On May 5th last year, Casa del Cinema reopened to the public after a series of renovations and under new management by the Fondazione Cinema per Roma, the institution that since its foundation has organized the Rome Film Fest. To celebrate the anniversary, Ferzan Özpetek, Matteo Garrone and Valeria Golino will be the featured guests at three encounters with the public during which they will present the films they love best. Saturday May 4th will be dedicated to Özpetek, who has chosen for the spectators the film Black Narcissus by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (to be screened at 6 pm) and Il segno di Venere by Dino Risi (8 pm): the filmmaker will come to the stage before the screening of Risi’s film. On Sunday May 5th, the featured guest will be Garrone, who has selected L’Atalante by Jean Vigo (6 pm) and 8 ½ by Federico Fellini (8 pm), and will meet the audience before this second screening. Also on Sunday, the great Roman director will be celebrated with one of his best-loved films, Pinocchio, which will be screened as part of the film series “Forever Kids” at 11 am. On Friday May 10th, Valeria Golino will be the guest at Casa del Cinema at 8 pm to present Todo modo by Elio Petri. In the afternoon, at 4 pm, there will be a screening of Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese.
All the events and films scheduled for Saturday May 4th and Sunday May 5th will have free admission.
Variation on May programme
The Fondazione Cinema per Roma announces that Valeria Golino will not be present at the screening of Elio Petri’s film Todo modo, which will take place on Friday 10th May at the Casa del Cinema. The actress has released a video message to greet the audience and to explain the choice of her favourite films, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon (scheduled for Friday 10th at 4pm) and Todo modo itself (8pm). The video will be broadcast on two occasions: at the end of the afternoon screening and before the evening screening.