كتب صحيفة التايمز الدولية
by Ibrahim Shehata
San Francisco . The “Courage for Freedom Film Award” has been awarded to Angela Alioto’s film “Kamilah the Miracle Filly” narrated excellently by Joe Mantegna, winner of a Tony Award, multiple Emmy nominations, and honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The coveted award was presented to Angela Alioto last week by Count Federico di Wardal. The citation is: “for creating a work of high cinematic value based on saving a life through courage and faith, with unparalleled determination ” Angela Alioto, politician, president of the Knights of St. Francis, and one of the most esteemed lawyers in the United States, has taken actions considered of historic importance for human and civil rights and for peace, upholding the creed of St. Francis of Assisi of universal love, which is the goal of SF founded by the Franciscan missions. Alioto gave also a strong contribution to SF , concerning cinema . The SF Film Commission is attributed specifically to her legislative initiative as its creator. But let’s get back to the film “Kamilah, the Miracle Filly”. It is the true story of the filly Kamilah that doctors had decided to put down, refusing to operate on her legs. The story captivated California, spread throughout the USA, landing in Europe , where Angela Alioto is known too , and in the rest of the world , via social media. Through UC Davis, Alioto operated on Kamilah, saving her life, during months of tribulation. At that point she committed to making the film “Kamilah the miracle filly” selected in 2025 at the LA Tribune IFF, chaired by Moe Rock and Emily Letran and winner at the SF New Concept IFF chaired by Joanna Zhang and at the Vesuvius FF, in Pompeii (Italy) chaired by Giovanna D’Amodio. Alioto , as well as the Count Federico Wardal , was friend of the film legend Federico Fellini and she always was involving in an international film entourage . At the same time, Francesco Garibaldi Hibbert, a descendant of the hero of two worlds Giuseppe Garibaldi, and his friend Count Federico di Wardal met in LA last summer and decided to found the “Courage for Freedom Film Award” and “Courage for Freedom” and to create the film “Anita,” with music by Andrea Ceccomori, centered on a touching poem of the highest artistic value by the hero Garibaldi on the agony and death of his young Brazilian wife Anita. For this , an unusual aspect emerges for a hero : being also a poet and poetry is close to the border with cinema . Here’s what the coveted award is: The “Courage for Freedom Film Award” is issued by the “National Giuseppe Garibaldi Association” to honor excellence in films that exalt the universal values that inspired the revolutionary Hero of Two Worlds, Giuseppe Garibaldi, in his quest for freedom, equality, and justice for oppressed peoples. “ The award immediately became one of the most coveted internationally, supported by institutions for peace, the protection of human rights, the environment, and film festivals with these missions. Congratulations again to Angela Alioto and a call to everyone to cultivate a profound awareness of inner peace.
