19th edition of Rome Film Festival
The 19th Rome Film Festival opened on 16 October in the Auditorium Parco della Musica , Rome with the Italian biographical drama film The Great Ambition Andrea Segre .[ 1] Megalopolis Francis Ford Coppola , was screened on 14 October 2024, at the Cinecittà film studios . The event was streamed live to the Auditorium Parco della Musica's Sala Petrassi . Coppola was honoured at the screening and introduced the film in the presence of his granddaughter, Gia Coppola .[ 2] Lino Guanciale an Italian actor hosted the opening ceremony.[ 3] Viggo Mortensen and Johnny Depp were honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Awards.[ 4] [ 5]
The official image of the event is dedicated to Marcello Mastroianni , on the occasion of his birth centenary, which is taken from his character Guido Anselmi in the 1964 film 8½ Federico Fellini .[ 6] Pablo Trapero , an Argentine film producer, editor, and director is serving as the jury president of the competition section.[ 7] Geppi Cucciari , an Italian stand-up comedian, actress, radio host, and television presenter, marking her third time in a row as host.[ 8] Bound in Heaven [ 9] Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness Johnny Depp was the closing film of the festival run on 26 October.[ 10] Johnny Depp received the Lifetime Achievement Award from festival director Paola Malanga and Riccardo Scamarcio before the screening of his film.[ 11]
The festival formally closed on 27 October 2024, with the preview of four episodes of the third season of Life of Carlo by Carlo Verdone and Valerio Vestoso; a series of screenings for the History of Cinema section and the screenings of the award-winning films.[ 12]
Jury
Source [ 13] [ 7]
Progressive Cinema Competition Award
Pablo Trapero , Jury PresidentLaetitia Casta , Jury member
Best First Work Award BNL BNP Paribas
Francesca Comencini , Jury President
Events
Pre-opening of the festival
Francis Ford Coppola in 2019On 14 October 2024, Cinecittà Studios hosted the Italian premiere of the 2024 film Megalopolis Francis Ford Coppola , with a screening introduced by the director himself. The event was streamed live at the Auditorium Parco della Musica's Sala Petrassi as the pre-opening of the festival. During the evening a special tribute was paid to the director.[ 14]
Marcello Mastroianni , in 1990Festa del Cinema organized a large retrospective of films, some in restored versions, that saw him collaborate with directors such as Federico Fellini , Vittorio De Sica , Ettore Scola , Pietro Germi ; documentaries on the life and works of the great interpreter; exhibitions and displays set up between the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone and the Casa del Cinema; and a meeting with the actress Chiara Mastroianni - daughter of the actor and Catherine Deneuve - to whom the Festa will dedicate a special tribute. He will also be the protagonist of the official image of the nineteenth edition.[ 15] [ 16]
Master classes
Events relating to social issues
In 2024, the film festival continued its dedication to social issues and environmental concerns. Events took place at the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS with MediCinema Italia ETS, Rebibbia Penitentiary Complex , the Rebibbia "Germana Stefanini" women’s prison, the Latina prison, and the Casal del Marmo juvenile penal institute.
Save the Children was the Social Partner for the nineteenth edition, showcasing a screening of its projects.
During Pink October , which focuses on breast cancer awareness , Novartis presented the DISTANCES series: Life always finds a way .
A Charity Gala Dinner was organized to support the Italian Red Cross .[ 18]
The Fondazione Cinema per Roma, in collaboration with Azienda Comunale Elettricità e Acque—Electricity and Water Municipal Utility (ACEA) , launched the contest "I mille volti dell'acqua" (The Thousand Faces of Water) to explore the theme of water through the perspectives of young filmmakers and renowned directors. Additionally, the event included a retrospective section titled "Drops of Cinema," featuring seven films designed to raise public awareness about the importance of water as a resource.[ 19]
Celebration of world of music
Screenings of series on the life and work of artists such as Bruce Springsteen American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Vinicio Capossela Italian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist, Mario Merola Italian singer and actor, Franco Califano Italian lyricist, composer, singer-songwriter, author and actor, and Pivio , and Aldo De Scalzi two Italian composers.
