Rome's film festival in the limelight

Claudia Morgoglione comments on an article in the Sunday issue of the British newspaper The Times and reports by the British news agency Reuters expressing concern that Rome's new right-wing mayor, Gianni Alemanno, wants to give the Rome Film Festival established by his left-wing predecessor Walter Veltroni a nationalist character. "As we all know, foreign newspapers tend to exaggerate things a little where Italy is concerned, and yet it is still unsettling when you read the title of the article in the Times: 'Gianni Alemanno to blacklist Hollywood stars to promote Italian films'. ... These are harsh words that show that these quarrels which are apparently internal and centred on Rome are being observed with interest by foreign media. Alemanno, however, remains unfazed: the film festival is for national productions, not for Hollywood stars, he insists."

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