Rome International Film Festival
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| Location | Rome, Italy |
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.romacinemafest.it/ |
International Rome Film Festival is a film festival that takes place in Rome, Italy, during the month of October. The actual complete name in Italian is Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma.
Even though it is quite a young festival, the importance of the hosting city as well as the strong economic investment has placed the Rome Film Festival among the most important film festivals in the world, with huge media coverage and world-famous artists in attendance.
Besides, along with the festival, a film market called the Business Street is set up in the Via Veneto, well-known due to the classic La Dolce Vita (1960).
The Rome Film Festival official program is divided into several sections:
A selection of feature films of young or already successful directors. The Festival will give priority to feature films that are world premieres. At the end of each screening, the audience will give their vote and assign the People’s Choice Award | Cinema d'Oggi.
A selection of some of the year’s most important films. Only feature films that are world premieres, international or European premieres will be considered for selection. .
A selection of films belonging to different film genres. Only feature films that are world, international or European premieres will be considered for selection. The Festival will give priority to feature films that are world premieres.
This section aims to highlight the new trends in the Italian cinema. Only films presented as world premieres will be considered for selection. At the end of each screening, the audience will give their vote and assign the People’s Choice Award | Cinema Italia (Fiction) and the People’s Choice Award | Cinema Italia (Documentary).
Devoted to children films, this sections has two competitive subsections, one for over-12 films and the other under-12. Besides, a number of special events, meetings and more.
The Rome Film Festival award is a silver statuette shaped after the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius statue, placed in Michelangelo's Campidoglio Square, arguably one of the most recognizable symbols of Rome.
According to the great majority of the audience’s preferences the best feature film presented in the Gala section will receive the BNL People’s Choice Award | Gala, along with a prize money assigned to its Italian distributor. If within 6 months the film will not be bought by an Italian distributor, the prize money will be given to its international seller.
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