The guitarist for American rock band Talking Heads , Jerry Harrison , will meet Fest audiences on the occasion of the screening of 1984 American concert film, Stop Making Sense Jonathan Demme .
At the Teatro Olimpico , the Italian Association of Composers of Music for Film puts on an event devoted to soundtracks and film scores .
Every day, the festival red carpet thrilled to the sound design of Federico Sacchi Musicteller.[ 20]
Official sections
Source:[ 21] [ 22] [ 23]
Pre-opening and Opening films
Progressive Cinema Competition - Visions for the World of Tomorrow
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country(ies)
100 Litres of Gold
Teemu Nikki
Finland, Italy
The Tree
L’albero
Sara Petraglia
Italy
The Art of Being Happy
L'Art d'être heureux
Stefan Liberski
Belgium, France
Bound in Heaven Kun bang shang tian tang
Huo Xin
China
The Great Ambition Berlinguer. La grande ambizione
Andrea Segre
Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria
Bring Them Down Christopher Andrews
Ireland, UK, Belgium
The Choice Le Choix
Gilles Bourdos
France
About Luis Es geht um Luis
Lucia Chiarla
Germany
Greedy People Potsy Ponciroli
United States
The Island of Idealists L'isola degli idealisti
Elisabetta Sgarbi
Italy
Jazzy Morrisa Maltz
United States
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Eran Riklis
Italy, Israel
Night Call
La nuit se traine
Michiel Blanchart
Belgium, France
They Will Be Dust Polvo serán
Carlos Marqués-Marcet
Spain, Italy, Switzerland
Dear Topic
Querido trópico
Ana Endara
Panama, Colombia
Spirit World Eric Khoo
France, Singapore, Japan
Paradise for Sale
Luca Barbareschi
Italy, France
The Trainer Tony Kaye
United States
Freestyle
Films
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country(ies)
Arsa
Masbedo
Italy
Pierce Cì xīn qiè gŭ
Nelicia Low
Singapore, Taiwan, Poland
Hello Child
Edgardo Pistone
Italy
Ghostlight Kelly O'Sullivan , Alex Thompson
United States
Grand Theft Hamlet Pinny Grylls , Sam Crane
United Kingdom – documentary
Marko Polo
Elisa Fuksas
Italy
McVeigh
Mike Ott
USA
Christmas After Hours
Gianfranco Firriolo
Italy – documentary
Nottefonda
Giuseppe Miale Di Mauro
Italy
On Falling Laura Carreira
United Kingdom, Portugal
Sunlight Nina Conti
United States
Under a Blue Sun מתחת לשמש כחולה
Daniel Mann
France, Israel – documentary
Arts
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production countr
y(ies)
Waiting for King Lear
Aspettando Re Lear
Alessandro Preziosi
Italy
The Tirana Plot
Manfredi Lucibello
Italy
Duse, The Greatest
Sonia Bergamasco
Italy
Franco Califano - I Will Not Hold You Back
Antonio Mondini
Italy
My dear Giulia! Giorgio
Maria Mauti
Italy
I am Martin Parr
Lee Shulman
France, United Kingdom
Italo Calvino in the Cities
Davide Ferrario
Italy
Leonardo da Vinci Ken Burns , Sarah Burns , David McMahon
United States
Musicians with the Pianola
Matteo Malatesta
Italy
Pellizza Painter from Volpedo
Francesco Fei
Italy
Stones and Bricks
Saeid Shahparnia
Iran, Italy
The King of Naples - History and Legend by Mario Merola
Massimo Ferrari
Italy
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Thom Zimny
United States
They say about me
Isabella Mari
Italy
Series
Grand public
In co-production with Alice nella città
The autonomous parallel section unfolding within Rome Film Fest dedicated to younger generations.
