Rome Film Festival - 2014 Press Kit

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FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEL FILM DI ROMA

ROME FILM FESTIVALOctober 16 | 25 2014With the support of the President of the Italian Republic

PRESS CONFERENCEMonday, September 29, 2014

11.30 am Sala PetrassiAuditorium Parco della Musica di Roma

PRESS KIT CONTENTSo Mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marinoo Governor of the Lazio Region, Nicola Zingarettio Special Commissioner of the Rome Province, Prefect Riccardo Carpinoo President of Rome Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Handicrafts, and Agriculture, Giancarlo

Cremonesio President of the Fondazione Musica per Roma, Aurelio Regina, and CEO of the Fondazione

Musica per Roma, Carlo Fuorteso President of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma, Paolo Ferrario General Manager of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma, Lamberto Mancinio Director of the Rome Film Festival, Marco Mller

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The 9th

Rome Film Festivalo The numberso The Opening and Closing Filmso The films

- Cinema dOggi- Gala- Mondo Genere- Prospettive Italia- Events

o The Official Awards and the Collateral Awardso Maverick Director Award to Takashi Miikeo MarcAurelio of the Future to Alexey Fedorhenkoo

MarcAurelio Acting Award to Tomas Miliano Masterclasses and Movie Talkso Retrospective and New Restorationso Exhibitions

o Rome International Film Market: The Business Street (TBS) and New Cinema Network (NCN)o The International Audiovisual Conference

o Alice nella citt

o Short Food Movie - Feed your Mind, Film your Planeto Wired Next Cinema, powered by Mazda at MAXXI - National Museum of the XXI Century Arts

o General Information

- How to attend the Festival Tickets, advance sales, prices- How to reach the Festival- Guide to the Auditorium

o Venues and services for the press


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IGNAZIO R. MARINOMAYOR OF ROME

In October in Rome, cinema takes over. The eagerly awaited Rome Film Festival is back in town, nowin its ninth year, and the city is once again the celluloid capital par excellence.From the 16th to the 25th of October, the big screens at the Auditorium Parco della Musica welcomepremieres from the world over. Stars walk the red carpet, and film is in the air in the citys streetsand squares during this unique international event.

The truth is that Rome has always had a special relationship with film. The city has inspired greatfilmmakers such as Fellini, Rossellini, Pasolini, De Sica, Visconti and Scola, and now Paolo Sorrentinoand his Great Beauty.

Its no surprise, then, that Rome dreamed of having its own film festival, got it and made it grow in

the years that followed, producing line-ups with an astonishing array of films, from auteur cinema tothe cinematic cutting edge; from blockbusters to small experimental films. Top-notch programmingthat really tries to please everyone, showcasing the works of maestros and rising talent alike, majornew productions, diverse film genres and a window into the latest in Italian cinema.

Alongside these film offerings, visitors will find talks with actors and directors, exhibitions, andevents that mediate between cultures and break down borders.

Theres an important novelty in store this year as well. The Festival audiences are going to beselecting the winners of the main prizes in 2014, choosing the films they like the best. The decisionto have the audience make the calls is meant to underscore even more firmly the urban feel of apeoples festival, while preserving its high artistic caliber and international character, befitting a

major European capital.

During the Festival, its film market, The Business Street, will also be unfolding. This key date forprofessionals on the European film industry calendar is also on its ninth edition.At this point, all we can say is: enjoy the show!

(catalogue)


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PRESIDENT OF THE REGIONE LAZIONICOLA ZINGARETTI

For a city like Rome and a region like Lazio, film represents an enormous cultural heritage thatdeserves to be shown off to its best advantage, which is why the Lazio Region has believed in theinspired idea of creating a major film-related event in Italys capital from the very beginning. Not acompetition modelled after the many festivals that already existed in the country, some of themabsolutely world-class, but an event with an essentially popular feel: a peoples festival, for a citywith cinema in their blood. In Italy, Rome is the city that tops the charts for film audiences, movietheatres, and events. Plus, it is the headquarters of the nations audiovisual industry, with all itsleading players and the lions share of Italys film professionals.

So you can see why films and the film industry, in our eyes, are an extraordinary opportunity forgrowth and employment, and why the film market has been a key component of the event since the

festivals conception, a rendez-vous for professionals, producers and international broadcasters. Overthe years, the Rome Film Festival has cultivated these two areas the entertainment value of cinemaitself, and the more strategic goal of reaping the economic benefits that the film industry can offer with considerable success. Now, we are relaunching the Rome Film Festival with two new moves thatshould help it get bigger and better: one involves its organization and the other the conception of theevent itself.

The first is the arrival of a new player in the festivals future, the Ministry of Culture. This is a highlypositive development that the Lazio Region trusts will be a boon to the event, economically andculturally as well. The other novelty is the first steps that will be taken to ensure an interactionbetween two mediums: television, and TV series in particular, and film. In the future, therefore, weshould see a greater integration between the Film Festival and the Roma Fiction Fest, and not just to

rationalize spending, but to provide the Festival with an even more unique and recognizable brandidentity. The Lazio Region intends to spearhead this process and exploit all the enormous potentialthat a festival dedicated to the great beauty of cinematic narratives holds for Rome and Lazio.

(catalogue)


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PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,INDUSTRY, HANDICRAFTS, AND AGRICULTURE OF ROME

GIANCARLO CREMONESI

From the 16th to the 25th of October, cinema, the seventh art, takes center-stage on the worldscene, during the Rome Film Festival.

Now going into its ninth year, but in a new guise, the Festival has kept its two separate identitiesintact. Its a big peoples festival, with theaudience as the star, yet international in scope, and itsperfectly at home in the Eternal City, where Italys very first production company, Cines, set up shopin 1906. Rome is still the hub of the Italian film industry today.

Over the years, the Festival has gained prestige and credibility, thanks to solid foundations: the

synergy, that is, between public and private partners, with the latter working side by side Romeslocal government institutions. In particular, the Festivals film market, The Business Street, hasplayed an undeniable role in galvanizing the Italian film industry, with excellent results in terms ofattendance by buyers, sellers and distributors from around the world, and also in terms of the viableco-productions that started here and made it to the big screen.

The Rome Chamber of Commerce, the capitals premier economic institution, has assured its supportof the Rome Film Festival since its debut in 2006, investing sizeable economic resources and know-how as well, with the twin aims of promoting the film industry and raising the citys cultural profile.

To these ends, the Chamber of Commerce, alongside Romes other local players, stands behind abroad array of cultural initiatives: to name one example, there is its participation in the citys

leading cultural foundations. Apart from Cinema per Roma, its on the board of Musica per Roma, theAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the Rome Opera House.

The recent reform of Italys public administration has forced the Parliamentto cut back on spendingon culture. Yet despite the need to rationalize the resources we invest, our institution intends toguarantee its ongoing commitment, in the firm belief that culture is of strategic importance as adriver of social and economic growth.

(catalogue)


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PRESIDENT OF FONDAZIONE MUSICA PER ROMAAURELIO REGINA

CEO OF FONDAZIONE MUSICA PER ROMACARLO FUORTES

Life, with the dull parts cut out is how the great Alfred Hitchcock is said to have defined cinema,and theres no doubt he knew whereof he spoke. Whether you like that definition or not; whetheryou agree with the undisputed master of suspense or beg to differ, theres one thing for sure: thisyear as last, the Rome Film Festival, now in its ninth year, will also be anything but dull. From the16thto the 25thof October, in fact, once more the Auditorium Parco della Musica will turn into thenavel of the world, cinematically speaking.

Walking the considerable length of the red carpet that ends inside the amphitheatre-like entrance tothe venue, the Cavea designed by Renzo Piano, will be some of the major stars in the filmfirmament, from Italy and abroad, actors and directors, producers and critics from an array ofnations, all sharing a love of film and films. Films acted in, directed, produced and distributed; filmstalked about and appraised; films eagerly awaited by the other half of this story: the festivalaudience, ready for a fantastic full immersion in the magic that only the seventh art can weave.All the halls in the Auditorium, which seat a total of over 4,000 people, will be available to festivalaudiences for all ten days of this exciting event.

The numbers all add up, but they only partly explain the collective involvement that distinguishesthe Festival this year in particular, considering that the events major prizes will be chosen on thebasis of the audiences individual votes as they exit the screenings. This is just the latest sign that

this festival holds its trademark style dear: its ability to blend high culture and quality films withpopular culture, in the broadest sense of the term. By breaking down borders and ditching tiredformulas, the Rome Film Festival comes alive for the entire city, and the thousands of visitorspouring in from all over Italy and abroad, not just to gape at the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, St.Peters and the Sistine Chapel, but because for ten days the Eternal City is transformed into the filmcapital of the world.

(catalogue)


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FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEL FILM DI ROMA | ROME FILM FESTIVAL

PAOLO FERRARI

This autumn, the Rome Film Festival is back again for its ninth edition, under the patronage of thePresident of the Republic. The event, produced by the Fondazione Cinema per Roma under thedirection of Marco Mller, is promoted by Roma Capitale with the Mayor of Rome Marino, by theRegione Lazio with president Zingaretti, by the Province of Rome with the commissioner Carpino, bythe Chamber of Commerce of Rome with its president Cremonesi, by the Fondazione Musica perRoma with its president Regina, and with the support of the main partner BNL Gruppo BNP Paribas.The support of the MiBACT (the Ministry for the Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism) isparticularly significant for this edition, a decision that indicates a greater role of the Ministry in theFestival, as this prestigious institution prepares to become one of the promoters of the event.

