Annual film festival in Rome, Italy
Rome Independent Cinema Festival is an annual film festival held in August in the Rome , Italy. The festival is organized by HF Productions , and was first held in August 2018.
The festival
Rome Independent Cinema Festival was first started in August 2018, and is held annually at the screening venue, Casa del Cinema located in the Villa Borghese in Rome .[ 2] [ 1] The event is organized by Copenhagen-based production company, HF Productions and aims to promote Italian independent cinema.[ 1] [ 3] In 2019, the event was co-sponsored by Devent VFX Studio and Fonderia delle Arti.[ 1]
At the 2nd event in 2019, filmmakers Toni D’Angelo , Mario Sesti , Christian Carmosino Mereu and Chanel Agura were the jury panelists for the festival.[ 4]
Rome Independent Cinema Festival awards winners
2018
The following are the event winners of the 2018 Rome Independent Cinema Festival:[ 5] [ 2]
Best Feature Film: Paradize 89 (2018), director Madara Dišlere
Best Short Film: Mazeppa (2017), director Jonathan Lago Lago
Best Comedy: Guardians
Best Drama: A Touch of Spring
Best Experimental: Dreaming in March
Best Foreign Film: Anissa 2002 (2015), director Fabienne Facco
Best Cinematography: The Legend of Ben Hall (2018), cinematographer Peter Szilveszter
Best Editing: La Cumbre (2017), director Dana Romanoff
Best Writing: The Night Witches by Steven Prowse
Best Feature Documentary: The March of Hope (2018), director Jamie Croft
Best Short Documentary: El Gallo (2018), director Michael Medoway
Best Animated Short: Goodnight
2019
The following are the event winners of the 2019 Rome Independent Cinema Festival:[ 6]
Best Feature Film: Olma Djon (2018), director Victoria Yakubov
Best Short Film: Strange Cities Are Familiar (2018), director Saeed Taji Farouky
Best Comedy: Only Good Things
Best Drama: A Thousand Miles Behind (2018), director Nathan Wetherington
Best Experimental: Ansage Ende (2019), director Stijn Verhoeff
Best Foreign Film: Fever
Best Cinematography: Chronos
Best Editing: The Houses We Were (2018), director Arianna Lodeserto
Best Writing: (Dis)Honoured
Best Feature Documentary:' The Dream of Homer (2018), director Emiliano Aiello
Best Short Documentary: Playground Addiction (2019), directors Carlo Furgeri Gilbert, Marzio Mirabella, and Niccolò Rastrelli
Best Animated: Lemons – Deseisaocho la banda (2018), Daniela Godel
Best Italian Film: Where is Europe
Special Mention for Best Comedy: Swindler
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