Special screenings
In co-production with Alice nella città
The autonomous parallel section unfolding within Rome Film Fest dedicated to younger generations.[ 24]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
y(ies)
100 of These Years
100 di questi anni
Michela Andreozzi , Massimiliano Bruno
Claudia Gerini , Edoardo Leo , Francesca Mazzoleni, Rocco Papaleo , Sydney Sibilia
Italy
Ago
Giangiacomo De Stefano
Italy
Antidote
James Jones
United Kingdom
Everyone's House
Manetti Bros.
Italy – short film
Bad Masters
Roberto Orazi
Italy – documentary
As if there were no tomorrow
Riccardo Cremona, Matteo Keffer
Italy – documentary
Shattered Things Shine
Marta Basso , Sara Cecconi , Carlotta Cosmai , Alice Malingri , Lilian Sassanelli
Italy – documentary
Blanket Wearer Damyoreul ibeun saram
Park Jeong-mi
South Korea – documentary
Dike – Life as a Magistrate
Caterina Crescini
Italy – documentary
Heroic! 100 years of passion and sports stories
Giuseppe Marco Albano
Italy – documentary
Sharp Corner Jason Buxton Canada, Ireland
State of Silence
Santiago Maza
Mexico – documentary
Ferrari: Fury and the Monster
Steve Hoover
United States – documentary
The Island of Care
Alex Grazioli
Italy – documentary
Liliana
Ruggero Gabbai
Italy – documentary
Ukrainian Lyrics
Francesca Mannocchi
Italy – documentary
Best of 2024
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country(ies)
Anora Sean Baker
United States
Architecton Viktor Kossakovsky Germany, France
The Balconettes Les Femmes au Balcon
Noémie Merlant
France
Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard
France, Mexico
En fanfare
Emmanuel Courcol
France
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found Raoul Peck
France, United States
Les Femmes au balcon Noémie Merlant
France
Megalopolis Francis Ford Coppola
United States
Nasty
Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu, Tudor D. Popescu
Romania
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia
The Seed of the Sacred Fig دانه انجیر مقدس
Mohammad Rasoulof
Iran, Germany, France
Small Things like These Tim Mielants
Ireland, Belgium
The Substance Coralie Fargeat
United Kingdom, United States, France
History of cinema
Documentary
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country(ies)
Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes
Kathryn Ferguson
United States
Once Upon a Time in Naples
Ciro Ippolito , Marco Giusti
Italy
Being Godard and de Beauregard
Dans la tete de Godard et de Beauregard
Hind R. Boukli
France
Delon/Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs
Laurent Galinon
France
Homosexualité au cinema, les chemins de la victoire
Sonia Medina
France
John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
Camille Clavel
France
Mario Verdone: The Traveling Critic
Luca Verdone
Italy
Le scenario de ma vie, François Truffaut
David Teboul
France
Titanus 1904
Giuseppe Rossi
Italy
Valerio Zurlini, painter of feelings
Sandra Marti
France
Special events
Marcello Mastroianni 100
Gian Maria Volonté , Italian actor and activist, who died on 6 December 1994.
Anica 80
Restorations
The Anniversaries
Sony Columbia 100
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country(ies)
Gilda Charles Vidor
United States
Homage to Alain Delon
Alain Delon , French actor, film producer, screenwriter, and singer who died on 18 August 2024.
Johnny Depp
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country(ies)
The Brave Johnny Depp
United States
Viggo Mortensen
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country(ies)
Falling Viggo Mortensen
Canada, United Kingdom
Drops of cinema
The Fondazione Cinema per Roma, in collaboration with Azienda Comunale Elettricità e Acque—Electricity and Water Municipal Utility (ACEA) , is presenting a retrospective "Drops of cinema", dedicated to water. The section consists of seven films, aimed at increasing public awareness of the value of water resource.
