With the month of November welcoming the 7th edition of Rome’s International Film Festival, we are reminded that numerous spots in Rome have been and continue to be cinematically significant. Too many to name, we have picked three spots for cinephiles to visit.

Casa del Cinema

Largo Marcello Mastroianni, 1 – entrance at Piazzale del Brasile

Metro A to Spagna or Barberini

Buses: 490, 491, C3, 88, 95, 116

Nestled in the beautiful Villa Borghese, the history behind the Casa del Cinema goes back to 1833 when the house was purchased by the Italian noble family, the Borghese. Through its years, the building was turned from a farmhouse, to a battleground between Mazzini’s troops and the French, to a high class restaurant, and lastly to an event hall, all before being abandoned in the 1970s. Only in 2001, Roma Capitale began to fund a restoration of the house, leading to its official inauguration in 2004. Now, Casa del Cinema houses four screening rooms, a 200-seat outdoor cinema, a DVD-viewing room, a cafè, and a bookstore.

Hollywood – tutto sul Cinema:

Via di Monserrato, 107 – Campo de’ Fiori area

Mon – Sat 10am-7.30pm

Buses: 40, 46, 62, 64, tram 8

 06.6869197

Since 1983, Hollywood has been the go-to store for those looking for films and anything related to cinema. Its collection of films is vast; reaching as far back as silent movies, all the way up to current releases. The store’s large catalogue of films, posters, and rare photos makes it a great source for anyone studying or working in film, or for the cinema lovers looking to lose themselves in all things movie related. Marco, the store’s owner is all too happy to help any browsers, and with his expert knowledge of film at hand, you won’t leave disappointed.

Libreria del Cinema

Via dei Fienaroli, 31 – Trastevere area

Mon – Fri 2-10pm, Sat – Sun 6pm-12am

Buses: 8 tram, 23, 280, 271

Tel: 06.5817724

Opening a creative space in Trastevere dedicated to cinema was the brainchild of four friends in summer of 2004. Not only a space for lovers of cinema to meet, but Libreria del Cinema also holds conferences and video projections for the public. Operating for almost 10 years now, the Libreria offers its patrons CDs, DVDs, rare and used books, texts in original language, and reference books. Furthermore, there are always conferences and workshops scheduled, accepting all curious and cinema-minded people. You can also have a seat in the store and peruse the books while enjoying a coffee and pastry from the Libreria’s cafe’.

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This city is synonymous with cinema and this month you are lucky enough to be in town for the seventh edition of the Rome Film Festival, from the 9th to the 17th at the Auditorium Parco della Musica. Red carpet, celebrities, events, workshops, films, parties – so much to enjoy and we’re bringing you all the info. Perhaps one of the most impressive parts of the festival will be the avenue leading to the Cavea which will be transformed into a red carpet scene to take your breath away. The eight screening rooms open to the public include Sinopoli, Petrassi, Teatro Studio, Sala Cinema LOTTO, Salacinema2, Auditorium MAXXI – Museum of XXI Century Arts, Multisala Barberini and Casa Alice. Next to the Auditorium you should also check out the Villaggio del Cinema, a complex stretching over 6000 square meters featuring marquees, pavilions and glass and steel stands specifically created for the festival.

The Festival is also extending to the historic street of Via Veneto, made internationally famous thanks to Fellini’s La Dolce Vita(corsivo). Here they’ll be hosting the International Film Market (Hotel Bernini Bristol, Auditorium of Via Veneto and the Cinema Multisala Barberini). Just nearby in the Casa del Cinema in the beautiful gardens of Villa Borghese you’ll find the headquarters of the New Cinema Network.

The Official Selection of the Rome Film Festival will consist of an International Competition, a choice of 2012 Gala screenings Out of Competition, CinemaXXI competitive section, dedicated to new trends in international film with no distinction of genre or format, and Prospettive Italia which will take stock of the new directions in Italian cinema. Alice nella città will host a range of films for young people.

The director, writer and producer Walter Hill will be honoured with the Maverick Director Award of the festival on Wednesday, 14 November. The award will be presented by Alessandro Camon, in the presence of Sylvester Stallone. Hill’s latest film, Bullet to the Head(corsivo), written by Alessandro Camon and starring Sylvester Stallone in the leading role, will be world premiered at the festival after the awards ceremony.

The Rome Film Festival and Vanity Fair will award the new ‘Vanity Fair International Award for Cinematic Excellence’ this year to Rise of the Guardians, the latest 3D film by DreamWorks Animation. The awards ceremony will be followed by the international theatrical premiere of Rise of the Guardians.

9-17 NOVEMBER

Auditorium Parco della Musica (and other locations)

Viale Pietro de Cubertin, 30

Tram 2 from Flaminio Station

www.romacinemafest.it

www.auditorium.com

Where to buy tickets:

–    Central Ticket Office of the Auditorium

–    Cinema Barberini

–    Authorized LIS (Lottomatica Italia Servizi) ticket offices (listicket.it)

–    LIS ticket phone-line (892.982)

–    online from romacinemafest.org and listicket.it

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18 feature films

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

by Jean-Marc Vallée, USA

09/11 7.30pm     Sala Santa Cecilia

11/11 8pm          Sala Barberini 1

12/11 8pm          Sala Petrassi 

I AM NOT HIM

by Tayfun Pirselimoglu, Turkey

09/11 10pm         Sala Sinopoli

10/11 9am            Teatro Studio

14/11 10.30pm   Sala Barberini 1

ENTRE NOS

by Paulo Morelli, Pedro Morelli, Brazil

10/11 5pm           Sala Sinopoli

11/11 9am            Teatro Studio

13/11 10.30pm   Sala Barberini 1

HER

by Spike Jonze, USA

10/11 7.30pm      Sala Santa Cecilia

11/11 8pm           Sala Petrassi

12/11 8pm           Sala Barberini 1 

A VIDA INVISIVEL

by Vítor Gonçalves, Portugal

10/11 10pm         Sala Sinopoli

11/11 11.30am    Teatro Studio

12/11 4pm           Sala Barberini 1

ACRID

by Kiarash Asadizadeh, Iran

11/11 5pm           Sala Sinopoli

12/11 9am            Teatro Studio

13/11 6pm           Sala Barberini 1

SORROW AND JOY

by Nils Malmros, Denmark

11/11 10pm         Sala Sinopoli

12/11 11.30am    Teatro Studio

13/11 8pm           Sala Barberini 1

QUOD ERAT DEMONSTRANDUM

by Andrei Gruzsniczki, Romania

12/11 5pm           Sala Sinopoli

13/11 9am            Teatro Studio.

