Summer 2023: Rome’s piazzas are once again transformed into movie theaters thanks to the Ragazzi del Cinema America

The outdoor movie theater Cinema In Piazza returns this summer, transforming Rome’s beautiful piazzas into open-air cinemas from June 2 till July 16.

Starting from June 2nd, you can enjoy 92 screenings (including three at Cinema Troisi), 20 special events, and 13 retrospectives in three locations: Piazza San Cosimato in Trastevere, the Casale della Cervelletta in Tor Sapienza, and the Monte Ciocci Park in Valle Aurelia.

The ninth edition of the festival, organized by the Piccolo America Association, offers a very rich program; special attention devoted to screenings in the original language (with Italian subtitles) honors the culture of the films by maintaining their authenticity, while simultaneously catering to the diverse tourists and residents living in Rome.

The retrospectives on the program will pay tribute to the great cinema of Ingmar Bergman, Suso Cecchi D’Amico, John Ford, Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach, John Landis, Hirokazu Kore’eda, Steven Soderbergh, and Denis Villeneuve. For the younger audience, there will be Looney Tunes and other animation classics.

There will be a multitude of guests, both Italian and international, including Darren Aronofsky, Giuseppe Tornatore, and Gianni Morandi, Sam Rockwell, Bertrand Bonello, Joanna Hogg, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Kenneth Lonergan, Stefano Nazzi, William Oldroyd, Giulia Steigerwalt, Erik Poppe, Julie Taymor, and Elliot Goldenthal, Julien Temple.

This year, the collaboration with Cinema Troisi continues, which will remain open throughout the summer with its lineup of premieres. It will host three absolute protagonists of the current film season, who the audience will have the opportunity to see live: Darren Aronofsky with The Whale, Ari Aster with Beau Is Afraid, and Rodrigo Sorogoyen with As Bestas.

The 2023 program of “Il Cinema in Piazza”

SAN COSIMATO (2 June – 16 July)

2 June – GIUSEPPE TORNATORE e GIANNI MORANDI presentano ENNIO di Giuseppe Tornatore (2021, 156 min)
3 June – LOONEY TUNES SUPERSTAR – BUGS BUNNY (115 min)
4 June – L’ONOREVOLE ANGELINA di Luigi Zampa (1947, 90 min)
7 June – FRANCES HA di Noah Baumbach (2012, 86 min)
8 June – POLYTECHNIQUE di Denis Villeneuve (2009, 131 min)
9 June – PROIBITO RUBARE di Luigi Comencini (1948, 85 min)
10 June – DAFFY DUCK ACCHIAPPAFANTASMI (1988, 78 min)
11 June – LADRI DI BICICLETTE di Vittorio De Sica (1948, 89 min)
14 June – PIETRO DEL RE, ASMAE DACHAN, ETTORE MAZZANTI e AMANI BALLOUR presentano THE CAVE di Feras Fayyad (2019, 107 min) in collaborazione con Confronti e Medici Senza Frontiere
15 June – INCENDIES (LA DONNA CHE CANTA) di Denis Villeneuve (2010, 131 min)
16 June – ENEMY di Denis Villeneuve (2013, 91 min)
17 June – CHI HA INCASTRATO ROGER RABBIT (1988, 104 min)
18 June – BELLISSIMA di Luchino Visconti (1951, 113 min)
21 June – GREENBERG (LO STRAVAGANTE MONDO DI GREENBERG) di Noah Baumbach (2010, 107 min)
22 June – SICARIO di Denis Villeneuve (2015, 121 min)
23 June – JULIEN TEMPLE presenta CROCK OF GOLD: A FEW ROUND WITH SHANE MACGOWAN (CROCK OF GOLD) di Julien Temple (2020, 124 min)
24 June – SPACE JAM (1996, 88 min)
25 June – IL SOLE NEGLI OCCHI di Antonio Pietrangeli (1953, 98 min)
28 June – LADY BIRD di Greta Gerwig (2017, 94 min)
29 June – ARRIVAL di Denis Villeneuve (2016, 116 min)
30 June – I SOLITI IGNOTI dI Mario Monicelli (1958, 112 min)
1 July – LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION (2003, 93 min)
2 July – ESTATE VIOLENTA di Valerio Zurlini (1959, 98min)
5 July – LITTLE WOMEN (PICCOLE DONNE) di Greta Gerwig (2019, 135 min)
6 July – BLADE RUNNER 2049 di Denis Villeneuve (2017, 164 min)
7 July – KENNETH LONERGAN presenta MANCHESTER BY THE SEA di Kenneth Lonergan (2016, 137 min) modera ANTONIO MONDA
8 July – GREMLINS 2 – LA NUOVA STIRPE (1990, 106 min)
9 July – I MAGLIARI di Francesca Rosi (1959, 119 min)
12 July- MISTRESS AMERICA di Noah Baumbach (2015, 84 min)
13 July- DUNE di Denis Villeneuve (2021, 195 min)
14 July – SPERIAMO CHE SIA FEMMINA di Mario Monicelli (1986, 120 min)
15 July – SPACE JAM 2 – NEW LEGENDS (2021, 115 min)
16 July – ROCCO E I SUOI FRATELLI di Luchino Visconti (1960, 179 min)

