IT'S OFFICIAL!
FUR WILL OPEN THE FESTIVAL OF ROME!!!

SOME ITALIANS WEB-SITES!!
http://www.unita.it/view.asp?IDcontent=59071
http://www.adnkronos.com/3Level.php?cat=Sp...d=1.0.528421396
http://ilrestodelcarlino.quotidiano.net/ch...13:/2006/08/25:
http://www.capital.it/trovacinema/detail_a...dContent=311502




Edited title to add in Nicole's name.

I can't read Italian. It's a shame this news is not on the Fur website.

thanks NicFan22

http://www.capital.it/trovacinema/detail_a...dContent=311502

Loose translation

Nicole Kidman to the Festivity of Rome Also the film on Napoleone di Paul Virzì and in competition Francesca Comencini and Otar Iosseliani International Festivity of Rome will be Nicole Kidman to open the first edition of Cinema -. The Australian attrice will introduce the world-wide preview of Fur, film of the director American Steven Shainberg in the large one gala of opening of the Festivity that will keep 13 fridays October to hours 20 near knows it Saint Cecilia to it dell Auditorium Park of Music. "I love Italy with which I have a great affinity - Nicole Kidman has declared - and are particularly proud to hold to baptism this important manifestation". ' Fur', drawn from the book ' Gives of it to Arbus a biografia' of Patricia Bosworth, product and internationally distributed from New Linens Cinema and in Italy from Nexo, it is a rivisitazione, to horse between biography and imagination, dell intense life of the photographer American Gives of it Arbus. Icona of the modern photography the Arbus has scandalized with suoe the photos of dwaries, travestiti, homeless, sick mental. The film extension the rebellion moment that will carry the Arbus to abandon l ambient bourgeois of the family, facoltosi furriers, in order to follow Lionel (Robert Downey Jr.), enigmatic man that hides behind to a mask and that it will introduce it in the truth of the freaks.

it will be nicole kidman with the world premier fo her new movie, FUR, to open the firts edition of the roma film festival (13-20 october 2006).
The actress will present the steven shainberg's movie, an imaginary portrait of the famous photographer diane arbus. the movie is ispired by the biography of Patricia Bosworth.

this is what the italians web-sites say

Thanks all I had a dream last night. I dreamt that Nicole's name was called out among the list of Best actress nominees at the Oscar ceremony. Among the names are Meryl Streep, Rachel Weisz, Nicole Kidman, Ashley Judd and Helen Mirren. There was a long pause and Phillip Seymor Hoffman opened the envelope and he said this "And the Oscar goes to ... Nicole Kidman". I don't know I had strange dreams in the past that turned out to be true.

Nicole to open RomeFilmFest
25-08-06


Nicole Kidman is set to open the first edition of the RomeFilmFest. The Australian actress will be presenting the world premiere of Fur, by American director Steven Shainberg, at the grand opening gala on October 13th (at 20:00) in the Santa Cecilia Hall at the Auditorium Parco della Musica.
“I love Italy, a country with which I feel a great affinity”, said Nicole Kidman, “and I am particularly proud to be present at the baptism of this important FilmFest”.
Fur, based on the book ‘Diane Arbus – A Biography’ by Patricia Bosworth, is produced and distributed internationally by New Line Cinema and released in Italy by Nexo. This mixture of a biopic with imaginary fiction looks at the intense life of American photographer Diane Arbus, an icon of modern photography. She knew how to scandalize, following her burning passion for the mysterious and the extreme to photograph a world of diversity, populated by dwarves, transvestites, the homeless and the mentally ill. The film shows the moment of rebellion that led Arbus to leave her middle-class family of wealthy furriers to follow Lionel (Robert Downey Jr.), an enigmatic man who hides behind a mask and introduces her to the world of freaks.

