Rome Film Festival Awards Articles

2009 Rome Film Festival Awards 2009 Rome Film Festival: Oct. 15-23, 2009   Danish-born filmmaker Nicolo Donato's feature-film debut, Brotherhood revolves around a group of Danish neo-Nazis, with particular focus on two members of this group of violent, xenophobic, anti-gay bigots: newbie Lars (Thure Lindhardt), who has been recently discharged from the army, and Jimmy (David Dencik), one of the leaders of the gang. Things [...]

2008 Rome Film Festival Awards 2008 Rome Film Festival: Oct. 22-31, 2008   The best film winner at the 2008 edition of the Rome Film Festival was Siddiq Barmak's drama Opium War. Following a helicopter crash, two American soldiers are stranded in Afghanistan. After some relaxing moments — with the help of that substance found in poppies — they encounter an Afghan family living inside [...]