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]
The festival will close on 26 October 2025 with the final season of Carlo Verdone's TV series Vita da Carlo, which is a portrayal of the drama and the comedy of Carlo Verdone's private life.[5]
Highlights
The festival will celebrate birth centenary of Franco Pinna, Italian photographer of the second half of the 20th century. The official poster of the festival is a shot taken by him on the set of Federico Fellini's 1965 fantasy comedy-drama film, Juliet of the Spirits.[6]David Puttnam, British-Irish film producer, educator, environmentalist and former member of the House of Lords, will be honoured with Industry Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening ceremony. He will receive the award from Britain-based Italian director and screenwriter Uberto Pasolini.[7]
Jafar Panahi, Iranian film director, screenwriter, and editor will be honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by Italian film director and screenwriter Giuseppe Tornatore.[8]
On 19 September 2025, the festival unveiled its line-up. The festival will showcase 150 titles from 38 countries. [9][10]
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.[11][12]
Festa del Cinema will honor the 100th birth anniversary of Italian photographer Franco Pinna with three parallel exhibitions titled "Franco Pinna Photographer. Tribute to a Century." Curated by Paolo Pisanelli and organized by Archivio Franco Pinna and OfficinaVisioni, the exhibitions will be showcased in key festival venues, in collaboration with Cinema del reale, Erratacorrige, and Big Sur.[13]
Official sections
The twentieth edition will have following sections:[14][15]
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.[16]
↑ "I film della Festa del Cinema 2025b"[Films at the 2025 Film Fest]. Cinema Foundation for Rome (in Italian). 19 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
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