15/11 4.30pm      Sala Barberini 1

OUT OF THE FURNACE

by Scott Cooper, USA

12/11 7.30pm      Sala Santa Cecilia

15/11 7.30pm      Sala Petrassi

16/11 8pm           Sala Barberini 1

I CORPI ESTRANEI

by Mirko Locatelli, Italy

12/11 10pm         Sala Sinopoli

13/11 11.30am    Teatro Studio

14/11 8.30pm      Sala Barberini 1

BLUE SKY BONES

by Cui Jian, China

13/11 4.30pm      Sala Sinopoli

14/11 11.30am    Teatro Studio

16/11 4pm           Sala Barberini 1

SEVENTH CODE

by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan

13/11 10.30        Sala Sinopoli

14/11 9am           Teatro Studio

16/11 6am           Sala Barberini 1

VOLANTIN CORTAO

by Diego Ayala, Anibal Jofré, Chile

14/11 5pm           Sala Sinopoli

15/11 9am            Teatro Studio

15/11 6.30pm      Sala Barberini 1

TAKE FIVE

by Guido Lombardi, Italy

14/11 10.30pm   Sala Sinopoli

15/11 11.30am    Teatro Studio

16/11 10.30pm   Sala Barberini 1

TIR

by Alberto Fasulo, Italy

15/11 5pm           Sala Sinopoli

16/11 9am            Teatro Studio

17/11 6pm           Sala Barberini 1

ANOTHER ME

by Isabel Coixet, Spain

15/11 7pm           Sala Sinopoli

17/11 5pm           Teatro Studio

17/11 8pm           Sala Barberini 1

THE MOLE SONG – UNDERCOVER AGENT REIJI

by Takashi Miike, Japan

15/11 10pm         Sala Sinopoli

16/11 11.30am    Teatro Studio

17/11 10.30pm   Sala Barberini 1

MANTO ACUIFERO

by Michael Rowe, Mexico

09/11 5pm          Sala Sinopoli

10/11 11.30am  Teatro Studio  

10/11 4pm          Sala Barberini 1

14/11 4pm          Sala barberini 1 

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One of the world’s largest cinema events will descend upon Rome this month for the 8^th Rome Film Festival (Nov 8^th-17^th). International filmmakers, actors and industry giants will converge at the festival’s HQ Auditorium Parco Della Musica for film screenings, meet and greets with the people who created them, exhibitions and industry events. The festival will create a melting pot for both big name cinema and experimental film from around the globe, all to be enjoyed under one massive event. To kick off proceedings tinseltown’s elite stars are set to grace one of the world’s longest red carpets on the avenue leading to the Cavea where past guests have included Robert de Niro, Meryl Streep and Martin Scorsese to name but a few.

Outside the Auditorium the festival fun continues in the Cinema Village, with a massive marquee complex lined with stalls and stands for audiences to grab a bite or glass of wine while discussing a plot twist or celeb spotting. Offering something for every film buff, from the glitzy star clad to the eccentrically indie, film screenings will span the whole city in an array of venues in central Rome. The public will have a choice between seven rooms, 5 inside the auditorium (Santa Cecilia, Sinopoli, Petrassi, Studio Theatre, Studio 3) in addition to Auditorium MAXXI – National Museum of XXI Century Arts and multiplex cinema Barberini.

The list of international films will be screened under different sections including a competition of 18 feature length world premieres, gala screenings not in competition, CinemaXXI which will be held at the MAXXI focusing on new trends in world cinema, Prospettive Italia tracing developments in Italian documentary films and Alice nella città, screening films for the younger filmgoers.

Among the list of hotly anticipated films is Her by Spike Jonze, a zany tale of a recently divorced lonely hearts writer (Joaquin Phoenix ) who sparks up an unlikely relationship with a mechanical voice operating system designed just for him (Scarlett Johansson). Another film with an all-star cast is Out of the Furnace, the story of a vigilante played by Christian Bale who takes matters into his own hands after his younger brother’s mysterious disappearance.

No other event in Rome offers such a definitive selection of quality international film. With this mammoth cinema event right on your doorstep in Rome and Romeing providing all the need to know information, this is one occasion not to miss!

See the list of the films in competition.

8-17 NOVEMBER

Auditorium Parco della Musica (and other locations)

Viale Pietro de Cubertin, 30

Tram 2 from Flaminio Station

romacinemafest.it

 Where to buy tickets (from €5 to €25):

–  Auditorium Ticket Office and Cinema Village Ticket Office

– Cinema Barberini (Piazza Barberini, 24) and Maxxi (Via Guido Reni, 4/a)

– Authorized LIS (Lottomatica Italia Servizi) ticket offices (listicket.it)

– LIS ticket phone-line (892.982 or +39 -2- 60060900)

– Online from romacinemafest.it and listicket.it

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The  11^th Ponente International Film Festival (PIFF), an offshoot of the original Levante Festival in Bari, explores innovative developments and social issues in independent film. Screenings, events and debates will take place in various locations in Rome throughout November until 7^th December (most films have English subtitles). This year’s theme is ‘Metropolis’ with a spotlight on how art interacts with the modern age.

Indipendence Days

November 9 and 10 – Caffè Letterario – Via Ostiense, 95

Città dell’Altra Economia – L.go Dino Frisullo, snc

Independence Days is the second range of meetings in program for pre-Roman festival of Levante International Film Festival. It will take place from Sunday 27 October, every Saturday and Sunday, alternating location between the famous Caffè Letterario in Via Ostiense, 95 – and Città dell’Altra Economia, in Testaccio, Largo Dino Frisullo.

During the meetings, the public will be able assist in seminars, workshops, debates, exhibitions, presentations of books, music and projections with one common denominator: independent producers and cities. The Italian and foreign more prolific independent cultural production will be presented in a variety of meetings with guests and experts. Research and study, far from allowing confine in the narrow spaces of mere conceptual speculation, will face the real issues involving the metropolitan life, and will seek a practical response through art, new knowledge and innovation.

The next weekend (Sat. 9 and Sun Nov. 10) will be about eco-sustainability in a public debate with Città dell’Altra Economia, searching for the “ideal” city, which changes and turns, through the eyes of the film’s protagonist “LA CITTA’ IDEALE” by Luigi Lo Cascio. At Caffè Letterario will follow an evening immersed into the notes of jazz with Florestano Editore and Gianluigi Clemente Trio who will entertain public between memories and jazz notes, playing homage to two of the most important artists of the musical scene of 900.

See the full program on www.levantefilmfest.com or on Facebook @PIFF – Ponente International Film Fest

– Meetings and screenings at Caffè Letterario will be free entry.

– 1,00 €  ticket for a full day of events and screenings at Città dell’Altra Economia.

At Città dell’Altra Economia there will be Baby Sitting service during all the screenings at Libreria Tana Liberi Tutti. For information on prices and bookings: 392.9169188

Saturday, November 9 – ECO – METROPOLIS

Città dell’Altra Economia

(L.go Dino Frisullo – ex mattatoio di Testaccio – Rm)

3:30 pm Setting up of Città dell’Altra Economia by GIARDINIERI SOVVERSIVI

6:00 pm Short Film Screening “UN AMORE DI PLASTICA” by Corrado Ceron

6:30 pm “LA CITTA’ INCONTRA LA CITTA’”

The metropolitan city meets Città dell’Altra Economia in an event that will compare two different ways of living between the past and the future industrial sustainable

7:00 pm Bio Cocktail – Café Boario agreement with CAE

8:00 pm Film Screening “LA CITTA’ IDEALE” by Luigi Lo Cascio

Sunday, November 10 – Quando suonavo il Jazz .. WITH BILL EVANS

Caffè Letterario (Via Ostiense, 95 – Piramide – Roma)

7:30 pm Opening Cocktail at Caffè Letterario

8:00 pm QUANDO SUONAVO IL JAZZ

From the most exclusive clubs in the squalor of karaoke bar. Florestano Editore presents ” Quando suonavo il Jazz” the “almost real” story of the musician Sebastiano Mariani written by Carmela Formicola . With the author and the publisher, will be present Roberta Magarelli and Matteo Martinelli in a live reading of novel’s excerpts. The novel has already received the ” Agora ” award in Molfetta and several mentions .

Following: Jazz Music – Tribute to Bill Evans with Gian Luigi Clemente Trio

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Cinephiles, movie buffs, and film fanatics all over the Eternal City will rejoice this October as the 9^th Rome Film Festival returns once again to take over the silver screen. From October 16-25, the Auditorium Parco della Musica will host screenings, exhibitions, events, conferences, and debates.  The avenue leading to the Cavea, the open-air theatre, will also become transformed into one of the largest red carpets in the world for film professionals and journalists.

