Women’s cinema, short films and many meetings: the Alice in the City factory returns

A new venue focused on the world of short films, WomenLands meetups dedicated to enhancing female excellence and a film preview. Leslie with the revelation of the actress Oscar 2023 Andrea Riseborough and the first title of a line dedicated entirely to female storytelling. These are the first news from the next edition of Alice nella Città, an autonomous and parallel section of the Rome Film Festival dedicated to youth, talent discovery and debuts, directed by Fabia Bettini AND Gianluca Giannelli and is scheduled from October 18 to 29.

This year, the traditional venues of the Auditorium Parco della Musica and the Auditorium Conciliazione are joined by the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, which will host the first days of short films, a networking and co-production space aimed at young talents from the world of cinema. short films and for specialists in the field of audiovisual arts.

A place that will simultaneously be a creative laboratory with three days (18, 19 and 20 October) of meetings, discussions and opportunities for discussion, creative and professional exchange. A cross-cutting and thoughtful itinerary divided between panels, coaching, pitching and a networking room that will offer selected directors the opportunity to pitch their new projects to potential producers. The guest countries for the first edition will be Canada and France.

Alice in the City will focus some of its programming on works in which female protagonists will be at the center of the narrative. The acclaimed debut feature is among the first films to be included on the list. Leslie From Michael Morris has unexpectedly entered the 2023 Oscar race thanks to Andrea Riseborough’s standout performance. The film, shot in just 18 days on a very low budget, was supported in Oscar nominations thanks to a social campaign promoted by celebrities such as Kate Winslet, Demmy Moor, Susan Sarandon and tells the story of the fall and rebirth of a single mother and former alcoholic who tries to rebuild her life in the heart of Texas. Leslie will arrive in Italy thanks to Minerva Pictures.

After the event dedicated to Russell CroweThe collaboration with Expo 2030 also continues with a series of initiatives leading up to the designation day on November 28, aimed at highlighting women’s talent as proof of Rome Capital’s sensitivity to the issue of the gender gap and to an increasingly inclusive society. . “Land of Women” is one of the key themes of “Peoples and Territories”, the central and universal theme of Italy’s bid for Expo 2030 in Rome, divided into three main chapters or sub-themes: regeneration, innovation and inclusion. The main character of the first meeting will be Nastassja Kinski, who will be in Rome to receive the WomenLands Excellence Awards and take part in a public conversation in which she will talk about her relationship with Italy through the films that made her famous. The WomenLands meetings will begin on the occasion of Alice nella Città, but will be the final stage of Expo 2030, which will last until November 28 in Paris.