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During the RomeFilmFest, at the Casa del Cinema, Univideo (Unione Italiana Editoria Audiovisiva), the umbrella organization for all of the main companies within the Italian Home Entertainment industry, presented the collateral initiative “Tutto il Cinema per sempre: il ruolo dell´editore audiovisivo nel futuro della comunicazione” (“All cinema all the time: The role of the audiovisual editor in the future of communication”).Speakers at the conference included Univideo President Davide Rossi; Artistic Director of the Casa del Cinema Felice Laudadio; author of the essay from which the conference took it’s title, Gaetano Stucchi; Nicola Zingaretti, the European parliamentarian from the European directive…

Directors (the great ones who made Italian film history), politicians, entertainment industry folks and regular citizens gathered to pay homage to Gillo Pontecorvo and embrace his relatives in the funeral chamber set up in the Campidoglio. First among them was President Giorgio Napolitano, who paid his respects to the director in private. Then, slowly, others entered: friends and strangers who loved the man for his work.“He made few films” said Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni, “but it matters little how few films one makes, books one writes or paintings one paints. Pontecorvo made film history with five films”. Other politicians present…

President of the Republic Giorgio Napoletano will attend tonight’s RomeFilmFest screening of the restored copy of Rome, Open City by Roberto Rossellini, at 8:30 pm at the Teatro Studio of the Auditorium, announced festival president Goffredo Bettini. Rome, Open City is once again available to audiences in all its glory thanks to a restoration by the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in collaboration with the Venice Biennale and the RomeFilmFest. President Napoletano, who with his presence at the screening intends to demonstrate his great commitment to Italian cinema, will close a day of celebrations dedicated to one of the greatest film…

Members of the prestigious Actors Studio – at which some of the greatest New York film and theatre actors have studied – Lee Grant, Martin Landau and Elisabeth Kemp, director of the University Masters Program with which the Actors Studio supports itself financially (a free activity for both the actors and mediators) spoke to RomeFilmFest audiences about their approach to the workshop and how their lives changed after their initial experiences.For Grant, the Actors Studio is still the only opportunity for amateur and professional actors to explore and improve their craft. Grant’s work at the workshop led to her nomination…