From Italian television to international cultural diplomacy, Gabriella Carlucci has dedicated her life to championing the arts. In this exclusive interview, she discusses her fight for cinema tax credits, the unifying power of Mediterranean film festivals, and her continuing mission to build cultural bridges across the globe.

From Italian cinema to Julian Schnabel’s In the Hand of Dante, artist and production designer Paki Meduri travels through worlds built from color, sound, and atmosphere. The best of all possible worlds may not exist, but cinema and Paki let us move through them all.