Another major star taking part in the RomeFilmFest is the internationally famous Italian actress Monica Bellucci. She is in N by Paolo Virzì, being shown as a world first in the Première section. This costume drama is produced by Cattleya and distributed by Medusa Film in Italy and by M6 internationally. The story is set on the island of Elba in 1814 during Napoleon’s exile. The emperor is played by Daniel Auteuil, one of the best-known French actors in the world today.
N is about Martino (Elio Germano), a young, anti-Napoleonic teacher in love with Baroness Emilia (Monica Bellucci). The young man ends up appointed as librarian to the French emperor himself. Martino collates the ruler’s memoirs and finally learns to appreciate the man behind the hero.
The third major production in the Première section will be The Namesake by the great Indian director Mira Nair, starring Kal Penn, Irfan Khan and Tabu. Based on the novel by Pulitzer prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, the film describes the difficulties of an Indian family who move from Calcutta to New York, trying to integrate into their new world without forgetting their roots.
As already announced, another major star in Rome will be Sean Connery. He is being given the Acting Award, established by the RomeFilmFest to celebrate great contemporary performers.
Running in the main competition for the prize awarded by the popular jury led by Ettore Scola is A casa nostra by Francesca Comencini starring Valeria Golino and Luca Zingaretti. It is produced by Bianca Film and RAI Cinema with a contribution from the Italian Ministry of Culture, and released by 01 Distribution. Also competing is Jardins en automne by Otar Iosseliani with Michel Piccoli and Sèverin Blanchet. This picture is produced by Martine and Maurice Marignac, with Les Films du Losange handling international distribution and Mikado overseeing its Italian release.
The winners in the categories of Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress will be given the Marco Aurelio prize made by the jewelers Bulgari.
Looking to the 5th edition of the children’s film festival, Alice in the City, now incorporated as an integral part of the RomeFilmFest, and the official competitive selection will include Akeelah and the bee by Dough Atchison. This film starring Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett and Keke Palmer is being distributed worldwide by Lionsgate. Also competing is Vitus by Fredi M. Murer featuring Bruno Ganz, with international distribution being handled by Media Luna Entertainment.
In the Extra category, the non-competitive section examining the ‘hidden territories’ of cinema in all its forms, there’s the premiere of Fascisti su Marte by Corrado Guzzanti, a sci-fi satire imagining a fascist space ship taking control of the red planet, Mars. The many documentaries include the entertaining Air Guitar Nation, about the festival to award the world’s best fake rock guitarist. There is also the rare Reminiscenze su Sayat Nova: almost half-an-hour of extraordinary images by the Armenian director Sergej Paradzanov rediscovered in the archives. Extra will also feature works exploring the art of filmmaking, like Uomini forti by Stefano Della Casa. In this film produced by the Istituto Luce, the author interviews body-builders who have worked in the cinema, illustrating the stages in the production of popular mythological films.

http://www.romacinemafest.org/internoeng.a...18&sezione=News

I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!




C I A O

finally, Fur made it to a festval. And it seems that the title hasn't changed unlike on imdb.com.

I can't tell you how happy I am...
finally i will meet nicole for the first time in my life!
you cannot imagine how much time i expected for this moment!
and now the long-awaited day is finally arrived!

even if I will be her shadow, i will make me an autograph by nic! and it will be the most precious thing I will have in all my life!

13th october will be the most beautiful day of my life!!!!
you wish me good luck ...i will need!

This is good news and bears out what I have heard about Fur. I hope Nicole gets an award, but it is great just to know that her movie made it to the Rome Film Festival.

Thanks for the great news nicfan22. And thanks kiha and skanky for the articles.


Fantastic!! fan_italy you kept the faith. How long ago was it you posted the article about the film going to be at Rome. A few months ago now.





Love that translation

wohoooo!!
That's soo great!!
I can't wait!
Thank you for the info, articles and translation,
nicfan22, kiha and skany

This is great news, I'll do anything to be at the opening of Rome Film Festival... It's a dream come true, really.
ciao

Thanks for the news ....A little longer to wait but I'm sure it'll be worth it . Hope our Italian members get to attend the festival which i believe is open to the general public.

Anyone know whether it's in competition or is it just there for the opening?

Another (Italian) link:

La Repubblica

Ciao

THIS IS AWESOME NEWS NICFAN! I'm so happy that FUR made it to the Rome Film Festival. I'm also happy for NKU members and other NKU fans who'll see her in Rome. Any voulnteers girls to do a report ALA MEISHA IN SHANGHAI.

oh my gosh that is so awesome. im so excited the Fur made it to the Rome festival. and its opening first. that gives it a really good shot at being nominated for an Oscar. witch i really hope happens. when will the Rome Festival start. does anyone know.

WHOO-HOO!!!!!

I saw a date on the links. I think it's on Oct. 13.

It´s coming, it´s coming... red carpet, interviews, tv programs, raves reviews...

How wonderful!

That's great!

i seriously think my heart skipped a beat! thanks nicfan! one red carpet appearance coming up (in waayyy too long a time!). so excciting! maybe she'll win her first award there but i'm just glad we'd hear from the movie and not excruciatingly wait until november!

I can't believe we haven't seen a film starring NK in over a year. Now, I hope it comes to the London Film Festival.

This is really great news. We'll finally get some "official" reviews of the film and her performance, instead of just relying on buzz.

UGH!!! YES! Finally it goes somewhere. Great, great news.

yay i can't wait! i can't wait to see her there and what she'll be wearing and all that jazz

I'm keepin my fingers crossed

Thanx 4 da articles Nicfan22, Kiha, Skanky and Samantha Stevens I'm really excited about the news I'm sure da film will do amazingly well

~Viviana~

Also guys, usually when a film is announced to go to a festival, we usually start getting the posters and trailers for promotion(that's how it's been so far this season) so perhaps we will see something soon.

i really hope!!!
i'm dying to see the trailer!!!

