The Rome Film Fest, which is currently underway, is taking movies to screens all over the Eternal City, including jails, housing projects and a suburban park with two enormous ancient aqueducts.
While the event’s 18th edition – the core component of which runs Oct. 18-29 – is drawing record-breaking crowds at the Renzo Piano-designed auditorium, screenings are also taking place in various other venues, including a program of fresh movies and talks being held in local penitentiaries.
On Wednesday, Rome’s opener “There’s Still Tomorrow,” a feminist dramedy that marks the directorial debut of popular Italian actor Paola Cortellesi is playing in the women’s ward of Rome’s maximum security Rebibbia jail with screenwriters Giulia Calenda and Furio Andreotti in tow to introduce the screening. On Thursday, a first work titled “Troppo Azzurro,” about a 25-year-old named Dario who still lives with his parents and frets about his first date,...
While the event’s 18th edition – the core component of which runs Oct. 18-29 – is drawing record-breaking crowds at the Renzo Piano-designed auditorium, screenings are also taking place in various other venues, including a program of fresh movies and talks being held in local penitentiaries.
On Wednesday, Rome’s opener “There’s Still Tomorrow,” a feminist dramedy that marks the directorial debut of popular Italian actor Paola Cortellesi is playing in the women’s ward of Rome’s maximum security Rebibbia jail with screenwriters Giulia Calenda and Furio Andreotti in tow to introduce the screening. On Thursday, a first work titled “Troppo Azzurro,” about a 25-year-old named Dario who still lives with his parents and frets about his first date,...
- 10/24/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Festival
Gael Garcia Bernal is set to preside over the jury of the upcoming Rome Film Festival.
The Mexican actor, director and producer will be judging entries and bestowing prizes in the rebooted fest’s main section, which is now known as Progressive Cinema. Films competing for Rome prizes include Spanish director Isabel Coixet’s “Un Amor,” about a young woman socially and sexually exploited by a rural patriarchy; Iranian director Farhad Delaram, in which a former filmmaker turned medic decides to help a female political prisoner escape from a psych ward; and French director Mehdi Fikri’s “After The Fire,” which turns on a French woman of North African descent who seeks justice after her younger brother dies suspiciously after being stopped by the police.
The Eternal City event’s upcoming 18th edition – which will run Oct. 18-29 – will be the second since the appointment of Rai Cinema executive...
Gael Garcia Bernal is set to preside over the jury of the upcoming Rome Film Festival.
The Mexican actor, director and producer will be judging entries and bestowing prizes in the rebooted fest’s main section, which is now known as Progressive Cinema. Films competing for Rome prizes include Spanish director Isabel Coixet’s “Un Amor,” about a young woman socially and sexually exploited by a rural patriarchy; Iranian director Farhad Delaram, in which a former filmmaker turned medic decides to help a female political prisoner escape from a psych ward; and French director Mehdi Fikri’s “After The Fire,” which turns on a French woman of North African descent who seeks justice after her younger brother dies suspiciously after being stopped by the police.
The Eternal City event’s upcoming 18th edition – which will run Oct. 18-29 – will be the second since the appointment of Rai Cinema executive...
- 10/4/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The film festival ‘Dilip Kumar Hero Of Heroes’, which will showcase the milestone films of the ‘Tragedy King’ such as ‘Aan’, ‘Devdas’, ‘Ram Aur Shyam’ and ‘Shakti’, will be held on December 10 and 11.
With a career spanning five decades, Mohammed Yusuf Khan, popularly known as Dilip Kumar, ruled the silver screen with his work earning him the title of ‘Abhinay Samrat’ (king of acting).
The actor first tasted success the same year India attained Independence – 1947, and steadily built his success over the next few decades, courtesy films such as ‘Andaz’, ‘Aan’, ‘Daag’, ‘Devdas’, ‘Azaad’, ‘Naya Daur’, ‘Madhumati’, ‘Paigham’, ‘Gunga Jumna’, ‘Ram Aur Shyam’ and the epic ‘Mughal-e-Azam’.
