Buffalo Roots Film Festival

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Next Festival Screening

📅 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟒 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
🕧 11:00 to 18:00
📍 Campidoglio - Protomoteca Hall
🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
Free Entrance

The location will be
Sala/Hall PROTOMOTECA
Piazza del Campidoglio 1

The Buffalo Roots Film Festival opens the doors of the Campidoglio with exclusive arts performances, awards screenings of independent films and documentaries, meetings with authors, directors, and artists, local and original version screenings, art installations, and an engaging photo set with authentic costumes from film productions.

A unique opportunity to meet creatives, film enthusiasts, and supporters of independent culture in the heart of the Eternal City.

Program:

>Meetings with authors, directors, and artists</li>
>Exclusive independent screenings</li>
>Films and documentaries in original version</li>
>Exhibition and installations by 5 artists</li>
>Photo set with film costumes</li>

Free entry
Free participation

We look forward to seeing you at 12:00 for the start of the screenings.

A day for freedom.
A day for cinema.
A day for art.

SCREENIG PROGRAM Starting at 12:15
TITLE DIRECTOR AWARD RUNTIME
Presentation of the Crespi Case: Ambrogio Crespi, Helene Pacitto, Luca Telese, Digital Identity PROJECT PRESENTATION 30 min
The Crespi Case - State of Grace Luca Telese Best Documentary, Feature-Length 1h 39 min
Call Me Max Alberta Viti Best Short Film 15 min
A Training Day Igor Wolfango Schiaroli Documentary Series (Out of Competition) 40 min
Balboa – Trailer Mirko Alvernini Best Fan Film 5 min 30 sec
LA vita che Voglio - The Life I Want (Trailer) Ambrogio Crespi Best Documentary, Feature-Length 3 min
Inferno 2.0 Jürgen Leufgen Best A.I. Videostory 19 min
Marinella Cristian Pagliucchi Best Short Film 20 min
The Children of Sabba Fabio Giovinazzo Best History Film, Short 28 min
ROMA Alessandro Di Carlo Best Music Video 5 min
A Girl Called Alice Tristan Loraine Best Short Film 15 min
Don’t Cry Alessandro Grassi Best Short Film 20 min
Between Two Words Soore Vahe Best Short Film 21 min
The Witch of Baratti – La Strega di Baratti (Trailer) Gianpaolo Saccomano Honorable Mention - Feature Film 5 min 30 sec
We Believe Pietro Giacone Best Commercial & Advertisement 1 min 30 sec
Dressed for Dinner Andrea Verardi Best A.I. Videostory 10 min
Project Remind - Official Announcement Trailer Best Commercial

>HOW TO REACH THE PROTOMOTECA HALL OF THE CAMPIDOGLIO IN ROME, CAPITOLINE MUSEUMS<

The Protomoteca is located in the main building.

Coming from Piazza del Campidoglio, go up the staircase and portico by Vignola.

By car: after parking, walk a short distance along Via dei Cerchi, Via Luigi Petroselli, Via del Teatro Marcello, until you reach the stairs of the Campidoglio (you will find them on your right).
Go up the stairs; the Protomoteca is located in the main building.

For those who prefer not to walk, you can take a bus from the Bocca della Verità towards Piazza Venezia (just one stop). If arriving by train at Termini Station, take bus 84 (right outside the station), which has its final stop directly in front of the Campidoglio (7 stops in total). Alternatively, take bus 40 from Termini for three stops and get off at Piazza Venezia, then walk behind the Altare della Patria on the right side.

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LAST YEAR EVENT
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Last Screening event:
5 June 2025
9:00 to 18:00
Campidoglio
in Rome, Italy

The location is
Sala/Hall Laudato Si
Piazza del Campidoglio 1
Festival Program – Masterclasses, Workshops & Film Screening
🎬 ＢＵＦＦＡＬＯ ＲＯＯＴＳ ＦＩＬＭ ＦＥＳＴＩＶＡＬ
📅 𝐆𝐢𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝𝐢̀, 𝟓 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐠𝐧𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 – 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟓 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
📍 Sala Laudato Si, Campidoglio di Roma

