Taormina Film Festival Looks to Return to the Center Stage

boasts an impressive lineup of Italian and world premieres as it seeks to reboot and re-establish its status as a date to watch on the festival circuit. Located in the historical Sicilian town – its visibility recently getting an unlooked for boost with the second season of HBO’s ”The White Lotus” – will be hosting a series of screenings.

Also getting a world premiere is supernatural period thriller “In the Fire,” directed by Conor Allyn, previously known for the Frank Grillo western “No Man’s Land.” The film sees the return to the screen of Amber Heard. She plays a psychiatrist in the late 19th century, called in to investigate the case of a young boy accused of demonic possession.

Following its Sundance bow, Eddie Alcazar’s sci-fi thriller “Divinity,” gets an international premiere. The film features the invention of a serum that can stop aging and stars Stephen Dorff, Scott Bakula and Bella Thorne. Thorne will also be at the festival, curating a selection of short films entitled Influential Shorts and boasting a selection of films by celebrities and influencers such as Khabbaz Kamal and Eva Vik, and including Thorne’s own debut short “Paint Her Red.

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