The festival will cover over 30 cinema halls in 20 cities across India and will honour the screen legend through its showcase. The festival is being organised by the Film Heritage Foundation.
Talking about the showcase, Saira Banu states: “I am so happy that Film...
With a career spanning five decades, Mohammed Yusuf Khan, popularly known as Dilip Kumar, ruled the silver screen with his work earning him the title of ‘Abhinay Samrat’ (king of acting).
The actor first tasted success the same year India attained Independence – 1947, and steadily built his success over the next few decades, courtesy films such as ‘Andaz’, ‘Aan’, ‘Daag’, ‘Devdas’, ‘Azaad’, ‘Naya Daur’, ‘Madhumati’, ‘Paigham’, ‘Gunga Jumna’, ‘Ram Aur Shyam’ and the epic ‘Mughal-e-Azam’.
The festival will cover over 30 cinema halls in 20 cities across India and will honour the screen legend through its showcase. The festival is being organised by the Film Heritage Foundation.
Talking about the showcase, Saira Banu states: “I am so happy that Film...
- 11/26/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The Lumière Festival’s International Classic Film Market (Mifc) in Lyon, France, is celebrating its 10th edition this year with a wide-ranging program focusing on bolstering classic film distribution, the prospects of new commercial territories, film education and a focus on Spain’s heritage film sector.
The Mifc, which runs Oct. 18-21, kicks off with a keynote by Gian Luca Farinelli, director of Italy’s Cineteca di Bologna film archive. Market organizers praise Farinelli for “allowing classic films to be found, restored, reviewed and, most often, put back on the market firstly through the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival, exhibition and distribution activities within the foundation, while maintaining strong links with cinemathques from around the world.”
Farinelli’s work, the Mifc notes, “contributes to ensuring that the history of cinema is always active, alive and accessible.” Many who work in the classic film sector would second that opinion.
The Classic Film Market,...
The Mifc, which runs Oct. 18-21, kicks off with a keynote by Gian Luca Farinelli, director of Italy’s Cineteca di Bologna film archive. Market organizers praise Farinelli for “allowing classic films to be found, restored, reviewed and, most often, put back on the market firstly through the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival, exhibition and distribution activities within the foundation, while maintaining strong links with cinemathques from around the world.”
Farinelli’s work, the Mifc notes, “contributes to ensuring that the history of cinema is always active, alive and accessible.” Many who work in the classic film sector would second that opinion.
The Classic Film Market,...
- 10/16/2022
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Rome’s innovative Mia market dedicated to international TV series, feature films, and documentaries kicks off its eighth edition Tuesday, headed by new chief Gaia Tridente, who has added an animation section and been busy raising the curated mart’s international profile.
The Oct. 11-15 Mia mart – its acronym stands for the Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo or International Audiovisual Market – this year is positioned prior to the Mipcom content market and conference that runs Oct. 17-20 in Cannes, since Mipcom has shifted its dates back.
But this non-voluntary repositioning has not impacted the number of registered Mia attendees, which is up more than 12 compared with past editions. More than 900 international industry execs are registered for the boutique event being held in central Rome’s Palazzo Barberini, which is Italy’s National Ancient Art gallery that during Mia doubles as the market’s hub where company stands are set up amid Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces.
The Oct. 11-15 Mia mart – its acronym stands for the Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo or International Audiovisual Market – this year is positioned prior to the Mipcom content market and conference that runs Oct. 17-20 in Cannes, since Mipcom has shifted its dates back.
But this non-voluntary repositioning has not impacted the number of registered Mia attendees, which is up more than 12 compared with past editions. More than 900 international industry execs are registered for the boutique event being held in central Rome’s Palazzo Barberini, which is Italy’s National Ancient Art gallery that during Mia doubles as the market’s hub where company stands are set up amid Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces.
- 10/11/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The Rome Film Festival has unveiled its first line-up under the new management team of former Rai executive Paola Malanga as artistic director and Cineteca di Bologna director Gian Luca Farinelli as president, who were both appointed to their roles last March.