In 2014, Rome will once again be the capital of cinema, reinforcing the relationship between theseventh art and the city, which has been fostered in time thanks to the role of Rome as thelandscape and protagonist in many films (for example The Great Beauty, to which an exhibitionwill be dedicated at the Festival); the authors it inspired; and the film industry it hosts.Our goal and our commitment are therefore to guarantee the organization of an event worthy of ourcapital, of its international prestige, and its metropolitan nature: as confirmed by our foundingmembers, a festival that unites artistic quality and international renown but that is also a festival forthe people, open to the city and connected to the region.That is why the 2014 edition will be characterized, more than ever, by its attention to the audience the real protagonists of the 10-day Festival in the selection of the films, which are both popular andoriginal, and in the vital role of the movie-goers, who will vote as they leave the theatres to choosethe winners of the most important prizes awarded by the Festival.

We believe we have achieved our ambitious goals thanks to our capacity for reconciling budget needsand budget limitations with a programme of the finest quality that is a powerful draw for both theaudience and the professionals in the field. And thanks also to the positive synergy that we havedeveloped with many other cultural institutions and partners, including the Centro Sperimentale diCinematografia Cineteca Nazionale, in a collaboration that will ensure that the memory of greatcinema, and Italian films in particular, will continue to grow.

Furthermore, we are currently working with the CSC on a prestigious project for EXPO Milano 2015:the creation of a platform that will gather videos from around the world dedicated to the themenutrition/life, which will be presented during the Festival.We have also confirmed our collaboration with the MAXXI (National Museum of the XXI Century Arts),which will be the venue for a significant part of the activities.

As in previous editions, the Rome International Film Market runs parallel with the Festival, with itstwo sections The Business Street and New Cinema Network. The Market, now in its ninth edition,proves to be the ideal platform for distributors and producers at both the national and internationallevels, within the European circuit dedicated to the circulation and marketing of audiovisualproducts.

I would like to take advantage of this occasion to extend my most sincere thanks to the entire staffof the Fondazione Cinema per Roma for the work they have done and the effort they have sustained,from the director Marco Mller, to the general manager Lamberto Mancini, and the entire team, whohave all made it possible to put together a programme of such great value.

PresidentFondazione Cinema per Roma(catalogue)


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LAMBERTO MANCINI

Rome is the Capital of Film. This conviction gave life in 2006 to the event that has become the RomeFilm Festival. It has now arrived to its 9thedition, consolidating and strengthening this indissolubleconnection.

An international-scale event and a big party for the CityRome has always had a history of managing events that have worldwide appeal. Therefore, thiscombination is not a contradiction, but an extraordinary mix that belongs in the best DNA of theItalian Capital City. The Festival we build day-by-day aims to be a film event of international calibrethat attracts and magnetizes an increasing number of participants and professionals, including filmenthusiasts who are the real protagonists today and tomorrow.

The magic of the Roman October along with the audience as protagonistThe Autumn rendez-vous with great cinema involves the entire city. Its core is the Auditorium Parcodella Musica, the wonderful complex by architect Renzo Piano, boasting one of the worlds moststriking Red Carpets. The Cinema Village there, built for this purpose, will be the venue for a 10-dayget-together complete with strong, appealing talents and a host of activities, in collaboration withour partners, primary for the success of the entire event.The Rome Film Festival is ever more open to young audiences, as is proved by the parallel sectionAlice nella Citt. There are discounts and concessions for undergraduates and graduate students aswell. As was done in the past, the prestigious museum MAXXI (National Museum of XXI Century Arts)will be one of the Festival venues, hosting films, talks, and meetings. The network of CouncilLibraries around the municipality, from the centre to the suburbs, will host documentary screeningsand meetings with authors.

The audience will be the real protagonist, even more than in the past. Not only will they crowd theAuditorium, the Cinema Village, theatres, stands, and restaurants, but they will be in charge ofawarding the films they watch with their own votes. This year, the main prizes will not be decided bya jury of experts. Viewers will actually choose the best films of the different sections by expressingtheir vote while exiting the screenings. This choice best expresses the vital force of the Rome FilmFestival and its popular, metropolitan nature.

A rendez-vous for the film industry to drive territorial economyThe Rome rendez-vous is also a strategic event for the production sector that has a flywheel effecton area economy. In fact, this is a meaningful goal in securing commitment from our foundermembers, Roma Capitale, City Council, Lazio Region, Province of Rome, Chamber of Commerce,Fondazione Musica per Roma, and of our main partner BNL Gruppo BNP Paribas. They are also backedby MiBACT - Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, a supporter to all formsof Italian cinema. MiBACT organizes the international conference on the audio-visual market duringthe Festival at the Auditorium Parco della Musica under the aegis of the Italian Presidency of theCouncil of the European Union.In addition to MiBACT, that has declared its willingness to take a more pronounced part in the life ofthe Rome Film Festival along with Fondazione Cinema per Roma, I would like to thank partners suchas Agenzia ICE, Centro sperimentale di Cinematografia, Anica, and the various associations andinstitutions in the field for their concrete and effective help. As a result, we have been able to be atour best in organizing all the activities connected to the film industry, which will take place at theRome Film Market from October 17th to the 21st. Along with The Business Street, the Market hasbecome one of the international points of convergence for the operators in the sector to conductmeetings and exchanges. Along with New Cinema Network, it has established itself as one of themost important European events for co-production.

A growing network of partnerships proves the value of these activities with the main internationalinstitutions in the field. Examples include Media to Eurimages, Sundance to Film London,Cinfondation to CineMart.


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Not only Festival

Not only does Fondazione Cinema per Roma implement the two most significant events (Film Festivaland Film Market), but it also puts into effect other initiatives throughout the year. I would like tomention our commitment with EXPO, by way of a partnership with Centro Sperimentale diCinematografia, in order to implement a platform of videos on the subject of nutrition. Material willbe collected around the world. The project will be presented exactly during the Rome Film Festival.In conclusion, I am keen to thank both the Fondazione staff and the consultants who, with thesupport of our institutional and commercial partners, have made it possible to achieve all our goals.

General ManagerFondazione Cinema per Roma

(catalogue)


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MARCO MLLER

It is not just the programme of a new edition of the Festival that must respond to the questionsraised by the previous one, and to the reality of infrastructure, budget and partnerships. The veryfuture of any significant cinema event stems from the possibility of providing new answers, movingendlessly back and forth between ones present and ones past, reconsidering and reconceptualising.And this future could be determined by many factors, and more particularly by the choice of themost appropriate dates.

When informed of the dates in which the spaces of the Auditorium Parco della Musica would beavailable, to the Festival, many producers and world sales (both foreign and Italian) suggested thatwe should consider the second half of October. Everyone thought these dates might be ideal to give

greater resonance both to our Festa (celebration of cinema) and Market. They could enable areassertion of the central strategic role of The Business Street (the Roman film market picking up thelegacy of the historic MIFED), and the project workshop New Cinema Network adding to them itsconferences, debates, and encounters dedicated to the Italian film industry, as well as itsinternationalization. We have therefore scheduled the Festa and the Market for dates that wereadvantageously near the Cannes MIPCOM (which just precedes them) and necessarily far from theAmerican Film Market (almost two weeks later).

Scheduling the Festival at a time of year midway between the end of the Venice Film Festival andthe beginning of the Turin Film Festival also meant that we could (truly) experiment with a differentidentity for Rome, and contribute to the consolidation of a solid and well-differentiated system of

three Italian end-of-summer/autumn film festivals: the Mostra Internazionale dArte Cinematograficadi Venezia, with its focus on auteur cinema; priority attention to young filmmakers and threereinforced competitive sections in Turin; and in Rome, an emphasis on the great popular butoriginal films and a key role for the audience itself, called upon to judge the films, the contents ofthe programme.

These considerations and the changes we chose to make prove that film festivals can still take risks,open up and even (when necessary) indulge in some backtracking. All the more so when the Festais based in a city such as Rome, where it is still possible to encourage new forms of coming togetherand to offer the audience the experience of a collective film screening of amazing vitality.

To shed even greater light on the goals of an event that attracts a wide-ranging audience in this partof Europe, we had to refuse the distinction between culture and market, and rely on therelationship based on empathy and trust that we nurture with the public in the huge spaces of theAuditorium Parco della Musica. Our programme grew out of our consideration on the ways and thepace at which audiences welcome innovation, because this time they will judge every section ofthe programme (the audiences choice has replaced the juries of experts). Not to move forwardwas not an option: we deliberately chose to widen the gap between an idea of festival that at thispoint had become conventional (grown old ahead of time) and the new philosophies of metropolitanmacro-events which must keep moving, like the cities that host them.

Winning the great spectacles that guarantee a strong red carpet with the required daily dose ofstardom is obviously one of the keystones of our event (the most highly anticipated films feed theinterest of the media, and increase the visibility newspapers and magazines dedicate to all the


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programmes of the Festa). However, if we accept the challenge of listening to the groups ofinsightful movie-goers who crowd the spaces of the Auditorium, the Festa can become a testing

ground in yet another sense: the curiosity and open-mindedness of the audience may serve todemonstrate that the market value of many films is much higher than it is currently assessed (manyfilms are not the wallflowers that marketing experts predict they will be). We were thereforeentitled not to take the audience tastes as a given, but rather to consider the movie -goers, thegroups of potential movie-goers (whom we should look for in the future in all the districts of the city)not as a given answer, but as a constantly renewed question. In Rome we will again be able to prove,thanks to the votes of our ticket buyers, that there is a significant audience for documentaries, thatit is a winning proposition to give the more surprising debut and second films a much longer run intheatres, that it is possible to increase the market share of cinema that brings us news from distantcountries, peoples, and cultures.

