Written by: Ibrahim Shahata

The Arch. Giovanna D’Amodio president of the internationally prestigious Vesuvius Film Festival VesuviusFilmFestival.it elected as Official Testimonial of the 2025 sixth edition of her festival the Egyptian Italian American icon Count Federico Wardal . Wardal , friend of Youssef Chahine , Dalida , Samir Sabri became extremely popular in Egypt and all Arab World after 500M of people watched him in “ Tonight “ ( Adha Al-Masa ) by Samir Sabri . Wardal announced to the world his donation to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina , the library of Cleopatra VII , his ancestor , 1500 ancient manuscripts belong to his dynasty . https://youtu.be/vbFS5QAC2AY?si=906NCGi0m3fjcMCf Wardal sung the song by Antonio Verrico : “ The Bibliotheca Alexandrina “ https://youtu.be/fGodTdzcEBk?si=g9L3Yw27oaQ1_j9_ that became a big worldwide hit . Vesuvius Film Festival will celebrate the fifty years of the international artistic career of the legend Wardal who started in cinema with Federico Fellini while Marlene Dietrich introduced Wardal to Frank Sinatra , Gloria Swanson , Billy Wilder , Joan Crawford . Now Wardal is popular in Hollywood being the winner of more than 80 film awards among 2023-2025 for two USA films as a star protagonist . The sixth edition of the Vesuvius Film Festival , in partnership with Vesuvius Park Authority , president Raffaele De Luca , takes place in one of the most famous archeological places in history the city of #Pompei on 3-13 December 2025 . The Vesuvius Film Festival will be dedicated to #FedericoFellini . Wardal will celebrate his mentor Fellini by an unforgettable grandiose live event and short exclusive interview curated by the president of the historical archive of Italian cinema Graziano MARRAFFA. Wardal truly grateful to the president of #ANILDD eng. Lino Marasco , a worldwide benefactor concerning the disabled people , for introducing him to Mrs. D’Amodio. Soon Wardal will be the star of movies by Sherif El Azma , Enrico Bernard , Jason Zavaleta , Felix Milionis , Mohsen El Belasy , Ghadah Kamal Ahmed . On this occasion the film “Anita” about the heroine #AnitaGaribaldi will be presented, starring Federico Wardal, fabulous soundtrack by the maestro Andrea Ceccomori. The film , under the auspices of Francesco Garibaldi Hibbert , will act as a bridge between Vesuvius FF , the main Arab Film Festivals and two major Californian film festivals, being the film “ Anita “ be part of LA Tribune Film Festival LaTribuneFilmFestival.com and the SF New Concept Film Festival sfnewfilms.com