The first two film categories for the festival are Cinema D’Oggi, which will screen a selection of feature films by young or already famous directors and the Gala program, which focuses on the year’s most important films. The remaining categories are Mondo Genere, a selection of films from different genres that are world, international, or European premiers and Prospettive Italia, which aims to highlight new trends in Italian cinema.

The winners of each of the four categories will be chosen based on votes from the audience. That’s right, the audience will be the judges of the main films in competition and will cast their votes for the award-winners after the screenings.

Time Out of Mind – Directed by Oren Moverman
Cast Richard Gere, Ben Vereen, Jena Malone, Kyra Sedgwick, Steve Buscemi

Several English language films will make their International and European premier during the festival. In the Cinema D’Oggi category, Oren Moverman’s Time out of Mind, about a homeless man played by Richard Gere, will make its European premier, as well as Ulu by Luis Ortega.

Trash – Directed by Stephen Daldry
Cast Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Rickson Tevez, Luis Eduardo, Gabriel Weinstein, Wagner Moura

The Gala section will present the International Premiere of Stephen Daldry’s Trash, an inspiring story set in Brazil starring Rooney Mara and Martin Sheen;  Christian Ditter’s heart-warming romance Love, Rosie featuring up and coming talents Lily Collins and Sam Claflin; Black & White from Mike Binder, starring Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer;  David Fincher’s Gone Girl starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike.

Soul Boys of the Western World
Directed by George Hencken
Cast Spandau Ballet: Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Steve Norman

For two nights only October 21-22, catch a screening of the Spandau Ballet: Soul boys of the Western World, a film about the 1980’s music scene and a group of young men who created a global music empire.  Another rare cinematic event will be the screening of the 2014 Maverick Director Award Winner, Takashi Miike’s film, Kamisama no iutoori (As the Gods Will).

With a star-studded cast that includes Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, Brendan Gleeson, and David Thewlis, the adrenaline-pumping Stonehearst Asylum, by Brad Anderson will make its European premiere in the Mondo Genere category.

Thomas Milian, the Cuban-American actor and icon of the Italian western genre will receive the Marco Aurelio Acting Award and host a masterclass. This year’s winner of the Marco Aurelio of the Future Award is Russian auteur Aleksei Federochenko and his new film Angels of the Revolution will be make its international premier in the Cinema D’Oggi category.

In other news, Clive Owen will be in the Eternal City to promote his new Cinemax television series, The Knick directed by Steven Soderbergh.  Set at the turn of the 20^th century in New York City, The Knick follows a drug-addicted surgeon (Owen) as he challenges medical conventions and treats the city’s poor immigrant population. The entire first season will be screened on October 17^th and 18^th.

With a program that is guaranteed to frighten, shock, bring tears of laughter or sadness to your eyes, the Rome Festival provides a unique opportunity to enjoy rare international screenings and celebrate the best of film.

9^th Rome Film Festival

From October 16-25

Find Tickets

– ticket office of the Auditorium Parco della Musica

– authorized Lottomatica ticket offices (the list is available at www.listicket.it)

– on the websites romacinemafest.org and www.listicket.it.

– From October 16^th to October 26^th2014, a ticket office will be open inside the Villaggio del Cinema and at the Cinema Multisala Barberini movie theatre.

Venues

Auditorium Parco della Musica

Maxxi

Cinema Barberini and Other venues in the city

The Rome International Film Market will take place in the Via Veneto area.

romacinemafest.it

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The name François Truffaut is one that conjures adoring veneration among film buffs around the world. Thirty years after his death, Truffaut, one of the founders of the French New Wave has remained a pivotal figure in history and film. Up until February 8^th, Palazzo delle Esposizoni will be hosting a free retrospective on this legendary man’s work, screening over 30 film classics that inspired and impacted Truffaut, from Hitchcock to Fellini. The result is a cinematic journey that reflects the life and loves of a true artist.

Full list of films and times:

04/01/2015 21:00
Johnny Guitar – Cinema

USA, 1954, 110 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden and Mercedes McCambridge
Johnny, a cowboy and guitar player, shows up in the bar run by Vienna, his former lover, and helps her to defend herself against a charge of sheltering a gang of bank robbers. A baroque and visionary Western rich in symbolism and with a splendid performance from the leading lady, this has become a fully-fledge cult movie for generations of cinema buffs.

07/01/2015 21:00
Saikaku: life of a woman – Cinema

Saikaku ichidai onna, Japan, 1952, 133 min., Italian version, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, starring Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura and Toshirô Mifune
In 17th century Japan, a noblewoman named O-Haru is sold to a feudal lord as his concubine for having granted her favours to a young man of inferior rank. This film, which together with Kurosawa’s Rashomon brought Japanese cinema to the attention of the West, is a heart-rendingly intense compendium of Mizoguchi’s art.

08/01/2015 21:00
The man who loved women – Cinema

L’homme qui aimait les femmes, France, 1977, 118 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by François Truffaut, starring Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey and Nelly Borgeaud
When Bertrand, an unrepentant womaniser, decides to write his memoirs rich in the most unpredictable adventures, he just happens to find a woman publisher and proceeds to fall head over heels in love with her. This film is the director’s irresistible declaration of love for all women, whose legs “are compasses that measure the world”.

09/01/2015 21:00
The last metro – Cinema

Le dernier métro, France, 1980, 131 min., Italian version, directed by François Truffaut, starring Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu and Jean Poiret
In occupied Paris, Marion Steiner appears to be running the Théâtre Monmartre virtually single-handed, but unbeknown to anyone, her husband, a Jewish director named Lucas, is hiding in the cellars. Truffaut orchestrates this outstanding choral comedy with the light-handed skill of a truly great master.

11/01/2015 21:00
Bed and board – Cinema

Domicile conjugal, France, Italy, 1970, 97 min., Italian version, directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade and Daniel Ceccaldi
The story of Antoine Doinel continues with his marriage to a sweet girl named Christine, who gives him a son. But when she discovers that Antoine has a lover, harmony in the couple begins to fray… This may be the lightest episode in the saga, but Truffaut puts all of his unique magic into his portrayal of family life.

14/01/2015 21:00
The night watch – Cinema

Le trou, France, Italy, 1960, 132 min., Italian version, directed by Jacques Becker, starring Marc Michel, Jean Keraudy and Philippe Leroy
In Paris’s Santé jail, five detainees attempt to escape by digging a tunnel underneath the prison. They are on the point of succeeding when one them spills the beans… Becker’s last film, this extremely tense, stringent and gripping tale paved the way for a new generation of film-makers in the Nouvelle Vague.

15/01/2015 21:00
Love on the run – Cinema

L’amour en fuite, France, 1978, 94 min., Italian version, directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade and Marie-France Pisier
Antoine Doinel and Christine get a divorce but they continue to be good friends. After a couple of affairs, Antoine finally rediscovers true love with a young sales assistant. The final chapter in the Doinel series, this film is also the most melancholy of them all, the portrait of a man constantly searching for happiness yet incapable of hanging onto it.

16/01/2015 21:00
Small change – Cinema

L’argent de poche, France, 1976, 104 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by François Truffaut, starring Nicole Felix, Chantal Mercier and Jean-François Stévenin
The stories, sentiments, problems and first loves of a group of young lads as they wait for the summer holidays to arrive, this touching choral movie has a grace and a sensitivity that strike a deep chord. A director who always showed a keen interest in the world of children, Truffaut here produced one of the finest films ever dedicated to childhood.

18/01/2015 21:00
Letter from an unknown woman – Cinema

USA, 1948, 86 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by Max Ophuls, starring Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan and Marcel Journet
Forced to flee in order to avoid fighting a duel, pianist Stefan Brand receives a letter from an unknown woman telling him of the love she has felt for him for years, a love sublimated to the point of renunciation. This perfect melodrama strikes an admirable balance between visionary direction and sentimental truth.