Films are made for everybody. There is no part of cinema that cannot be nurtured or reawakened:each has its own quality, its own value. Building a relationship with different and ever-changinggroups of audiences should also mean passing on a fever. The reborn Festa wants to demonstrate inpractice how this is possible. This demonstration involves the collective ritual of discovering themany different worlds of cinema: it will therefore be necessary to focus on how it is still possible toopen (or re-open) distribution circuits different from the usual ones.

DirectorFestival Internazionale del Film di Roma | Rome Film Festival

(catalogue)

Selection committee: Laura Buffoni, Marie-Pierre Duhamel, Massimo Galimberti, Manlio Gomarasca,Sandra Hebron, Giona A. Nazzaro, Mario Sesti.

Programming Office: Alessandra Fontemaggi, Massimiliano Maltoni, Jacopo Mosca, Samanta Telleri.

Consultants: Chen Zhiheng (Chinese area), Deepti DCunha (India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), BabakKarimi (Iran), Diego Lerer (Central and South America), Aliona Shumakova (Russia and CIS Commonwealth of Independent States), Tomita Mikiko (Japan).


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THE 9THROME FILM FESTIVAL

The 9th

Rome Film Festival will take place from October 16 to 25, 2014, at the Auditorium Parco dellaMusica.

All the spaces in the Auditorium, for a total capacity of four thousand seats, will be open for theFestival. Thus, for ten days, the building complex designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano will bethe centre of attraction for professionals, journalists, and film buffs, hosting screenings, exhibitions,events, conferences, debates. The 1,300 square metres of the avenue leading to the Cavea (an open-air theatre square used) will become one of the largest red carpets in the world.

The audience will have a choice of seven movie theatres (Santa Cecilia, Sinopoli, Petrassi, TeatroStudio Gianni Borgna, Studio 3, Auditorium MAXXI at the National Museum of XXI Century Arts, andthe Multiplex Cinema Barberini). Next to the Auditorium, the Cinema Village will feature pavilions

and stands made of steel, glass, and wood, created specifically for this event and its visitors. TheFestival programme will also involve the area of Via Veneto, the street that epitomizes Italiancinema, with the Rome International Film Market, hosted at the Hotel Bernini Bristol. The panels willbe held at the Casa del Cinema in the Villa Borghese Park and at the MAXXI (National Museum of XXICentury Arts). Professional and institutional conferences will take place at the AuditoriumArte.

The Official Selection of the Festival consists in four sections: Cinema dOggi (Cinema Today) willpresent films by both young and well-known authors, Gala will select the seasons great popular butoriginalfilms, Mondo Genere (Genre World) will be a collection of films from various film genres,while Prospettive Italia will present a survey of the latest trends in Italian fiction films anddocumentaries. The parallel and independent sidebar Alice nella citt will present a selection ofyouth-oriented films, following its own regulations.

The Rome International Film Market The Business Street and New Cinema Network will be heldfrom October 17 to 21, 2014. During the Market, screening facilities and a video library will beavailable to producers and world sales agents, who will also be offered a rich agenda of meetings,workshops, and events. New Cinema Network (NCN) is the Rome Film Festivals co-productionmarket, and will be the place where the most interesting international talents on the film scenetoday will find the ideal platform for presenting their new projects and getting in touch with theEuropean film industrys major players.

The 9thRome Film Festival is made possible by the support of the President of the Italian Republicand is produced by Fondazione Cinema per Roma. Paolo Ferrari is the President of the Fondazione,Lamberto Mancini is the General Manager. Marco Mller is the Director of the Rome Film Festival.

The event is promoted by Roma Capitale, the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Handicrafts, andAgriculture of Rome, the Regione Lazio, the Provincia di Roma and Fondazione Musica per Roma. TheMain Partner is BNL Gruppo BNP Paribas. The Institutional Partners are the Ministry for the CulturalHeritage and Activities and Tourism, Ministry of Economic Development, ICE - Italian Trade Agency.The Festival takes place with the support of the MEDIA Programme, and in collaboration with Alicenella citt, ANICA, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Cineteca Nazionale (ExperimentalCinematography Centre National Film Archive). The official sponsor is Il Gioco del Lotto. Mazda isthe Official Car. Pino Chiodo is Technical Partner supplying projection equipment (film and digital).Atac is the Eco Mobility Partner. Rai Movie, Rai News, Rai Radio 2, Getty Images, Erma Production,Infinity, and Deezer are media partners. In 2014, the Rome Film Festival maintains its commitment tosocial issues, in partnership with Fondazione Telethon and Unicef. Thanks to Subti and Blindsight

Project, the Festival will once again guarantee audio description and digital subtitling for peoplewith visual or hearing impairments on a selection of films.


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The renewed involvement of MiBACT - Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities andTourism in the activities of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma and its Rome Film Festival highlights

the growing attention that the Ministry is dedicating to cinema and to the events that promote filmto the wider public underscored Nicola Borrelli, Director General of Cinema for the Ministry of theCultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. We salute the beginning of the ninth edition convincedthat the Rome Film Festival is one of the leading events on the national and international scene, one-of-a-kind in its capacity to combine the elements typical of great popular entertainment and a rich,complex and variegated cultural programme.


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THE NUMBERS

1,463 films viewed from 78 countries

51FEATURE FILMS IN THE OFFICIAL SELECTION24World premieres, 6 International premieres, 11European premieres, 10 Italian premieres

CINEMA DOGGI/ CINEMA TODAY

16 Films8 World premieres2 International premieres

6 European premieres

3 Films (non-competitive selection)2 World premieres1 International premiere

GALA15Films

6 World premieres1International premiere2 European premieres6 Italian premieres

2 Films in collaboration with Alice nella citt2European premieres

MONDO GENERE / GENRE WORLD7Films

2International premieres

1 European premiere4Italian premieres

PROSPETTIVE ITALIA

8 World premieres

11EVENTS9World premieres2Italian premieres

DEBUT FILMS

11Films in the Official Selection + 8Films in Alice nella citt


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COUNTRIES

21 Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, India, Italy, Lebanon,Morocco, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, United Kingdom, Dominican Republic, Russia, Spain, USA.

ITALIAN FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS IN THE OFFICIAL SELECTION16Films

RETROSPECTIVES AND RESTAURED FILMS

22Films

SCREENING ROOMS FOR THE FESTIVAL AUDIENCE7 + 1 virtual screening room


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THE OPENING AND CLOSING FILMS OF THE 9THROME FILM FESTIVAL

Two comedies are to open and close the 9th Rome Film Festival (16-25 October, Auditorium Parcodella Musica), respectively Soap Opera by Alessandro Genovesi (starring Fabio De Luigi, CristianaCapotondi, Ricky Memphis, Elisa Sednaoui, Chiara Francini, Ale e Franz, Diego Abatantuono) andAndiamo a quel paese, written and directed by and featuring Salvatore Ficarra and Valentino Picone(with Fatima Trotta, Tiziana Lodato, Nino Frassica).

Soap Opera, the opening night film, is by Alessandro Genovesi, the Milanese director, screenwriter,actor, playwright and radio scriptwriter, who has already directed two box-office hits, The WorstWeek of My Life (La peggiore settimana della mia vita) and The Worst Christmas of My Life (Ilpeggior Natale della mia vita). His new film is an ensemble comedy revolving around the adventures,feelings and misunderstandings amongst the residents of a building on New Years Eve. The film

features a star-studded Italian cast led by Fabio De Luigi and Cristiana Capotondi (their third filmwith Genovesi), with Ricky Memphis (the star of The Immature (Immaturi) and The Fifth Wheel(Lultima ruota del carro),presented last year at the Rome Film Festival, nominated for the NastrodArgento for Best Supporting Actor in La mossa del pinguino), Elisa Sednaoui (actress in BusPalladium (Noi, insieme, adesso - Bus Palladium)by Christopher Thompson, nominated for two Csarawards, and a model for several international brands), Chiara Francini (winner of the GuglielmoBiraghi award as Actress Revelation of the Year at the Venice International Film Festival for Men VsWomen (Maschi contro femmine),and a hostess on the television show Colorado), and the duo Alee Franz (Zelig, Pippo Chennedy Show, Mai dire gol). Also featured is Diego Abantantuono, anactor, comedian, screenwriter and television host, who has worked throughout his lengthy careerwith filmmakers such as Guiseppe Bertolucci, Gabriele Salvatores, Pupi Avati, Luigi Comencini, EttoreScola.

Andiamo a quel paese, the new film by Salvatore Ficarra and Valentino Picone (known as Ficarra ePicone), will be the closing film of the Festival. The comic duo from Palermo, who has been featuredin some of the most important television comedy shows of the past ten years such as Striscia laNotizia, Zelig and Lottavo nano, returns behind the camera following their box-office hits Natistanchi, Il 7 e l8, La Matassaand It May Be Love But It Doesn't Show (Anche se amore non si vede).Ficarra and Picone who are again the screenwriters, directors and stars of the film have set theirnew comedy in Sicily, with the hilarious story of two unemployed men who return to their home townand invent an original solution for beating the economic crisis. The cast features Fatima Trotta, anactress and hostess of the satirical television show Made in Sud, and Tiziana Lodato, who hasworked with directors such as Giuseppe Tornatore, who cast her in The Star Maker (Luomo dellestelle, 1995), Emanuele Crialese and Franco Battiato. Also appearing is Nino Frassica, the star ofsome of the classic Italian television shows of the 1980s (Quelli della notte, Indietro tutta!), andthe talented actor of popular television fiction series (Don Matteo, Ho sposato uno sbirro,Lispettore Coliandro).


