This year the RIFF proposes a focus on the great protagonists of the history of cinema and beyond, revealing curiosities, anecdotes and background stories of their extraordinary lives.
\nFive documentaries, five great stories of unforgettable icons that have marked history with their talent.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udccc Saturday, 16th of November, 16:20
\n\u201cLuigi Di Gianni: Soul of the South\u201d, directed by Jeannine Guilyard, celebrating the work of the late master in the year of his death, awarded at the Venice Film Festival for \u201cMagia Lucana\u201d.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udccc Tuesday 19th of November 16:30
\nWorld premiere: \u201cPastrone!\u201d By Lorenzo De Nicola.
\nWho was Giovanni Pastrone, the greatest exponent of Italian silent cinema?
\nThe discovery of an autobiographical manuscript brings out an astonishing new version of facts. After dominating the cinema of the origins, Pastrone turns into a self-taught doctor, dedicating the rest of his life to the ancestral struggle of man against death.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udccc Wednesday 20th of November at 20:20 \u2013
\n\u201cCiao Anita\u201d by Jacques Lipkau-Goyard & Marco Kuveiller.
\nThrough unpublished images shot a few months before the legendary Anita Ekberg passed away, the diva, with subtle sarcasm, is revealing private anecdotes, the sadness of loneliness, past loves, lost friends and the dream of continuing to act.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udccc Thursday 21st of November at 16:20 \u2013
\n\u201cPeter Lindbergh \u2013 Women\u2019s Stories\u201d by Jean Michel Vecchiet.
\nA documentary already acclaimed at the Berlinale 2019 about one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, the undisputed pioneer of a new way of photographing fashion without retouching and artifice. In the cast Naomi Campbell and many other big names that Lindbergh made immortal in his shots to understand what lies behind the images.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udccc Thursday 21st at 21:00 \u2013
\n\u201cDave Grusin: Not Enough Time\u201d by Barbara Bentree.
\nWith an Oscar team, the famous director and musician gives a breathtaking portrait of one of the most extraordinary protagonists of music and cinema, Dave Grusin, composer of unforgettable soundtracks such as \u201cIl graduato\u201d with Paul Simon and \u201cTootsie\u201d, Oscar winner for \u201cMilagro\u201d by Robert Redford.
\nImages and videos never seen before, discovering the true face of the star who made the works of such a great artists as Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg and Sydney Pollack.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t miss it, we are waiting for you at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila from 15th to 22nd of November!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An Oscar for “Milagro”, muse of Federico Fellini, director of “Cabiria”, star photographer and documentary filmmaker who gave voice to southern Italy, showing as never before, through unpublished images and videos, the most hidden sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[170,162,171,163,173,164,165,174,166,172,175,176,167,168,169],"class_list":["post-23875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-berlinale-en","tag-cannes-en","tag-cinecitta-en","tag-cinema-en","tag-festa-di-roma-en","tag-festival-en","tag-international-en","tag-med-film-fest-en","tag-opera-prima-en","tag-riff-en","tag-riff-roma-en","tag-roma-film-fest-en","tag-sundance-en","tag-tiff-en","tag-toronto-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n