“Putting together a festival in five months was a big challenge. If we succeeded it’s thanks to the extraordinary team and the institutions,” Farinelli said at a news conference in Rome on Thursday.
The festival’s 17th edition, October 13-23, will host 130 titles on 28 screens across the Italian capital.
Highlights include a career tribute for James Ivory and the launch of an international competition strand under the banner “Progressive Cinema – Visions Of Tomorrow’s World”, showcasing 16 new films.
“We tried to bring recognition to the festival on the international scene… guided by a simple polar star. The festival is not Cannes, Venice or Berlin. So what is it?...
“Putting together a festival in five months was a big challenge. If we succeeded it’s thanks to the extraordinary team and the institutions,” Farinelli said at a news conference in Rome on Thursday.
The festival’s 17th edition, October 13-23, will host 130 titles on 28 screens across the Italian capital.
Highlights include a career tribute for James Ivory and the launch of an international competition strand under the banner “Progressive Cinema – Visions Of Tomorrow’s World”, showcasing 16 new films.
“We tried to bring recognition to the festival on the international scene… guided by a simple polar star. The festival is not Cannes, Venice or Berlin. So what is it?...
- 9/22/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
It is the first edition under artistic director Paola Malanga.
Paola Malanga, the new artistic director of the Rome Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for the 2022 edition, taking place from October 13-23.
The international competition will showcase 16 titles including Lila Neugebauer’s Causeway, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Mounia Meddour’s Houria and Firam Khoury’s Alam and Wang Xiaoshuai’s The Hotel.
Francesca Archibugi’s The Hummingbird, starring Pierfrancesco Favino, Bérénice Bejo, Nanni Moretti and Laura Morante will open the festival out of competition, fresh from its world premiere at Toronto and just ahead of its Italian release on October...
Paola Malanga, the new artistic director of the Rome Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for the 2022 edition, taking place from October 13-23.
The international competition will showcase 16 titles including Lila Neugebauer’s Causeway, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Mounia Meddour’s Houria and Firam Khoury’s Alam and Wang Xiaoshuai’s The Hotel.
Francesca Archibugi’s The Hummingbird, starring Pierfrancesco Favino, Bérénice Bejo, Nanni Moretti and Laura Morante will open the festival out of competition, fresh from its world premiere at Toronto and just ahead of its Italian release on October...
- 9/22/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
The 17th annual Rome Film Festival will fete James Ivory with a career honor, a mini retrospective and the Italian launch of the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s personal new documentary “A Cooler Climate.”
Ivory is expected in Rome to receive the award and present the doc about his life as a traveler that takes its cue from boxes of film the director shot during a life-changing trip to Afghanistan in 1960. The film premieres beforehand at the New York Film Festival.
Rome’s Ivory mini-retrospective will comprise his films “Maurice”; “Mr. and Mrs. Bridge,” starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward; “The Remains of the Day”; and “A Room With a View.”
The Rome fest – which has undergone a management change and is now headed by former Rai Cinema executive Paola Malanga as artistic director and Gian Luca Farinelli as president – on Thursday unveiled a mixed bag lineup comprising a competitive section largely made up of first works,...
Ivory is expected in Rome to receive the award and present the doc about his life as a traveler that takes its cue from boxes of film the director shot during a life-changing trip to Afghanistan in 1960. The film premieres beforehand at the New York Film Festival.
Rome’s Ivory mini-retrospective will comprise his films “Maurice”; “Mr. and Mrs. Bridge,” starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward; “The Remains of the Day”; and “A Room With a View.”
The Rome fest – which has undergone a management change and is now headed by former Rai Cinema executive Paola Malanga as artistic director and Gian Luca Farinelli as president – on Thursday unveiled a mixed bag lineup comprising a competitive section largely made up of first works,...
- 9/22/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The Rome Film Festival is under new management following a political shake-up that has led to the appointment of Rai Cinema executive Paola Malanga as the fest’s artistic director and Gian Luca Farinelli, who heads the Bologna film archives, as president.
