Rome, time for cinema: the Festa del Cinema celebrates its 19th edition from October 16 to 27, while industry professionals will gather at the MIA Market (October 14 to 18), two events at which Unifrance will be present in the company of numerous exporters.
On the festival front, the Festa del Cinema will take place mainly at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, which will host the main screenings and the vast red carpet, one of the largest in the world. Other venues and cultural entities in the capital are also taking part in the Festa.
Since 2022, the Festa del Cinema has included an International Competition among its selections, with a jury of cinema, culture, and arts professionals. Meetings with the public, events, special screenings, and tributes are also part of the program.
French films include the world premiere of Gilles Bourdos's Cross Away, starring Vincent Lindon as an architect whose life takes a dramatic turn, as well as Stealing Angel, the new film by Robert Guédiguian, a much-appreciated filmmaker in Italy, or Lee Shulman's documentary I am Martin Parr.
Last but not least, Chiara Mastroianni will be at the center of a masterclass to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of her father Marcello Mastroianni, who features prominently on the festival poster.
Alice nella Città, the festival's independent, parallel section dedicated to the younger generation, will run on the same dates, and will also present a selection of French films, including the festival's closing film On the Edge, Reda Kateb's debut feature, as well as Holy Cow, by Louise Courvoisier, in Competition.
On the industry professionals front, the 10th MIA will see Unifrance welcome under its umbrella several exporters (Gaumont, Be For Films, Artedis, Playtime, and SND) for five days of markets.
Immersive works will be in the spotlight in an XR showcase featuring eight works by French co-producers:
- Breathe by Michael Kolchesky Bisson (France, Israel, Germany)
- Champ de Bataille by François Vautier (France, Belgium, Luxembourg)
- Fisheye by Jonathan Pêpe (France, Italy)
- Ito Meikyu by Boris Labbé (France, Luxembourg)
- Monsieur Vincent by Agnès Molia & Gordon (France, Taiwan)
- Dans la grotte by Gianluca Abbate & Angelo Cretella (France, Italy)
- Maya: The Birth of a Superhero by Poulomi Basu & CJ Clarke (France, United States, United Kingdom)
- Oto's Planet by Gwenaël François (France, Luxembourg)
A cocktail reception organized by the Ambassade de France in Italy, Unifrance, MIA, the Institut français, and SCELF, in honor of French films and audiovisual works, will take place on Tuesday October 15 at Palazzo Farnese, the Embassy's residence.
We'd also like to mention the Scenari Transalpini program, a transnational incubation workshop for feature film scripts, to support the emergence of future Franco-Italian co-productions. An initiative of the Institut francais Italia and Cinecittà, with the DGCA-MiC and CNC, as well as the Institut Français, and in collaboration with the MIA and Villa Médicis.
All the French films presented at the 19th Festa del Cinema in Rome
(majority-French films are indicated in bold)
Official Selection - Progressive Cinema
- Paradiso in vendita by Luca Barbareschi
- Art or Fart? by Stefan Liberski
- Night Call by Michiel Blanchart
- Cross Away by Gilles Bourdos
- Spirit World by Eric Khoo
Grand Public
- Supereroi by Stefano Chiantini
- Stealing Angel by Robert Guédiguian
- Sailing Home by Xavier Beauvois
- The Return by Uberto Pasolini
History of Cinema
- John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse by Camille Clavel
- Dans la tête de Godard et de Beauregard by Hind R. Boukli
- François Truffaut: My Life a Screenplay by David Teboul
Freestyle
Freestyle - Arts
Best of 2024
- Architecton by Victor Kossakovsky
- Ernest Cole, Lost and Found by Raoul Peck
- The Marching Band by Emmanuel Courcol
- Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard
- The Balconettes by Noémie Merlant
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof
Tributes and Special Events
- Blood and Black Lace by Mario Bava
- Lamerica by Gianni Amelio
- The Death of Mario Ricci by Claude Goretta
- From the East by Chantal Akerman
- Army of Shadow by Jean-Pierre Melville
- Borsalino by Jacques Deray
- Everybody's Fine by Giuseppe Tornatore
- Confidentially Yours by François Truffaut
Festa rome
Alice Nella Città
Concorso
- Flow by Gints Zilbalodis
- Bird by Andrea Arnold
- When the Light Breaks by Rúnar Rúnarsson
- Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier
- Lads by Julien Menanteau
Fuori Concorso
Special Screenings
Sintoni
Closing Film
Media Gallery
