20th Rome Film Festival
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| Opening film | Life Goes This Way by Riccardo Milani |
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| Closing film | Vita da Carlo (TV series 4 episodes) |
| Location | Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Awards | Best Film: Left-Handed Girl by Shih-Ching Tsou |
| Directors | Francesca Via |
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| Artistic director | Paola Malanga |
| No. of films | 198 |
| Festival date | Opening: 15 October 2025 Closing: 26 October 2025 |
| Language | International |
| Website | www |
The 20th Rome Film Festival was held from 15 October in the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome till 26 October 2025. The festival opened with 2025 Italian comedy film Life Goes This Way by Riccardo Milani. Paola Cortellesi, an Italian actress, comedian, film director, screenwriter and producer served as the president of the jury of the Progressive Cinema Competition.
Ema Stokholma, a DJ, host, actress, writer and singer, hosted the opening of the festival on 15 October in Sala Sinopoli of the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone. She also hosted the closing ceremony and the awards presentation ceremony on 25 October in Sala Petrassi. The Taiwanese-American drama film Left-Handed Girl written, directed and produced by Shih-Ching Tsou, won the Best film award, while French drama film Nino by Pauline Loquès won the Grand Jury Prize, as announced during the presentation.
In the 20th edition of the festival 198 films from 38 countries had 436 screenings with the total attendance of 116,503 people.
The festival concluded on 26 October 2025 with re-run of winning films and screening of the final season of Carlo Verdone's TV series Vita da Carlo, which is a portrayal of the drama and the comedy of Carlo Verdone's private life.