20/01/2015 21:00
Journey to Italy – Cinema

Italy, France 82 min., 1954, directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders and Marie Mauban
An English couple in crisis travels to Naples, but the journey turns into a dramatic piece of soul-searching for both of them. Going beyond Neo-Realism, Rossellini here points the way to the existential cinema of the 1960s, but at the time only Cahiers du Cinéma (rightly) hailed the film as a masterpiece.

21/01/2015 21:00
Summer interlude – Cinema

Sommarlek, 96 min., Sweden 1951, original version with Italian subtitles, directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten and Alf Kjellin
Marie, a ballerina, is at the theatre when she is handed the diary of Erik, her first love, which takes her back to that unforgettable summer with all its memories. Truffaut was to write: “Seeing this film was an exceptional experience. Its naturalness persuaded me that I, too, could write dialogue for the cinema”.

22/01/2015 21:00
L’Atlante – Cinema

France, 1934, 89 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by Jean Vigo, starring Jean Dasté, Dita Parlo and Michel Simon
The film explores the difficult life of two young newly-weds who choose to live together on a rickety barge, the Atalante, governed by old père Jules and a cabin boy. This, the third and last film made by Vigo, who died extremely young, is a perfect synthesis of the avant-garde and of social cinema, “between realism and aestheticism” as Truffaut was to write.

23/01/2015 21:00
The man who loved women – Cinema

L’homme qui aimait les femmes, France, 1977, 118 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by François Truffaut, starring Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey and Nelly Borgeaud
When Bertrand, an unrepentant womaniser, decides to write his memoirs rich in the most unpredictable adventures, he just happens to find a woman publisher and proceeds to fall head over heels in love with her. This film is the director’s irresistible declaration of love for all women, whose legs “are compasses that measure the world”.

24/01/2015 21:00
The bride wore black

La mariée était en noir, France, Italy, 1968, 107 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by François Truffaut, starring Jeanne Moreau, Claude Rich and Jean-Claude Brialy
A man is killed on his wedding day as the result of an act of bravado. The crime goes unpunished and his young widow decides to seek her own revenge, devising a series of perfect crimes. Jeanne Moreau provides a breathtaking performance in this, possibly the best noir ever made by Truffaut (towards whom Kill Bill owes a huge debt…).

28/01/2015 21:00
Ordet. The word – Cinema

Ordet, Denmark, 1955, 124 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Henrik Malberg, Preben Lerdorff Rye and Brigitte Federspiel
Three brothers each have a different and original relationship with religion and one of them, a theology student, even believes himself to be the Messiah; but an unexpected tragedy changes the lives of all three. This movie, in itself one of the loftiest portrayals of religion on celluloid, has one of the most moving and overwhelming finales ever seen on screen.

29/01/2015 21:00
Johnny Guitar – Cinema

USA, 1954, 110 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden and Mercedes McCambridge
Johnny, a cowboy and guitar player, shows up in the bar run by Vienna, his former lover, and helps her to defend herself against a charge of sheltering a gang of bank robbers. A baroque and visionary Western rich in symbolism and with a splendid performance from the leading lady, this has become a fully-fledge cult movie for generations of cinema buffs.

30/01/2015 21:00
Small change – Cinema

L’argent de poche, France, 1976, 104 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by François Truffaut, starring Nicole Felix, Chantal Mercier and Jean-François Stévenin
The stories, sentiments, problems and first loves of a group of young lads as they wait for the summer holidays to arrive, this touching choral movie has a grace and a sensitivity that strike a deep chord. A director who always showed a keen interest in the world of children, Truffaut here produced one of the finest films ever dedicated to childhood.

01/02/2015 21:00
The girl can’t help it – Cinema

USA, 1956, 99 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by Frank Tashlin, starring Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield and Edmond O’Brien
A former gangster who has become the boss of a leading musical company hires a publicity agent to launch his girl-friend as a singer. This, one of Tashlin’s most successful films and extremely rich in ironic gags, is buoyed up by performances from the very first rock stars, including Little Richard and Fats Domino.

03/02/2015 21:00
Day for Night – Cinema

La nuit américaine, France, Italy, 1973, 115 min., Italian version, directed by François Truffaut, starring Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Jean-Pierre Aumont
The private lives of a film crew’s members with their love stories, their clashes and their myriad daily setbacks, become entangled with one another on set in this moving and amusing tribute to the world of the cinema and its bizarre players. This was to become one of the director’s best-loved movies, winning an Academy Award for the Best Foreign Film.

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A king in New York – Cinema

United Kingdom, 1957, 105 min., Italian version, directed by Charles Chaplin, starring Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley and Jerry Desmonde
Deposed in the course of a revolution, a European monarch is exiled to the United States, but he soon ends up in the net of the Commission for Anti-American Activities (as indeed happened to Chaplin himself in real life). In Truffaut’s view, this caustic satire, which so few people understood at the time, was the great director’s most personal film.

05/02/2015 21:00
Mississipi mermaid – Cinema

La sirène du Mississippi, France, Italy, 1969, 120 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve and Michel Bouquet
Louis, a wealthy tobacco planter from the Ile de la Réunion, knows Julie only through correspondence. When the two finally meet, they soon wed, but the woman is not who she claims to be. The director’s beloved theme of amour fou, or blind love, turns into a noir in this film that has become a veritable cult movie.

06/02/2015 21:00
Shoot the pianist – Cinema

Tirez sur le pianiste, France, 1960, 92 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by François Truffaut, starring Charles Aznavour and Marie Dubois
Charlie, a pianist, is caught up in a settling of scores between gangsters and is forced to flee with his friend Lena, who knows many things about his past. This, the director’s second film, combines several different genres with enjoyable nonchalance, reflecting the almost anarchistic free spirit of the early Nouvelle Vague.

07/02/2015 21:00
L’Atlante – Cinema

France, 1934, 89 min., original version with Italian subtitles, directed by Jean Vigo, starring Jean Dasté, Dita Parlo and Michel Simon
The film explores the difficult life of two young newly-weds who choose to live together on a rickety barge, the Atalante, governed by old père Jules and a cabin boy. This, the third and last film made by Vigo, who died extremely young, is a perfect synthesis of the avant-garde and of social cinema, “between realism and aestheticism” as Truffaut was to write.

08/02/2015 21:00
Confidentially yours – Cinema

Vivement dimanche!, France, 1983, 111 min., Italian version, directed by François Truffaut, starring Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Julian is suspected of killing his wife’s lover, and when she too is killed, the police attempt to track him down. His feisty secretary takes care of unravelling the mystery. Truffaut’s last film is a noir tinged with pink, filmed at an impeccable pace and with a performance of unparalleled charm from Fanny Ardant.

– See more at: http://english.palazzoesposizioni.it/events/Rassegna.aspx?idr=108#sthash.r6Jhhs4L.dpuf

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From June 10th to 15th, come check out the 19th edition of LE VIE DEL CINEMA DA CANNES A ROMA, the event which brings the films from the Croisette to the Capital just a few days after the closing of the Cannes Film Festival.

This 6-day program will be hosted in 4 cinemas: ALCAZAR (Via Cardinale Merry del Val, 14), EDEN FILM CENTER (Piazza Cola di Rienzo, 74), GIULIO CESARE (Viale Giulio Cesare, 229), and IN TRASTEVERE (Vicolo Moroni, 3) and will screen 20 movies (original version with Italian subtitles) from among the most important ones seen in Cannes.

As always, there will also be special events and meetings with directors and cast.

