Simonetta Dellomonaco is the new President of the Apulia Film Commission.
“Architect and project manager across public and private institutions. A long experience as a Board Member of the Apulia Film Commission, with specific mandates on the Social Film Fund, in collaboration with Fondazione Con il Sud, international projects to promote the Apulian cinema and Cineporti. Furthermore specialized in integrated cultural development projects for the enhancement, management and upgrading of cultural and landscape heritage; in the management and participatory aspects for a sustainable development; in international cooperation; in the creation of new cultural attractors and development drivers, also with actions of public-private-partnership.
A transversal training between the enhancement of the heritage (Architecture faculty – Sapienza University of Rome), urban regeneration and recovery of abandoned areas (Institut Francais d’Urbanisme of Paris), landscape design (Specialization School – Sapienza University of Rome), then professor at Sapienza University of Rome. For all these reasons we wanted Simonetta Dellomonaco to lead Apulia Film Commission: a woman from Puglia, from Brindisi, who has much to provide, as her story shows, in terms of professionalism, sensitivity, motivation, to the growth of the Foundation. The Cinema knows no boundaries that cannot be overcome, in the same way the Apulia Film Commission wants to cut new horizons.
Michele Emiliano – President of Puglia Region commented on the appointments of Simonetta Dellomonaco as a president of the Apulia Film Commission, as follows: “I thank Maurizio Sciarra and all the previous board for the work done. My best wishes to Simonetta Dellomonaco and to all new members of the board of directors.”
Simonetta Dellomonaco was unanimously elected today by the Assembly of Members, by the proposal of the Puglia Region, represented by Loredana Capone – Councilor for Tourism and Cultural Industry of the Puglia Region. Furthermore, during the meeting, Giandomenico Vaccari, Giovanni Dello Iacovo, Marta Proietti and Luca Bandirali were elected as directors. The new president Dellomonaco, already Councilor of the Foundation, replaces the outgoing president Maurizio Sciarra, while the two new Councilors replace the outgoing Chiara Coppola and Fabio Prencipe.
In the opinion of Loredana Capone – Councilor for Tourism and Cultural Industry of the Puglia Region “Cinema plays a very important role in Puglia. In the last three years, the Puglia Region and Apulia Film Commission have doubled the investments for the development of cinema, audiovisuals, television series and territorial marketing, in the region. Not only investments have grown, but also the number of the festivals in Apulia and the initiatives related to the sector. For this reason, I would like to thank Maurizio Sciarra and all the Councilors, who have contributed to this further step forward in the cinema in Puglia. At the same time, I believe that the assignment of the new president Simonetta Dellomonaco, but also of the new board of directors, will give new impetus, lymph and ideas to the already excellent work done by Afc in these years. We are sure that the professionalism of Dellomonaco will fully satisfy the choice of this regional administration. Furthermore, the feminine look can only delineate new perspectives towards the art of cinema and audio video. Finally, the presence of professor Luca Bandirali- professor of cinema, president Dellomonaco, Giandomenico Vaccari, Marta Proietti and Giovanni Dello Iacovo, will be able to make an important scientific and operational contribution to the action of our film Commission which is among the first Italian Film Commission“.
The President of Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria address his best wishes to the new President Simonetta Dellomonaco, wishing a great work to all Members of the Board, looking forward to see all in Sofia for the 4th edition of Italian Cinema Festival in Bulgaria.
