THE NINETEENTH EDITION OF THE ROME FILM FESTIVAL
The Film Festival is produced by Fondazione Cinema for Rome. The event is promoted by Roma Capitale, the Lazio Region, Cinecittà (representing the Ministry of Culture), Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato and Agricultura of Rome and Fondazione Musica for Rome
Salvatore Nastasi is the President of the Fondazione Cinema for Rome and the Board of Directors composed by Manuela Maccaroni, Chiara Sbarigia, Valerio Toniolo and Daniele Pitteri. Francesca Via is the General Manager of the Foundation. Paola Malanga is the Artistic Director of the Film Festival and of the Cinema for Roma Foundation, supported by a selection committee composed by Giovanna Fulvi, Enrico Magrelli, Emanuela Martini, Nico Marzano and Alberto Pezzotta.
The Institutional Partners are Direzione Generale Cinema and audiovisual of the Ministry of Culture, the European Parliament, the European Commission, SIAE, ADR Aeroporti di Roma, Arsial and NUOVO IMAIE.
The main partner is BNL BNP Paribas. The Film Fest is held in collaboration with Alice nella città, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Cineteca of Bologna, MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts. Rai is the Main Media Partner, Rai Movie is the TV of the Fest, Rai Radio 2 is the Official Radio. Acea is a Partner, ITA Airways is the International Airline Partner.
The official Sponsors are Gruppo FS Italiane and Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma. Cinecittà News is a Media Partner, Elle is the Daily Media Partner. Pino Chiodo Cinema Engineering is the technical Partner for projection equipment.
THE PROGRAM
The Rome Film Festiival is officially recognized as a Competitive Festival by the FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films) with an international competition entitled Progressive Cinema – Visions for the world of tomorrow
The Festival program will also include other non-competitive sections: Freestyle will host free format and style titles, from series to video clips, from films to video art; in Grand Public there will be films for the general public; a specific section will be dedicated to Special Screenings; Best of 2024 will host some of the best titles of the season from other international festivals; Storia del Cinema will present masterpieces restored to their original splendor, tributes and insights into the work of protagonists of Italian and international cinema. Alongside the film program, there will be two sections dedicated to Meetings with the public: Paso Doble, which will include a dialogue between two authors, and Absolute Beginners, in which an established author will recall the story of his debut in cinema. In addition to the previous sections, the Festival will host a program of events in the Capital. Alongside the Festival, Alice nella città will organize, according to its own regulations, a selection of films for kids
The films in the Progressive Cinema Competition will be judged by a jury composed of professionals from the world of cinema, culture and the arts and will award the following prizes: Best Film, Grand Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Screenplay, “Monica Vitti” Award for Best Actress, “Vittorio Gassman” Award for Best Actor and Special Jury Prize, chosen from one of the following categories: cinematography, editing and original soundtrack. There will also be a cross-cutting award, the Best First Work Award. This year too, spectators will be the protagonists of the Festival, awarding the FS Audience Prize.
LA FESTA IN CITTÀ
The public will have numerous rooms at their disposal. The Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, a structure designed by Renzo Piano, will be the heart of the festival and will host screenings, meetings, events, conferences and debates. The 1300 square meters leading to the Cavea will be transformed into one of the largest red carpets in the world.
At Parco della Musica, the Sala Sinopoli, Sala Petrassi, Teatro Studio Gianni Borgna and the “Lazio, Terra di Cinema”, space belonging to the Regione Lazio, located at AuditoriumArte, will be available for the audiences. The Film Festival will involve, again this year, the entire city. The Auditorium’s cinema district will once again reach the MAXXI and will expand, for the first time, up to the Teatro Olimpico with its 900 seats.
A second district will involve the spaces of Casa del Cinema, managed by the Fondazione Cinema per Roma, and the nearby areas of Via Veneto up to the St. Regis with the Fuori Festa. Also in 2024, the programming will take place at the Cinema Giulio Cesare, the Teatro Palladium and the Nuovo Cinema Aquila. The screenings will return to the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS with MediCinema Italia ETS, at Rebibbia Nuovo Complesso, at the Rebibbia “Germana Stefanini” women’s prison, at the Latina prison and at the Casal del Marmo juvenile prison. In 2024, thanks to Aeroporti di Roma, a company of the Mundys Group, the Festa del Cinema will reach Leonardo da Vinci airport which will be included in the official calendar of the event with two evening screenings hosted at Terminal 5.
COMMITTMENT TO SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
The Festa del Cinema’s commitment to social issues and the environment continues in 2024. Activities will be held at the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS with MediCinema Italia ETS, at Rebibbia Nuovo Complesso, the Rebibbia “Germana Stefanini” women’s prison, the Latina prison and the Casal del Marmo juvenile penal institute. Save the Children will be the Social Partner of the nineteenth edition of the Festa with a screening that will tell its projects. On the occasion of Pink October month, dedicated to raising awareness of breast cancer, Novartis will present the series DISTANCES. Life always finds a way. Finally, a Charity Gala Dinner will be held in support of the Italian Red Cross.