Tickets: €6/7

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Original language movies shown in Rome from 25 June to 1 July 2015

CINEMA LUX

Via Massaciuccoli, 31 (Quartiere Africano)

TED 2
6.15pm – 10.30pm (everyday)
2pm (only Sat & Sun)
with Italian subtitles.

RUTH E ALEX
4.30pm – 8.30pm (everyday)
1.45pm (only Sat & Sun)
with Italian subtitles.

CINEMA ODEON

Piazza Stefano Jacini, 22 (Corso Francia)

TED 2
8.30pm (only Tuesday 30 June)
with Italian subtitles.

RUTH E ALEX
10.30pm (only Tuesday 30 June)
with Italian subtitles.

CINEMA BARBERINI

Piazza Barberini, 24/26 (Barberini)

 TED 2
4pm – 8.30pm
with Italian subtitles.

RUTH E ALEX
6.15pm – 10.30pm
with Italian subtitles.

JURASSIC WORLD
4.15pm – 6.50pm – 9.30pm
with Italian subtitles.

NUOVO OLIMPIA

Via in Lucina 16/G (Via Del Corso)

RUTH E ALEX
5.15pm – 7pm – 8.45pm – 10.30pm
with Italian subtitles.

LA REGOLA DEL GIOCO (KILL THE MESSENGER)
8.25pm / 10.30pm
with Italian subtitles.

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By now you may have realized that summer in Rome revolves around all things outdoors: clubs move outside, aperitivi move to boats on the Tiber and rooftop bars pop up around the city. It should come as no surprise then, that Rome’s film scene follows suit with numerous open-air cinemas showing Italian classics, as well as contemporary international features.

L’Isola del Cinema

Til September 6^th

Mon-Sun 7pm-2am

Arena Groupama Entry Fee €4-€5 (Mon-Thurs)

€5-€6 (Fri-Sun)

Cinelab Entry Fee: €3

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Right in the middle of the Tiber on Tiberina Island is “Isola del Cinema” with two outdoor theatre spaces and one indoor cinema. Perfectly situated near several restaurants and bars, the Arena Groupama screen provides you with both a great movie experience and a beautiful view of Rome.

This year’s edition of the Isola del Cinema is entitled “L’Ile Lumière,” The island has been turned into a real cinema set, and will host special events dedicated to Italian and International films from 1995-2015 throughout the summer, including the MashRome Film Festival. The film program includes a variety of lesser-known films as well as recently released blockbusters, such as Mad Max:Fury Road, and Magic in the Moonlight. The island is one of the most unique venues for an outdoor cinema in Rome, and with such a diverse film program to choose from, there is something for all film lovers.

Festival Trastevere Rione del Cinema

Piazza San Cosimato

Til July 30^th

Mon-Sun9:15 pm

Free

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Catch a flick in Piazza San Cosimato any night of the week until July 30th. The piazza has been turned into a casual open-air cinema featuring Italian classics, Disney movies, indie flicks and international blockbusters. The space is free and open to the public, so you can come and go as you as you please.

Villa Medici Gardens

Viale Trinita di Monti 1

Monday July 6- Friday July 17, 9:15pm

Entry Fee 4-5

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The French Academy is hosting a 10 day movie night series in their beautiful gardens.  That’s right, the beautiful Villa Medici gardens will be the host of an open-air cinema. The 10 film series will be dedicated to Vittorio Glassman and Jean-Louise Trintignant, two major actors in the world of Italian and French cinema. The films will be screened in French with Italian subtitles.

Casa del Cinema

Villa Borghese

Largo Marcello Mastroianni,1

June 29-September 6^th

9:30pm

Free

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“UnderExposure” is the title of Casa del Cinema’s 70 night film program hosted in its outdoor cinema and deluxe theatre.  One of the go-to venues for cinephiles in Rome, the Casa will show a wide range of Italian and International films-a “kaleidoscope” of genre, style and themes.

Each night has a different theme: Monday and Sunday will focus on  the EXPO 2015 theme, food, agriculture and the culture around cooking; Tuesday night will feature films about great musicians, struggling artists, and the spirit of rock n’ roll; great operas from the 60’s onward will be screened on Wednesdays; Thursday nights will be dedicated to “Queen and Country” the work Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger; Friday is “SuperBad” the action-packed, comic book hero movie night; and Saturday will be dedicated to both classic and modern westerns. On July 9-11, the Casa del Cinema will host the Roma Africa Film Festival.

Arene di Roma

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ARENA DEL CHIOSTRO DI SAN PIETRO IN VINCOLI

Facoltà di Ingegneria – Via Eudossiana 18 (Colosseo/Cavour)
Mon-Sun Til September 6^th.
21.15pm
Entry Fee 5 euro

ARENA PIAZZA VITTORIO

Piazza Vittorio
Till 15 September
Every night

ARENA MAMIANI

Viale delle Milizie, 30 (Prati)
Til August 31
9:15pm
Entry Fee 4-5Euro

ARENA CINECITTA’

From 15 July to 15 September
Piazza di Cinecittà 11

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From September 15 to 22, come check out the new edition of IL CINEMA ATTRAVERSO I GRANDI FESTIVAL, the event which brings the films from the Locarno Film Festival and from the Venice Film Festival to the Capital.

This 8-day program will be hosted in 16 cinemas throughout the city:  from Trastevere (Alcazar, Intrastevere, Nuovo Sacher) to Prati (Eden Film Center, Giulio Cesare, Adriano), from Pinciano and San Lorenzo (Fiamma, Barberini, Jolly, Mignon, Savoy, Tibur) to Testaccio (Greenwich), and the historic centre (Farnese Persol, Quattro Fontane, Nuovo Olimpia). More than 50 movies will be screened in original version with Italian subtitles from among the most important ones seen in the two festivals (including DESDE ALLÁ – the Leone d’Oro winner and  RIGHT NOW WRONG THEN – the Locarno’s Pardo d’oro winner).

Tickets: €6/7

check the full program here

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One of the most important film events of the year, the Rome Film Fest celebrates the great stories told on the big screen and creates an opportunity for the public to engage in a dialogue about the role of cinema in society and our lives. For those
interested in expanding their knowledge of film and exploring diverse genres, styles and international directors the 10th edition of Rome Film Fest is place to be.

For nine days, the building complex designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano will host screenings, exhibitions, onstage conversations, events, conferences, and panels. The 1,300 square metres of the avenue leading to the Cavea (an open-air theatre square) will become one of the largest red carpets in the world.
Produced by Fondazione Cinema per Roma, chaired by Piera Detassis and under the artistic direction of Antonio Monda, Rome Film Festival exudes quality and excellence. It aims to promote a deeper understanding of the various forms of expression relevant to cinema such as independent films, visual art, documentaries, research and experimentation. Presenting films that might otherwise have been penalized for distribution, the festival also makes an effort to draw new audiences.

THE OFFICIAL SELECTION

The festival will present a selection of 37 feature-length films that have been released since December 2014 and have never been shown in Europe before (or if so only to audiences in the country of origin). In addition, younger audiences can participate in the independently organized sidebar Alice nella città, a program that presents 14 youth orientated films. For the opening film, the Fondazione has picked the directorial debut of James Vanderbilt titled Truth, with Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford. Antonio Monda described this film as a “powerful and effective debut by a director we will be talking about for a very long time.”

See the Rome Film Festival 2015 Official Selection

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

Ample space will be dedicated to meetings with directors, actors and leading figures in the world of culture. The confirmed speakers include: Jude Law, Riccardo Muti, Paolo Villaggio, Renzo Piano, Carlo Verdone; Wes Anderson, and Donna Tartt will discuss their love of Italian Directors; Joel Coen and Frances McDormand will share their experiences collaborating together on several films with the public; oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino will present the world premiere of a fifteen-minute short entitled La Fortuna. And in a tribute to the Neapolitan filmmaker, the tenth edition of the Rome Film Fest will close with the screening of an extended version of The Great Beauty, featuring 40 minutes of previously unreleased scenes.

