Summer 2009
Author/Screenwriter Francesca Marciano

PAST FILM SERIES & DIRECTORS
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Winter 2009
Director Paolo Sorrentino


Fall 2008
Director Alina Marazzi


Early Fall 2008
Director Agostino Ferrente

Late Spring 2008
Actor Silvio Orlando


Spring 2008
Director Silvio Soldini


Winter 2008
Director Alex Infascelli


Winter 2008
Director Edoardo Winspeare

Fall 2007
Actor Luigi Lo Cascio


Fall 2007
Director Daniele Luchetti


Spring 2007
Actress Maya Sansa

Winter 2007
Gabriele Salvatores

Fall 2006
Giuseppe Piccioni


Spring 2006
Mimmo Calopresti


Winter 2006
Paolo Virzi'


Fall 2005
Matteo Garrone

The UW Rome Center's Cinema contemporaneo italiano (Contemporary Italian Cinema) series started in Spring 2004, and the UWRC now hosts, in conjunction with ItaliaIdea language school, an ongoing series exploring Contemporary Italian Cinema. Following the screening of award-winning contemporary Italian films, students participate in question-and-answer sessions with guest directors and actors. Students and faculty from other American universities as well as from foreign cultural centers and academies are also invited to these events.

Memorable screenings and meetings include those featuring directors Matteo Garrone, Paolo Sorrentino, Paolo Virzi', Gabriele Muccino, Davide Ferrario, Daniele Vicari, Ferzan Ozpetek, Gabriele Salvatores, Mimmo Calopresti, Francesca Archibugi, Silvio Soldini, Alina Marazzi, Agostino Ferrente, Giuseppe Piccioni, actress Maya Sansa, and actors Luigi Lo Cascio and Silvio Orlando, among others.