The 19th Rome Film Festivsl will take place from 16 to 27 October 2024 in the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome.[1] In this edition, a pre-opening film Megalopolis by Francis Ford Coppola, and an international competition featuring 18 titles hailing from 29 countries will be presented. Viggo Mortensen and Johnny Depp will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.[2][3]
 Official poster | |
| Opening film | The Great Ambition by Andrea Segre |
|---|---|
| Location | Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Directors | Francesca Via |
| Hosted by |
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| Artistic director | Paola Malanga |
| No. of films | 100 |
| Festival date | Opening: October 16, 2024 Closing: October 27, 2024 |
| Language | International |
| Website | www |
The official image of the event is dedicated to Marcello Mastroianni, on the occasion of the his birth centenary, which is taken from his character Guido Anselmi in the 1964 film 8½ by Federico Fellini.[4]
Events
editPre-opening of the festival
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On 14 October 2024, Cinecittà Studios will host the Italian premiere of the 2024 film Megalopolis by the Italian-American director Francis Ford Coppola, with a screening introduced by the director himself. The event will be streamed live at the Auditorium Parco della Musica's Sala Petrassi as the pre-opening of the festival. During the evening a special tribute will be paid to the director.[5]
Felicitation of Marcello Mastroianni
edit
Festa del Cinema will organize 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.[6][7]
Events relating to social issues
editIn 2024, the film festival will continue its dedication to social issues and environmental concerns. Events will take 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 will be the Social Partner for the nineteenth edition, showcasing a screening of its projects.
During Pink October, which focuses on breast cancer awareness, Novartis will present the DISTANCES series. Life always finds a way.
A Charity Gala Dinner will be organized to support the Italian Red Cross.[8]
Official sections
editPre-opening and Opening films
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-opening film | ||||
| Megalopolis | Francis Ford Coppola | United States | ||
| Opening film | ||||
| The Great Ambition | Berlinguer. La grande ambizione | Andrea Segre | Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria | |
Progressive Cinema Competition - Visions for the World of Tomorrow
edit| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Bound in Heaven | Kun bang shang tian tang | Huo Xin | China |
| 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
editFilms
edit| 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
edit| 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 |
Series
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country
y(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| My Brilliant Friend | L'amica geniale | Laura Bispuri | Italy |
| Avetrana - This is not Hollywood | Avetrana - Qui non è Hollywood | Pippo Mezzapesa | Italy |
| Bellas Artes | Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn | Spain, Argentina | |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Le Comte de Monte Cristo | Bille August | Italy, France |
| La Máquina | Gabriel Ripstein | Mexico | |
| Miss Fallaci | Luca Ribuoli , Giacomo Martelli , Alessandra Gonnella | Italy | |
| Life of Carlo | Vita da Carlo | Carlo Verdone, Valerio Vestoso | Italy |
Grand public
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country
y(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The House of Gazes | La casa degli sguardi | Luca Zingaretti | Italy |
| Conclave | Edward Berger | United Kingdom, United States | |
| Eternal Visionary | Michele Placido | Italy, Belgium | |
- In co-production with Alice nella città
The autonomous parallel section unfolding within Rome Film Fest dedicated to younger generations.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country
y(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boy with Pink Pants | Il ragazzo dai pantaloni rosa | Margherita Ferri | Italy |
| The Return | Uberto Pasolini | France, Greece, Italy, United Kingdom | |
| Saturday Night | Jason Reitman | United States | |
| Story of a Night | Paolo Costella | Italy | |
| Superheroes | Stefano Chiantini | Italy, France | |
| The Children's Train | Cristina Comencini | Italy | |
| U.S. Palmese | Manetti Bros. | Italy | |
| La Vallée des fous | Xavier Beauvois | France | |
| We Live in Time | John Crowley | United Kingdom | |
| The Dead Don't Hurt | Viggo Mortensen | United States | |
| Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness | Tre giorni sulle ali della follia | Johnny Depp | United Kingdom, Hungary, Italy |
Special screenings
