Martin Scorsese, Michael Douglas, Catherine Deneuve, Helen Hunt and Olivia Wilde are among the many visitors on the 71st version of the Taormina Movie Pageant in Sicily, which runs June 10-14.

Scorsese, who will obtain a lifetime achievement award, shall be honored within the evocative location of the traditional Greek theater, which boasts a view of the at present energetic volcano Etna. A screening of “Taxi Driver” will have a good time the event.

“Scorsese is rather more than a filmmaker — he’s a residing legend, whose distinctive cinematic voice has explored the human soul, social complexity, and uncooked emotion with unmatched energy and magnificence,” Tiziana Rocca, the inventive director of the competition, stated.

Scorsese is engaged on documentary “The Shipwrecks of Sicily,” which follows the work of underwater archeologist Lisa Briggs, who makes use of the most recent scientific strategies to convey to life the historical past of the sailors and ships which have sunk off the coast of the island.

That is the primary time Scorsese has visited the competition which in previous years has honored the likes of Robert de Niro, Sophia Loren, Sharon Stone and Richard Gere.

Rocca has introduced collectively a formidable lineup of worldwide visitors this 12 months.

On the opening night time, actor-producer Douglas would be the visitor of honor and can obtain the Taormina Excellence Achievement Award in recognition of “his lasting contribution to worldwide movie tradition.” The ceremony shall be adopted by a screening of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” which received Douglas an Oscar as producer and celebrates its fifteenth anniversary. Douglas may even be assembly with college students as a part of a reachout program through the competition.

French actor Catherine Deneuve may even obtain a profession award throughout a gala night that can embody a screening of her most up-to-date movie “Spirit World,” directed by Eric Khoo, which shall be making its Italian premiere.

Oscar-winning actor Helen Hunt joins the awardees being celebrated on the competition. Hunt has pursued a parallel profession as a director, with such movies as “Then She Discovered Me” and “Experience.” “Along with her magnificence, multifaceted expertise and inventive consistency, Helen embodies the values that our competition needs to have a good time: ardour, dedication and love of cinematic storytelling,” Rocca stated.

One other actor-director, Wilde has starred in movies akin to “Ingesting Buddies” and “Tron: Legacy” earlier than stepping behind the digicam to direct “Booksmart” and “Don’t Fear Darling.” In line with Rocca, Wilde “represents a shining instance of feminine artistic energy, combining magnificence, intelligence, and willpower.”