nereides Antonio Giamundo de Bourbon and Valentina Castellani Quinn.

 
 



L’OFFICIEL UK & FRANCE
Film Producer Valentina Castellani Quinn new muse of NEREIDES Diamond Elixir skincare

After a few weeks from the launch of NEREIDES Diamond Elixir skincare collection, Prince Nereides Antonio Giamundo de Bourbon disclosed the official second muse of his Parisian Haute Couture and Beauty House NEREIDES: Hollywood celebrity and film producer Valentina Castellani Quinn.


AFARI ITALIARI MAGAZINE
Cinema. Land of Siena Film Festival 2020. Interviews by Alessandra Basile

Alessandra Basile interviews Valentina Castellani-Quinn, Christophe Favre, Claudia Gerini, Andrea Guerra, Francesco Mitrano, Gianni Quaranta (translated from Italian).



AFFARI ITALIANI MAGAZINE
OLEG in Venice. Alessandra Basile interviews Valentina Castellani Quinn

The documentary Oleg in Venice 77. Valentina Castellani Quinn, the international producer, entrepreneur and director, of the Italian film festival (translated from Italian).

 
 



TRADERS MAGAZINE
Terra di Siena Film Festival – 2020 (part 1)

After Venice and before Rome, there is her: Siena.
The Sienese festival started on September 29th and ended with the award ceremony on Saturday 4 October evening. With my friend Fabrizio and the Grazia Press Office and with Valentina Castellani Quinn, I enjoyed the final two days of the festival and the beautiful city that welcomed it (translated from Itaian).



TRADERS MAGAZINE
Terra di Siena Film Festival – 2020 (part 2)

My interviews continue at the Sienese festival of Italian and international cinema (translated from Italian)



DAILY MAIL .UK
Cate Blanchett exudes elegance in a striking red jumpsuit as she receives a leadership award in Venice

She is currently acting as the Jury President for the 77th annual Venice Film Festival.
And Cate Blanchett was sure to turn heads when she received a leadership award from The Bellagraph Nova Group, Quinn Studios Entertainment and Terra di Siena International Film Festival in the Italian city on Friday.

 
 



VARIETY

Cate Blanchett Reminisces Fondly About Former HFPA Chief Lorenzo Soria at Venice Soirée

Cate Blanchett reminisced warmly about Lorenzo Soria at an event held during the Venice Film Festival where the recently deceased president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. was commemorated.



PEOPLE MAGAZINE
Diego Boneta wins his first prize at the Venice Film Festival with Cate Blanchett!

Luis Miguel’s performer entered the Venice Film Festival through the front door and was awarded the Seguso Award for his career alongside Cate Blanchett. Do you know who the date of the famous actor was and who he dedicated the award to (translated from Spanish)?



GENTE MAGAZINE
Diego Boneta dedicated his first prize at the Venice Film Festival to his “favorite woman”

The Mexican actor received a recognition of his career at the iconic Italian event and remembered Pepa, his beloved grandmother, who died very recently.
Mexican actor and singer Diego Boneta (29) is at the top of his career (so far). Having played Luis Miguel in the film that he was encouraged to produce “New Order” now at the Venice Film Festival (translated from Spanish).



IL DENARO MAGAZINE

At the Covid compliant Venice Film Festival, there is also a high finance event

Countdown to the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival, which will be inaugurated tomorrow night at the Palacinema del Lido with the screening of the film “Laces” by Daniele Luchetti. An epochal edition, this year, that will take place according to strict compliance with anti-Covid 19 rules (translated from Italian).



OLTNEWS MAGAZINE
Cate Blanchett exudes elegance in a striking red jumpsuit as she receives leadership award in Venice

She is currently president of the jury of the 77th Venice Film Festival.
And Cate Blanchett was sure to turn heads when she received a leadership award from the Bellagraph Nova Group, Quinn Studios Entertainment and Terra di Siena International Film Festival in the Italian city on Friday.

 
 



YAHOO
Cate Blanchett Reminisces Fondly About Former HFPA Chief Lorenzo Soria at Venice Soirée

Cate Blanchett reminisced warmly about Lorenzo Soria at an event held during the Venice Film Festival where the recently deceased president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. was commemorated.



L’OFFICIEL USA
Bellagraph Nova Group Celebrates Women at 77th Venice Film Festival

Cate Blanchett and Evangeline Shen: two women, two leaders! The Parisian group Bellagraph Nova celebrates women’s leadership and ethics at the 77th Venice Film Festival (translated from French).



L’OFFICIEL USA

Cate Blanchett and Bellagraph Nova Group Celebrate Women in Film at Venice Film Festival

In a celebration of women and their achievements, Evangeline Shen offers Cate Blanchett the Seguso Award presented at the 77th Venice Film Festival.