THE PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN OF THE NINETEENTH EDITION
Marcello Mastroianni is the protagonist of the official image of the nineteenth edition of the Festival. The photograph is a tribute to the great actor one hundred years after his birth. Mastroianni is portrayed on the set of Federico Fellini's 8½ in one of his most iconic roles, Guido Anselmi, a director in full creative impasse. The shot, taken by Gideon Bachmann (© Archivi Cinemazero Images – Pordenone), immortalizes Mastroianni wearing the famous black hat, heavy-framed glasses on his face, a whip and a megaphone in his hand: a memorable character, magnificently interpreted, in a film awarded with two Oscars®, an essential touchstone for any work on the effort and magic of cinema.
The Official Selection of the Rome Film Festival 2024 will be composed by the following sections:
§ Progressive Cinema Competition
International competition with no distinction between fiction films, documentaries and animated films.
§ Freestyle
Non-competitive section composed of free format and style titles, from series to music videos, from films to video arts.
Grand Public
Non-competitive section dedicated to cinema for the general public.
§ Special screenings
Non-competitive section.
§ Best of 2024
Non-competitive section composed of films from other international film festivals, considered among the best of the season.
§ History of Cinema
Non-competitive section dedicated to famous films in restored versions, tributes and an in-depth study of the history of Italian and International cinema.
Alongside to the film program, there will be two sections dedicated to meetings with the public, which will be announced later:
§ Paso Doble
Two authors discuss topics concerning the world of Cinema, it’s stories and it’s protagonists.
§ Absolute Beginners
An established author recalls the story of his debut on the big screen.
A series of events will take place throughout the city in collaboration with the most interesting cultural realities of the capital.
Juries and Awards
A jury composed of professionals from the world of cinema, culture and the arts (to be announced later) will award the following recognitions to the films in the Progressive Cinema Competition:
§ Best Film
§ Grand Jury Prize
§ Best Director
§ Best Screenplay
§ “Monica Vitti” Award for Best Actress
§ “Vittorio Gassman” Award for Best Actor
§ Special Jury Price, chosen in one of the following categories: photography, editing, original soundtrack
The Festival also includes the awarding of a cut-crossing prize:
§ Best First Work Award
A jury will award the Best First Work Award, which will be chosen from the titles scheduled in the Progressive Cinema, Freestyle and Grand Public Competition sections.
As every year, the public will be the protagonist of the Festival by assigning a specific recognition:
§ FS Audience Award
Among the films in the Progressive Cinema Competition, spectators will award the FS Audience Award, Official Sponsor of the Fest. The audience at the official screening and the first repeat screening of the film will be able to cast their vote using the official APP of the Rome Film Fest (available for iOS and Android), through the website www.romacinemafest.it and via the link on the ticket. To enter the voting platform, it will be necessary to enter the code shown on your entry ticket. The official App of the Rome Film Fest is created by Mooneygo.
The image of the Capitoline Wolf, which inspires the logo of the Festival, will characterize all the Official Awards that the event will assign this year.
29 Participating countries
Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, South Korea, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Panama, Polond, Portugal, United Kingdom, Romania, Singapore, Spain, United States, Switzerland, Taiwan, Hungary, Zambia.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS AT THE ROME FILM FESTIVAL 2024
JOHNNY DEPP
American actor, director, and film producer Johnny Depp will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during the nineteenth edition of the Film Fest. Depp will also present to the public Modì, his second work as a director after his debut in the nineties with Il coraggioso.
Grand Public
MODÌ
di Johnny Depp, Ungheria, Italia, Regno Unito, 2024, 112’
Cast: Riccardo Scamarcio, Antonia Desplat, Bruno Gouery, Ryan McParland, Stephen Graham, Luisa Ranieri, Al Pacino
VIGGO MORTENSEN
The nineteenth edition of the Festa del Cinema will award the Lifetime Achievement Award to Viggo Mortensen during the presentation of his new film, The Dead Don’t Hurt, which he wrote, directed and stars in, his second experience behind the camera after Falling. The American actor, artist, director and producer will also be the protagonist of a Masterclass with the audience of the Festa.
Grand Public
THE DEAD DON’T HURT (I MORTI NON FERISCONO)
di Viggo Mortensen, Stati Uniti, 2024, 129’
Cast: Vicky Krieps, Viggo Mortensen, Solly Mcleod, Garrett Dillahunt, Colin Morgan, Ray Mckinnon, W. Earl Brown, Atlas Green, Danny Houston
Alessandra Costantino
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