(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - The photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema peri Roma) From the FREE STYLE ARTS section: FELA, MY LIVING GOD by Daniele Vicari, Italy, 2023, 90’ | Doc | an eye attentive to the contemporary, creating interesting historical returns that trigger reflections, a ritmo dell’afrobeat Un bel ritmo che sposa bene il contenuto di questo documentario. Starting from the passion for Fela Kuti's music, Nigerian singer and activist, Vicari takes us to the 80s, following
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#ROMAFF18 – 18- 28/10/2023 SPECIAL #19: (DAY 9) COTTONTAIL by Patrick Dickinson – VALENTINA's review
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - The photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema peri Roma) From the GRAND PUBLIC section the film COTTONTAIL by Patrick Dickinson, UK, Japan, 2023, 94’ | First work | which tells of mourning, tra paesaggi inglesi e mercati giapponesi Con tenerezza e delicatezza, director Patrick Dickinson talks about mourning, between English landscapes and Japanese markets. After the death of his wife Akiko, Kenzaburo embarks on a journey to spread his ashes in England, in
#ROMAFF18 – 18- 28/10/2023 SPECIAL #17: (DAY 8) HUNDRED SUNDAYS by Antonio Albanese – VALENTINA's review
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - The photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema peri Roma) From the GRAND PUBLIC section: HUNDRED SUNDAYS by Antonio Albanese, Italy, 2022, 94’ che sorprende tutti con questo film dai toni grigi Il termine latino insomnia si riferisce non alla mancanza di sonno ma alla mancanza di sogni. Antonio Riva, the protagonist of this contemporary social drama, he set aside his life savings for a particular purpose: organize your daughter's wedding. Divorced,
#ROMAFF18 – 18- 28/10/2023 SPECIAL #15: (DAY 7) VOLARE by Margherita Buy – VALENTINA's review
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - The photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema peri Roma) From the GRAND PUBLIC section: VOLARE by Margherita Buy, Italy, 2023, 100’ | First work | In his portrait, partly autobiographical, Margherita Buy talks about herself following the traits of her character par excellence: a hypochondriac, obsessed, a little self-centered and absolutely hilarious. Her name is Anna Bettini e, among other qualities, she never managed to get on a plane. “Flying isn't natural for
#ROMAFF18 –18-28/10/2023 SPECIAL #14: (DAY 7) – The Focus on ALICE by Stefano Sica
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - Photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma) Dal CONCORSO ALICE NELLA CITTÀ storie di famiglie spezzate The Other Son di Juan Sebastiàn Quebrada - Colombia, France, Argentina, 2023, 89’ SINOSSI Federico e suo fratello Simon vivono a pieno la loro adolescenza, until the day Simon dies when he falls from the balcony during a party. As his family falls apart before his eyes, Federico tries to live a normal life during
#ROMAFF18 –18-28/10/2023 SPECIAL #12: (DAY 6) – The Focus on ALICE by Stefano Sica
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - Photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma) Un pubblico giovane ed entusiasta ha accolto all'Auditorium sold out l’ultima fatica del Maestro Hayao Miyazaki PROIEZIONI SPECIALI |In co-production with the Rome Film Festival| The Boy and the Heron by Hayao Miyazaki - Japan, 2023, 124’ SINOSSI Spinto dal desiderio di rivedere sua madre, It will be done, a boy of 12 years, ventures into a realm inhabited by the living and the dead. A fantastic place to
#ROMAFF18 –18-28/10/2023 SPECIAL #10: (DAY 4) – The Focus on ALICE by Stefano Sica
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - Photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma) With a light and pleasant film, at the same time the director manages to explain with an unpublished story, le tensioni che attraversa la società PANORAMA ITALIA Concorso La Guerra del Tiburtino III di Luna Gualano - Italy, 2023, 95’ SINOSSI Nel quartiere "Tiburtino III", on the outskirts of Rome, A small asteroid falls from the sky. In the next days, almost all the inhabitants of the neighborhood begin to behave in
#ROMAFF18 – 18- 28/10/2023 SPECIAL #9: (DAY 4) PALAZZINA LAF by Michele Riondino – VALENTINA's review
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - The photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema peri Roma) Michele Riondino ritorna alle sue origini con un film di denuncia sociale Esordio alla regia per l’attore Michele Riondino che, presenting Palazzina LAF at the Rome Film Festival, he made an important statement: “Da noi la classe operaia non va in paradiso.” Taranto, late 90s. Caterino Lamanna (Michele Riondino, extraordinary, it reminds us of Favino's best interpretations) he works as a worker at ILVA and is the
#ROMAFF18 – 18- 28/10/2023 SPECIAL #8: (DAY 3)
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - The photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema peri Roma) In competition, two unmissable films from distant Peru and the Nordic countries place a mortgage on the FESTA, together with the film about the Holocaust THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Best of 2023) presentato a Cannes CONCORSO PROGRESSIVE CINEMA LA ERECCION DE TORIBIO BARDELLI di Adrián Saba, Peru, Brazil, 2023, 82’ SINOSSI: Between the Casta Diva played by Maria Callas and the Elvis songs loved by a fanatic bartender, between
#ROMAFF18 – 18- 28/10/2023 SPECIAL #7: (DAY 3) CATCHING FIRE: THE STORY OF ANITA PALLENBERG by Alexis Bloom – VALENTINA's review
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - The photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema peri Roma) From the BEST OF section 2023: ANITA PALLENBERG “A witch, a murderer", that's how it was defined, il DOC fa chiarezza sulla protagonista CATCHING FIRE: THE STORY OF ANITA PALLENBERG di Alexis Bloom, Svetlana Zill, United States, 2023, 112’ | Doc | Scarlett Johansson gives voice to intimate words, never published, of the model's autobiography, actress, muse Anita Pallenberg, while between interviews and archive images we discover the smiles, i