email print share on Facebook share on Twitter share on LinkedIn share on reddit pin on Pinterest

FESTIVALS Italy

The long summer of film on Tiber Island

by 

- Today the 22nd edition of the Isola del Cinema Festival begins, with 90 days of screenings, meetings and events dedicated to Italian and international film in the picturesque location on the Tiber

The long summer of film on Tiber Island
The Judgement by Stephan Komandarev

It’s the longest Italian film festival around, with 90 days of screenings, meetings, and special events dedicated to Italian and international film. From today until 4 September, the Isola del Cinema Festival will be taking place on Tiber Island, in Rome. This year the Festival is celebrating its 22nd edition, entitled ‘Hollywood sul Tevere’ (lit. ‘Hollywood on the Tiber’), to herald the return of big international sets to the capital. Things will get underway this evening with Spectre [+see also:
trailer
making of
film profile
]
 by Sam Mendes, one of the most thrilling scenes in which is set along the river itself, but the Festival will also be placing European films front and centre.

(The article continues below - Commercial information)

A total of 200 works are down on the programme, to be screened in four venues. The Isola Mondo section, put together in cooperation with embassies and cultural institutes, will feature 15 films from Bulgaria, France, Portugal and Spain, as well as Australia, Brazil, Japan, Israel, Mexico, and Nicaragua. From Bulgaria, in particular, are three unreleased pieces that will be shown in the last week of July: The Judgement [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Stephan Komandarev
film profile
]
The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
 and Tilt. Another 15 European works from last season, shown at major international film festivals, will be shown in the Europa Europa section.

France is the star of the European Woman Filmmaker section, which celebrates female directorial talent through five recent works, including the latest by filmmaker Céline Sciamma (Dark Inclusion [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Céline Sciamma
interview: Céline Sciamma
film profile
]
), who will meet with audiences in Rome. Then there’s the fourth edition of the Catalan Film Festival in Rome, with the screening of three feature films and one documentary, including Barcelona, nit d’hivern [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
 by Dani de la Orden. Croatian director Dalibor Matanić will meet with audiences to talk about The High Sun [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Dalibor Matanic
interview: Tihana Lazovic
film profile
]
, which was awarded in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.

Among the many films that you’ll be able to see or see again on Tiber Island are the best this season has to offer: record-breaking box office champion Quo vado? [+see also:
trailer
making of
film profile
]
 starring Checco Zalone, the visionary Lost and Beautiful [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Pietro Marcello ­
film profile
]
 by Pietro MarcelloRoom [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
film profile
]
 by Lenny Abrahamson, which won Brie Larson the Oscar for Best Actress, Carol [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
 by Todd HaynesCorrespondence [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
 by Giuseppe Tornatore, and The Beginners [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
 by Claudio Cupellini. Special guests are set to include Carlo Verdone for L'abbiamo fatta grossa [+see also:
trailer
making of
film profile
]
, which he directed and stars in; Massimiliano Bruno, who will introduce Gli ultimi saranno gli ultimi [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
film profile
]
Paolo Genovese and members of the cast of Perfect Strangers [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
; Gabriele Mainetti and actors from They Call Me Jeeg [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
interview: Gabriele Mainetti
film profile
]
; and Stefano Sollima (who, as announced this week, will direct the sequel to Sicario), who will talk about his film Suburra [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Stefano Sollima
film profile
]
.

A large portion of the Festival will be dedicated to the section Fuoco sul reale, which will feature 15 of the most highly-acclaimed documentaries at international festivals. They include Napolislam by Ernesto Pagano, on the conversion to Islam of ten Neapolitans; Fire at Sea [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Gianfranco Rosi
film profile
]
by Gianfranco Rosi, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale; The Salt of the Earth [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
 by Wim Wenders, and The Look of Silence [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
 by Joshua Oppenheimer. Music is the star of the show in the documentary by Amy J. Berg on Janis Joplin, Janis: Little Girl Blue; and the Oscar-winning documentary Amy - The Girl Behind the Name [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
 by Asif Kapadia, on Amy Winehouse, will also be shown, along with Jimi - All Is by My Side [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
, a biopic on Jimi Hendrix written and directed by John Ridley.

The Groupama Assicurazioni Prize for Best First or Second Work will be awarded on 27 July to the best director in their directorial debut or second time working behind the camera: in addition to the aforementioned works by Gabriele Mainetti and Stefano Sollima, competitors include Alberto Caviglia (Pecore in erba [+see also:
trailer
interview: Alberto Caviglia
film profile
]
), Piero Messina (The Wait [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Lou de Laâge
interview: Piero Messina
film profile
]
), Laura Morante (Assolo [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
) and Davide Grieco (The Ploy [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
).

For the complete programme, which will be updated every week, click here.

(The article continues below - Commercial information)

(Translated from Italian)

Did you enjoy reading this article? Please subscribe to our newsletter to receive more stories like this directly in your inbox.

Privacy Policy