Martin Scorsese has been appointed honorary president of Italy’s David di Donatello Academy, the organization responsible for Italy’s national film awards. The appointment recognizes Scorsese’s contributions to cinema and follows the appointment of Gianluca Farinelli to a related role.
Scorsese’s appointment makes him the honorary president of the David di Donatello Academy, which is Italy’s equivalent of the Oscars. The Academy is a government-run entity dedicated to celebrating Italian cinema.
This appointment follows that of Gianluca Farinelli, head of Italy’s Il Cinema Ritrovato festival – a festival dedicated to preserving and showcasing cinematic treasures of the past – to an unspecified role within the Academy.
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