edit- In co-production with Alice nella città
The autonomous parallel section unfolding within Rome Film Fest dedicated to younger generations.[11]
| 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 |
Best of 2024
edit| 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
editDocumentary
edit| 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 | |
| Inside the minds of Godard and Beauregard | Dans la tete de Godard et de Beauregard | Hind R. Boukli | France |
| Delon/Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs | Laurent Galinon | France | |
Special events
editMarcello Mastroianni 100
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hello Marcello! | Ciao Marcello! | Edited by Paolo Luciani | Italy |
| Hello Marcello. Mastroianni the Anti-Star | Ciao Marcello. Mastroianni l'antidivo | Fabrizio Corallo | Italy |
| Ghosts of Rome | Fantasmi a Roma | Antonio Pietrangeli | Italy |
| Dirty Hands Three-part TV series | Le mani sporche | Elio Petri | Italy |
| Mastroianni. A Casanova of Our Times | Antonello Branca | Italy | |
| Everybody's Fine | Stanno tutti bene | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy, France |
Gian Maria Volonté, thirty years after his death
editGian Maria Volonté, Italian actor and activist, who died on 6 December 1994.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Death of Mario Ricci | La mort de Mario Ricci | Claude Goretta | Switzerland, France |
Anica 80
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| There's Still Tomorrow | C'è ancora domani | Paola Cortellesi | Italy |
| I'm Starting from Three | Ricomincio da tre | Massimo Troisi | Italy |
Restorations
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| From the East | D'Est | Chantal Akerman | Belgium, France |
| The Seduction of Mimi | Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore | Lina Wertmüller | Italy |
| The Crying of the Old Maids | Il pianto delle zitelle | Giacomo Pozzi Bellini | Italy |
| Unknown Woman | Senza sapere niente di lei | Luigi Comencini | Italy |
| Finally Sunday! | Vivement dimanche! | François Truffaut | France |
The Anniversaries
edit| Year of release | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Watch Out, We're Mad! | ...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo! | Marcello Fondato | Italy, Spain |
| 1994 | Lamerica | Gianni Amelio | Italy, France, Switzerland | |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino | United States | |
| 1954 | Sabrina | Billy Wilder | United States | |
| 1964 | Blood and Black Lace | Sei donne per l'assassino | Mario Bava | Italy, France, West Germany |
| 1974 | The Sugarland Express | Steven Spielberg | United States | |
Sony Columbia 100
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilda | Charles Vidor | United States | |
Homage to Alain Delon
editAlain Delon, French actor, film producer, screenwriter, and singer who died on 18 August 2024.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borsalino | Jacques Deray | France, Italy | |
Awards and winners
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- Lifetime Achievement Award
References
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- ^ Scarpa, Vittoria (23 September 2024). "One hundred titles from 48 countries and a flurry of world premieres will form of the focus of this year's Rome Film Fest". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ Aldo Luigi Mancusi (22 September 2024). "Johnny Depp to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor at Rome Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Marcello Mastroianni protagonist of the image of the 2024 Festival". Cinema Foundation for Rome. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" is the pre-opening film". Cinema Foundation for Rome. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Festa del Cinema, the 2024 edition celebrates Marcello Mastroianni". Cinema Foundation for Rome. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Rome Film Festival 2024 dedicated to Mastroianni". Wanted In Rome. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "The Film Festival's commitment to social issues and the environment". Cinema Foundation for Rome. 26 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Dams, Tim (20 September 2024). "Rome Film Festival unveils 2024 line-up; Johnny Depp, Francis Ford Coppola, Viggo Mortensen to be honoured". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Films of the 2024 Film Fest". Cinema Foundation for Rome. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ Scarpa, Vittoria (24 September 2024). "Alice nella Città unveils the line-up for its 22nd edition". Cineuropa. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (20 September 2024). "Johnny Depp to Receive Career Honor at Rome Film Festival, Where 'Modi' Will Launch in Italy". Variety. Retrieved 24 September 2024.