FESTA DEL CINEMA DI ROMA | ROME FILM FEST 13th edition | October 18 – 28, 2018 PRESS CONFERENCE October 5, 2018 12 pm – Sala Petrassi Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome PRESS KIT CONTENT o Minister for the Cultural Heritage and Activities, Alberto Bonisoli o Mayor of Roma Capitale, Virginia Raggi o Governor of Regione Lazio, Nicola Zingaretti o President of Rome Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Handicrafts, and Agriculture, Lorenzo Tagliavanti o President of the Fondazione Musica per Roma, Aurelio Regina, and CEO of the Fondazione Musica per Roma, José R. Dosal o President and CEO of Istituto Luce-Cinecittà, Roberto Cicutto o Vice President of Fondazione Cinema per Roma, Laura Delli Colli o General Director of Fondazione Cinema per Roma, Francesca Via o Artistic Director of Rome Film Fest, Antonio Monda th o 13 Rome Film Fest o Official Selection o Everybody’s talking about it o Special Events o Close Encounters o “Pre-opening” screenings – October with the Rome Film Fest o Retrospectives o Tributes and Restored Films o Riflessi o Films of our Lives o Other events at the Rome Film Fest o Rome UNESCO City of Film o Alice nella città – the lineup o General Information o How to attend the Rome Film Fest – Tickets, advance sales, prices, accreditations o How to get here o Guide to the venues o Venues and services for the press Sede Operativa: Piazzale Cardinal Consalvi 9, 00196 Roma | Sede legale Viale Pietro de Coubertin 10, 00196 Roma | ph. +39 06 40401900 | [email protected] www.romacinemafest.org | @romacinemafest | #RomaFF13 MINISTER FOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ACTIVITIES ALBERTO BONISOLI Ten more, intense, days to talk about cinema. The Rome Film Fest echoes – with increasingly consolidated international resonance – the quality of Italian events in this field, implements their dialogue and debate and expands audience involvement. Fondazione Cinema per Roma has the merit of offering a dense programme of previews, conversations, events, exhibitions and debates, among these, I particularly appreciate the capacity of this 13th edition to extend the event beyond the boundaries of the Auditorium Parco della Musica, involving the Rebibbia prison complex, and its parallel attention to a lineup of films for kids. These, in fact, represent two of this Government's programmatic goals: to promote a far-reaching culture, that can bring city centres and suburbs, communities and territories together to regenerate a positive social fabric and stimulate the enjoyment of culture in the new generations. The Rome Film Fest, like the many other initiatives that Italy expresses, is essential and functional to the promotion of the entire value chain of the national film industry, which needs new systems today to manage the evolution of the market, to foster a strong and competitive film industry in Italy that can showcase its creativity and professional value. Another appreciable element is the context of encounter that distinguishes this event: it has meritoriously given the spectator the privilege of expressing judgment, as for an art which has the ultimate – and most noble – purpose of dialoguing with the spectator. Best of luck to the organizers, and to the audience, enjoy! (catalogue) Sede Operativa: Piazzale Cardinal Consalvi 9, 00196 Roma | Sede legale Viale Pietro de Coubertin 10, 00196 Roma | ph. +39 06 40401900 | [email protected] www.romacinemafest.org | @romacinemafest | #RomaFF13 THE MAYOR OF ROMA CAPITALE VIRGINIA RAGGI With its Film Fest, Rome continues to tell the world about the extraordinary bond it has always cultivated with this art. A profoundly emotional bond based on the passion for craftsmanship that has made Rome an international excellence in this field. It is no coincidence that Rome has been designated as a UNESCO "Creative City of Film", where cinema remains a founding element in the identity of the city, and represents a vital sector of its economy, which counts many fine companies. The Rome Film Fest thus continues to be a most fascinating story, filled with surprises. A story that pays tribute to the great cultural tradition of cinema, where important screenings alternate with retrospectives and the many special events, the Close Encounters with the public, the experimentation with new languages and the conversations with the directors, actors and protagonists of Italian and international cultural landscape. A story that also includes moments of historical and social value, such as the evocation, seventy-five years after the round-ups in the Roman Jewish Ghetto and eighty years after the racial laws, of the persecutions, the deportations and the Holocaust. Because this too is the purpose of cinema, to use its incredibly direct and effective language, its art and its culture to keep memory alive, to fight oblivion and to educate the hearts and the conscience of its audience. The Rome Film Fest makes this enormous legacy available to the Country and to our City. An important goal for us is to disseminate film culture