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If you find yourself in Rome towards the end of October to the beginning of November, 2010, then maybe one of the 146 Films and Documentaries being shown at the Auditorium Parco della Musica at the Rome International Film Festival, will be of interest to you.  

Of the Sixteen films in competition, judged by the International Jury comprised of Sergio Castellitto, Natalia Aspesi, Ulu Grosbard, Patrick McGrath, Edgar Reitz, and Olga Sviblova, four are Italian, while two are American. 

1.  "Una Vita Tranquilla"  by Claudio Cupellini  starring Toni Servillo

2. "La Scuola e Finita" by Valerio Jalongo starring Valerio Golino

3. "Gangor" by Italo Spinelli, and

4. "Io sono con te" by Guido Chiesa

Two American films in competition include,

1. "Last Night" by Massy Tadjedin starring Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes, and

2. "Rabbit Hole" by John Cameron Mitchell starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest

Official Selection films out of competition include, 

"Crime d'amour", a pilot of the series, "Boardwalk Empire" by Martin Scorsese, "The Kids Are All Right", "Let Me In",  and "Il padre e lo straniero".

Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcello Mastroianni, and Federico Fellini are just a few of the masters in the long life of Italian Cinema who have helped form the film industry to make it what it is today. Come celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Fellini classic, "La Dolce Vita", as this iconic film has been newly restored with special help from the laboratory L'Immagine Ritrovata at the Cineteca in Bologna, in association with the Film Foundation, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Cineteca Nazionale, Pathe, Fondation Jerome Seydoux-Pathe, Mediaset, Medusa Film, Paramount PIctures and Cinecitta Luce, and will make it's world premiere at the Auditorium Parco della Musica on October 30th!

www.romacinemafest.org