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| Opening film | The Great Ambition by Andrea Segre |
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| Location | Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Most recent | 2024 |
| No. of films | 100 |
| Festival date | Opening: October 16, 2024 Closing: October 27, 2024 |
| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.romacinemafest.it/ |
International Rome Film Fest is a film festival that takes place in Rome during the month of October. The name in Italian is Festa del Cinema di Roma. From 2022, the festival was officially recognized as a competitive festival by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations. The 17th edition of the festival, from which it became competitive festival, took place from 13 to 23 October 2022.[1] Whereas the 18th edition of the festival took place from 18 to 29 October 2023.[2]
The 19th edition of the festival took place from 16 to 27 October 2024 in the Auditorium Parco della Musica.[3]
Sections
The Rome Film Festival official program is divided into several sections:
Cinema d'Oggi
A selection of feature films, with priority given to world premieres. At the end of each screening, the audience votes for the People's Choice Award | Cinema d'Oggi.
Gala
Feature films that are world premieres, international or European premieres.
Mondo Genere
Feature films from various genres that are world, international or European premieres, with priority given to world premieres.
Prospettive Italia
World premieres highlighting new trends in Italian cinema. At the end of each screening, the audience votes for the People's Choice Award | Cinema Italia (Fiction) and the People's Choice Award | Cinema Italia (Documentary).
Alice nella Città
Devoted to children films, this sections has two competitive subsections, one for over-12 films and the other under-12.
Awards
The Rome Film Festival award is a silver statuette shaped after the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius statue, placed in Michelangelo's Campidoglio Square.
BNL People’s Choice Award | Gala
The winning film's prize money is given to its Italian distributor, or, if no Italian distributor buys it within six months, to its international seller.
- 2014: Trash (Brazil, UK), directed by Stephen Daldry
People’s Choice Award | Cinema d’Oggi
- 2014: 12 Citizens (China), directed by Zu Ang
People’s Choice Award | Mondo Genere
- 2014: Haider (India), directed by Vishal Bhardwaj[4]
People’s Choice Award | Cinema Italia (Fiction)
- 2014: Fino a qui tutto bene, directed by Roan Johnson
People’s Choice Award | Cinema Italia (Doc)
- 2014: Looking for Kadija, directed by Francesco G. Raganato
Winners
Best Film
- 2006: Playing the Victim by Kirill Serebrennikov
- 2007: Juno by Jason Reitman
- 2008: Opium War by Siddiq Barmak
- 2009: Broderskab by Nicolo Donato
- 2010: Kill Me Please by Olias Barco
- 2011: Un cuento chino by Sebastián Borensztein
- 2012: Marfa Girl by Larry Clark
- 2013: Tir by Alberto Fasulo
- 2022: January by Viesturs Kairišs[5]
- 2023: Toll by Carolina Markowicz[6]
- 2024: Bound in Heaven by Huo Xin[7]
Jury Grand Prix
- 2024: Night Call by Michiel Blanchart
Best Director
- 2024: Morrisa Maltz for Jazzy
Best Screenplay
- 2024: Christopher Andrews for Bring Them Down
Best Actor
- 2006: Giorgio Colangeli (in Salty Air)
- 2007: Rade Šerbedžija (in Fugitive Pieces)
- 2008: Bohdan Stupka (in Serce na dloni)
- 2009: Sergio Castellitto (in Alza la testa)
- 2010: Toni Servillo (in Una vita tranquilla)
- 2011: Guillaume Canet (in Une vie meilleure)
- 2012: Jeremie Elkaim (in Hand in the Hand)
- 2013: Matthew McConaughey (in Dallas Buyers Club)
- 2024: Elio Germano (in The Great Ambition)
Best Actress
- 2006: Ariane Ascaride (in Le voyage en Arménie)
- 2007: Jiang Wenli (in And the Spring Comes)
- 2008: Donatella Finocchiaro (in Galantuomini)
- 2009: Helen Mirren (in The Last Station)
- 2010: All of the actresses (in Las buenas hierbas)
- 2011: Noomi Rapace (in Babycall)
- 2012: Isabella Ferrari (in And They Call It Summer)
- 2013: Scarlett Johansson (in Her)
- 2024: Ángela Molina (in They Will Be Dust)
Jury Special Prize
- 2006: This Is England by Shane Meadows
- 2010: Poll by Chris Kraus
- 2011: The Eye of the Storm by Fred Schepisi
- 2011: Circumstance by Maryam Keshavarz
- 2012: Alì ha gli occhi azzurri by Claudio Giovannesi
- 2013: Quod Erat Demonstrandum by Andrei Gruzsniczk
- 2024: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Eran Riklis
IMAIE Acting Award
- 2006: Sean Connery
- 2007: Sophia Loren
- 2008: Clint Eastwood
- 2009: Meryl Streep
- 2010: Julianne Moore
- 2011: Richard Gere
Structure
The Rome Film Festival is produced by the Cinema per Roma Foundation, whose president is Laura Delli Colli. The General Manager is Francesca Via.
The Artistic Director of the Festival is Antonio Monda.
See also
References
- ^ "The seventeenth Rome Film Fest from 13th to 23rd October 2022". Cinema Foundation for Rome. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "La Selezione Ufficiale della Festa del Cinema 2023" [The Official Selection of the 2023 Film Fest]. Cinema Foundation for Rome (in Italian). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ Scarpa, Vittoria (23 September 2024). "One hundred titles from 48 countries and a flurry of world premieres will form of the focus of this year's Rome Film Fest". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Shahid Kapoor's 'Haider' wins People's Choice Award at Rome Film Festival". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ "Winners of the Rome Film Fest 2022". Cinema Foundation for Rome. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "The winners of the Rome Film Fest 2023". Cinema Foundation for Rome. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "The winners of the Rome Film Fest 2024". Cinema Foundation for Rome. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
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