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L'Italo-Americano THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014 www.italoamericano.com 2 International Rome Film Festival celebrates its 9th year Continued from page 1 experts (actors, directors, writers, etc.) who decide the winners of the festival awards, but rather the public. Common people will vote and determine the winners. It's a little revolution that no one was expecting and that leads to inter- esting questions: are movies made for the public or for people from the movie industry? Are experts able to choose the best movies or is the public more objective in distinguishing a good movie? The Rome Film Festival offi- cial program is divided into sev- eral sections: "Cinema d'Oggi", a selection of young or elderly successful directors, "Gala", a selection of some of the year's most important films, "Mondo Genere", a selection of movies belonging from different genres, "Prospective Italia", a section that wants to highlight the new trends in the Italian cine- ma, and "Alice nella Città", a section devoted to children. The Festival award is mod- eled on one of the most recogniz- able symbols of Rome: it consists of a silver statuette of Michelangelo's statue of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, which stands in the center of Campidoglio square. This year, among the many guests attending the Festival, will be Richard Gere, Kevin Costner, the Spandau Ballet, David Fincher together with his two actors Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, Steven Soderbergh presenting his new TV series with Clive Owen, Wim Wenders, and Jake Gyllenhaal. The festival starts October 16th and will run through October 25th. If you are in Rome enjoy some good movies! to two factors. One is the impor- tance and beauty of the hosting city: who would refuse an invita- tion to see movies and likely be awarded a prize in one of the most ancient, unique and mar- velous cities in the world? Another is the strong econom- ic investment by the festival's founders, who understood the importance of having a film festi- val in Rome and committed to create an event at a level with other established international film festivals. Alongside the festival, the organizers have set up a film market called the Business Street on Via Veneto, the well-known avenue that every movie lover will recognize from "La Dolce Vita". Business Street acknowl- edges the importance that mar- kets have in any movie festival, and brings together stars, direc- tors, and the economic players in the industry, to make contacts and create new collaborations. Yet, what makes the Rome Film Festival unique and espe- cially enjoyable is the great con- sideration given to the public. This is reflected in the ease of public access to every event and movie screening. And this year, for the first time, in the role assigned to the festival pub- lic as judge as well as audience. This year the Festival decided to shake up its awards, and for the first time there won't be a jury of "Buoni a Nulla" the new comedy by Gianni Di Gregorio Elisabetta Sgarbi, the director of the film "Due volte delta"

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