I really hope so I can't wait 2 c Fur It seems like we've been waiting forever to c it

~Viviana~

I just checked the Picturehouse forums(where posters such as skanky and nicolefan19 have been on the frontline to get to the bottom of the lack of news, ) and now according to the Picturehouse Webteam, the trailer will be available in a few weeks. Not lets hope they aren't lying to us.

YES! We need a "Meisha-style" report for Oct. 13th! I know you can do it, Italian NKU members!

Who knows maybe Meisha will go ...lol. We should pay for her to go to Italy - heck we know she would keep the nasty press away

Great news on the film. Really hope Keith gets to be with Nicole; I know he has never been to Italy and I hear it is a beautiful place for lovers

Such Wonderful Happy News !!!!!!

Thanks to nicfan22, kiha , skanky ,Samantha Stevens for all the info....

wow that's awesome! thanks everyone for the wonderful news!

fanitaly, apparently people at Venice Film Fest knew Fur wouldn't be coming to them since February!

the release date of in italy is 10th november...

I've scanned two articles from today's Italian newspaper La Repubblica about Nic opening Rome film festival. Here they are:

Spettacoli

Cronaca di Roma

In the first article there are the usual things about the alleged rivalry between Rome Film Festival and Venice Film Festival, a comment on Fur (they say this film is apparently no less dramatic than The Hours) and something about the other scheduled movies.

The author of the second article says that before becoming an actress Nic was a fashion model (really?), then tells the plot of Nicole's Italian movie "Un'australiana a Roma" and reveals that when she was just 13, Nicole got a part in an Italian film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile, called "Qua la mano!" and starring A. Celentano and Enrico Montesano; apparently, while filming Nicole "lost her head" for Roman producer Fabrizio Mosca! Well, I had never heard of these things before and I'm afraid the journalist is making up a few things or at least mixing reality with fiction... Sorry for that.

Ciao

Thanks .
There is a brief mention of her modelling work here:
http://www.nicolekidmanunited.invisionzone...p?showtopic=243

Wow! thank you.
ciao

Thanks for the link Red! I have seen a couple of those photos, but not all of them!

Kensy

Thanx 4 da scans Samantha Stevens

~Viviana~

Thanks for the articles Nicfan22, Kiha, Skanky and Samantha Stevens I'm really excited about the news.

To all NKU members in Italy, Nicfan22, Samantha Stevens, fanitaly, et al, I hope you get a chance to see Nicole in person. She’s absolutely stunning in person, and I wish you best of luck in making your dreams come true. I understand that the tickets to the Film Fest won’t be available for sale until the middle of Sept. Is that true?


R@G, Consuelo and Kensy, I actually have travel plans to China around that time. Hmm… maybe I should swap my travel plans for a quick trip to Rome and Florence. I’ve always wanted to visit Italy, and I can just exercise my airline frequent flier miles. October is also a great time to visit. I just don’t think I will be as lucky as I was with my little adventure in Shanghai, though. I can’t speak Italian, so I won’t be able to snoop around that easily. As I’ve never been to Italy, I also won’t be able to navigate Rome as easily as I do in Shanghai, since I’ve been there so many times. I have confidence that our NKU members in Italy can get us great first person accounts.

As far as I know, ticket should be available at the end of September...
ciao

Thanks, Samantha. I hope you get a chance to see Nicole.

This is another scan from today's La Repubblica. The article deals mainly with the "war" of Rome against Venice (Venice Film Festival starts tomorrow). It's embodied by the pictures of Nicole and Scarlett Johannson, who are the two ladies who will launch the two festivals on the opening nights (!).

La Repubblica-War of the Festivals

By the way, all this thing about the rivalry seems a bit silly to me (I live in Rome, so I'm extremely happy to have a film festival in my town!), but I understand there are serious issues behind it...
ciao

Thanx 4 da scan Samantha Stevens

~Viviana~

Nicole and Fur will open the festival in the Première section. Fur will be shown in the Sala Santa Cecilia, the most important screen in the Auditorium, at 8pm on the 13th of October. Nicole will also participate to the Gala event following the projection of the film. At 9.30 pm (also october 13th) Fur will be shown also at the PalaRomaUno, another screen. Tickets cost 10 euro and can be bought at www.listicket.com . If you need more info, check out the official site of the festival: www.romacinefest.org . I'll be there so i'll post all of my pictures and story!!

Did you manage to buy a ticket for the Santa Cecilia projection? When I tried, it was sold out!
Ciao