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THE LINE-UP

CINEMA DOGGI

World premiere

ANGELY REVOLUCII/ ANGELS OF REVOLUTION by Aleksey Fedorcenko, Russia, 2014, 105Cast: Darya Ekamasova, Oleg Yagodin, Pavel Basov, Georgy Iobadze, Konstantin Balakirev,Alexey Solonchov

World premiere

BIAGIOby Pasquale Scimeca, Italy, 2014, 90Cast: Marcello Mazzarella, Vincenzo Albanese, Renato Lenzi, Omar Noto, Doriana La Fauci,Silvia Francese

European premiere

DLARES DE ARENA/ SAND DOLLARS by Laura Amelia Guzman Conde, Israel Cardenas,Dominican Republic, Argentina, Mexico, 2014, 80Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Yanet Mojica, Ricardo Ariel Toribio

World premiere

LA FORESTA DI GHIACCIOby Claudio Noce, Italy, 2014, 99Cast: Emir Kusturica, Ksenia Rappoport, Adriano Giannini, Domenico Diele

European premiere Debut film

ITAR EL-LAYL/ THE NARROW FRAME OF MIDNIGHT by Tala Hadid, United Kingdom, France,

Morocco, 2014, 93Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Marie-Jose Croze, Fadwa Boujouane, Hocine Choutri, MajdoulineIdrissi, Zahra Hindi

World premiere

LUCIFERby Gust Van den Berghe, Belgium, Mexico, 2014, 110Cast: Gabino Rodriguez, Norma Pablo, Toral Acosta, Jernimo Soto Bravo, Sergio LazaroCortz

World premiere

DIE LGEN DER SIEGER/ THE LIES OF THE VICTORS by Christoph Hochhusler, Germany,2014, 112

Cast: Florian David Fitz, Lilith Stangenberg, Horst Kotterba, Ursina Lardi, Arved Birnbaum,Jakob Diehl, Jean-Paul Cornart

European premiere

LULUby Luis Ortega, Argentina, 2014, 84Cast: Ailn Salas, Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Daniel Melingo, Miguel Angel Castillo

European premiere

OS MAIAS (ALGUNS) EPISDIOS DA VIDA ROMNTICA / THE MAIAS - STORY OF APORTUGUESE FAMILY by Joo Botelho, Portugal, 2014, 135Cast: Graciano Dias, Maria Flor, Pedro Ins, Hugo Amaro, Joo Perry, Maria Joo Pinho,Adriano Luz, Marcello Urgeghe

International premiere Debut film

MAUROby Hernn Rosselli, Argentina, 2014, 80


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Cast: Mauro Martinez, Juliana Risso, Victoria Bustamante, Jose Pablo Suarez, Pablo Ramos,Patricia Fouret, Ricardo Ruiz

World premiere

I MILIONARIby Alessandro Piva, Italy, 2014, 104Cast: Francesco Scianna, Valentina Lodovini, Francesco Di Leva, Salvatore Striano, CarmineRecano, Gianfranco Gallo

International premiere

NNby Hctor Glvez, Peru, France, Germany, 2014, 95Cast: Paul Vega, Isabel Gaona, Antonieta Pari

European premiere Debut film

OBRAby Gregorio Graziosi, Brazil, 2014, 80

Cast: Irandhir Santos, Julio Andrade, Lola Peploe, Marku Ribas, Luciana Ins Domschke,Sabrina Greve, Christiana Ubach, Marisol Ribeiro, Turbio Ruiz, Helena Albergaria, ViniciusZinn, Fernando Coimbra, Donizete Mazonas, Ligia Franchini, Ravel Andrade

World premiere Debut film

SHIER GONGMIN/ 12 CITIZENS by Xu Ang, China, 2014, 108Cast: He Bing, Han Tongsheng, Mi Tiezeng, Li Guangfu, Zhao Chunyang, Wang Gang, ZhangYongqiang, Ban Zan, Qian Bo, Liu Hui, Lei Jia

European premiere

TIME OUT OF MINDby Oren Moverman, USA, 2014, 117Cast: Richard Gere, Kyra Sedgwick, Steve Buscemi, Jena Malone, Ben Vereen, DanielleBrooks, Abigail Savage, Yul Vazquez, Jeremy Strong, Michael Kenneth Williams, Yul Vazquez,Coleman Domingo, Geraldine Hughes

World premiere

WIR SIND JUNG. WIR SIND STARK./ WE ARE YOUNG. WE ARE STRONG. by Burhan Qurbani,Germany, 2014, 123Cast: Devid Striesow, Jonas Nay, Trang Le Hong, Joel Basman, Saskia Rosendahl, ThorstenMerten, Paul Gbler, David Schtter, Jakob Bieber, Gro Swantje Kolhof, Mai Duong Kieu,Aaron Le, Larissa Fchs, Axel Pape

NON COMPETITIVE SELECTION

International premiere - In collaboration with WIRED NEXT CINEMA powered by Mazda

J VISTO JAMAIS VISTOby Andrea Tonacci, Brazil, 2013, 50

World premiere - In collaboration with WIRED NEXT CINEMA powered by Mazda

RAGAZZI by Raul Perrone, Argentina, 2014, 80

World premiere - In collaboration with WIRED NEXT CINEMA powered by Mazda

ATO, ATALHO E VENTO/ WAY ACT AND THE WIND by Marcelo Masago, Brazil, 2014, 72


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GALA

World premiere ANDIAMO A QUEL PAESEby Salvatore Ficarra and Valentino Picone, Italy, 2014, 90

Cast: Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Tiziana Lodato, Lily Tirinnanzi, Fatima Trotta,Francesco Paolantoni, Nino Frassica

European premiere In collaboration with Alice nella citt

BLACK AND WHITEby Mike Binder, USA, 2014, 121Cast: Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Anthony Mackie, Andre Holland, Bill Burr, Mpho Koaho,Gillian Jacobs, Jennifer Ehle, Jillian Estell

World premiere

BUONI A NULLA by Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy, 2014, 87

Cast: Gianni Di Gregorio, Marco Marzocca, Valentina Lodovini, Daniela Giordano, GianfeliceImparato, Marco Messeri, Camilla Filippi, and with the participation of Anna Bonaiuto

Italian premiere

EDENby Mia Hansen-Lve, France, 2014, 131Cast: Felix De Givry, Pauline Etienne, Vincent Macaigne, Greta Gerwig, Golshifteh Farahani,Laura Smet, Vincent Lacoste

Italian premiere- Debut film

ESCOBAR: PARADISE LOSTby Andrea Di Stefano, France, Spain, Belgium, 2014, 120Cast: Benicio del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Claudia Traisac

World premiere GIULIO CESARECOMPAGNI DI SCUOLAby Antonello Sarno, Italy, 2014, 87

Italian premiere

GONE GIRLby David Fincher, USA, 2014, 145Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perrys, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens

World premiere

KAMISAMA NO IUTOORI/ AS THE GODS WILL by Takashi Miike, Japan, 2014, 100Cast: Sota Fukushi, Hirona Yamazaki, Shota Sometani, Mio Yuki, Nao Omori, Lily FrankyRyunosuke Kamiki

European premiere In collaboration with Alice nella citt

KAHLIL GIBRAN'S THE PROPHET by Roger Allers, Gatan & Paul Brizzi, Tomm Moore, NinaPaley, Bill Plympton, Joann Sfar, Michal Socha, Joan C. Gratz & Mohammed Saeed Harib,Canada, France, Lebanon, Qatar, USA, 2014, 85Voci di: Liam Neeson, Salma Hayek-Pinault, John Krasinski, Frank Langella, Alfred Molina,John Rhys-Davies, Quvenzhan Wallis

Italian premiere THE KNICK by Steven Soderbergh, USA, 2014, ten episodes (60)

Cast: Clive Owen, Andr Holland, Juliet Rylance, Eve Hewson, Michael Angarano


LOVE, ROSIEby Christian Ditter, United Kingdom, Germany, 2014, 102Cast: Lily Collins, Sam Claflin, Christian Cooke, Tamsin Egerton, Suki Waterhouse, JamieBeamish, Jaime Winstone


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Italian premiere

PHOENIXby Christian Petzold, Germany, 2014, 98Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf


SOUL BOYS OF THE WESTERN WORLDby George Hencken, United Kingdom, 2014, 112Cast: Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Steve Norman

World premiere

SOAP OPERAby Alessandro Genovesi, Italy, 2014, 87Cast: Fabio De Luigi, Cristiana Capotondi, Ricky Memphis, Elisa Sednaoui, Chiara Francini, Aleand Franz, Diego Abatantuono

European premiere STILL ALICEby Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland, USA, 2014, 99

Cast: Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish

European premiere

TRASHby Stephen Daldry, United Kingdom, 2014, 112Cast: Martin Sheen, Rooney Mara, Wagner Moura, Selton Mello

World premiere

TRE TOCCHIby Marco Risi, Italy, 2013, 100Cast:Massimiliano Benvenuto, Leandro Amato, Emiliano Ragno, Vincenzo De Michele, AntonioFolletto, Gilles Rocca, and with Matteo Branciamore, Francesca Inaudi, Jonis Bascir, Luca

Argentero, Marco Giallini, Claudio Santamaria, Paolo Sorrentino, Maurizio Mattioli


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MONDO GENERE

Italian premiere-

Debut film

A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHTby Ana Lily Amirpour, USA, 2014, 99Cast: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Dominic Rains, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marn, MiladEghbali, Rome Shandaloo, Reza Sixo Safai

Italian premiere

HAIDER by Vishal Bhardwaj, India, 2014, 159Cast: Shahid Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor, Tabu, Kay Kay Menon, Kulbhushan Kharbanda,Narendra Jha, Lalit Parimoo, Ashish Vidyarthi, Aamir Bashir, Sumit Kaul, Rajat Bhagat, IrrfanKhan


NIGHTCRAWLERby Dan Gilroy, USA, 2014, 119Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Bill Paxton


