Premičre is the red carpet of the RomeFilmFest. A non-competitive section for important international premieres, at the festival’s debut it was inaugurated by nine major film events, almost all of them world premieres: fromFurdirected by Steven Shainberg to Namesake by Mira Nair, from Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige to Lasse Hallstrom’s The Hoax, from Alatristedirected by Agustin Diaz Yanes to Le Concile de Pierre by Guillaime Nicloux, from Giuseppe Tornatore’s La sconosciuta to Paolo Virzi’s N-Napoleon.
If an exciting series of gala evenings was designed to reconcile the quality and exclusivity of the films showcased with the glamour of the stars in attendance, it succeeded beyond our wildest dreams. From 13-18 October 2006, stars and filmmakers of the caliber of Nicole Kidman, Monica Bellucci, Richard Gere, Viggo Mortensen, Leonardo Di Caprio, Giuseppe Tornatore, Mira Nair and Luc Besson all took turns walking down the seemingly infinite red carpet leading to Renzo Piano’s Auditorium.
Not counting the two premieres of Over the HedgeandBoog & Elliot – Open Season arranged in a joint collaboration with the festival’s Alice in the City section, or the special gala event for The Departed. And in keeping with the hit formula we experimented with last year, just improving on it, the 2007 edition of Premičre will host eight impressive international premieres.
Contacts:
Piera Detassis
p.detassis@romacinemafest.org
Francesco Serra
f.serra@romacinemafest.org
Matteo Pompili
m.pompili@romacinemafest.org
