Emanuela Fanelli, from anxiety for the conduct of the Venice Festival to pain for Gaza

Eapna ​​descends from the scales of the Excelsior is hit by the screams of the photographers. Emanuela Fanelli Combal, a little frightened: “Please don’t shout so, that I already have anxiety.” Then he relaxes: walks on the beach of the Lido, jokes with everyone, smiles. The traditional bathroom does not do it, but the ritual has been done: the Venice Film Festival can now begin.

Emanuela Fanelli.

Daniele Venturelli

Emanuela Fanelli is the presenter of the 81st Venice Film Festival. This year the Biennale has decided to abolish the title of “godmother” to replace it with a more contemporary figure: the conduction. Roman actress, born in 1986, Fanelli has become a family face thanks to a talent that brings together comedy and melancholy, irony and vulnerability. From cabaret to film sets, passing through worship programs such as A patch of Laniniwhere with its surreal “hosted” has become a phenomenon of costume, Fanelli has imposed himself as one of the most original and loved interpreters of the new generation.

In these days, inevitably, his voice is intertwined with topicality. In an interview a Republiccommented the controversies that are mounting on the Lido, with the collective Venice4palestine asks for a space to talk about the Gaza crisis:
«As a human being, not as a presenter, I am deeply grieved for what is happening. And I am happy that the Biennale has decided to give space to the 30th event, because in Venice the spotlights of the world are there ».

However, it will not be an openly political conduction. Fanelli explains it clearly: «I am sincerely convinced that if we have to talk about such a great and painful thing, they must do it competent people. I cannot go on stage, with a wonderful dress and very expensive jewels, and to say two phrases just to say: it would seem almost a gesture made for myself, rather than for the cause ».

Emanuela Fanelli.

Emanuela Fanelli.

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Source: Vanity Fair

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