Photostory
An adventure began in 1986
President Nino Foti with Nino Manfredi, one of the greatest and most appreciated Italian actors of all time, during an event held by the Magna Graecia International Association. The relationship with the world of cinema – which continues today with scheduled major events – has always been decisive in the development projects of the cultural industry promoted by the Magna Grecia Foundation.
President Nino Foti with boxer Jake LaMotta, the world middleweight champion who made history (whose eventful life inspired the 1980 film Raging Bull, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro), during an event organized by the Magna Grecia International Association and NIIAF (National Italian American Foundation). Jake LaMotta also starred in fifteen motion pictures, including The Braggart, with Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. (Right) Joan Migliori, of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.
Joan Migliori (John D. Calandra Italian American Institute) and President Nino Foti with Dom DeLuise, actor, screenwriter, director, cook, film producer, radio host, during an event organized by AIMG and NIIAF (National Italian American Foundation) in Washington in 1999.
President Nino Foti with Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Patten, American actor, best known for his portrayal of Tom Bradford in The Bradford Family.
President Nino Foti in Buenos Aires with the great Calabrian actor Leopoldo Trieste and, on the right, former State Accountant General Andrea Monorchio. Trieste began his career as an actor starring in The White Sheik (1952) and I vitelloni (1953) by Federico Fellini. He in turn directed Città di notte (1958) and Il peccato degli anni verdi (1960), and then devoted himself entirely to his acting career, frequently starring in Italian comedies such as Divorzio all’Italiana (1961), Sedotta e Abbandonata (1964), Il medico della mutua (1968), Piso pisello (1981) but also in major international productions such as The Godfather – Part II (1974), The Name of the Rose (1986), Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988) and L'uomo delle stelle (1995).
Italian actor Lino Banfi is presented with an award during an event organized by the Magna Grecia International Association.
winning director Giuseppe Tornatore (left) is presented with the Magna Grecia International Award by the founder and director of news agency AdnKronos, Pippo Marra (center), and the President of the Magna Grecia International Association, Nino Foti. Buenos Aires, 1999.
Left to right:
journalist Alessandro Russo,
film director Mimmo Calopresti,
film producer Fulvio Lucisano,
President Nino Foti,
Cannes Palme d'Or winner Marcello Fonte,
Oscar winner Gianni Quaranta
and journalist and storyteller Paola Bottero
during the gala dinner held on 18 December 2019 at the Galleria del Cardinale in Rome.
A 40 year long journey
Images taken from the most significant events and milestones in the life of the Magna Grecia International Association and the Magna Grecia Foundation
The president of the Magna Grecia Foundation, Nino Foti, with the president and founder of the Magna Grecia International Association, Gino Gullace, who passed away in 1990. New York.
Press conference held in Naples. At the table, journalists Rocco Caporale, Nino Foti and Gino Gullace.
The First International Symposium of Magna Graecia held in Rome (Sala del Campidoglio) on July 2, 1987, with Nino Foti, Nuccio Fava and Gino Gullace
Magna Grecia International Symposium: Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli delivers his speech. Rome, 1987.
The IV International Symposium of the Magna Grecia International Association held in 1991
The Governor of the State of New York, George Pataki, in search of his Calabrian roots, with President Nino Foti, Reggio Calabria Mayor Italo Falcomatà and Charles Gargano, Minister for Development of the State of New York. Reggio Calabria, 1995
Magna Grecia International Week. Buenos Aires, 1999. Economy Day: among the speakers, State Accountant General Andrea Monorchio and Professor Vicktor Uckmar
President Nino Foti and State Accountant General Andrea Monorchio with Antonin Gregory Scalia, judge of the Supreme Court of the United States of America
President Nino Foti with Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi Montalcini during a scientific event held at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità. Rome, November 23, 2001
Rita Levi Montalcini is presented with the Magna Grecia International Award
2007 edition of the Magna Grecia International Award. Then Mayor of Buenos Aires Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019, is presented with the award. Left to right: Ambassador Stefano Ronca, Mauricio Macri, President Nino Foti
Professor Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli, Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, with the commemorative plaque of the Magna Grecia symposium, who passed away in 2010
President Nino Foti with Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America, during the annual ceremony of National Italian American Foundation.
President Nino Foti with MP Mirko Tremaglia, founding father of Law no. 459 of 2001 "for the exercise of the right to vote of Italian citizens resident abroad"
Tony Renis, one of the most famous and appreciated Italian singers in the world, receives the Magna Grecia International Award from President Nino Foti. Buenos Aires, 2007
Playwright Mario Fratti and NY Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro are presented with the Magna Grecia International Award during the Magna Grecia International Week event. New York, 2016
Singer Peppino di Capri is presented with an award during an event held by Magna Grecia International Association
Left to right: the former President of the Constitutional Court Antonio Baldassarre, the President of the Magna Grecia Foundation Nino Foti, the Prosecutor of Catanzaro Nicola Gratteri during a Sud e Futuri event. Palermo, 2019
Journalist Paolo Mieli with President Nino Foti during a Sud e Futuri event.
The President of the Magna Grecia Foundation, Nino Foti, with the National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor, Federico Cafiero de Raho, during a Sud e Futuri event. Palermo, 2019