RETROSPECTIVES

Film Fest participants can look forward to a retrospective dedicated to director and screenwriter Antonio Pietrangeli as well as to theChilean director, screenwriter, and producer Pablo Larraín. Twenty years after its first feature length film was released, the Rome Film Fest celebrates the Pixar Animation Studios with a rich retrospective. The event will also include a masterclass with Kelsey Mann, Story Supervisor for The Good Dinosaur and Monsters University. Mann also worked at Toy Story 3 and directed the short film Party Central.

TRIBUTES

Along with the Official Selection, the Close Encounters, the Retrospectives, the 10^th Rome Film Fest pays tribute to a selection of key figures in the history of Italian and international Cinema with a series of previews, screenings, restored films, conversations, and events. These tributes celebrate Ettore Scola and the Taviani brothers, who have represented the excellence of Italian cinema around the world for over fifty years, Francesco Rosi, who passed away last January, Pier Paolo Pasolini, on the fortieth anniversary of his tragic death, and Ingrid Bergman, on the one hundredth anniversary of her birth. The Tributes examine Cinema from its roots to its achievements, from Luis Buñuel to Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick, and celebrate the world of entertainment in a commemoration of Frank Sinatra.

THE FOOD AREA: ROME FOOD STORY

A large area in the heart of the Sponsor village of Festa del Cinema with a beautiful terrace overlooking the red carpet will be set up to accommodate the Restaurant of Roma Food Story. Roma Food Story will pay tribute to the Roman dishes, relying on two of the many restaurants in Rome where they know how to cook traditional dishes: from the traditional spaghetti all’amatriciana, Tortellini of  Maestro with whiskey and galleto ai peperoni, to carbonara, picchiapo’ and artichokes sald with bottarga. Enjoy dishes of the Roman tradition signed by Chef Alberto Colacchio, AL 59, from 16th to 20th October and from 21th to 25th October you’ll find Chef Nicola Delfino, BENITO AL GHETTO. Every night Cocktail bar, Aperitivo (from 6-9pm) & Djset!

more info: http://www.romafoodstory.it/

^10th ROME FILM FESTIVAL

From October 16-24

Tickets

– ticket office of the Auditorium Parco della Musica

– authorized ticket offices (the list is available at www.ticketone.it)

– on the websites romacinemafest.it and www.ticketone.it.

Venues

Auditorium Parco della Musica

Maxxi

Casa del Cinema and other venues in the city

The Rome International Film Market will take place at the Baths of Diocletian and in the Via Veneto area.

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ALASKA by Claudio Cupellini, Italy, 2015, 125’

Cast:Elio Germano, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Valerio Binasco, Elena Radonicich, Marco D’Amore, Lubna Azabal, Paolo Pierobon, Pino Colizzi, Roschdy Zem

AMAMA – WHEN A TREE FALLS by Asier Altuna Iza, Spain, 2015, 103’

Cast: Kandido Uranga, Iraia Elias, Klara Badiola, Ander Lipus, Amparo Badiola, Manu Uranga, Nagore Aranburu

ANGRY INDIAN GODDESSES by Pan Nalin, India, Germany, 2015, 104’

Cast: Sarah-Jane Dias, Rajshri Deshpande, Sandhya Mridul, Amrit Maghera, Pavleen Gujral, Anushka Manchanda, Tannishtha Chatterjee

AU PLUS PRES DU SOLEIL by Yves Angelo, France, 2015, 103’

Cast: Sylvie Testud, Grégory Gadebois, Mathilde Bisson, Zacharie Chasseriaud

In collaboration with Alice nella città

CAMPO GRANDE by Sandra Kogut, Brazil, France, 2015, 109’

Cast: Carla Ribas, Julia Bernat, Rayane do Amaral, Ygor Manoel, Mary de Paula, Márcio Vito

THE CONFESSIONS OF THOMAS QUICK by Brian Hill, United Kingdom, 2015, 94’ |Doc|

LA DELGADA LÍNEA AMARILLA / THE THIN YELLOW LINE by Celso R. García, Mexico, 2015, 95’
Cast: Damián Alcázar, Joaquín Cosío, Silverio Palacios, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Américo Hollander, Fernando Becerril, Tara Parra, Sara Juárez, Enoc Leaño, Fermín Martínez

DISTANCIAS CORTAS / WALKING DISTANCE by Alejandro Guzman Alvarez, Mexico, 2015, 104’

Cast: Luca Ortega, Mauricio Issac, Joel Figueroa, Martha Claudia Moreno

DOBBIAMO PARLARE by Sergio Rubini, Italy, 2015, 98’

Cast: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Maria Pia Calzone, Isabella Ragonese, Sergio Rubini

THE END OF THE TOUR by James Ponsoldt, USA, 2015, 106’

Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Segel, Anna Chlumsky, Joan Cusack, Mamie Gummer, Mickey Summer

EVA NO DUERME / EVA DOESN’T SLEEP by Pablo Agüero, Argentina, France, Spain, 2015, 85’

Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Denis Lavant, Daniel Fanego, Imanol Arias, Sofia Brito, Nicolas Goldschmidt, Sabrina Macchi, Ailin Salas

EXPERIMENTER by Michael Almereyda, USA, 2015, 90’

Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Kellan Lutz, Dennis Haysbert, Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, John Leguizamo, Anton Yelchin

FARGO – SEASON 2 by Randall Einhorn, USA, 2015, episodes 1-2, 100’ |TV Series|

Cast: Patrick Wilson, Ted Danson, Jean Smart, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons

FAUDA by Assaf Bernstein, Israel, 2015, episodes 1-12, 433’ |TV Series|

Cast: Lior Raz, Hisham Suliman, Shadi Mar’I, Laëtitia Eïdo, Itzik Cohen, Yuval Segal

FREEHELD by Peter Sollett, USA, 2015, 103’

Cast: Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Michael Shannon, Steve Carell

FULL CONTACT by David Verbeek, Netherlands, Croatia, 2015, 105’

Cast: Grégoire Colin, Lizzie Brocheré, Slimane Dazi, Alain Blazevic, Robert Jozinovic, Zvon Munivrana

HISO HISO BOSHI / THE WHISPERING STAR by Sono Sion, Japan, 2015, 100’

Cast: Megumi Kagurazaka, Kenji Endo, Yuto Ikeda, Mori Kouko

HUA LI SHANG BAN ZOU / OFFICE by Johnnie To, China, Hong Kong, 2015, 117’

Cast: Sylvia Chang, Chow Yun Fat, Eason Chan, Tang Wei, Lang Yueting, Wang Ziyi

JUNUN by Paul Thomas Anderson, USA, 2015, 54’ |Doc|

LEGEND by Brian Helgeland, United Kingdom, 2015, 131’

Cast: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Christopher Eccleston, David Thewlis, Chazz Palminteri, Tara Fitzgerald, Taron Egerton

LO CHIAMAVANO JEEG ROBOT by Gabriele Mainetti, Italy, 2015, 112’

Cast: Claudio Santamaria, Luca Marinelli, Ilenia Pastorelli, Stefano Ambrogi, Maurizio Tesei

MISTRESS AMERICA by Noah Baumbach, USA, 2015, 84’

Cast: Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke, Heather Lind, Cindy Cheung, Jasmine Cephas Jones

MOJE CÓRKI KROWY / THESE DAUGHTERS OF MINE by Kinga Debska, Poland, 2015, 87’

