Wind of Europe Award

On 10 December 2024, as part of the ninth edition of the Film Festival Italy on Screen Today held at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, the docufilm “Verrazzano, Navigatore e Gentiluomo” was screened, celebrating the legacy of the Florentine navigator. For this occasion, President Luigi Giovanni Cappellini received the Vento d’Europa – Wind of Europe International Award, a prize previously awarded to iconic figures of Italian cinema such as Paola Cortellesi and Paolo Sorrentino.