“Exsport Movies & Tv 2015” will be commemorate, during the opening ceremony at Palazzo Cusani (Via Brera, Milan 15) on 28 October at 18, the 100th anniversary of the birth of three great artists from the worlds of sport and cinema: Bruno Beneck, Frank Sinatra and Ingrid Bergman. Bruno Beneck, which gives its name to the annual “Critics Award” awarded at the Festival, a renowned journalist, Director and Italian sports official, was the FICTS (Fédération Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs) founder in 1983.
In the world of sports, was the main promoter of the unification of the Italian Baseball League with the FIB (Federazione Italiana Baseball) of which he was elected President and was instrumental in helping to bring baseball to access Olympic circuit, even if as a demonstration sport, and was a pioneer of American football in Italy. As television Director, was the author of several sports-related programs in addition to “Domenica Sportiva”. Frank Sinatra, singer of Italian origin, nicknamed “The Voice”, spent his long career divided between music and film, winning 21 Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, two Academy Awards (as supporting actor for “from here to eternity” and the Jean Hersholt humanitarian Award). The Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, famous for her roles as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca (1942), Alicia Huberman in Notorious, (1945) and Greta Ohlsson in murder on the Orient Express movie won 3 Oscars.