The autonomous parallel section Alice nella città unfolding within Rome Film Fest dedicated to younger generations.[ 24] [ 25]
Opening film
Competition
Bird Andrea Arnold , United Kingdom, France, Germany, United StatesThe Courageous , Jasmin Gordon SwitzerlandFlow Gints Zilbalodis , Belgium, France, LatviaHoly Cow Louise Courvoisier , FranceJulie Keeps Quiet Lads , by Julien Menanteau, Belgium, FranceMilano , by Christina Vandekerckhove, BelgiumThe Outrun Nora Fingscheidt , Germany, United KingdomA Real Pain Jesse Eisenberg Poland, United StatesRita Paz Vega , SpainThree Sisters , Lisa Brühlmann, United StatesUnder the Volcano Damian Kocur , PolandWhen the Light Breaks Rúnar Rúnarsson , Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, FranceNon dirmi che hai paura by Yasemin Şamdereli , Italy
Out of competition
Luce by Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino, ItalyMi bestia , Camila Beltrán, Colombia, FranceRabia , Mareike Engelhardt, France, GermanyJanet Planet Annie Baker , United StatesSur un fil , by Reda Kateb , FranceWar on Education - Scelte Classe , Stefano Di Pietro, Netherlands
Special screenings
Megalopolis Francis Ford Coppola , United StatesSavages Claude Barras , Switzerland, France, BelgiumA Sudden Case of Christmas Peter Chelsom , United StatesBlitz Steve McQueen ,The Boy with Pink Trousers by Margherita Ferri, Italy100 di questi anni' , M. Andreozzi, M. Bruno, C. Gerini, E. Leo, F. Mazzoleni, R. Papaleo, S. Sibilia, ItalyIn viaggio con mio figlio , Tony Goldwyn , United StatesA Look Through His Lens , Matthew Berkowitz , Gregory Hoblit , United States, France, United Kingdom, IrelandHa toccato! , Giusi Cataldo, ItalyLukiskes Diletta , Di Nicolantonio, Italy
No More Trouble by Cosa rimane di una tempesta Tommaso Romanelli, ItalyIl mio compleanno , Christian Filippi, ItalyL’era d’oro , Camilla Iannetti, ItalyL’origine del mondo Rossella Inglese Italia, 2024, 109’
I racconti del mare Luca Severi, Italy
Il complottista, Valerio Ferrara, Italy
La cosa migliore , Federico Ferrone, Italy
Anime galleggianti , Maria Giménez Cavallo, ItalyStill Here , Suranga D. Katugampala, Italy, France, Sri LankaBalentes , Giovanni Columbu, Italy GermanySquali , Alberto Rizzi, Italy
Ogni pensiero vola , Alice Ambrogi ItalyCome quando eravamo piccoli , Camilla Filippi , Italy
Series
Adoration Stefano Mordini – TV series, ItalyThe Bad Guy The Law of Lidia Poët , Season 2 Letizia Lamartyre, Matteo Rovere, Pippo Mezzapesa, ItalyNever Too Late , Lorenzo Vignolo , Salvatore de Chirico ItalyNudes Season 2, Laura Luchetti , Marco Danieli , Italy
Awards and winners
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Progressive Cinema Competition - Visions for the World of Tomorrow
Best First Film Award
Bound in Heaven Hello Child by Edgardo Pistone, ItalySpecial Mention
Audience Award
Lifetime Achievement Award
Viggo Mortensen , Lifetime Achievement AwardJohnny Depp , Lifetime Achievement Award
Source: [ 28]
Raffaella Fioretta Award for Best Italian Film in Panorama Italia : No More Trouble - Cosa rimane di una tempesta - Tommaso Romanelli, ItalySpecial Mention: My Birthday - Christian Filippi, ItalyColorado-Rainbow Award for Best Debut Feature: Rita Paz Vega , SpainRB Casting Award for Best Young Italian Actor: Zackari Delmas - My Birthday UNITA Under 35 Special Mention for Best Actor in the Panorama Italia Competition: Zackari Delmas - My Birthday Audience Golden Ciak Award in the Onde Corte Section: Al buio - Stefano Malchiodi, Italy (short film)Notorious Project Award for Best Concept Series: Udon alla carbonara - Edoardo Bigazzi, ItalyNotorious Project Award for Best Concept Movie Rainbow Gloves - Andrea Gravagnuolo and Gianluca Cravero, ItalySIAE Award for Best Project in the Unbox Italy category: Sparare alle angurie - Antonio di Donato
References
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