20th Rome Film Festival

Festa del Cinema di Roma

Opening film	Life Goes This Way by Riccardo Milani
Location	Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
Founded	2006
Directors	Francesca Via
Hosted by	Cinema Per Roma Foundation Rome City of Film
Artistic director	Paola Malanga
Festival date	Opening: 15 October 2025 (2025-10-15) Closing: 26 October 2025 (2025-10-26)
Language	International
Website	www.romacinemafest.it
Rome Film Festival
21st 19th

The 20th Rome Film Festival will be held from 15 October in the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome till 26 October 2025. ^[1] Paola Cortellesi, an Italian actress, comedian, film director, screenwriter and producer will serve as the president of the jury of the Progressive Cinema Competition. ^{[2] [3]} The festival will open with 2025 Italian comedy film Life Goes This Way by Riccardo Milani. ^[4]

Jury

The jury for the competitive sections was announced on 29 July 2025. The jury will decide Best Film, Grand Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Screenplay, the "Monica Vitti" Award for Best Actress, the "Vittorio Gassman" Award for Best Actor and the Special Jury Prize in Progressive Cinema Competition. ^{[5] [6]}

Progressive Cinema Competition Award

Paola Cortellesi, Jury President

• Paola Cortellesi, an Italian actress, comedian, film director, screenwriter and producer (Jury President)
• Teemu Nikki, a Finnish director and screenwriter
• William Oldroyd, a British director and screenwriter
• Brian Selznick, an American writer and illustrator
• Nadia Tereszkiewicz, a French-Finnish actress

Progressive Cinema, Freestyle and Grand Public Competition sections

Santiago Mitre, Jury President

• Santiago Mitre, Argentine film director and screenwriter (Jury President)
• Patrick Dickinson, Anglo-Irish director and screenwriter
• Barbara Ronchi, Italian actress

Official sections

• Progressive Cinema Competition
• Freestyle
• Grand public
• Special screenings
• Best of 2025
• History of cinema
• Special events

Opening film

La vita va così starring Virginia Raffaele, Diego Abatantuono, and Aldo Baglio, a "humorous twenty-year story set in a wonderful corner of Sardinia" was selected as the opening film of the festival. ^[7]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country(ies)
Life Goes This Way	La vita va così	Riccardo Milani	Italy

Grand public

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country y(ies)
Life Goes This Way	La vita va così	Riccardo Milani	Italy

References

1. "Rome Film Fest, the 20th edition from 15th to 26th October 2025". 13 January 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
2. Dams, Tim (20 June 2025). "'There's Still Tomorrow' director Paola Cortellesi to chair Rome Film Fest jury". ScreenDaily . Retrieved 31 July 2025.
3. "Rome Film Fest, Paola Cortellesi will chair the jury of the Competition". 20 June 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
4. "Festa di Roma, apre La vita va così di Riccardo Milani" [Rome Film Festival opens with Riccardo Milani's "Life Goes That Way"]. ANSA (in Italian). 4 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
5. De Cata, Rachele (30 July 2025). "Festa del Cinema di Roma, annunciate le giurie: presiede Paola Cortellesi ed è subito standing ovation" [The Rome Film Fest juries have been announced: Paola Cortellesi presides, and there's an immediate standing ovation]. Elle (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2025.
6. "The juries of the 2025 Rome Film Fest". Cinema Foundation for Rome. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
7. Andrea Cauti (4 August 2025). ""La vita va così" di Milani aprirà la Festa del cinema di Roma" [Milani's "Life Goes This Way" will open the Rome Film Fest.]. AGI (in Italian). Retrieved 5 August 2025.

External links

• Official website
• 20th Rome Film Festival at IMDb