Special guest and recipient of the namesake award, at the TaorminaFilmFest @LA first edition (January 20-21), was Italian actress/filmmaker, Valeria Golino (born in Naples, Italy, on October 22, 1965).
Golino’s talent for acting was recognized internationally early on, when, in 1986, at the 43rd Venice Film Festival, she won her first prestigious “Best Actress” award (now called “Volpi Cup”), for her leading role in F. Maselli’s, Storia d’amore (A Tale of Love).