Cast: Agata Kulesza, Gabriela Muskała, Marian Dziędziel, Małgorzata Niemirska, Marcin Dorociński, Łukasz Simlat, Jeremi Protas, Maria Dębska, Barbara Kurzaj

MONOGAMISH by Tao Ruspoli, USA, 2015, 74’ |Doc|

OURAGAN, L’ODYSSÉE D’UN VENT / HURRICANE 3D by Cyril Barbançon, Andy Byatt, France, 2015, 83’ |Doc|

POJKARNA / GIRLS LOST by Alexandra-Therese Keining, Sweden, 2015, 104’

Cast: Tuva Jagell, Emrik Öhlander, Louise Nyvall, Alexander Gustavsson, Wilma Holmén, Vilgot Ostwald Vesterlund, Mandus Berg, Adam Dahlgren, Filip Vester

THE PROPAGANDA GAME by Álvaro Longoria, Spain, 2015, 93’ |Doc|

PTIČKA / LITTLE BIRD by Vladimir Beck, Russia, 2015, 90’

Cast: Pyotr Skvortsov, Margarita Tolstoganova, Matvey Ivanov, Aleksandra Rybakova, Timofey Shubin

REGISTRO DI CLASSE – PARTE PRIMA 1900-1960 by Gianni Amelio, Cecilia Pagliarani, Italy, 2015, 54’ |Doc|

LES ROIS DU MONDE /MAD KINGS by Laurent Laffargue, France, 2015, 100’

Cast: Sergi Lopez, Céline Sallette, Eric Cantona, Romane Bohringer, Guillaume Gouix, Victorien Cacioppo, Roxanne Arnal, Jean-Baptiste Sagory

ROOM by Lenny Abrahamson, Ireland, Canada, 2015, 118’

Cast: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, Sean Bridgers, William H Macy, Tom McCamus

SPORT by Ahmad  Barghouthi, Tal Oved, Lily Sheffy, Matan  Gur, Israel, Palestine, France, 2015, 90’

Cast: Lior Ashkenazi, Dov Navon, Nehad Rada, Ruty Burstein, Lirit Balaban, Hadar Ratzon Rotem, Nava Medina

TRUTH by James Vanderbilt, USA, Australia, 2015, 125’

Cast: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Elisabeth Moss, Bruce Greenwood, Stacy Keach, John Benjamin Hickey, Dermot Mulroney

UNDER SANDET / LAND OF MINE by Martin Zandvliet, Denmark, 2015, 100’

Cast: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Emil Belton, Oskar Belton, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

VILLE-MARIE by Guy Édoin, Canada, 2015, 101’

Cast: Monica Bellucci, Pascale Bussières, Aliocha Schneider, Patrick Hivon

THE WALK– 3D by Robert Zemeckis, USA, 2015, 123’

Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale

ZHUO YAO JI / MONSTER HUNT by Raman Hui, China, 2015, 111’

Cast: Tang Wei, Baihe Bai, Eric Tsang, Jing Boran

IN COLLABORATION WITH ALICE NELLA CITTÀ

UNE ENFANCE / A CHILDHOOD by Phillippe Claudel, France, 2015, 100’

Cast: Alexi Mathieu, Angelica Sarre, Pierre Deladonchamps, Jules Gauzelin, Patrick D’assumçao

LE PETIT PRINCE by Mike Osborne, France, 2015, 108’

Voice cast: Toni Servillo, Paola Cortellesi, Stefano Accorsi, Micaela Ramazzotti, Alessandro Gassman, Giuseppe Battiston, Pif, Alessandro Siani

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The Ninth Edition of the RomaFictionFest is organised by the Fondazione Cinema per Roma and by the Associazione Produttori Televisivi, and will take place in Rome from November 11st to 15th, 2015, at the Cinema Adriano and at the Auditorium della Conciliazione.

Over the years, the RomaFictionFest has established itself as one of the leading showcases devoted to television series on the Italian and international scene. The RomaFictionFest is dedicated to tv and OTT – Over The Top – broadcasting. Its main aim is to promote the creation of tv fiction of remarkable quality, style and contents and to spread it among the new generations too.

OFFICIAL SELECTION: IN COMPETITION

The Artistic Direction aims to present, in Italy, the première of Italian and international new works produced for tv and OTT broadcasting, that should be able to represent each and every voice of the wide tv landscape, namely: drama, comedy, kids, teens and animations. The Italian and international fictions can be presented in Competition or Out of Competition. The International Competition will present 12 new works produced for Tv and OTT broadcasting (exclusively PILOT or SEASON 1) still unreleased in Italy, between September 2014 and October 2015.

OUT OF COMPETITION

The works presented to RomaFictionFest are chosen under the responsibility of the Artistic Direction of the Festival. Unreleased works of fiction in Italy are admitted to the Official Selection – Out of Competition and preference is given to the World and European Premières. Viceversa, Italian works must be World Premières, except for the retrospectives, the Masterclass projections and some special projections too.

Check out the programme of RomaFictionFest

^9th ROMA FICTION FEST

From November 11-15

free entrance

Venues

Cinema Adriano

Auditorium della Conciliazione

www.romafictionfest.org

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“THE HATEFUL EIGHT” 70MM DIRECTOR’S CUT AT CINECITTA’S TEATRO 5

The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino’s much-awaited new movie, will be shown in the legendary Studios of Via Tuscolana, starting January 29, 2016.
Cinecittà Studios will be the only place in central and southern Italy offering the public the chance to become immersed in the 188-minute film, shot in Ultra Panavision 70mm format chosen by the Maestro for his latest work.

The movie’s extended version will be screened in the legendary Teatro 5 which – for the occasion – will be transformed by production designer Tonino Zera into a movie theatre for an audience of 888, with a curved, tiered structure to guarantee optimal visibility from every point, several flights of steps and a 21 x 8 meter mega screen designed to enhance the breadth, depth, definition and spectacular quality of the 70mm images.
At the entrance, a big structure representing the snowy landscape of the movie will welcome the viewers with clear references to the evocative film story.
Thanks to 01 Distribution, the Italian distribution company for the movie, screening of the 70mm version of the movie at Teatro 5 is scheduled till the 13 March, and will mark the opening of the Studios’ film review, “Cinecittà Winter Film Show,” an initiative launched by Cinecittà Studios and Cinecittà Shows Off to pay tribute to Quentin Tarantino and Sergio Leone, and that every year will offer premieres and retrospectives dedicated to big filmmakers.
Tarantino’s most celebrated hits will be joined (till the end of February) by a selection of westerns directed by Sergio Leone, a filmmaker who has always been a major reference point for the groundbreaking American filmmaker.

Schedule of Performances: “The Hateful Eight” – from January 29, 2016
Teatro 5: 888 seats (screening in 70mm) – Ticket price: Euros 15,00

8:00 pm – Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri – dubbed in Italian

8:00 pm – Wed – in English with Italian subtitles

10:30 am – Sat, Sun – in English with Italian subtitles

4:00 pm – Sat, Sun – dubbed in Italian

8:00 pm – Sat, Sun – dubbed in Italian

Pre-sale on www.ticketone.it or at the ticket office at Via Tuscolana 1055

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Following the great success of previous editions, Roman’s will again be treated to the cultural and colourful event of Cinema al MAXXI. Running until April 7, the occasion blends the best expressions of contemporary art exposed at this modern location with a cinematic experience that mixes great Hollywood films, tributes, children’s films, classics, and meetings with the protagonists. Offering an eclectic programme, the event is certain to cater to every cinema buff’s taste.