QUANDO EU ERA VIVO/ WHEN I WAS ALIVE by Marco Dutra, Brazil, 2014, 108Cast: Antonio Fagundes, Marat Descartes, Sandy Leah


LA PROCHAINE FOIS JE VISERAI LE COEUR/ NEXT TIME I'LL AIM FOR THE HEART by CdricAnger, France, 2014, 111Cast: Guillaume Canet, Ana Girardot, Arnaud Henriet, Douglas Attal

European premiere

STONEHEARST ASYLUMby Brad Anderson, USA, 2014, 109Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, Brendan Gleeson, DavidThewlis, Jason Flemyng, Christopher Fulford, Sophie Kennedy-Clark, Sinead Cusack, EdmundKingsley

Italian premiere

TUSKby Kevin Smith, USA, 2014, 102Cast: Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez, Michael Parks


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PROSPETTIVE ITALIA

World premiere FINO A QUI TUTTO BENEby Roan Johnson, Italy, 2014, 80

Cast: Alessio Vassallo, Paolo Cioni, Silvia DAmico, Guglielmo Favilla, Melissa Anna Bartolini,Isabella Ragonese


INDEX ZEROby Lorenzo Sportiello, Italy, 2014, 82Cast: Simon Merrells, Ana Ularu, Antonia Liskova, Velislav Pavlov


LAST SUMMERby Leonardo Guerra Sergnoli, Italy, 2014, 94Cast: Rinko Kikuchi, Yorick Van Wageningen, Lucy Griffiths, Laura Sofia Bach, Daniel Ball, Ken

Brady

World premiere - Documentary

DUE VOLTE DELTAby Elisabetta Sgarbi, Italy, 2014, 144


LARGO BARACCHEby Gaetano Di Vaio, Italy, 2014, 70


LOOKING FOR KADIJAby Francesco G. Raganato, Italy, 2014, 60


MENO MALE LUNEDby Filippo Vendemmiati, Italy, 2014, 80

World premiere Debut film - Documentary

ROMA TERMINIby Bartolomeo Pampaloni, Italy, France, 2014, 79


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EVENTS

World premiere Marcaurelio Lifetime Achievement Award to Walter Salles JIA ZHANGKE, UN GARS DE FENYANGby Walter Salles, Brazil, France, 2014, 102

World premiere - Jia Zhangke presenta

CHEN JIALINGby Tian Ye, Gu Yugao, China, 2014, 65

World premiere

27 APRILE 2014 RACCONTO DI UN EVENTOby Luca Viotto, Italy, 2014, 50'

Italian premiere- In collaboration with Alice nella citt

IL MIO AMICO NANUK /MIDNIGHT SUN by Brando Quilici, Roger Spottiswoode, Italy, Canada,

USA, 2014, 98Cast:Dakota Goyo, Goran Visnjic, Bridget Moynahan

Italian premiere

A MOST WANTED MANby Anton Corbijn, USA, 2014, 121'Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Brhl, Robin Wright, Rachel McAdams,Grigoriy Dobrygin

World premiere

MY ITALIAN SECRET / THE FORGOTTEN HEROES by Oren Jacoby, USA, 2014, 92

World premiere

NE HO FATTE DI TUTTI I COLORIby Marco Spagnoli, Italy, 2014, 70World premiere

ORE 12 by Toni D'Angelo, Italy, 2014, 16Cast: Laura De Rosa, Vincenzo Messina, Valentina Vacca, Conni Celotto, Carmine Paternoster,Salvatore Striano

World premiere

L'OROLOGIO DI MONACOby Mauro Caputo, Italy, 2014, 62

World premiere

A ROSE REBORNby Park Chan-Wook, Italy, 2014, 19'

Cast:Jack Huston, Daniel WuWorld premiere

VIAGGIO NELL'ANIMO DEI FIGLI DELLA SHOAby Beppe Tufarulo, Italy, 2014, 60


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OFFICIAL AWARDS

THE AUDIENCE AWARDSThe audience will be the protagonist of the 9thRome Film Festival and will choose the award-winnersin each section of the programme. The most important acknowledgments will therefore be awardedon the basis of the votes cast by the audience after the screenings, with a special card: the votes willbe collected in the dedicated posts in the Auditorium and, for the first time, thanks to XAOS andFunweek, also via the official app and festival websitewww.romacinemafest.org At the end of each screening, the audience will give their vote and assign:-the BNL Peoples Choice Award | Gala (in collaboration with the Festival Main Partner BNL GruppoBNP Paribas)- the Peoples Choice Award| Cinema d'Oggi- the Peoples Choice Award | Mondo Genere

- the BNL Peoples Choice Award | Cinema Italia (Fiction)- the Peoples Choice Award | Cinema Italia (Documentary)On Sunday, October 26 the winning films will be screened.

TAODUE CAMERA DORO PRIZE FOR BEST DEBUT FILMAll the debut feature-length films included in all the sections (including both the Official Selectionand the Independent and Parallel Sidebars) will compete this award.

DOC.IT AWARD TO THE BEST ITALIAN DOCUMENTARYThe DOC.IT Association will award a prize to the Best Italian Documentary.

MARCAURELIO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDWalter Salles, Brazilian director, screenwriter, and producer, Berlinale Golden Bear and GoldenGlobe-winner for Central do Brasil(1998), Oscar-winner for The Motorcycle Diaries(2004). On theoccasion of the award ceremony, Walter Salles will present the world premiere screening of his newfilmJia Zhangke, un gars de Fenyang.

MAVERICK DIRECTOR AWARDTakashi Miike, Japanese director, screenwriter, actor, and film producer, considered one of the mostoriginal and prolific auteursin contemporary cinema. On the occasion of the award ceremony, thefilmmaker will present the world premiere screening of his new film Kamisama no iutoori (As theGods Will).

MARCAURELIO OF THE FUTURE AWARDAleksey Fedorchenko, Russian filmmaker, director of First on the Moon and Ovsyanki/Silent Souls(both award winners at the Venice International Film Festival) and Celestial Wives of the MeadowMari(in Competition at the Rome Film Festival in 2012), producer of over 20 films, screenwriter andauthor. On the occasion of the award ceremony, the world premiere of his latest film Angels ofRevolution (Angely revolutsii) will be screened.

MARCAURELIO ACTING AWARDCuban actor and scriptwriter Tomas Milian, directed by the most prominent Italian auteurs, such asLuchino Visconti and Pierpaolo Pasolini, and by Hollywood filmmakers such as Steven Spielberg,Oliver Stone, and Steven Soderbergh, extraordinary protagonist of the spaghetti western genre, and

of the early 70s Italian Poliziotteschi genre (a.k.a. Eurocrime, a subgenre of crime/action copfilms).
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TAODUE CAMERA DORO PRIZE FOR BEST DEBUT FILM THE JURY

The Taodue international Jury is composed of:President

Jonathan Nossiter (director)

Francesca Calvelli (editor)

Cristiana Capotondi (actress)

Valerio Mastandrea (director, actor, producer)

Sydney Sibilia (director)

The Jury will assign the award to the elected director, on no ex-aequo basis.All the unreleased first films (fiction) presented in the different sections of the Festival (the OfficialSelection, and the Parallel and Autonomous selection, Alice nella citt) compete for the TaodueAward.

The following films will compete for the Taodue Award:

ESCOBAR: PARADISE LOSTby Andrea Di Stefano (Gala)A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHTby Ana Lily Amirpour (Mondo Genere)INDEX ZEROby Lorenzo Sportiello (Prospettive Italia)ITAR EL-LAYL/ THE NARROW FRAME OF MIDNIGHT by Tala Hadid (Cinema dOggi)LAST SUMMERby Leonardo Guerra Sergnoli (Prospettive Italia)MAUROby Hernn Rosselli (Cinema dOggi)NIGHTCRAWLERby Dan Gilroy (Mondo Genere)OBRAby Gregorio Graziosi (Cinema dOggi)SHIER GONGMIN/ 12 CITIZENS by Xu Ang (Cinema dOggi)

ABOUT A GIRL byMark Monheim (Alice nella citt)ALL CATS ARE GREY/ TOUS LES CHATS SONT GRIS by Savina Dellicour (Alice nella citt)THE CROW'S EGG /KAAKKAA MUTTAI byM. Manikandan (Alice nella citt)GHADI by Amin Dora (Alice nella citt)GUIDA TASCABILE PER LA FELICITA / BIRDERS GUIDE TO EVERYTHINGby Rob Meyer (Alice nellacitt)THE KNIFE THAT KILLED ME by Kit Monkman, Marcus Romer (Alice nella citt)SPARTACUS & CASSANDRA by Ioanis Nuguet (Alice nella citt)X + Y byMorgan Matthews (Alice nella citt)


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COLLATERAL AWARDS

Farfalla dOro Prize Agiscuola

The SIGNIS Award - Ente Dello Spettacolo (prize of 5.000)

L.A.R.A. (Libera Associazione Rappresentanza di Artisti) for the Best Italian Actor

AIC 2014 Award for Best Cinematography

AMC Best Editing

Best Sound Award - A.I.T.S.

Premio La Chioma di BereniceLa Chioma di Berenice Award for Best HairstylingLa Chioma di Berenice Award for Best Make Up Artist

Akai Award International Film Fest

Green Movie Award

Sorriso diverso Rome 2014 Award


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MAVERICK DIRECTOR AWARD TO TAKASHI MIIKEThe Festival celebrates one of the most original and eclectic auteursin

contemporary cinemaWorld premiere screening of his latest film, Kamisama no iutoori

The Japanese director, screenwriter, actor, and film producer Takashi Miike, considered one of themost original and prolific auteursin contemporary cinema, will receive the 2014 Maverick DirectorAward during the 9thRome Film Festival (October, 16 25, 2014, the Auditorium Parco della Musica),directed by Marco Mller. The award is dedicated to filmmakers who have contributed to theinvention of a new, original, and unconventional cinema. Miike, adored by millions of fans around theworld for the innovative, edgy, extreme, and ironic style of his films and for his extraordinary abilityto cross-fertilize and experiment with all types of genres and styles, will accept his award on theoccasion of the world premiere screening of his new film, Kamisama no iutoori(As the Gods Will).