Malanga, who was appointed late on Tuesday, replaces Antonio Monda, the New York based journalist and film academic who during his seven-year stint at the helm of the event secured a steady stream of high-caliber guests such as Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton and Angelina Jolie, to mention a few names on the Rome red carpet at last year’s edition.
Farinelli –– who has been appointed president of the Cinema Per Roma foundation that oversees the Rome fest –– takes the reins from Laura Delli Colli, a prominent film journo and critic who remains on the foundation’s board.
The new Rome fest regime was prompted by the election last...
Malanga, who was appointed late on Tuesday, replaces Antonio Monda, the New York based journalist and film academic who during his seven-year stint at the helm of the event secured a steady stream of high-caliber guests such as Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton and Angelina Jolie, to mention a few names on the Rome red carpet at last year’s edition.
Farinelli –– who has been appointed president of the Cinema Per Roma foundation that oversees the Rome fest –– takes the reins from Laura Delli Colli, a prominent film journo and critic who remains on the foundation’s board.
The new Rome fest regime was prompted by the election last...
- 3/30/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Rai Cinema executive succeeds Antonio Monda.
Rai Cinema executive Paola Malanga has been appointed artistic director of the Rome Film Festival, succeeding Antonio Monda who has held the role since 2015.
The change at the helm of the Festa del Cinema – as the event is known locally – was announced on Tuesday evening (March 29) following a meeting of the board of directors of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma, the body behind the festival.
Malanga’s appointment spans a three-year term, with the new artistic director scheduled to oversee the upcoming 17th edition of the festival in autumn 2022, for which dates have yet to be set.
Rai Cinema executive Paola Malanga has been appointed artistic director of the Rome Film Festival, succeeding Antonio Monda who has held the role since 2015.
The change at the helm of the Festa del Cinema – as the event is known locally – was announced on Tuesday evening (March 29) following a meeting of the board of directors of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma, the body behind the festival.
Malanga’s appointment spans a three-year term, with the new artistic director scheduled to oversee the upcoming 17th edition of the festival in autumn 2022, for which dates have yet to be set.
- 3/30/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
The Cineteca di Bologna, which runs Il Cinema Ritrovato – the other major European event dedicated to heritage film alongside the Lumière Fest in Lyon – has announced a slate of upcoming releases to mark the centenaries of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Francesco Rosi.
These include Pasolini’s .”Uccellacci et Uccellini.” and “.Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo”. and Francesco Rosi’s .”C’era una Volta”.. Other notable works aiming for a 2022 release in time for the Cannes, Bologna and Lumière festivals include Vittorio de Sica’s Oscar-winning .Sciuscià..
The centenary is generating huge interest in Pasolini and the incredible modernity of his work,. Cineteca chief Gian Luca Farinelli told Variety. .”His films still surprise us, they haven’t aged, they were avant-garde in the ’60s and they still are today. These poets and writers turned to cinema and invented a whole new language, a new vision .like the gaze of a Renaissance painter. It...
These include Pasolini’s .”Uccellacci et Uccellini.” and “.Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo”. and Francesco Rosi’s .”C’era una Volta”.. Other notable works aiming for a 2022 release in time for the Cannes, Bologna and Lumière festivals include Vittorio de Sica’s Oscar-winning .Sciuscià..
The centenary is generating huge interest in Pasolini and the incredible modernity of his work,. Cineteca chief Gian Luca Farinelli told Variety. .”His films still surprise us, they haven’t aged, they were avant-garde in the ’60s and they still are today. These poets and writers turned to cinema and invented a whole new language, a new vision .like the gaze of a Renaissance painter. It...
- 10/16/2021
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
An A-list panel of key actors in the film heritage industry gathered around a table at the Lumière Festival’s Classic Film Market (Mifc) with this year’s special guest Margaret Bodde to discuss how they relay the actions of the Film Foundation she heads.
