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Rome Independent Cinema Festival is an annual film festival held in August in the Rome, Italy. The festival is organized by HF Productions, and was first held in August 2018.
| Location | Rome, Italy |
|---|---|
| Established | August 2018 |
| Founded by | Henrik Friis de Magalhães e Meneses[1][2] |
| Website | https://www.romafestivale.com/ |
The festival
editRome Independent Cinema Festival was first started in August 2018, and is held annually at the screening venue, Casa del Cinema located in the Villa Borghese in Rome.[2][1] The event is organized by Copenhagen-based production company, HF Productions and aims to promote Italian independent cinema.[1][3] In 2019, the event was co-sponsored by Devent VFX Studio and Fonderia delle Arti.[1]
At the 2nd event in 2019, filmmakers Toni D’Angelo, Mario Sesti, Christian Carmosino Mereu and Chanel Agura were the jury panelists for the festival.[4]
Rome Independent Cinema Festival awards winners
edit2018
editThe following are the event winners of the 2018 Rome Independent Cinema Festival:[5][2]
- Best Feature Film: Paradize 89 (2018), director Madara Dišlere
- Best Short Film: Mazeppa (2017), director Jonathan Lago Lago
- Best Comedy: Guardians
- Best Drama: A Touch of Spring
- Best Experimental: Dreaming in March
- Best Foreign Film: Anissa 2002 (2015), director Fabienne Facco
- Best Cinematography: The Legend of Ben Hall (2018), cinematographer Peter Szilveszter
- Best Editing: La Cumbre (2017), director Dana Romanoff
- Best Writing: The Night Witches by Steven Prowse
- Best Feature Documentary: The March of Hope (2018), director Jamie Croft
- Best Short Documentary: El Gallo (2018), director Michael Medoway
- Best Animated Short: Goodnight
2019
editThe following are the event winners of the 2019 Rome Independent Cinema Festival:[6]
- Best Feature Film: Olma Djon (2018), director Victoria Yakubov
- Best Short Film: Strange Cities Are Familiar (2018), director Saeed Taji Farouky
- Best Comedy: Only Good Things
- Best Drama: A Thousand Miles Behind (2018), director Nathan Wetherington
- Best Experimental: Ansage Ende (2019), director Stijn Verhoeff
- Best Foreign Film: Fever
- Best Cinematography: Chronos
- Best Editing: The Houses We Were (2018), director Arianna Lodeserto
- Best Writing: (Dis)Honoured
- Best Feature Documentary:' The Dream of Homer (2018), director Emiliano Aiello
- Best Short Documentary: Playground Addiction (2019), directors Carlo Furgeri Gilbert, Marzio Mirabella, and Niccolò Rastrelli
- Best Animated: Lemons – Deseisaocho la banda (2018), Daniela Godel
- Best Italian Film: Where is Europe
- Special Mention for Best Comedy: Swindler
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Rome Independent Cinema Festival". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Casa del Cinema, successo per la rassegna dedicata alla produzione indipendente". Trieste-Salario (in Italian). 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Rome Independent Cinema Festival sbarca alla Casa del Cinema". Flaminio-Parioli (in Italian). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Rome Independent Cinema Festival | Estate Romana 2019". www.estateromana.comune.roma.it (in Italian). 31 August 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Past Editions - Rome Independent Film Festival". Rome Independent Film Festival. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "2019 Rome Independent Film Festival winners". Rome Independent Film Festival. Retrieved 26 October 2019.