Marco Mller, Director of the Rome Film Festival, commented on the choice as follows: For therecurring power of his creative imagination and the courage of his ideas, Takashi Miike is a filmmakerwho is absolutely beyond compare. Every one of his films is a breakneck race through a uncannilypoetic and surprisingly political imagination. His sense of cinema and the pleasure of filming werealready evident in his earliest works (straight-to-video movies and low-budget films); they haveeffortlessly edged in, despite his current creative speed (three to four films per year), hence his stylecontinues to assert itself each time, both in his adaptation of hit mangas and in commissioned filmshoned to become blockbusters (which reveal moments of extraordinary figurative concentration).Prolific, nomadic, versatile, stubborn, unnerving (and at times melancholy), Miike has tried his handat every genre: when he has chosen to shatter them it has always been to recompose them better inunpredictable mixes. Always catching us unprepared (even when you are familiar with the source or

the subject, you will be surprised by the direction that the images take), Miike is arguably the leastcompliant of all the contemporary maverick directors.

TAKASHI MIIKEConsidered by Quentin Tarantino to be one of the greatest living directors, Miike has alwayscontributed to pushing the limits of the visible and reconsidering the boundaries that dividepopulist practices, genre and auteur visions in some of the most beloved and controversial films inrecent years. A student of Imamura Shohei and Hideo Onchi, since his debut in 1991 with Toppuu!Minipato tai Aikyachi Jankushon, Miike has rewritten the rules of popular Japanese cinema,creating a universe filled with violent and contradictory emotions that capture the manias andobsessions of life in Japan, with exact critical insight.His endless filmography counts nearly 100 films: from Audition (1999), listed as one of the 25Scariest 90s Movies and one of the 20 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die, to Lesson ofthe Evil(2012), screened in competition at the Rome Film Festival, Miike has left his mark on thehistory of genre cinema with his unmistakably brutal, always visually brilliant, cultured and aboveall, uncensored approach, devoid of all moralism. Competing in the Orizzonti section in Venice in2004 with Izo,a visionary parable about the presence of evil in history, he returned to the VeniceFilm Festival three years later with Sukiyaki Western Django, an irreverent pop-punk version of aspaghetti-western. He was in competition again in 2010 with 13 Assassins, a samurai epic set in theEdo period and compared by critics to the best of Akira Kurosawas films. In 2011 and in 2013, Miikewas at Cannes Film Festival in Competition with Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samuraiand Straw Shield. In2012 he was at the Rome Film Festival with Lesson of the Eviland the following year withThe MoleSong: Undercover Agent Reiji(in competition) and Blue Planet Brothers(out of competition).His films have become part of the collective imagery of the contemporary world.Works such as Fudoh: The New Generation(1996), a mutant yakuza-movie, the trilogy D.O.A. - Deador Alive (1999-2002) or the ultra-violent Ichi the Killer(2001), not to mention impossible-to-classifyfilms such as The Bird People in China(1998),Big Bang Love, Gozu (2003),Juvenile A(2006) and ForLoves Sake (2012), may rightfully claim their place as film classics of our time.


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MARCAURELIO OF THE FUTURE TO ALEKSEYFEDORCENKOThe Russian filmmaker to present the world premiere screening of his latest

film,Angels of Revolution (Angely revolutsii)

The Rome Film Festival, upon recommendation of the Director Marco Mller, will award theMarcAurelio of the Future to Aleksei Fedorchenko, director of First on theMoon andOvsyanki/SilentSouls (both award winners at the Venice International Film Festival) and Celestial Wives of theMeadow Mari (in Competition at the Rome Film Festival in 2012), producer of over twenty films,screenwriter and author. After the awards ceremony, the Russian filmmaker will present the worldpremiere of his latest film,Angels of Revolution (Angely revolutsii), in the Cinema dOggi (CinemaToday) section.Fedorchenkos new film, set in the Soviet Union, is the story of the meeting and clash betweendifferent cultures in the 1930s under Stalin, seen through the eyes of five avant-garde artists, sent to

the outer regions for agit-prop purposes. The film is an adaptation of the short stories by DenisOsokin, winner of the Russian Debut Prize literary award for young writers, author of the novelthat inspired Ovsyanki and screenwriter for Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari. The cast ofAngelsof Revolutionfeatures, among others, Darya Ekamasova (the star of Celestial Wives of the MeadowMari, also in Zhila byla odna baba/Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman by AndreiSmirnov, and Svobodnoe Plavanie/Free Floating by Boris Khlebnikov, screened at the VeniceInternational Film Festival in the Orizzonti section), Konstantin Balakirev (Stilyagi/Hipstersby ValeryTodorovsky, screened at the Toronto Film Festival), Aleksei Solonchyov (Un lac by PhilippeGrandrieux, Special Mention at the Venice International Film Festival).

Aleksei Fedorchenko is an absolutely original figure in the landscape of Russian production of theThird Millenium, explains Director Marco Mller, because in every transition from one film to the

next he has reinvented both style and genre. In his filmography, he contradicts the documentary withthe mockumentary, reconceives the landscape-driven dramatic film as a pantheistic comedy (in thissense Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mariappears as a response to Ovsyanki Silent Souls).Starting with his first extraordinary feature film (the mockumentary First on the Moon), Fedorchenkohas demolished conventional narrative structure. In the narrative feature films that followed, hehas gone much farther than simply proposing a highly personal version of lyrical-painterly cinema: byemphasizing the figurative aspects he has relegated the text and its logical structures to secondplace, using images to evoke analogies, allegories, metaphors and non-realistic (and only in somecases surrealistic) distortions. The viewer is forced to contend with a universe of meanings andfeelings that he must first be able to perceive, before even trying to understand.The risk of a schematic portrayal of literary-inspired subjects, the rigidity of the fable are explodedby the power of the images which are always concrete, never abstract, even when his films consist

in extreme, expanded or compressed storylines, constantly illuminated by flashes of poetry.Even in his most recentAngels of Revolution, the visionary quality of the images is not an end untoitself. It serves to extend his thought about the relationship between man and nature, to confrontthe fascination of traditional culture, be it real or made-up, against the violence of History (ofpower). And once again Fedorchenko proves to be one of the few contemporary filmmakers able tocreate renewed perspectives, time after time.

ALEKSEY FEDORCENKOBorn in 1966 in Sol-Iletsk, in the Siberian region of Orenburg, he moved to Yekaterinburg where hestill lives. After studying engineering, he graduated in dramaturgy at the VGIK (Russian StateUniversity of Cinematography). Since 2004, he is the founder, director, producer, and supervisor ofKinokompaniya 29-e Fevralya. For his debut feature film, First on the Moon,Fedorchenko won the

Orizzonti Doc Award at the 62

nd

Venice International Film Festival, returning in 2010 with Ovsyanki, ameditative poetic story in which the characters, members of the Finno-Ugric ethnic group, have analmost intimate relation with the earth and the water. The film won the Osella award for BestPhotography while the international critics awarded it the FIPRESCI prize. Fedorchenkos cinema


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explores the traditions of populations that still resist the predominance of the prevailing culture.Ovsyankialso won prizes at the film festivals in Abu Dhabi, Mar del Plata, and Vladivostock. In 2012,

at the Festival Vivat kino Rossii, Fedorchenko won the special jury prize for his short film,Chetvertoe izmerenie.That same year, he came to the Rome Film Festival to present Celestial Wivesof the Meadow Mari, a sort of Decameron suspended between magic and realism, consisting oftwenty-three short stories about the women of the Mari people. The following year the film wasshown in the Vanguard section at the Toronto International Film Festival and was a prizewinner atthe Festival of Breslavia.

Angels of Revolution (Angely revolucii)1934: the legendary Communist fighter, the beautiful Polina-Revoluzia, is asked by the newbornSoviet government to bring order to the north of the Soviet Union. The shamans of the two nativepopulations, Khanty and Nenets, refuse the new ideology. Polina convinces five of her friends to gowith her, former colleagues-in-arms who have now become metropolitan artists: a composer, asculptor, a theatre director, a Constructivist architect, a famous director. They will have to try andreconcile the culture of the Russian Avant-garde with the Ancient Paganism of the peoples who livein the virgin forest around the great Siberian river Ob. The film is based on a true story.


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MARCAURELIO ACTING AWARD TO TOMAS MILIAN

The Rome Film Festival will award the MarcAurelio Acting Award to Tomas Milian. The prize will beconferred by Sergio Castellitto (who chose Tomas Milian as the star of his new film). The Cuban-bornactor will meet the public during a Masterclass moderated by Giona Nazzaro and Manlio Gomarasca,members of the Festivals selection committee (Manlio Gomarasca is also the author of a biographyof Milian, soon to be published by Rizzoli).

Backwards, Roma spells AmorTomas Milian

The decision to confer the MarcAurelio Acting Award to Tomas Milian is based first and foremost onthe consideration that over the years, this actor has become one of the very symbols of Roman-ness

in cinema, alongside figures of the caliber of Alberto Sordi and Carlo Verdone.The boundless affection felt by the people and the entire city of Rome are the irrefutable proof.The point is not just to celebrate the vibrant and enduring bond between an artist and his adoptedcity, but above all, to pay tribute to an incomparable talent in twentieth-century cinema.Born in 1933, Tomas Milian is both an American and an Italian citizen (he was granted Italiancitizenship in the late 1970s). His film career is exemplary. From his native Cuba, he moved to NewYork where he joined the prestigious Actors Studio founded by Lee Strasberg, a wellspring of talentthat produced actors such as Marlon Brando, James Dean, Dennis Hopper and Robert De Niro. Hecame to Italy to star in Jean Cocteaus pantomime The Poet and the Museat the Festival of TwoWorlds in Spoleto, directed by Franco Zeffirelli.Milians success was instant, and he was soon noticed by the Italian film world, which in those yearswas undergoing a deep and fertile political, aesthetic and formal renaissance.

