On December 11st, 2015, Rome has been designated “Creative City of Film” from UNESCO.

Cinema is a fundamental part of the identity of the city and a flourishing sector that is vital to Rome’s  economy, boasting more than 1300 businesses. An immense heritage composed of archives, images, professional expertise and passion will be available to promote the advent of a new generation on the creative scene, that can reconcile tradition with future, state-of-the-art technology with established knowledge, and use audiovisuals in a new way that promotes the archeological, historical and artistic heritage of the territory.

This achievement was made possible thanks to the joint commitment of Roma Capitale, Fondazione Cinema per Roma and Istituto Luce Cinecittà, with the support of the Ministero della cultura (Ministry of Culture) and the Ministero degli Affari Esteri (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), and the Regione Lazio, rewarding the inclusive participated planning process that engaged the many private and public entities in the Roman and Italian cinema and audiovisual system.

Rome joined the Network of 246 cities around the world – including Sidney, Beijing, Montréal, Dakar, Buenos Aires, Prague, Berlin, Brazzaville – recognized for their excellence in fields such as Crafts and Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Media Arts and Music.

In addition to Rome, four other Italian cities have been granted this acknowledgment: Bologna for Music, Fabriano for Crafts and Folk Arts, Turin for Design and Parma for Gastronomy.

Rome along with Bradford e Bristol (UK), Sidney (Australia), Galway (Ireland), Sofia (Bulgaria), Busan (South Korea), Bitola (Macedonia), Santos (Brasil), Terrassa (Spain), Lodz (Poland), Yamagata (Japan) e Qingdao (China), Wellington (New Zealand), Sarajevo (Bosnia-Erzegovina), Potsdam (Germany) are the UNESCO Creative Cities of Film. They are working hard to promote and create a network that embraces the finest experiences in the cultural and film industries, to make Creativity a driving force in their economic development, in local and international contexts, fostering the interaction between the public and private sectors.

A key element in the cooperation between creative cities are the initiatives that seek to promote the access, participation and inclusion of communities and citizens, especially those most disadvantaged, in cultural life.

Other info: www.romecityoffilm.com/ 

 PROJECTS

The Action Plan that earned Rome its acknowledgement as the City of Film contemplates the development of six projects over a four-year period. Each of them, in their own way, will involve the public and private components of the film, audiovisual and cultural industries in the City of Rome supporting the Rome City of Film and UNESCO Creative Cities programmes in order to share, enhance and promote  – within the International Network – the identity,  history, experiences, professional expertise and governance of Rome.
With this initiative, the City intends to revitalize and invigorate its own creative and cultural offer.
The plan is articulated in six initiatives to be developed locally and internationally.

Local actions
MIAC: Italian Museum of Audiovisual Arts and Cinema
Observatory for the Audiovisual Professions E-motion Rome

International Actions
Platform of Audiovisual Archives

International School for the Conservation and Restoration of Films

Cine-creative Communities

UNESCO Networking