Villa Medici Film Festival Returns to Rome with 14 International Films

The Film Festival di Villa Medici's second edition is taking place in Rome until September 18, 2022, showcasing fourteen films in international competition. Notable entries feature documentary films such as Moune Ô by Maxime Jean-Baptiste and Mangrove School by Filipa César and Sónia Vaz Borges, alongside mystical pieces like Xar and À Vendredi, Robinson. Historical narratives are presented in Into the violet belly and Kicking The Clouds. Italian films include Éric Baudelaire's When there is no more music to write and Alessandro Comodin's Gigi La Legge. Alice Diop's Saint Omer and Tyler Taormina's Happer's Comet delve into profound themes. On September 17, the jury, which comprises Marie Losier, Pietro Marcello, and Sylvain Prudhomme, will grant two cash awards.