During the 60s, he worked with the finest directors such as Mauro Bolognini (The Big Night,Madamigella di Maupin, BellAntonio), Francesco Citto Maselli (Silver Spoon Set, Time ofIndifference, A Fine Pair), Luchino Visconti (Il lavoro, asegment of the classicBoccaccio 70), PierPaolo Pasolini (Ro.Go.Pa.G. the segment La ricotta), Valerio Zurlini (Le soldatesse), Carlo Lizzani(The Violent Four), Florestano Vancini (La banda Casaroli), Franco Brusati (Disorder), Nanny Loy (ADay for Lionhearts), Renato Castellani (Crazy Sea), Alberto Lattuada (Unexpected).His remarkable talent made him one of the most sought-after actors in Italian cinema in the 1960s,but not only there. In 1965, Milian starred in Carol Reeds The Agony and the Ecstasy, with RexHarrison and Charlton Heston.

In the early 70s his restless artistic nature drove him to the anti-Hollywood that was revolutionizingAmerican cinema. In fact Dennis Hopper, the director of Easy Rider, chose him to star in his mostcontroversial film The Last Movie, with legendary actors Peter Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, SamuelFuller and John Phillip Law. At the same time, Tomas was one of the key figures in the extraordinaryseason of the Spaghetti Westerns, starring in masterpieces by Sergio Sollima (Face to Face, Run ManRun), Sergio Corbucci (Compaeros), Giulio Petroni (Tepepa, alongside Orson Welles), Giulio Questi(Django KillIf you Live Shoot), films that have been brought out of the oblivion to which they werefated despite the admiration of experts and film lovers, thanks to Quentin Tarantino, who celebratedthe genre in his film Django Unchained. Milians picaresque anti-hero interpretation gave the Italianwestern political overtones that made the films of those years resonate with the impelling urgency ofthe third-world anti-imperialist struggles. A remarkably flexible actor who was at ease in bothpopular films and the challenge of acting in the most demanding auteur films, in 1970 Milian starredin Lamore coniugale, the only fiction feature film directed by writer Dacia Maraini. In 1970 he alsostarred in Liliana Cavanis The Year of the Cannibals, a film that anticipated the great period ofsocial and student unrest.

When the era of the western film declined, Milian became the absolute star of the great season ofItalian detective films, in which he always represented a popular working-class hero that would lead


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him, in the end, to create the last great character in the Italian comedy of manners, Nico Giraldi,the undisputed box-office champion of the Seventies and Eighties.

Worlds apart from the figure of the lone avenger that was so popular in American films of the sameperiod, Milian brought to his paladins of justice (and con men) an instinctive understanding andgenuine feeling for the torments and problems of the weak. This also put him on a wavelength withthe extraordinary era of student protest.Despite the box-office success of all his films, Milian did not eschew auteur films, working withmasters of the caliber of Michelangelo Antonioni, starring in Identification of a Woman, and BernardoBertolucci (Luna).He returned to the United States in the late 1980s, working within the Hollywood star system againfor internationally renowned directors such as Steven Spielberg (Amistad), Oliver Stone (JFK), StevenSoderbergh (the Oscar-winning film Traffic), Robert Redford (Havana), Abel Ferrara (Cat Chaser)and James Gray (The Yards), who was president of the Jury of the eighth edition of the Rome FilmFestival. He also participated in the most important television series such as Miami Viceproduced byMichael Mann, Law & Order, U.C. Undercoverand Oz, produced by HBO.

WHY THE AWARD TO MILIAN IN THE CITY OF ROMETomas Milian and Rome are synonyms of each other. In Rome, Milian built the greatest, most lastingsuccess of his career around a figure that embodied the popular Roman culture which had not yetbeen completely absorbed by the consumer society, of which Pier Paolo Pasolinis poetry offers one of the highest accolades, and Luigi Magni is the most reliable historiographer, and which allowedMilian to achieve the stature of an authentic icon of our collective imagery.Milian has offered a unique portrayal of a city and its inhabitants on the verge of a complex andpainful process of social and economic transformation which official culture proved unable todescribe, at least not in real time, in forms that were as effective and were equally mass distributed.The humanity celebrated by Gianfranco Rosi in Sacro GRA was already present in the films of theseries centred on the figure of Nico Giraldi, an inimitable case of a policeman who is always on the

side of the weak and humble, battling against the powerful and the corrupt, the bureaucrats and thewhite-collar workers, who speaks to his superiors and colleagues in the frank and scathing tones ofRome at its very essence, where the tones of the vernacular are those of the most irreverent publiclampoons, celebrated in the finest tradition of the Roman poet Belli. Milian, a multi-ethnic Cuban,American and especially Italian body, has said: Rome is the city where I feel most at home. The citythat adopted me as a son and that taught me the lessons of life. If there is one place where I want tospend the last years of my existence it is Rome, Roma, which backwards spells Amor (i.e. love).In the spirit of the great popular feasts which the Rome Film Festival has represented since its veryinception, a recognition of the figure of Tomas Milian is a well-deserved tribute to express theundying affection that the Capital city (and Italy in its entirety) has never ceased to feel for him.We are convinced that Tomas Milians presence at the Rome Film Festival is both highly qualifyingand popular at the same time. A real, frank, genuine celebration. Milian is the connecting point

between two worlds and two conceptions of cinema that are miraculously united in his person. Weare convinced that the actors fans have been ardently awaiting this event. This is demonstrated bythe consistently strong sales of Milians films in DVD and Blu -Ray, despite the crisis of electronicpublishing, the endless reruns of his films on television, the many forums and fan-clubs dedicated tohim on the Internet.By conferring this award to Milian, Rome pays tribute to the last champion of the city, a unique,incomparable artist, who has touched the hearts of millions of Romans and Italians all over theworld.

Giona Nazzaro


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MASTERCLASSES AND MOVIE TALKS

BRAD ANDERSONCult director of Session 9, The Machinist, Transsiberian, Vanishing on the 7thStreetand The Call, he will present in Rome his new feature film, Stonehearst Asylum.Anderson will be the protagonist of a masterclass.

ASIA ARGENTOItalian actress Asia Argento will meet the audience on the occasion of the exhibitionAsia Argento: la strega rossa (The red witch), and of the presentation of its photocatalogue (published by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and Edizioni Sabinae).

VISHAL BHARDWAJIndian director and author, renowned for his screen adaptations of Shakespearianclassics (Maqbool and Omkara) will present in Rome Haider, the last chapter of thetrilogy devoted to the English playwright and poet. On this occasion he will meet theaudience at the Argentina Theatre.

JOO BOTELHOPortuguese filmmaker, awarded in the most important international film festivals, willmeet the audience on the occasion of the screening of his new film Os maias (Alguns)Episdios da vida romantic

PARK CHAN-WOOKAcclaimed South-Korean auteur of the Vengeance Trilogy, Thirst, and Stoker willmeet the audience on the occasion of the screening ofA Rose Reborn, a film project incollaboration with Italian brand Ermenegildo Zegna.

GERALDINE CHAPLINBritish actress Geraldine Chaplin who worked with directors such as Robert Altman,James Ivory, Martin Scorsese, and starred in renowned films, such asDoctor Zhivago,andCrime on a Summer Morning, will present in Rome her latestfilm Dlares de Arena.

KEVIN COSTNERAmerican actor, director, and producer Kevin Costner, Oscar-winner for Dances withWolves, starring in film such as The Bodyguard, and JFK, will discuss scenes from hismost beloved films, and will answer questions from the audience.

TAKASHI MIIKEJapanese director, screenwriter, actor, and film producer Takashi Miike, adored bymillions of fans around the world, will receive the 2014 Maverick Director Award. Onthe occasion of the award ceremony he will present his new film, and meet thespectators.


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TOMAS MILIANCuban-born, talented actor Tomas Milian, who in his career has been able to switch

between pop cinema and subtle performances in the most refined auteurcinema, willbe conferred the MarcAurelio Acting Award, and will meet the audience in a Masterclass at the Auditorium Parco della Musica.

CLIVE OWENBritish actor Clive Owen (Golden Globe-winner for Closer, starring in films such as comeKing Arthur, Sin City, Inside Man) will attend a conversation with the Festival-goersduring a special event. On this occasion, Steven Soderberghs new drama series TheKnick will be screened.

WALTER SALLES AND JIA ZHANGKE2014 recipient of the MarcAurelio Lifetime Achievement Award, WalterSalles with director, author, scriptwriter, and producer Jia Zhangke,Golden Lion-winner at Venice, will be the protagonists of a movie talk onthe occasion of the screening of Jia Zhangke, Un Gars de Fenyang, Sallesdocumentary on the Chinese auteurs life and work.

WIM WENDERSThe cult filmmaker of Wings of Desire will attend the Festival and present his newdocumentaryThe Salt of the Earth, co-directed with Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, screenedin the Wired Next Cinema programme.