“Obviously there’s a commercial imperative, but we work with partners that have a great track record and who share our vision that it’s important to handle these films like the works of art that they are,” said Bodde, The Film Foundation executive director.
“People who have the ability to get the film out broadly like Vincent [Paul-Boncour] and Carlotta with ‘Chess of the Wind,’” she went on, referring to the French distributor of one of the Film Foundation’s latest restorations, a rediscovered Iranian movie from 1976 by Mohammad Reza Aslani.
“As a partner of the Film Foundation, we were able to seek the rights for the film,...
“Obviously there’s a commercial imperative, but we work with partners that have a great track record and who share our vision that it’s important to handle these films like the works of art that they are,” said Bodde, The Film Foundation executive director.
“People who have the ability to get the film out broadly like Vincent [Paul-Boncour] and Carlotta with ‘Chess of the Wind,’” she went on, referring to the French distributor of one of the Film Foundation’s latest restorations, a rediscovered Iranian movie from 1976 by Mohammad Reza Aslani.
“As a partner of the Film Foundation, we were able to seek the rights for the film,...
- 10/15/2021
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
The Lumière Festival’s International Classic Film Market (Mifc) in Lyon, France, bows Tuesday, again bringing together distributors, exhibitors, streamers, TV programmers, film restorers and festival reps for one of the world’s leading heritage cinema events.
This year’s market looks set for a much more upbeat atmosphere compared to the 2020 edition, which took place right before the pandemic’s second wave that led to months-long cinema closures.
“It’s more about getting back on track,” says Mifc programming coordinator Gérald Duchaussoy. “The impression that we have when we talk to the distributors and rights owners is that they are very motivated to make it happen, to make it move once again. I’m not saying it’s easy, but frankly we feel a lot of very positive energy when we talk to them.”
It’s a very different vibe compared to last year, when the market took place under very difficult conditions,...
This year’s market looks set for a much more upbeat atmosphere compared to the 2020 edition, which took place right before the pandemic’s second wave that led to months-long cinema closures.
“It’s more about getting back on track,” says Mifc programming coordinator Gérald Duchaussoy. “The impression that we have when we talk to the distributors and rights owners is that they are very motivated to make it happen, to make it move once again. I’m not saying it’s easy, but frankly we feel a lot of very positive energy when we talk to them.”
It’s a very different vibe compared to last year, when the market took place under very difficult conditions,...
- 10/8/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
After a months-long industry shutdown due to the Covid-19 crisis, Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” is breathing new life into Italy’s cinemas, where the film is getting off to a solid start.
The watershed blockbuster pulled in €403,000 from 791 Italian screens on its first day, Aug. 26, selling more than 57,000 tickets, according to Warner Bros. Italy. It’s the first encouraging box office result in the country since the Italian government allowed cinemas to reopen in June. Driven by “Tenet,” roughly half of the country’s screens are now operational.
It’s fitting for the time-bending thriller, which was partly shot in Italy, to be playing in 70Mm format at the Cinema Lumière in the central Italian city of Bologna, since the Bologna film archives are known globally as a prime film preservation entity and a temple of pure cinema.
“Nolan is of course a big champion of celluloid,” says the entity’s chief Gian Luca Farinelli,...
The watershed blockbuster pulled in €403,000 from 791 Italian screens on its first day, Aug. 26, selling more than 57,000 tickets, according to Warner Bros. Italy. It’s the first encouraging box office result in the country since the Italian government allowed cinemas to reopen in June. Driven by “Tenet,” roughly half of the country’s screens are now operational.
It’s fitting for the time-bending thriller, which was partly shot in Italy, to be playing in 70Mm format at the Cinema Lumière in the central Italian city of Bologna, since the Bologna film archives are known globally as a prime film preservation entity and a temple of pure cinema.
“Nolan is of course a big champion of celluloid,” says the entity’s chief Gian Luca Farinelli,...
