Under the shining sun of Sicily, the festival's exciting guests and standout films helped to prove why the city is an influential center of cinema.

The&nbsp;Taormina Film Festival&nbsp;has built an impressive reputation over the past 65 years, seeing&nbsp;names like Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Sydney Pollack, Martin Scorsese,&nbsp;and Tom Cruise cross its path.&nbsp;And this year&#39;s events were&nbsp;no exception: actress&nbsp;Nicole Kidman, on site for a master class, illuminated the Teatro Antico with her red carpet looks, and American director&nbsp;Oliver Stone&nbsp;(Platoon, Scarface), president of the jury, was the star of the week.&nbsp;&nbsp;

 
Picciridda, a movie by Italian writer-director Paolo Licata, was a standout winner, earning the Best Screenplay&nbsp;award as well as special mentions for performances by Lucia Sardo and Marta Castiglia. Svetlana Cvetko&#39;s&nbsp;Show Me What You Got&nbsp;won&nbsp;Best Film,&nbsp;and Minhal Baig received Best Director&nbsp;honors for her&nbsp;work on&nbsp;Hala.&nbsp;Ellen: Die Stories van Ellen Pakkies&nbsp;stood out for acting chops, with Jarrid Geduld and Jill Levenberg taking home&nbsp;Best Actor&nbsp;and&nbsp;Best Actress&nbsp;respectively, and Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang shared a&nbsp;Best Documentary&nbsp;win for&nbsp;One Child Nation.

Taormina has a solid reputation&nbsp;as one of cinema&#39;s most beloved cities, and it has the added bonus of its location in Sicily, which is always a hot&nbsp;summer destination.

Taormina Film Festival Celebrates 65 Years with a Star-Studded Week

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