L’OFFICIEL USA
Meet Nereides Antonio Giamundo de Bourbon, the “Prince Artist”
Founder of the Parisian fashion house NEREIDES and a fine international financial strategist, Prince Nereides Antonio Giamundo de Bourbon puts his creativity at the service of fashion and finance (translated from French).



GEMMA MAGAZINE:
Before Valentina Castellani was a flicker in her parent’s eyes, she was destined to change the world. She was born in Florence, Italy, and her family owned an Opera House Theatre, called “Teatro Verdi.” Her Grandfather Riccardo Castellani was one of the most important producers of the Fellini films and distributors of the Golden Era of Italian cinema. With this estimated background, where is she going to make her mark?

 


Entrepreneur Talk: Interview with Clarissa Burt


INTERVIEW WITH AWARD WINNING CNN JOURNALIST DEBORAH KOBYLT LIVE



MONACO FORCE ONE MAGAZINE:
Before Valentina Castellani was a flicker in her parent’s eyes, she was destined to make her part in changing the world. She was born in Florence, Italy, and her family owned an Opera House Theatre. Her Grandfather Riccardo was an important producers of the Fellini films and distributors of the Golden Era of Italian cinema. With this estimated background, where is she going to make her mark?


MEDIASET – Tgcom24
“La creatività mi ha salvato e mi ha aiutato a sopportare il dolore”
Valentina Castellani Quinn si racconta a Tgcom24: dal grave lutto per la morte del marito, al successo nellʼattività di produzione cinematografica e a una nuova ritrovata felicità

 
 
 


LA NAZIONE. IT – September 2019


CINEMATORE – Cinecitta’
Miglior film internazionale del Terra di Siena International Film Festival “SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT“

 


CORRIERE DI SIENA


LA NAZIONE. IT – July 2019



Beyond TV ~ Carlos Amezcua interviews Valentina on her upcoming movie project “The White Snake”.


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Trend Prive’ Magazine
Changing Humanity one film at a time…
Before Valentina Castellani was a flicker in her parent’s eyes, she was destined to change the world. She was born in Florence, Italy, and her family owned an Opera House Theatre, called “Teatro Verdi.” Her Grandfather Riccardo Castellani was one of the most important producers of the Fellini films and distributors of the Golden Era of Italian cinema. With this estimated background, where is she going to make her mark?


Viva Glamm Magazine ~
Changing Humanity One Film at a Time
Before Valentina Castellani was a flicker in her parent’s eyes, she was destined to change the world. She was born in Florence, Italy, and her family owned an Opera House Theatre, called “Teatro Verdi.” Her Grandfather, Riccardo Castellani, was one of the most important producers of the Fellini films and distributors of the Golden Era of Italian cinema. With this estimated background, where is she going to make her mark?



Blog De Los Angeles
THE AMAZING STORY OF SIOUX CHIEF ARVOL LOOKING HORSE: “THE EARTH IS CALLING US”

“When I was young, a black widow spider bit me. The venom started spreading and eating away at my skin. I remember my grandmother praying that I would live, and it was the prayer that pulled me through.”

 
 
 



Interview San Diego Newspaper
Producer discusses new documentary on pipeline protests at Standing Rock – Film producer Valentina Castellani-Quinn was in La Jolla recently to promote her latest documentary “The White Snake ” about alternative fuels oil and how it effects Native…



HuffPost
First Nation Icon to Narrate The White Snake Documentary

Chief Arvol Looking Horse, who led the protests against the Dakota pipeline at Standing Rock, will narrate the documentary film, “The White Snake”, about alternative energies to oil. The story of Standing Rock features prominently in the film. “It’s humbling to stand in front of Chief Arvol, this iconic figure who embodies such dignity, grace, spirit and a sense of history,” said “The White Snake” producer, Valentina Castellani.



Broadway World
NYC Premiere ‘Wonderful Losers: A Different World’ by DGA …

“Wonderful Losers: A Different World,” a documentary that focuses on the less public side of Giro d’Italia, one of the harshest and most …

 
 
 
 



Hollywood Reporter
Oscars: Lithuania Selects ‘Wonderful Losers. A Different World’ for …

Lithuania has selected Wonderful Losers. A Different World, directed by Arunas Matelis, for best foreign-language film Oscar consideration.