CERVELLETTA (8 June – 16 July)

8 June – ARI ASTER presenta MIDSOMMAR (MIDSOMMAR – IL VILLAGGIO DEI DANNATI) di Ari Aster (2019, 188 min) modera ANTONIO MONDA
9 June – THE INFORMER (IL TRADITORE) di John Ford (1935, 91 min)
10 June – EIGHTH GRADE di Bo Burnham (2018, 93 min)
11 June – BACK TO THE FUTURE (RITORNO AL FUTURO) di Robert Zemeckis (1985, 116 min)
14 June – SOSHITE CHICHI NI NARU (FATHER AND SON) di Hirokazu Kore-eda (2013, 120 min)
15 June – BERTRAND BONELLO presenta ZOMBI CHILD di Bertrand Bonello (2019, 103 min)
16 June – STAGECOACH (OMBRE ROSSE) di John Ford (1939, 96 min)
17 June – AMERICAN HONEY di Andrea Arnold (2016, 163 min)
18 June – BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (RITORNO AL FUTURO PARTE II) di Robert Zemeckis (1989, 108 min)
21 June – UMIMACHI DIARY (LITTLE SISTER) di Hirokazu Kore-eda (2015, 127 min)
22 June – UMI YORI MO MADA FUKAKU (RITRATTO DI FAMIGLIA CON TEMPESTA) di Hirokazu Kore-eda (2016, 118 min)
23 June – THE GRAPES OF WRATH (FURORE) di John Ford (1940, 128 min)
24 June – HIGH LIFE di Claire Denis (2018, 113)
25 June – BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (RITORNO AL FUTURO PARTE III) di Robert Zemeckis (1990, 118)
28 June – JOANNA HOGG presenta THE SOUVENIR I e THE SOUVENIR II di Joanna Hogg (2019, 120 min – 2021, 107 min)
29 June – INTO THE WILD (INTO THE WILD – NELLE TERRE SELVAGGE) di Sean Penn (2007, 140 min)
30 June – MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (SFIDA INFERNALE) di John Ford (1946, 97 min)
1 July – THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER di Joanna Hogg (2022, 96 min)
2 July – GHOSTBUSTER (ACCHIAPPAFANTASMI) di Ivan Reitman (1984, 105 min )
5 July – SANDOME NO SATSUJIN (IL TERZO OMICIDIO) di Hirokazu Koreda (2017, 124 min)
6 July – SAM ROCKWELL presenta MOON di DUNCAN JONES (2009, 97 min)
7 July – THE SEARCHERS (SENTIERI SELVAGGI) di John Ford (1956, 119 min)
8 July – THE INSPECTION di Elegance Bratton (2022, 95 min)
9 July – GHOSTBUSTER II (ACCHIAPPAFANTASMI II) di Ivan Reitman (1989, 108 min)
12 July – MANBIKI KAZOKU (UN AFFARE DI FAMIGLIA) di Hirokazu Kore-eda (2018, 120 min)
13 July – ERIK POPPE presenta THE EMIGRANTS di Erik Poppe (2021, 148 min)
14 July – THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (L’UOMO CHE UCCISE LIBERTY VALANCE) di John Ford (1962, 123 min)
15 July – FUNNY PAGES di Owen Kline (2022, 86 min)
16 July – GHOSTBUSTER (GHOSTBUSTER: ANSWER THE CALL) di Paul Feig (2016, 117 min) + GHOSTBUSTER: AFTERLIFE (GHOSTBUSTER: LEGACY) di Jason Reitman (2021, 124 min)

MONTE CIOCCI (10 June – 16 July)

