The Rome Film Fest – organized by the Fondazione Cinema per Roma chaired by Piera Detassis – has released the regulations for the tenth edition, which will take place from October 16^th to 24^th 2015 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica and in other venues around the Capital city, under the artistic direction of Antonio Monda.

Along with the meetings, master classes, retrospectives, special events, and re-editions of classic films, the Rome Film Fest will feature an Official Selection of a maximum of thirty-five films, from the best independent cinema to genre productions, from the work of renowned auteurs to that of upcoming young talents, from blockbuster films to animation films, documentaries and the visual arts.

At the end of each screening, the audience may vote for a film that will compete for the BNL People’s Choice Award, in collaboration with the Fest’s time-honoured Main Partner, BNL Gruppo BNP Paribas.

As an independent sidebar, Alice nella città will present a programme for children and young adults, with a maximum of fourteen films.

In agreement with President Piera Detassis, the artistic director Antonio Monda offered some sneak previews of the coming edition. The complete programme will be illustrated during an official press conference that will take place at the end of September. The artistic director Antonio Monda will be assisted by a selection committee coordinated by Mario Sesti with members Richard Peña, Giovanna Fulvi, Alberto Crespi, Alessia Palanti, Francesco Zippel. 

The Rome Film Fest is made possible by the Founding Members of the Fondazione: Roma Capitale, Regione Lazio, Chamber of Commerce, Istituto Luce Cinecittà (representing the Ministry for the Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism), the Fondazione Musica per Roma and the Metropolitan City of Roma Capitale.

MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC

Ample space will be dedicated to meetings with directors, actors and leading figures in the world of culture. Already confirmed are:

– the surreal and refined director Wes Anderson and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Donna Tartt will speak to audiences about their love for Italian cinema, sparked by the films of Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti and Pietro Germi;

– a great master of Italian cinema will also be the focus of the meeting with William Friedkin, director of To Live and Die in L.A., winner of an Oscar® for The French Connection;

– Oscar®-winners Joel Coen and Frances McDormand, who have been married since 1984, will tell film lovers about their partnership in cinema, which has led them to work together in six films, from the Coens’ debut film Blood Simple, to Fargo, from The Man Who Wasn’t There to Burn after Reading;

– Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino will present the world premiere of a fifteen-minute short and will show sequences from the landmark films in his career;

– Carlo Verdone and Paola Cortellesi will be back on stage together at the Auditorium for a meeting dedicated to comedy, following their hit film Sotto una buona stella;

– Renzo Piano, one of the most important and world-renowned figures in Italian culture, will be at the Rome Film Fest to talk about the importance of the language and imagery of films in the field of architecture.

RETROSPECTIVE
To celebrate an extraordinary protagonist of Italian cinema after World War II, the Rome Film Fest will dedicate a retrospective to director and screenwriter Antonio Pietrangeli. The retrospective is made possible by the Istituto Luce Cinecittà, with the collaboration with the MoMA in New York, where the retrospective will be screened again during the month of November.

TRIBUTE TO PIER PAOLO PASOLINI
Forty years after his tragic death, the Rome Film Fest will celebrate the genius of Pier Paolo Pasolini in a special evening-length tribute. The event will be curated by Mario Sesti and Matteo Cerami.