Canadian Cycling Magazine (blog)
‘Wonderful Losers. A Different World’ celebrates cycling’s domestiques and features Svein Tuft

The beauty of cycling can be captured in different ways. Lithuanian filmmaker Arūnas Matelis decided to tell a powerful story about cycling in a …



HuffPost
One Rock, Three Religions: Documentary Brings Hope For Peace In The Middle East

A documentary film that’s quietly winning prizes at international film festivals has achieved the filmmaker’s aim: to start a conversation about one of the world’s most revered and disputed places, Jerusalem’s Al-Haram al-Sharif, also known as the Temple Mount.



The Christian Century
The other Jerusalem: Poverty and isolation in Arab neighborhoods

The just-released documentary film One Rock, Three Religions contains footage of Pope Francis calling for tolerance and coexistence in …



The Jerusalem Post
One rock, three religions – and a single documentary

“The lavishly shot film ambitiously endeavors to summarize the complex layers of political and religious meaning at the Temple Mount.”



The Malibu Times
MJCS Hosts Screening of ‘One Rock Three Religions’

The film, directed by Isaac Hertz, explores humanity by examining Jerusalem’s most politically sensitive site — Haram Al Sharif, also known as the Temple Mount. Jerusalem has been a center of conflict between East and West for decades, and resolution has been defied for decades.



YPO-WPOGlobal Diplomacy and Public Policy Network
One Rock Three Religions – PDF
 
 



Los Angeles World Affairs Council
Movie Review: One Rock, Three Religions

One Rock, Three Religions examines Haram Al Sharif or The Temple Mount – Jerusalem’s sacred site for Muslims, Christians and Jews, and one of the most contested religious sites in the world.



CNN Award Winning Journalist Deborah Kobylt LIVE: Valentina Castellani-Quinn
December 19, 2018 – President of Quinn Studios, Valentina Castellani-Quinn, joins Deborah in studio to talk about the art of filmmaking. She’s the woman behind One Rock, Three Religions and now her newest project, The White Snake.



Valentina Castellani, UN/UNESCO private screening of One Rock Three Religions | Florence Italy



The Business of Film – Cannes Special Issue 2017
The hazardous mission to formulate peace and instigate complex dialogue in a city where One Rock Three Religions is the corner stone of Faith and yet continues to ignite violence

 
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L’Italo Americano
The power of creativity that overcomes tragedies

Valentina Castellani Quinn is not only a well-rounded artist, with a strong background in painting and fashion design, but also an intuitive and forward-thinking entrepreneur. This last quality she discovered accidentally, after the tragic and sudden death of her beloved husband Francesco Quinn, firstborn of Oscar winner Anthony Quinn, in the summer of 2011.



Variety
Film Review: ‘The Butterfly’s Dream’

Purportedly Turkey’s most expensive film production to date, “The Butterfly’s Dream” offers a glossily romantic take on a story at least loosely …



Hollywood Reporter
The Butterfly’s Dream (Kelebegin Ruyasi): Palm Springs Review

PALM SPRINGS — Two struggling poet friends in 1940s Turkey fall for the same girl in The Butterfly’s Dream, a sumptuously mounted and …



Los Angeles World Affairs Council
Movie Review: The Butterfly’s Dream

The Butterfly’s Dream, screened for LAWAC members on Monday night, is a beautifully-filmed love story set in the dark days of Turkey in the Second World War, where men have to choose between becoming a soldier or working in the coal mines, and poverty and disease make life a constant struggle.

 
 



IndieWire
Foreign Oscar Entry Review: The Butterfly’s Dream (Kelebeğin Rüyası)

The Butterfly’s Dream, Turkey’s Submission for the Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

 
 



TheWrap
Screening Series: How ‘The Butterfly’s Dream’ Turned Forgotten Turkish Poets Into Bestsellers

When he started making Turkey’s official Oscar entry “The Butterfly’s Dream,” writer-director Yilmaz Erdoğan set out to give life once again to two World War II era poets long forgotten by time and overshadowed by the circumstances of the age.



Malibu Life | malibutimes.com
Continuing Francesco’s legacy

Eight months after 48-year-old Francesco Quinn’s untimely death, his widow, Valentina Castellani-Quinn, has committed herself to keeping his …

 
 



The Argonaut
Quinn-tessential: From the shadow of tragedy, a ‘Butterfly’ emerges out …

By Michael Aushenker Almost exactly two years ago, in August 2011, the world of Valentina Castellani seemingly imploded. Castellani saw her …



KABC-TV
Anthony Quinn mural in DTLA restored amid Broadway corridor initiative

“Anthony Quinn was an immigrant, who came to America and became one of the most successful actors in the world,” said Valentina Castellani, …



L. A. Times
Anthony Quinn ‘Pope of Broadway’ mural to get restored

Valentina Castellani — the wife of Quinn’s late son, Francesco — called Anthony Quinn a “role model for the Latino community” who “brought …