to an audience that we hope to be as vast as possible, because it means gathering a community around the world of cinema and what it means, which thus becomes larger and more tight-knit. With this goal in mind – aware of the entrepreneurial and economic value of the film industry in Rome – we have promoted and continue to promote meetings with cinema and audiovisual professionals with whom we have engaged in a constant and concrete dialogue to define new objectives that we can achieve together. We therefore dedicate this thirteenth Rome Film Fest to the people who love cinema, and we are certain that its protagonists will stir our most intense emotions, as they always do. To each and every one, enjoy the Rome Film Fest. (catalogue) Sede Operativa: Piazzale Cardinal Consalvi 9, 00196 Roma | Sede legale Viale Pietro de Coubertin 10, 00196 Roma | ph. +39 06 40401900 | [email protected] www.romacinemafest.org | @romacinemafest | #RomaFF13 PRESIDENT OF THE REGIONE LAZIO NICOLA ZINGARETTI In Rome and in the Lazio region, cinema is an identifying element and a fundamental factor of association and development. In Europe, we are one of the territories that produces and consumes the largest amount of film culture, and it was in responding to this vocation that the Rome Film Fest was founded. We are firmly convinced in our continued support for this event: once again this year it will transform Rome into a key stage for the finest national and international productions, actors and directors, a venue where professionals from all around the world can meet and exchange opinions. But most of all, it will transform the city into one great "piazza" for a popular celebration starring all those people who watch and love cinema. In recent years, we have initiated a new cycle of investments in the sector of cinema and audiovisual production: we have given our support to the Fondazione Cinema per Roma and to the activities that promote our territory as a land of cinema; we work with associations and professionals; we take our companies abroad; we stand by those who produce film culture and those who promote cinema in the city, in the squares and in the schools. We are witnessing the first results of this action to support the sector: I am thinking of the rise in international co-productions, thanks to the calls of Lazio Cinema International, or the increase in youth employment in the audio-visual sector. Our committed support to the Rome Film Fest is part of that strategy. Cinema is an extraordinary opportunity for growth and for broadening the community's horizons, particularly for younger generations. With this purpose in mind, the Regione Lazio this year will launch a special project dedicated to young people throughout the Lazio region, to help many of them participate in this event and get to know directors, actors and new perspectives onto the world. We want cinema to remain a vibrant element in our region, because this a cultural industry generates jobs and economies, but also because we consider films to be outstanding vehicle for memory, exchange of ideas and knowledge. Enjoy the movies! (catalogue) Sede Operativa: Piazzale Cardinal Consalvi 9, 00196 Roma | Sede legale Viale Pietro de Coubertin 10, 00196 Roma | ph. +39 06 40401900 | [email protected] www.romacinemafest.org | @romacinemafest | #RomaFF13 PRESIDENT OF THE ROME CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, HANDICRAFTS, AND AGRICULTURE LORENZO TAGLIAVANTI From October 18th to the 28th, the best of cinema will again be the protagonist at the Rome Film Fest, an event that is centred in the Auditorium but also involves many other locations and cultural bodies in the Italian capital. Cinema represents a strategic sector for Italy, and it is one of the most deeply-rooted and long-standing productive traditions in Rome and its province. The first Italian film production company, CINES, was founded in our city in 1905. The presence of various production studios, of the major Italian broadcasters and countless local companies and operators was instrumental in the development of an actual cluster with many small and medium-size companies that employ tens of thousands of workers. Our territory also boasts a lengthy tradition of creative craftsmanship, internationally recognized thanks to the talent of our set and costume designers, who have several Oscars®. In recent years, the Rome Film Fest has become a prestigious showcase for the products of the Italian film industry, and at the same time, a precious chance for professionals in the field to meet. Thanks to the important opportunities for contact with the national and international leading figures in the field, it serves an indisputable role in stimulating the Italian film industry. The Rome Chamber of Commerce is well-aware of the considerable importance of the film industry and of the audio-visual production chain, and is committed to a plan of action aimed at maximizing their impact, with the goal of activating an essential driver of growth and economic and social prosperity for Rome.