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Sean Connery was the first star to walk down the long red carpet of the RomeFilmFest. After stopping for the photo call, the actor, accompanied by festival president Goffredo Bettini and one of its directors, Mario Sesti, entered the Sala Sinopoli for the screening of The Bowler and the Bunnet, the only film he directed, after which he had a long encounter with the audience and press, coordinated by Sesti and Antonio Monda. Bettini presented the screening: “This is the festival´s first official action and we are unfortunately pained by the passing of Gillo Pontecorvo, to whom Ettore Scola will…

The awards ceremony of the first edition of the Patricia McQueeny (PMQ)Award will take place on October 20 at the Auditorium´s Sinopoli Hall.The 2006 prize was awarded by the Honorary Committee – composed of actor Harrison Ford, producer Sheryl Lansing and the RomeFilmFest´s General Director Giorgio Gosetti, with executive secretary Pierre Gallivanoni – to Jim Berkus, co-founder and president of the United Talent Agency (UTA).The PMQ Award came about as a tribute to the memory of Patricia McQueeney, one of the most remarkable professionals of the entertainment industry, as well as Harrison Ford´s agent for over 30 years. The award…

Ciampino Airport feels like Hollywood (almost). Among today´s arrivals, the flights of three of the brightest movie stars: Nicole Kidman, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, who join Sean Connery, whose arrival took place yesterday. Nicole Kidman was the first to set foot in Rome, at 1pm, directly from Nashville. Dressed casually, the Australian actress left right away for the Hotel she´ll be staying. Barely two hours later, at 2.50 pm, it was Martin Scorsese´s turn. The director of The Departed came to Rome together with his wife Helen. And at 4.30 pm, Leonardo DiCaprio´s flight to land at Ciampino, coming…

Exhibition The Emperor´s Costumes. Costumes made of silk and other exotic materials, with exuberant patterns and vivid colors, carefully hand-crafted to reproduce the fashions of Imperial China. The dresses that were another character in Bernardo Bertolucci´s The Last Emperor, opened by the RomeFilmFest President Goffredo Bettini and the President of the Biennial of Venice, Davide Croff, at the Auditorium´s Spazio Espositivo 2. It has been jointly produced by the RomeFilmFest and the Venice Biennial and is, together with the restored version of Rome Open City and Ossessione, part of the collaboration between both institutions. Exhibition Luchino Visconti. The President of the…