- 8/28/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Il Cinema Ritrovato Chief Gian Luca Farinelli Talks Collaboration With Venice and Cannes (Exclusive)
Italy’s Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival – which has long seen thousands of heritage film lovers and distributors flock to the city of Bologna in summer – officially kicked off Tuesday with a freshly restored version of Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Cronaca di un amore” (pictured). It’s an emblematic opener in various ways. The now freshly restored pic stars late great Italian actor Lucia Bosé who died last March, having contracted coronavirus. Antonioni’s 1950 drama is also among titles in the Venice Film Festival’s Venice Classics section, which has migrated to Bologna this year due to the impact of Covid-19 constraints on Lido screening space.
Variety spoke to Il Cinema Ritrovato chief Gian Luca Farinelli, who also heads the Bologna Film Archives and its globally renown film restoration lab, about this year’s collaboration with Venice and Cannes. Excerpts from the conversation.
How did it happen that you and Venice chief...
Variety spoke to Il Cinema Ritrovato chief Gian Luca Farinelli, who also heads the Bologna Film Archives and its globally renown film restoration lab, about this year’s collaboration with Venice and Cannes. Excerpts from the conversation.
How did it happen that you and Venice chief...
- 8/26/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (Hkiffs) announces a long-term collaboration with Italy’s world-renowned Cineteca di Bologna to promote film heritage conservation through screenings, exhibitions and seminars of restored classics.
A significant feature of this collaboration will involve Hkiffs bringing some of Cineteca di Bologna’s priceless collection of restored film classics in specially curated programmes to Hong Kong’s audience, starting from the 44th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF44) in 2020. Hkiffs’s year-round repertory Cine Fan Programme will also benefit from this partnership.
To reciprocate, Hkiffs will collaborate with Cineteca di Bologna in identifying and recommending notable films from the region for preservation, and to assist in curating Chinese language programmes for future editions of Il Cinema Ritrovato, the world’s leading festival for restored and rediscovered films held in Bologna each year.
In welcoming this new initiative, Hkiffs executive director Albert Lee notes the growing global interest in film conservation.
A significant feature of this collaboration will involve Hkiffs bringing some of Cineteca di Bologna’s priceless collection of restored film classics in specially curated programmes to Hong Kong’s audience, starting from the 44th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF44) in 2020. Hkiffs’s year-round repertory Cine Fan Programme will also benefit from this partnership.
To reciprocate, Hkiffs will collaborate with Cineteca di Bologna in identifying and recommending notable films from the region for preservation, and to assist in curating Chinese language programmes for future editions of Il Cinema Ritrovato, the world’s leading festival for restored and rediscovered films held in Bologna each year.
In welcoming this new initiative, Hkiffs executive director Albert Lee notes the growing global interest in film conservation.
- 9/18/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Italy’s exhibitors have just sent another message to Netflix by grouping together and boycotting a theatrical run of Alfonso Cuaron’s acclaimed film Roma.
According to the newspaper Repubblica, Cineteca di Bologna head Gian Luca Farinelli has stepped in to make sure that some Italians will be able to see the film on the big screen. Roma will be distributed by film preservation center Cineteca di Bologna on about 50 screens from Dec. 3-5 in theaters before becoming available to Netflix subscribers to stream on Dec. 14.
After Cuaron took home the Golden Lion in Venice for his film, Netflix ...
According to the newspaper Repubblica, Cineteca di Bologna head Gian Luca Farinelli has stepped in to make sure that some Italians will be able to see the film on the big screen. Roma will be distributed by film preservation center Cineteca di Bologna on about 50 screens from Dec. 3-5 in theaters before becoming available to Netflix subscribers to stream on Dec. 14.
After Cuaron took home the Golden Lion in Venice for his film, Netflix ...
- 11/23/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Italy’s exhibitors have just sent another message to Netflix by grouping together and boycotting a theatrical run of Alfonso Cuaron’s acclaimed film Roma.
According to the newspaper Repubblica, Cineteca di Bologna head Gian Luca Farinelli has stepped in to make sure that some Italians will be able to see the film on the big screen. Roma will be distributed by film preservation center Cineteca di Bologna on about 50 screens from Dec. 3-5 in theaters before becoming available to Netflix subscribers to stream on Dec. 14.