The proposals for this edition:

• EXTRA: major previews
• TRIBUTES: excellence to the fore
  Pippo Delbono, Amos Gitai and Marcello Mastroianni, on the 20th anniversary of his death.
• MASTERCLASS: face to face with the protagonists
  Francesca Archibugi, Matteo Garrone, Radu Mihăileanu, together with Sergio Castellitto, Rocco Papaleo and Franco Battiato 
• ALICE FAMILY; the best of children’s film

View the complete programme 

Till 7 April

Via Guido Reni, 4/a

entry fee: €5/7

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Take a break from Italian and experience Francophone cinema and culture at the French Institute’s Centre Saint-Louis. Held From March 8 to 16th the seventh edition of the Francophone film festival will include 12 screenings of films (in original language with Italian subtitles) that capture Francophone life around the world from Canada-Québec to the Côte d’Ivoire.

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

OPENING 8.3.2016 – h. 8pm – France -ADVANCED SCREENING

Bayard d’Or of the International francophone Festival of Namur 2015 (FIFF)

Tempête by Samuel Collardey. 2016, 89’, drama

9.3.2016 – h. 6.30pm – Swizerland – FIRST SCREENING

Sweet girls by Jean-Paul Cardinaux and Xavier Ruiz. 2015, 103’, comedy

Followed by a meeting with the directors

9.3.2016 – h. 9pm – Lebanon – FIRST SCREENING

Blind Intersections by Lara Saba. 2012, 90’, drama

Prohibited for children under 12 years old

10.3.2016 – h.6.30pm – Ivory Coast

Run by Philippe Lacôte. 2014, 100’, drama

Followed by a meeting with the director

10.3.2016 – h. 9pm – Greece

Xenia – Pazza Idea by Panos H. Koutras. 2014, 128’, drama

11.3.2016 – h. 6.30pm – Romania

Funerali Felici by Horatiu Malaele. 2013, 111’, comedy

Followed by a meeting with the director

11.3.2016 – h. 9pm – CANADA-Québec

Triptyque by Robert Lepage and Pedro Pires. 2013, 94’, drama

12.3.2016 – h. 5pm – Luxemburg

Melody by Bernard Bellefroid. 2015, 92’, drama

Followed by a meeting with the director

12.3.2016 – h. 9pm – France

Comme un avion by Bruno Podalydès. 2015 ,105’, comedy

14.3.2016 – h. 6.30pm – Mali – FIRST SCREENING

Rapt à Bamako by Cheick Oumar Sissoko. 2015, 90’, adventure

Followed by a meeting with the director

14.3.2016 – h.9pm – Belgium

Les Oiseaux de passage by Olivier Ringer. 2015, 84’, dramatic comedy

15.3.2016 – h. 6.30pm – Morocco – FIRST SCREENING

L’Orchestre des aveugles by Mohamed Mouftakir. 2014, 112’, drama

Followed by a meeting with the director (to be confirmed)

15.3.2016 – h. 9pm – Vietnam

Au milieu de nulle part by Nguyen Hoang Diep. 2014, 103’, drama

AWARDS 16.3.2016 – h. 8pm

Followed by the screening of the film that won the Jury Price.

8 – 16 March 2016

Institut Francais Centre Saint Louis

Largo Giuseppe Toniolo, 20-22

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The Trastevere District Film Festival will be returning for a third time, and will be rejuvenating the lively Trastevere Piazza of San Cosimato with 60 nights of free films from June 1st – August 1st. Each open-air screening will begin at 9:15 PM and each day of the week will display a different theme and genre from the area of: Disney & Pixar, Italian comedy, Music and Cinema, Contemporary Italian Documentaries, as well as films from three acclaimed directors; Xavier Dolan, Ernst Wilhelm “Wim” Wenders, and Martin Scorsese.

These films can be enjoyed by everyone, as many of these films are in the original language or have subtitles included. There will also be numerous guest presenters including Roberto Benigni, Dario Argento, Ferzan Ozpetek, Kim Rossi Stuart, Renzo Arbore, and many more!

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Till 1 August 2016

Piazza San Cosimato (Trastevere)

Every day at 9.15, free entrance

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Auditorium Parco della Musica hosts the 11th edition of Festa del Cinema, Rome’s annual famed film festival. The building complex designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano will host screenings, exhibitions, celebrity appearances, debates, conferences, and panels, while the 1,300 square metres of the avenue leading to the Cavea (an open-air theatre square) becomes one of the largest red carpets in the world.

44 films make up the festival’s official selection (including Oliver Stone‘s Snowden, Andrzej Wajda‘s Powidoki, Stephen Frears‘s Florence Foster Jenkins and Werner Herzog ‘s Into the Inferno), and range from brand-new, genre, and Italian.

Motion picture American Pastoral, adapted from Philip Roth’s eponymous novel, is slated as the first event of the festival, but will be presented ten days in advance at Cinema Barberini on 3 Oct. Stars Ewan McGregor and Jennifer Connelly are expected to attend the premiere.

Films further on in the month include drama Captain Fantastic (starring Viggo Mortensen) whose plot follows a family forced to reintegrate into society after living in isolation for a decade; Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland’s animated family film Storks; and Afterimage, director Andrzej Wajda’s biopic of avant-garde painter Władysław Strzemiński.

Look for separate film series dedicated to Tom Hanks and Valerio Zurlini, as well as a retrospective dedicated to American politics, with movies by Frank Capra, John Ford, and Steven Spielberg. A series called Close Encounters also promises conversations with prominent names in the film industry, including Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone. The auteur, whose films are known for their scathing critique of power and corruption, will discuss American politics on the even of the presidential elections. Talks with Hollywood royalty Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep are on the bill, as well as conversations with Don DeLillo, Daniel Libeskind, David Mamet, Viggo Mortensen, Roberto Benigni and Jovanotti.

An homage to Italian film director Luigi Comencini comes in the form of an exhibition featuring 50 photographs taken by Comencini himself, and a screening of his cinematic masterpiece The Adventures of Pinocchio completes the tribute. In honor of the 10th anniversary of filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo’s death, the festival will show his film Queimada, starring Marlon Brando; and it also it marks L’Armata Brancaleone’s 50th anniversary with a screening of the Italian comedy.

^11th ROME FILM FESTIVAL

From October 13-23

Tickets

– ticket office of the Auditorium Parco della Musica

– authorized ticket offices (the list is available at www.ticketone.it)

– on the websites romacinemafest.it and www.ticketone.it.

Venues

Auditorium Parco della Musica

Maxxi

Casa del Cinema and other venues in the city

The Rome International Film Market will take place at the Baths of Diocletian and in the Via Veneto area.

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Do you like beer, books and crime conundrums? If you’re seeking an international thrill this summer then look no further than the Krimi Festival of German Crime Fiction, designed and organised by publishing house Emons.

A film festival with a difference, Krimi is specialising not just in gialli (crime thrillers) but exclusively German crime thrillers at that. Get yourself down to the suitable setting of the 1930s Cinema Nuovo Sacher from 23 to 25 June for a selection of readings, film projections and discussions between the top Italian and German crime fiction authors, critics and journalists. The tone of the festival will be set by its opening screening of Wim Wenders’ 1977 film The American Friend, a whole 40 years after its original release.

As for the full official programme, the suspense is building with clues being guarded closely by organisers. However, what you can be sure of is a whole host of quality Italian and German actors and writers and gripping plotlines that will have you on the edge of your seat.

Sip an ice-cold artisan beer and munch on delicious food served by Campagna Amica while you mull over the evidence and channel your inner Sherlock Holmes.

Find the programme here: festivalkrimi.com/programma/

Cinema Nuovo Sacher
Largo Ascianghi, 1

23-25 June

7pm-11.30pm

Free entry

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