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“Following the route that Primo Levi took from Auschwitz to Turin, it was as if his writing were our own. In the evening, we would read The Truce and relive the sensations we felt during the day”, said Davide Ferrario at the presentation of his latest film, Primo Levi’s Journey (La strada di Levi, in competition in the Cinema 2006 section), which will have its public screening at 5 pm in the Sala Sinopoli and be released theatrically in January, 2007.In the documentary, Ferrario and writer Marco Belpoliti travel the same route that Primo Levi travelled, sixty years earlier, on his…

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Acting and “Method” lessons were the order of the day as part of the Actor’s Studio programme, from Ellen Burstyn, Lee Grant and Martin Landau, who commented on scenes screened from Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore by Martin Scorsese, Detective Story by William Wyler and Tim Burton’s Ed Wood, before a full audience made up mostly of Italian actors, including, among the many, Giulio Scarpati, Sabrina Impacciatore, Orso Maria Guerini, Ennio Fantastichini, Andrea Renzi and Ettore Bassi. The audience, fascinated by the three actors’ stories, followed and animated the encounter moderated by Mario Sesti and Antonio Monda, which opened with…

“I Am You Are” is the title of the project of the Jerusalem Film Foundation, created to launch messages of peace in a war zone. The 30 Muslim, Hebrew and Christian youths chosen for the project, through interviews conducted in high schools throughout Jerusalem, had to live together for 30 days to make several films. Some of these works were presented on the 17th as part “Cinema per la pace”, which took place in the Sala Sinopoli. The three short films were made by the young filmmakers in the summer of 2000, a year after the project was founded. “Our…

For the past week, an usual, brightly coloured tram has been passing through the streets of Rome, giving off the wonderful scent of French fragrances. Among champagne and make-up brushes, the “glam tram” has been bringing the city the style of leading French stylist Jean Paul Gaultier. The Gaultier Beauty Shuttle is a historical tram that has been transformed into a beauty salon during the RomeFilmFest, for anyone desiring a quick make-over of any kind, even in one of cinema’s numerous styles.“The tram embodies the vivacious and non-conformist spirit of Jean Paul Gaultier,” reads an announcement by JPG Parfums, “recreating…

Today marked the press conference for Kurt Cobain: About a Son, the Extra section film by AJ Schnack and a touching biography of the leader of rock group Nirvana, based on over 25 hours of previously unheard material from interviews Cobain granted journalist Michael Azerrad for his book “Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana”.“When I listened to the interview tapes, I realised that they were very rare. What is most striking is his voice, because everyone knows him through his songs but few have heard him in conversation”, said Schnack. “I chose an approach different from that of…

Cinema2006 competition title A Few Days Later… by Niki Karimi screened for the press today, followed by a press conference with the director and the film’s international distributor, Katayoon Shahabi. Centred on  current Iranian society, A Few Days Later… is the story of Shahrzad, a successful designer grappling with important decisions over her future and life.“There are a lot of women who work and are independent in Iran. I wanted to present a cross-section of today’s society,” began the director. “I could have called this film ‘Distance’, because the main character maintains a certain distance from society. Making decisions and…

The RomeFilmFest returned to a day of normal activity with the packed screening and press conference for Giuseppe Tornatore’s latest film, The Unknown (La sconosciuta), which was greeted by much applause from journalists. Also present at the conference were legendary film composer Ennio Morricone and the entire cast, from lead actress Ksenia Rappoport to Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini, Alessandro Haber, Piera Degli Esposti, Pierfrancesco Favino and the young Clara Dossena. Festival President Goffredo Bettini thanked Tornatore for having decided to bring the film the Rome. The “unknown woman” of the film is Irena (Russian actress Rappoport), a Ukrainian woman who moved…