Rome, Oct. 13 (LaPresse) – “This year, we are opening, like all major international festivals, with an extra day, and fortunately so, because putting together a programme featuring 150 films from 55 different countries creates overcrowding. We are doing this for the audience too, to give them more choice, greater comfort and more flexibility. We are opening with an Italian film, Paolo Genovese’s ‘Il rumore delle cose nuove’, featuring a great Italian cast. I always try to say that the Rome Film Festival is a celebration of independent cinema, especially Italian independent cinema, and this year we are opening with an Italian film.” This was the comment made to LaPresse by Salvatore Nastasi, President of the Cinema per Roma Foundation, on the sidelines of the opening day of the 21st edition of the Rome Film Festival at the Auditorium. “There is no shortage of stars,” Nastasi continued, “but above all, there is no shortage of great cinema, not only independent films but also those produced by the major studios. We want to offer films for all kinds of audiences, and the audience is responding well.” “Starting next year,” President Nastasi then announced, “there will be major new developments: we will have the Santa Cecilia hall, meaning the entire Auditorium will be dedicated to the Film Festival, with a hall seating 2,000 people. We have realised that demand for cinema is always greater than supply. I think that even if we tripled the size of the Rome Film Festival, there would still be an audience. This means that the people of Rome, and not only them, since we also have an international audience, are eager for cinema. Because, believe me, this is a historical phenomenon: as economic crises and wars unfortunately continue to spread, people need cinema. And we must respond with a positive message.”
Rome Film Festival, Nastasi: “Demand is growing, Santa Cecilia hall to be added next year”
Rome, Oct. 13 (LaPresse) – “This year, we are opening, like all major international festivals, with an extra day, and fortunately so, because putting together a programme featuring 150 films from 55 different countries creates overcrowding. We are doing this for the audience too, to give them more choice, greater comfort and more flexibility. We are opening with an Italian film, Paolo Genovese’s ‘Il rumore delle cose nuove’, featuring a great Italian cast. I always try to say that the Rome Film Festival is a celebration of independent cinema, especially Italian independent cinema, and this year we are opening with an Italian film.” This was the comment made to LaPresse by Salvatore Nastasi, President of the Cinema per Roma Foundation, on the sidelines of the opening day of the 21st edition of the Rome Film Festival at the Auditorium. “There is no shortage of stars,” Nastasi continued, “but above all, there is no shortage of great cinema, not only independent films but also those produced by the major studios. We want to offer films for all kinds of audiences, and the audience is responding well.” “Starting next year,” President Nastasi then announced, “there will be major new developments: we will have the Santa Cecilia hall, meaning the entire Auditorium will be dedicated to the Film Festival, with a hall seating 2,000 people. We have realised that demand for cinema is always greater than supply. I think that even if we tripled the size of the Rome Film Festival, there would still be an audience. This means that the people of Rome, and not only them, since we also have an international audience, are eager for cinema. Because, believe me, this is a historical phenomenon: as economic crises and wars unfortunately continue to spread, people need cinema. And we must respond with a positive message.”