Skip to content- Giovanna De Luca, PhD – Founder and Artistic Director
- Marinella M. Griffith – Operations Director
- Virginia Carlsten – Finance Director
- Donatella Cappelletti Della Porta – Director of events and marketing
- Kathy Zannino Mangione & Federica del Monte – Membership and Sponsorship
- Grayce Davis & Michael Gilbert – Special Events
- Wilson Filogamo Jones – Master of Ceremonies
Advisory Board
- Donatella Cappelletti Della Porta
- David Cuprisin
- Grayce Davis
- Federica del Monte
- Bob Gebhardt
- Ornella Gebhardt
- Michael Gilbert
- Kathy Zannino Mangione
Student Interns
- Daniel Colella
- Noah Goodman
- Eli Saliba
Community Sponsors
- Roy Noble – Noble Import
- Tony Rotondi Vanessa Rotondi Milner – Marovato Italian Imports
- Bradley Grozis – Wild Olive Restaurant
- Chris Orlando – Mondo’s
- Davide Mazzola – Amalfi’s
- Michael Scognamiglio – Bacco Italian Restaurant
Special Thanks
- Virginia Friedman – Juror
- Adam Parker – Juror
- Rodney Lee Rogers – Juror
- Bill Thompson – Juror
- Fred White – Juror
- City of Charleston
- Brett Lemmo – Festival Photography
- Mario Crocetta – Video Production, Trailer
- Morgann Daniels – Poster Design
- Advirb Media – Website
- Nelson – Printing
- Donovan Bailey – Social Media
- College of Charleston – School of Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs.
Footlight Players Theatre – Queen Street Playhouse
- Brian Porter – Theatre Director
- Caroline Tweedy – Stage Manager
- Erik Brower – Box Office Manager
- Kasey Beard – Projectionist
College of Charleston
- Film Studies Program
- Jewish Studies Program
- Department of French Francophone and Italian Studies
- School of Languages, Cultures & World Affairs
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