Two new directors (Paola Malanga at the Festa del Cinema after the departure of Antonio Monda, and Gaia Tridente at the MIA after the departure of Lucia Milazzotto) present a new face to the multi-faceted Roman event: the Festa del Cinema, which will celebrate its 17th edition from October 13 through 23 and welcome the public, while the MIA Market (October 11 through 15) will host industry professionals. Two events where Unifrance will be present in the company of many exporters.
The Festa del Cinema is reintroducing its competition and will present 130 films in all, from October 13 through 23, on 28 screens across the city, including Nanni Moretti's Nuovo Sacher theater (which also hosts the Rendez-vous – Nuovo cinema francese, a French film festival co-organized by Unifrance, every April).
The competition will include in particular the French films Lockdown Tower by Guillaume Nicloux, Houria by Mounia Meddour, and Alam by Firas Khoury.
All of the French films presented at the Fest del Cinema in Rome
Official Competition
- Alam by Firas Khoury
- Houria by Mounia Meddour
- Lockdown Tower by Guillaume Nicloux
- SHTTL by Ady Walter (French coproduction share ratio not specified)
Grand Public
- Caravaggio's Shadow by Michele Placido (minority-French coproduction)
- The Hummingbird by Francesca Archibugi (minority-French coproduction)
- War - La Guerra desiderata by Gianni Zanasi (minority-French coproduction)
Special Screenings
Best of 2022
- Scarlet by Pietro Marcello
- Final Cut by Michel Hazanavicius
- Forever Young by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
- The Innocent by Louis Garrel
- The Beasts by Rodrigo Sorogoyen (minority-French coproduction)
- Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush by Andreas Dresen (minority-French coproduction)
- Boy From Heaven by Tarik Saleh (minority-French coproduction)
- Triangle of Sadness by Ruben Östlund (minority-French coproduction)
- Corsage by Marie Kreutzer (minority-French coproduction)
Freestyle
- Jane Campion, la femme cinéma by Julie Bertuccelli
- Django, a series by Francesca Comencini (2 episodes)
History of Cinema
- Blow Out by Marco Ferreri
- A Married Woman by Jean-Luc Godard
- High Heels by Pedro Almodóvar
- The Stolen Children by Gianni Amelio
- Claudia by Franck Saint-Cast
Alice Nella Città 2022
Concorso
- Hawa by Maïmouna Doucouré
- The Worst Ones by Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret
- This One Summer by Éric Lartigau
- Summer Scars by Simon Rieth
Eventi Speciali
- The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess by Michel Ocelot
- Heart of Oak by Laurent Charbonnier, Michel Seydoux
In terms of industry professionals, at the MIA Unifrance will welcome 20 sales companies to its exclusive space (see below), for five days of a market that the sector would like to see become the hub of international exchanges in the second half of the year. The 2022 version of the market (which offers a revised screening schedule, open only to premieres), proposed by its new director, is eagerly awaited.
- Be For Films
- Charades
- Coproduction Office
- France tv distribution
- Gaumont
- Indie Sales
- Kinology
- Le Pacte
- Les Films du Losange
- Luxbox
- Memento International
- MPM Premium
- Orange Studio
- Other Angle Pictures
- Playtime
- Pulsar Content
- SND
- The Party Film Sales
- Totem Films
- Wide
Unifrance will bring together the professional and artistic delegations on Thursday, October 13 at a cocktail reception dedicated to French cinema, at the Palais Farnèse Ambassade de France.
We should also mention that Unifrance, in partnership with the DGMIC, Institut Français Italy, and Business France, will accompany a delegation of 12 professionals (list attached) who will come to Rome to experience the MIA, learn about the Italian market, and meet potential partners.
