Since 2011 the festival La Valigia dell’Attore has been valorized by bestowal of the Gian Maria Volonté Prize for Artistic Excellence.
Created by Felice Laudadio – who in the past has celebrated the talent of Toni Servile, Kim Rossi Stuart, Riccardo Scamarcio, Giuseppe Battiston and others (first at the Taormina Festival, then at those at Rome and Bari) – the prize has been awarded at La Maddalena from “The Islands of Cinema” to: Luigi Lo Cascio, Fabrizio Gifuni, Valerio Mastandrea, Elio Germano, Jasmine Trinca, Stefano Accorsi, Michele Riondino, Isabella Ragonese, Ennio Fantastichini, Pierfrancesco Favino.
The copper boat – Volonté Prize – is made by Mario Bebbu.