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RETROSPECTIVE AND NEW RESTORATIONS

DANSE MACABRE: ITALIAN GOTHIC CINEMAThe season of Gothic cinema was a short one, like so many in Italian cinema. Many perhaps toomany titles within a smattering of years. From 1957 to 1966, in a crossroads of genres: peplum, spy,and spaghetti westerns, one rising from the ashes of the other as a reaction to the latest crisis. Theusual Anglo-Saxon model (represented this time by the Hammer films) and the natural instinct foremulation merge with the typically Italian capacity to adapt stories and atmospheres to productionresources. The castles and manors of Italy were transformed into a fantastic set, perfect for revivingancient legends about witches and vampires, childhood fantasies populated with nightmares anddemons. As Riccardo Freda, who with Mario Bava must be given credit for the birth of this genre,used to say, truehorror is what is rooted inside us from the moment of our birth. [] This is real

terror, the anguish over what we cannot see, the noise that unleashes the terror we have alwaysrepressed. In all my films there are doors that open silently in the dark, blood-curdling creaking andmoaning, a branch tapping against the window that sounds like the bony hand of a ghost. And nowthe ghouls are backThe Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Cineteca Nazionale (Experimental CinematographyCentre National Film Archive) presents a short retrospective with some of the most significant filmsof the masters of the Gothic - Freda, Margheriti, Pupillo, Mastrocinque - with incursions into thegenre by Damiani and Vernuccio, and an early film by Corrado Farina, The Son of Dracula.On the one100thanniversary of his birth, a tribute is dedicated to Mario Bava, with a cycle of five films, selectedamong the Gothic films and later Italian-style thrillers. To close the circle, at the Cinema Trevi, thescreening venue of the Cineteca Nazionale, a long retrospective devoted to the films by another

master offantasy, Lucio Fulci, will take place from October 16ththrough 26th.

I VAMPIRI(The Vampires) by Riccardo Freda, Italy, 1957, 81Cast: Gianna Maria Canale, Wandisa Guida, Carlo D'Angelo, Emilio Petacci, Paul Mller,Charles Fawcett, Dario Michaelis, Miranda Campa, Angelo Galassi, Renato Tontini, GisellaMancinotti, Antoine Balptre, Ronny Holiday, Joy Holliday, Barbara Wohl

LO SPETTRO(The Ghost)by Riccardo Freda, Italy, 1963, 97Cast:Barbara Steele, Peter Baldwin, Elio Jotta, Harriet Medin, Carol Bennet, Carlo Kechler,Umberto Raho, Reginald Price Anderson

IL FIGLIO DI DRACULA(Son of Dracula) by Corrado Farina, Italy, 1960, 25Cast: Lella Berti, Antonio Rossi, Gianpaolo Zancan, Elena Albert

DANZA MACABRA(Castle of Blood) by Antonio Margheriti, Italy, 1964, 90Cast: Georges Rivire, Silvano Tranquilli, Barbara Steele

5 TOMBE PER UN MEDIUM(Terror-Creatures from the Grave) by Massimo Pupillo, Italy, 1966,90Cast: Walter Brandi, Barbara Steele

LA CRIPTA E LINCUBO(Crypt of the Vampire) by Camillo Mastrocinque, Italy, 1964, 82

Cast: Christopher Lee, Jos Campos, Adriana Ambesi, Carla Cal

TOBY DAMMIT(episode from TRE PASSI NEL DELIRIO / HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES) byFederico Fellini, Italy, France, 1968, 43


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Cast: Terence Stamp, Salvo Randone, Antonia Pietrosi, Ferdinand Guillaume in arte Polidor

IL MULINO DELLE DONNE DI PIETRA(Mill of the Stone Women) by Giorgio Ferroni, Italy,1960, 100Cast: Scilla Gabel, Pierre Brice, Dany Carrel, Wolfgang Preiss, Olga Solbelli, Marco Guglielmi,Liana Orfei, Herbert Boehme, Alberto Archetti

LA STREGA IN AMORE(The Witch) by Damiano Damiani, Italy, 1966, 110Cast: Gian Maria Volont, Rosanna Schiaffino, Richard Johnson, Sarah Ferrati, Ester Carloni,Margherita Guzzinati, Ivan Rassimov

LA LUNGA NOTTE DI VERONIQUE(But Your Were Dead) by Gianni Vernuccio, Italy, 1966, 91Cast: Alex Morrison, Alba Rigazzi, Walter Pozzi, Lia Rainer, Sandro Luporini, Cristina Gajoni

FOCUS MARIO BAVA

5 BAMBOLE PER LA LUNA DAGOSTO(Five Dolls for an August Moon) by Mario Bava, Italy,1969, 87Cast: Ira Frstenberg, William Berger, Edwige Fenech, Howard Ross, Maurice Poli, MauroBosco

LA FRUSTA E IL CORPO(The Whip and the Body) by Mario Bava, Italy, France, 1963, 80Cast: Tony Kendall, Christopher Lee, Daliah Lavi, Luciano Pigozzi, Jacques Herlin

LA MASCHERA DEL DEMONIO(Black Sunday) by Mario Bava, Italy, 1960, 80Cast: Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani, John Richardson, Arturo Dominici, Barbara Steele, AntonioPierfederici, Clara Bindi, Tino Bianchi, Mario Passante, Stanko Molnar

OPERAZIONE PAURA(Kill, Baby Kill!) by MarioBava, Italy, 1966, 83 (digital restoration)Cast: Piero Lulli, Erika Blanc, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Fabienne Dal, Giuseppe Addobbati,Giovanna Galletti, Franca Dominici, Mirella Pamphili, Luciano Catenacci, Valeria Valeri

LA RAGAZZA CHE SAPEVA TROPPO(The Girl Who Knew Too Much) by Mario Bava, Italy,1962, 90Cast: Valentina Cortese, John Saxon, Leticia Roman, Tiberio Murgia, Adriana Facchetti, LuigiBonos, Lucia Modugno, Jim Dolen, Milo Quesada

NEW RESTORATIONS AND REDISCOVERED FILMS

The CSC-Cineteca Nazionale (Experimental Cinematography Centre National Film Archive) returns tothe Rome Film Festival this year, with a series of important film restorations and revivals. Theretrospective on Italian Gothic films includes the restored version of one of Mario Bavasmasterpieces, Kill, Baby, Kill (Operazione paura), while Boccaccio 70 completes a process whichideally began during last years Festival with the screening of the episode Le tentazioni del dottorAntonioby Federico Fellini, to which we now add the episodes by Visconti, Monicelli, and De Sica(the latter with a splendid Sophia Loren, who just celebrated her eightieth birthday).The digital restoration of Ricomincio da tre is an occasion to celebrate Massimo Troisi on thetwentieth anniversary of his death, rediscovering his first great film success; whereas Locchioselvaggio by Paolo Cavara is a real discovery that will bring back a film and a director that are

unfamiliar to most. The restored version of Locchio selvaggio will be accompanied by thepresentation of a book published by Italian editor Bompiani and containing the films subject andscreenplay, written with the collaboration of Alberto Moravia, Fabio Carpi, and Ugo Pirro.


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An exceptional find is the short film Partire un p morire,a sort of ad campaign for Europewithout borders, interpreted in the 50s by Peppino De Filippo. The short film will also introduce the

International Meeting on The Audiovisual Market organized by MiBACT on the occasion of thesemester of the Italian presidency of the European Union.Thanks to the copies preserved at the Cineteca Nazionale and at Cinecitt-Luce, a well-deservedtribute will be paid to Pietro Germi, on the 100 th anniversary of his birth. The screening of Ilcammino della speranza, in particular, is also conceived as a tribute to actress Elena Varzi, whorecently passed away.

PARTIRE UN PO MORIRE(The Birds, the Bees and the Italians) by Gianni Mondaini,

Italy, 1951, 11

Cast: Peppino De Filippo, Margit Seeber

BOCCACCIO 70by Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti, Italy,France, 1962, 200 (full-length version)Cast: Sophia Loren, Peppino De Filippo, Romy Schneider, Anita Ekberg, Tomas Milian, MarisaSolinas, Luigi Giuliani, Germano Giglioli

RICOMINCIO DA TRE(Im Starting from Three) by Massimo Troisi, Italy, 1981, 109Cast: Massimo Troisi, Lello Arena, Fiorenza Marchegiani, Michele Mirabella, Renato Scarpa

LOCCHIO SELVAGGIO(The Wild Eye) by Paolo Cavara, Italy, 1967, 97

Cast: Gabriele Tinti, Philippe Leroy, Delia Boccardo, Luciana Angelillo

100thanniversary of Pietro Germis birth (September 14, 1914 December 5, 1974)Remembering Elena Varzi

IL CAMMINO DELLA SPERANZA(The Path of Hope) by Pietro Germi, Italy, 1950, 101Cast:Saro Urz, Raf Vallone, Elena Varzi, Saro Arcidiacono, Liliana Lattanzi

100thanniversary of Pietro Germis birth (September 14, 1914 December 5, 1974) UN MALEDETTO IMBROGLIO(The Facts of Murder) by Pietro Germi, Italy, 1959, 110

Cast: Claudio Gora, Franco Fabrizi, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Cristina Gaioni, Pietro Germi,Claudia Cardinale, Nino Castelnuovo, Lilia Landi, Saro Urz, Antonio Gradoli, Antonio Acqua,Pietro Tordi, Toni Ucci, Cristina Gajoni, Silla Bettini, Alida Chelli

100thanniversary of Pietro Germis birth (September 14, 1914 December 5, 1974)Remembering Luciano Vincenzoni

SIGNORE & SIGNORI by Pietro Germi, Italy, 1965, 118Cast: Gastone Moschin, Virna Lisi, Alberto Lionello


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EXHIBITIONS

ACTRICES. A TRIBUTE TO KATE BARRYOctober 16 25, 2014, Foyer Sala PetrassiFascinating, dazzling film stars. It is no surprise that the RomeFilm Festival chose to host the international

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