Third annual Roma Fiction Fest.(Program At a Glance)(Calendar)

The RFF is held July 6-11, 2009 at the following locations:

Auditorium Conciliazione

Via della Conciliazione, 4

Tel. 800-904-560 (local dialing for

general info only)

Multisala Adriano

Piazza Cavour, 16-23

Tel. 06- 36-004-988

University LUMSA

Via di Porta Castello, 44

Industry Village, Tel. 06-684-221

The event is divided into two parts: Competition and Business. The Competition portion is comprised of the screening of 75 titles, 27 of which are world premieres.

The Competition is divided into three groups:

* International Competition: TV-movies, mini-series and continuing series (Multisala Adriano)

* International Competition Factual: documentaries and docudramas (Multisala Adriano)

* Italian Competition for Drama (Multisala Adriano)

In each of the three categories of International Competition, the following awards will be presented during the closing ceremony (July 11 at 9:00 pm at the Auditorium Concilazione): Best television product; Best leading male actor; Best leading female actor; Best screenplay. Plus, the "Absolute Best" among all categories will be honored.

Two awards will be presented in the International Factual Competition: Best factual production; Best broadcast documentary.

In the Italian competition, honors go to: Best male actor; Best female actor; Best drama; Best soap-opera; Best sitcom.

In addition, Kenneth Branagh will receive a Lifetime Achievement award on July 10 at 10:30 pm in the Multisala Adriano.

The Competition program includes:

Special Events (Multisala Adriano)

Gray's Anatomy (U.S.) with Eric Dane, Justin Chambers.

July 8, at 8:00 pm, Sala 4.

Il Mostro (Italy) with Antonello Grimaldi, Lorenzo Mieli, Sara D'Amico and cast.

July 8, at 10:30 pm, Sala 4.

House MD (U.S.) with Lisa Edelstein.

July 10, at 8:45 pm, Sala 6.

Wallander (U.K.)

July 10, at 10:30 pm, Sala 4.

Parallel Events (Multisala Adriano)

Noon@Night (late screenings)

July 6, at 11:30 pm, Sala 9.

July 7, 8, at 11:30 pm, Sala 6.

July 9, at 11:30 pm, Sala 9.

July 10, at 11:30 pm, Sala 6.

Men at Work (new programs in various production stages)

July 6, at 6:00 pm, Sala 3, 5, 9.

July 7, at 6:00 pm, Sala 3, 5, 6.

July 8, at 6:30 pm, Sala 5, 6.

July 9, at 6:30 pm, Sala 5, 6.

July 10, at 5:00 pm, Sala 5, 9.

Pilots (new shows with only pilots available)

July 7, at 5:00 pm, Sala 6, 9.

July 9, at 5:30 pm, Sala 9.

July 10, at 5:00 pm, Sala 6.

Sitcoms (the best of Italian situation comedies)

July 6, at 5:00 pm, Sala 6, 9.

July 7, at 5:00 pm, Sala 3, 9.

July 8, at 5:00 pm, Sala 9.

July 9, at 5:00 pm, Sala 9.

July 10, at 5:00 pm, Sala 9.

Retrospective

Colorful Programs in Black and White

(The best of Italian television 1954-1977)

Multisala Adriano, July 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 starting at 5:00 pm, Sala 8.

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The Business (Industry) program (all held in the LUMSA Industry Village) consists of:

* Roma TV Screenings (showcasing Italian TV drama productions)

July 6, 7, 9:30 am - 7:00 pm.

* Roma TV Pitching (bringing together potential co-producers)

July 8, 9, 10, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm.

Series (July 8)

Broken Hearts (Paesaggi Italiani, Italy)

Cleopatra (BBC Worldwide, U.K./U.S.)

East of Sicily (Einstein Multimedia Group, Italy)

Intelligence 2 (Mediaset, Italy)

Mr. 7 Minutes (Pierluca di Pasquale, Italy)

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not (Pol-ka Producciones, Argentina)

The Big Game (7e Apache, France)

The Delinquents (Oscar Films, U.K.)

The Island (Palomar, Italy)

The Legend of Artreus (Telekinisi, Greece)

Miniseries (July 9)

Alias Garbo (Factotum Barcelona, Spain)

Aurelio Zen (BBC Worldwide, U.K./U.S.)

Benigna (Fireworx Media, South Africa)

Caino's Island (Solaris, Italy)

Fifth Business/The Deptford Trilogy

(Rhombus Media, Canada)

For Fame and Fortune (Madison Davis Lacy, U.S.)

Renaissance (Lux Vide, Italy)

Shakespeare in Venice (VIP Mediacom, Italy)

Romantic Story of a Mysterious Genius (Publispei, Italy)

Tom & Frank (Prodigo Films, Brazil)

TV Movies (July 10)

A Public Man (Invisible Film, Italy)

Beneath the Underdog (Cinetica, Italy)

Manon Lescaut (K'ien Productions/Cipango, France)

Nova Scotia (Bard Entertainments, U.K.)

Print!! (TV On Producciones, Spain)

Shall We Dance (TimeLine, Ukraine)

The Children's Crusade (Baby Films, Italy)

The Island (Goalpost Pictures, Australia)

The Sun (Egypt Films/Galaxy7/Diagonal

TV, Egypt/France/Spain)

The War to End All Wars (Pier Nico & Davide Solinas, Italy)

The Business portion of the Festival will also include a session called "Speed Dating," which will allow for quick and effective one-on-one meetings at LUMSA: July 8, 9 and 10 from 9:00 am until 6 pm.

The Italian TV companies' stands may be found at the LUMSA Industry Village.

CONFERENCES

Multisala Adriano

Opening (Auditorium Concilazione, Sala Grande):

Moonshot--The Flight of Apollo 11 (with Buzz Aldrin), July 6 at 9:00 pm

* Agents as Legal Partners (talent agencies)

July 6 at 5:30 pm, Sala 6.

* Exporting Italian Formats

July 8, at 3:00 pm, Sala 6.

* The Contents Industry in 10 Years

July 9, at 9:30 am, Sala 4.

* Documentary in the Era of User Generated Content

July 9, at 3:30 pm, Sala 7.

* Created By ... (the role of showrunners)

July 10, at 4:00 pm, Sala 4.

* Round Table: Reality and Fiction

July 10, at 4:00 pm, Sala 7.

Master Class (Multisala Adriano)

* Lost (with Damon Lindelof, Carton Cuse, Jack Bender)

July 7, at 11:00 am, Sala 4.

* Criminal Minds (with Ed Bernero)

July 8, at 11:00 am, Sala 6.

* Sling and Arrows/Som e Furia (with Fernando Meirelles and Niv Fichman)

July 9, at 10 am, Sala 6.

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