21/12/2022 - The Paris Cinéma Club will host the event, boasting 10 recent films, 13 films in the Work in Progress, 9 projects in the co-production market and a programme of classics from 12 to 15 January 2023

Italian cinema will arrive in force in the French capital from 12 to 15 January 2023 for the 15th edition of the De Rome à Paris festival. On the menu of these meetings of Italian cinema are notably 10 feature films released in Italy in 2022, never before seen in Paris and which will be screened at the Christine Cinéma Club, in the presence of the film teams.

While Dry [+see also:
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interview: Francesco Costabile
film profile] by Francesco Costabile (discovered at the Panorama at the Berlinale, audience award and best actress at Annecy Cinéma Italien, and best actress at the Globi d'oro), Margins [+see also:
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interview: Niccolò Falsetti
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Also on the bill are Fulvio Risuleo's Ghost Night [+see also:
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making of
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interview: Gianluca Matarrese and Matt…
film profile] by Mattia Colombo and Gianluca Matarrese (presented at Visions du Réel).

The professional section of the festival, which will take place on 12 and 13 January, will offer French distributors, among other things, a Work in Progress of 13 Italian films at the end of post-production. True Colours is selling and will present The First Day of My Life [+see also:
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film profile] by Antonio Bigini, Groenlandia will unveil and negotiate for Una storia nera by Leonardo d’Agostini and Come pecore in mezzo ai lupi [+see also:
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film profile] by Lyda Patitucci, and Ascent for El paraiso [+see also:
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interview: Enrico Maria Artale
film profile] by Enrico Maria Artale. Intramovies will bet on Body Odyssey [+see also:
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interview: Grazia Tricarico
film profile] by Grazia Tricarico, Vision Distribution on Patagonia [+see also:
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interview: Simone Bozzelli
film profile] by Simone Bozzelli, Rai Com on Zamora by Neri Marcoré, Minerva on Stabat Mater by Nazareno Manuel Nicoletti, Slingshot Films on Lala [+see also:
interview: Ludovica Fales
film profile] by Ludovica Fales and Fandango on three titles: Il punto di rugiada by Marco Risi, An Endless Sunday [+see also:
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interview: Alain Parroni
film profile] by Alain Parroni and What a Life! [+see also:
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Nine Italian projects seeking French partners will be showcased at co-production meetings organised with Unifrance and the CNC: the animation project Sono ancora vivo by Roberto Saviano (produced by Lucky Red), Un po’ fiorire by Dario Albertini (Fandango), La casa bianca by Francesco Romano (Amarena Film), Le deluge by Gianluca Jodice (Ascent Film), Shocking! (so far without a director - produced by Viola Film), Anna la voce umana by Monica Guerritore (LuminaMGR), the docufiction Sea Sisters by Brunella Fili (OffiCinema Doc), Il cavaliere della strada by Salvatore Lizzio (Revok) and La città invisibile by Alessandro Stevanon (documentary with animation produced by Redibis Film).

Finally, on the festival side, there is a retrospective in homage to Rome with seven films: four classics (I Knew Her Well by Antonio Pietrangeli, the 6-part film Love in the City, The Grim Reaper by Bernardo Bertolucci and Poor but Beautiful by Dino Risi), two documentaries (Sacro GRA [+see also:
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film profile] by Edoardo Leo.

From Rome to Paris is organised with the support of DGCA MiC (Directorate General for Cinema - Italian Ministry of Culture) and Cinecittà, in cooperation with the Italian Embassy and Italian Trade Agency.

(Translated from French)