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Rome's international film festival, now in its fifth year, is open through November 6, with seventeen films in competition, and eleven offficial selections
not competing, as well as dozens of other screenings and events. The Auditorium Parco della Musica has been transformed into a cinema village. A red carpet
covers the Cavea, and huge tents have been set up in the open spaces, housing enormous temporary screening rooms. All of the halls of the auditorium house
screenings, discussions and events. And the walkways are lined with restaurants, shops and booths displaying the wares of the festival sponsers. The Via
Veneto has become "the Business Street", a film market, with meetings and conferences in the major hotels. Hollywood stars from Nicole Kidman to Julianne
Moore to Martin Scorsese have booked up the suites at the Hotel de la Russie and the Hassler.
Highlights include screenings of the much buzzed films "The Kids are Alright", "Rabbit Hole" and "Social Network"; the pilot to Martin Scorsese's HBO series
"Boardwalk Empire"; a presentation of a newly restored print of Fellin's "La Dolce Vita" on the 50th anniversary of its release; and a tribute to Japanese
great Akira Kurosawa.
In addition to the festival's Marcus Aurelius prizes, competitions include the "Alice nella città" section of films for or about young people, and the "Extra"
section of documentaries. This year's jury is headed by Italian actor and director Sergio Castellitto, with journalist and writer Natalia Aspesi (Italy),
director Ulu Grosbard (United States-Belgium), writer Patrick McGrath (United Kingdom), director Edgar Reitz (Germany) who directed the series Heimat,
and Olga Sviblova (Russia) director of the Multimedial Art Museum in Moscow.
You can book tickets online at
www.listicket.it
Rome's international film festival, now in its fifth year, is open through November 6, with seventeen films in competition, and eleven offficial selections
not competing, as well as dozens of other screenings and events. The Auditorium Parco della Musica has been transformed into a cinema village. A red carpet
covers the Cavea, and huge tents have been set up in the open spaces, housing enormous temporary screening rooms. All of the halls of the auditorium house
screenings, discussions and events. And the walkways are lined with restaurants, shops and booths displaying the wares of the festival sponsers. The Via
Veneto has become "the Business Street", a film market, with meetings and conferences in the major hotels. Hollywood stars from Nicole Kidman to Julianne
Moore to Martin Scorsese have booked up the suites at the Hotel de la Russie and the Hassler.
Highlights include screenings of the much buzzed films "The Kids are Alright", "Rabbit Hole" and "Social Network"; the pilot to Martin Scorsese's HBO series
"Boardwalk Empire"; a presentation of a newly restored print of Fellin's "La Dolce Vita" on the 50th anniversary of its release; and a tribute to Japanese
great Akira Kurosawa.
In addition to the festival's Marcus Aurelius prizes, competitions include the "Alice nella città" section of films for or about young people, and the "Extra"
section of documentaries. This year's jury is headed by Italian actor and director Sergio Castellitto, with journalist and writer Natalia Aspesi (Italy),
director Ulu Grosbard (United States-Belgium), writer Patrick McGrath (United Kingdom), director Edgar Reitz (Germany) who directed the series Heimat,
and Olga Sviblova (Russia) director of the Multimedial Art Museum in Moscow.
You can book tickets online at
www.listicket.it
or through the box office at the Auditorium Parco della Musica. Screenings are also held at the Metropolitan Theater, Via del Corso at Piazza del Popolo.
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