After Cuaron took home the Golden Lion in Venice for his film, Netflix ...
According to the newspaper Repubblica, Cineteca di Bologna head Gian Luca Farinelli has stepped in to make sure that some Italians will be able to see the film on the big screen. Roma will be distributed by film preservation center Cineteca di Bologna on about 50 screens from Dec. 3-5 in theaters before becoming available to Netflix subscribers to stream on Dec. 14.
After Cuaron took home the Golden Lion in Venice for his film, Netflix ...
- 11/23/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Main programme includes Birdman, Foxcatcher, The Imitation Game and Rosewater.
The Telluride Film Festival (Aug 29 - Sept 1) has revealed the line-up for its 41st edition, packed with films tipped for awards season.
The festival will include 85 features, short films and revivals representing 28 countries, along with special artist tributes, conversations, panels and education programmes.
The main programme includes Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman, starring Michael Keaton, which opened the Venice Film Festival to rave reviews yesterday.
The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, The Homesman, directed by Tommy Lee Jones, and Jon Stewart’s directorial debut Rosewater are all generating awards buzz.
There are also several titles that picked up prizes in Cannes earlier this year including Foxcatcher, which won Bennett Miller best director; Russian drama Leviathan, winner of best screenplay; Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, which saw Timothy Spall win best actor; and jury prize winner Mommy from Xavier Dolan.
The 50 Year Argument (d. Martin Scorsese, [link...
The Telluride Film Festival (Aug 29 - Sept 1) has revealed the line-up for its 41st edition, packed with films tipped for awards season.
The festival will include 85 features, short films and revivals representing 28 countries, along with special artist tributes, conversations, panels and education programmes.
The main programme includes Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman, starring Michael Keaton, which opened the Venice Film Festival to rave reviews yesterday.
The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, The Homesman, directed by Tommy Lee Jones, and Jon Stewart’s directorial debut Rosewater are all generating awards buzz.
There are also several titles that picked up prizes in Cannes earlier this year including Foxcatcher, which won Bennett Miller best director; Russian drama Leviathan, winner of best screenplay; Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, which saw Timothy Spall win best actor; and jury prize winner Mommy from Xavier Dolan.
The 50 Year Argument (d. Martin Scorsese, [link...
- 8/28/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Telluride — With all the reindeer games going on in the fall festival world, a lot of the drama and mystery surrounding Telluride's perennially on-the-lowdown program began to seep out like a steadily deflating balloon this year. Toronto, Venice and New York notations of "World Premiere," "Canada Premiere," "New York Premiere" or "International Premiere" and the like made it all rather obvious which films were heading to the San Juans for the 41st edition of the tiny mining village's cinephile gathering, and which were not. But the fact is, if you're in it just for the surprises — or certainly, for the awards-baiting heavies — you're never going to be fully satisfied by the Telluride experience. That having been said, this year's program might just be the most exciting one in my six years of attending. Starting with all of the stuff we were expecting, indeed, Cannes players "Foxcatcher," "Mr. Turner" and "Leviathan...
- 8/28/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
After loss of the print of Alam Ara and many other classics, a Film Heritage Foundation has now been set up by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, a popular filmmaker and film archivist. Also, many veteran artists from the fraternity will be a part of an advisory board which will select films to be restored. That includes lyricist Gulzar, filmmaker Shyam Benegal, director Kumar Shahni and Girish Kasaravalli, founder director of the National Film Archives of India, P K Nair, actress Jaya Bachchan along with foreign artists like Irish director Mark Cousins, Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi, director of an Italian Film Festival, Gian Luca Farinelli. According to Dungarpur, despite us having a heritage of classics that were produced in the 50s, almost 80 percent of the films have already been lost, one of which was Alam Ara. Hence, a restoration process is a must. Shivendra Singh, who has been a part of this process before,...
- 5/28/2014
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
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