Rome Festival 2021, the program and the stars. Tribute to Ettore Scola with the restoration of We loved each other so much
There will be 23 films and documentaries in the Official Selection of the next one Rome party. Which has put special events, close encounters and duels in the book. Scheduled atAuditorium Parco della Musica in Rome from 14 to 24 October the film festival of the capital was presented today by the artistic director Antonio Monda (in his seventh direction of the kermesse) and by the president of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma Laura Delli Colli.
There will be five pre-openings, a restoration, five tributes, a retrospective of 13 titles, seven films of our life, ten social and environmental events and other events of the Festival. The film will open the Capitoline event Tammy Faye’s eyes, by Michael Showalter, with Jessica Chastain And Andrew Garfield. In the Official Selection the only Italian Girl back – L’Arminuta, by Giuseppe Bonito, with Sofia Fiore, Carlotta De Leonardis, Vanessa Scalera, who tells the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who, when she was a few months old, sold her to wealthy cousins who would return to the city.
An edition characterized by “a great desire to restart, determination, strength”, says Laura Delli Colli, but which – like last year – due to the restrictive rules for Covid, will not see the public flock to the crowd this year either. Red carpet. “The public will still be able to see the stars take turns on the red carpet from the Cavea superiore-says the director general of the Cinema Foundation for Rome Francesca Via but by appointment, to avoid gatherings ”. Among the tributes, the great one stands out Gigi Proietti. The restoration, on the other hand, concerns Ettore Scola’s masterpiece We loved each other so much, which celebrates 90 years from the birth of Scola and 100 from that of Manfredi.
Close Encounters will host Tim Burton And Quentin Tarantino (who will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award of the event), Claudio Baglioni, Marco Bellocchio, Jessica Chastain, Alfonso Cuaron, Luca Guadagnino, Ligabue and Fabrizio Moro, the Manetti brothers, Frank Miller, Zerocalcare, Zadie Smith and Joe Wright.