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Fur to Premiere in Rome
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In only its first year of life, the RomeFilmFest (See how they mush the words together? That's a sign of hipness.) is pulling out all the stops in an effort to compete with its financially trouble big brother in Venice. Though the full slate won't be announced until the end of September, proud RFF officials revealed this weekend that Steven Shainberg's much-anticipated Diane Arbus biopic Fur will hold its world premiere in Rome, opening the Festival on October 13. And, as if that's not enough, Nicole Kidman (the film's star) is expected to attend the screening, making the RFF red carpet the place to be, if only for one night.In addition to Fur, Fest officials indicated that N -- the first (and, since it stars Daniel Auteuil, surely the best) of the many upcoming Napoleon flicks heading to our screens -- will premiere in Rome, with costar Monica Bellucci in attendance. It's also expected that Mira Nair's (Salaam Bombay!, Mississippi Masala) The Namesake will appear, shortly after its world premiere in Toronto.
Rome, Tribeca Fests to Collaborate
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The upstart RomeFilmFest made an effort to generate some name-recognition earlier this year when it signed on as a "Cultural Sponsor" (whatever that means) of the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. While this did little in practical terms beyond getting the Fest's name and logo on some advertising materials, the association with Tribeca clearly had longer-term goals: It was announced yesterday that, starting in Rome this fall, the two festivals will engage in cross-programing, each screening a selection of highlights from the other. Though none of the titles have yet been revealed, a slate of pictures from this spring's Tribeca Festival will be part of the first RomeFilmFest, to be held in October. Then, next April and May, Tribeca will return the favor with a group of films that were featured in Rome.This will get more interesting when the titles are revealed, if only because I'm curious to see what Tribeca personnel consider the "highlights" of this year's program. That said, if the agreements ends up bringing more small Italian films to these shores, I'm all for it.
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