The International Film Festival & Award of Macau recruited Dante Ferretti, a famous Italian production designer, to create an award for the inaugural festival that takes place from December 8 to 13.

Mr. Ferretti is a true master in his field, as his collaboration with some of the best movie

directors of all times (including Oier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Terry Gilliam, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Anthony Minghella and Tim Burton) was internationally recognized with three Academy Awards for best art direction: The Aviator, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Hugo.

The Italian artist's visual genius will surely result in a wonderful sketch for the award he has been called to draw, bringing more than just an Italian masterpiece to the former Portuguese colony in the South of China.

Follow @castaritaHK