10 June – NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE (ANIMAL HOUSE) di John Landis (1978, 109 min)
11 June – GIULIA STEIGERWALT e IL CAST presentano SETTEMBRE di Giulia Steigerwalt (2022, 110 min)
14 June – SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (SESSO, BUGIE E VIDEOTAPE) di Steven Soderbergh (1989, 100 min)
15 June- SOMMAREN MED MONIKA (MONICA E IL DESIDERIO) di Ingmar Bergman (1953, 96 min)
16 June – ROBIN HOOD (1973, 83 min)
17 June – JULIE TAYMOR e ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL presentano ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (2007, 133 min) modera ANTONIO MONDA
18 June – THE BLUES BROTHERS (THE BLUES BROTHERS – I FRATELLI BLUES) di John Landis (1980, 133 min)
21 June – MID90s di Jonah Hill (2018, 85 min)
22 June – DET SJUNDE INSEGLET (IL SETTIMO SIGILLO) di Ingmar Bergman (1957, 96 min)
23 June – GALLINE IN FUGA (2000, 84 min)
24 June – JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET presenta DELICATESSEN di Jean-Pierre Jeunet e Marc Caro (1991, 99 min)
25 June – WILLIAM OLDROYD presenta LADY MACBETH di William Oldroyd (2016, 89 min)
28 June – TRAFFIC di Steven Soderbergh (2000, 147 min)
29 June – SMULTRONSTALLET (IL POSTO DELLE FRAGOLE) di Ingmar Bergman (1957, 91 min)
30 June – DRAGON TRAINER (2010, 98 min)
1 July- DARREN ARONOFSKY presenta THE WRESTLER di Darren Aronofsky (2008, 109 min) moderano I FRATELLI D’INNOCENZO
2 July – ERIN BROCKOVICH (ERIN BROCKOVICH – FORTE COME LA VERITÀ) di Steven Soderbergh (2000, 131 min)
5 July – OCEAN’S ELEVEN (OCEAN’S ELEVEN – FATE IL VOSTRO GIOCO) di Steven Soderbergh (2001, 116 min)
6 July – PERSONA di Ingmar Bergman (1966, 85 min)
7 July – SING (2016, 108 min)
8 July – STEFANO NAZZI presenta SE7EN (SEVEN) di David Fincher (1995, 127 min) modera MATTEO CORRADINI
9 July – AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (UN LUPO MANNARO A LONDRA) di John Landis (1981, 97 min)
12 July – GIUSEPPE BELLASALMA, ONOFRIO ROTA, MARCO MARRONE e MICHELE LIPORI presentano CENTOOTTO di Giuseppe Bellasalma, Michele Lipori e Claudio Paravati (2021, 50 min) Serata Fai Cisl – Confronti
13 July – VISKNINGAR OCH ROP (SUSSURRI E GRIDA) di Ingmar Bergman (1972, 91 min)
14July – LILLY E IL VAGABONDO (1955, 76 min)
15 July – RODRIGO SOROGOYEN presenta EL REINO (IL REGNO) di Rodrigo Sorogoyen (2018, 132 min)
16 July – INTO THE NIGHT (TUTTO IN UNA NOTTE) di John Landis (1985, 115 min)

CINEMA TROISI

6 June – ARI ASTER presenta BEAU IS AFRAID (BEAU HA PAURA) di Ari Aster (2023, 179 min)
2 July – DARREN ARONOFSKY presenta THE WHALE di Darren Aronofsky (2022, 117 min) moderano i FRATELLI D’INNOCENZO
15 July – RODRIGO SOROGOYEN presenta AS BESTAS di Rodrigo Sorogoyen (2018, 132 min)

All films will be shown in the original language with Italian subtitles.

Cinema in Piazza is organized by “Piccolo Cinema America,” a group dedicated to promoting culture and film. They say the goal of “Il Cinema in Piazza” is in “the contemporary involvement of the center and the suburbs” which seeks to uniquely “rebuild a sense of community, promoting a knowledge accessible to all with free and shared projections.” Additionally, Cinema In Piazza promotes the cultural importance of the event, saying “the projection does not end in the mere vision of the show, but becomes an experience of intense civil and social value.”

The event had previously been held in Piazza San Cosimato under the name “Festival Trastevere Rione del Cinema,” but faced a dispute with Rome’s deputy mayor and culture councilor, Luca Bergamo. Instead of limiting the hours, like Bergamo wanted, the event grew after being supported by well-known figures in film, such as Martin Scorsese and “Pif” Pierfrancesco Diliberto.

Now, Cinema In Piazza’s project is continuing in an even more concrete direction, seeking to unite all of Rome through film by “connecting three nerve centers [in the city] through the construction of three contemporary arenas.”

FROM 2 JUNE TO 16 JULY 2023

Locations:

Piazza San Cosimato – Trastevere

Monte Ciocci – Via Domizia Lucilla, 76

Casale della Cervelletta – Parco della Cervelletta in Tor Sapienza

Movie screenings at 9:15pm

Free entry, no reservation required

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