🕥 𝟏𝟎:𝟒𝟓 – 𝐀𝐯𝐯𝐢𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐚 ＆ 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭
🕚 𝟏𝟏:𝟎𝟎 – Presentazione staff e saluti istituzionali
🎤 A cura di Antonella Melito, Consigliera di Roma Capitale
🕦 𝟏𝟏:𝟏𝟓 – “NFT non speculativi per cinema, eventi e turismo” | 🎙 Igor W. Schiaroli
🕧 𝟏𝟏:𝟒𝟎 – 🍴 Masterclass Ciak si mangia | Gastone Saletnich
🕛 𝟏𝟐:𝟑𝟎 – 🎬 Masterclass Le nuove frontiere del cinema | Mirko Alivernini
🕐 𝟏𝟑:𝟑𝟎 – 📚 Workshop: Laboratorio di Biblioterapia Cine Book | Elena Cattaneo

🎥 𝟏𝟒:𝟎𝟎 – Inizio Proiezioni & Experience “Cinema Interiore”
🎞 The Death of the Centurion | Octavian Repede | 🏆 Best History Film, Short | 20’
🎞 Only YUDANA | E F BEE (Ami Mochizuki) | 🏆 Best Documentary, Long | 40’
🎞 IL RIMBALZO | Cristiano Abbonizio | 🎖 Honorable Mention, Vertical Film | 8’
🎞 No Dreams are Unattainable | Alvaro Dama | 5’
🎞 Cries from the Cotton Field (Trailer) | Larry D. Foley | 🎖 Honorable Mention, Documentary | 4’

🧠 𝟏𝟓:𝟑𝟎 – Masterclass con 🎬 Ranieri de Cinque Quintili (ANICA)
🎞 Lady Cobra / Una killer in blues | Fabio Giovinazzo | 🏆 Best Feature Film | 3’
🎞 Voyagers | Luna Beauvois | 🏆 Best Animation, Short | 4’
🎞 The Reach | Luca Caserta | 🏆 Best Short Film | 28’
🎞 Echo – Pilot Episode | Livia Oya Proto | 🏆 Best Short Film | 15’
🎞 Florence in Black | Gianpaolo Saccomano | 3’
🎞 Giordano Bruno: A Myth… a Story… an Enigma… | Alberto Negri | 🏆 Best Documentary, Long | 4’
🎞 2080 New Family | 최재용 교수 (Jaeyong Choi) | 🏆 Best A.I. Video Story | 4’
🎞 Steel Town Tales | Daniela Offredi | 🏅 Nominee, VR & 360 Film & Animation | 17’

🗺️ 🌐 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
📌The Sala Laudato Si is inside Rome’s Capitoline Hill (Piazza del Campidoglio), near the Aracoeli staircase. Follow the signs to the hall (formerly Sala della Protomoteca) in Palazzo Senatorio. Event staff will assist.

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The event will be hosted by the Rome city Council, in a beautiful historical room. A number of selected projects from previous seasons will be screed during the event.

We believe audiovisual to be the powerful medium to spark conversation, inspire transformation, and bring people together.

By providing a platform for emerging filmmakers, fostering connections between independent and industry professionals, showcasing local projects, and highlighting difficult stories, we hope to create a space for meaningful dialogue and connection through cinema.

Buffalo Roots Film Festival benefits from the expertise of seasoned film industry professionals and the support of wrep.eu. , whose guidance and support has been instrumental in developing the Festival into a space that celebrates independent filmmakers, showcases diverse stories, and fosters connections between professionals and emerging talents in the industry.
Together, we work towards creating an inclusive and welcoming community that brings people together to share unique perspectives, and expose them to Distribution.

Participants can submit their entries only through FilmFreeway.
An initial selection of films is presented to Jurors, each Category’s winner will be evaluated by a mixed Jury committee and Jury of Honour.

Objectives

1. Provide a platform for emerging international and local film productions to be screened, showcased and discussed.
2. Foster connections and collaborations between independent filmmakers and industry professionals.
3. Highlight and share local film projects with an international audience, since we believe in cinema's power to transcend borders and bring people together through shared experiences and perspectives, by creating a virtuoso circle.
4. Focus on selecting independent initiatives that cover various genres: we are particularly interested in films where script writing, directing, producing, and post-prod showcase a diverse range of artistic visions and perspectives.
5. Shedding light on difficult topics by means of diverse cinematography languages, that are worth covering.
6. Move away from commercial filmmaking, which, despite being impressive, is often inaccessible.
7. Encourage and participate not only audiovisual also art workshops and initiatives.
8. Explore the concept of self-discovery and self-fulfillment through relationship, utilizing a time constraint.

NOTE:
With free partnership and patronage from the following distinguished organizations:
ANICA National Association of Digital Audiovisual Film Industries - LIBERA UNIVERSITA' DEL CINEMA - Roma Capitale COMUNE DI ROMA

Event and location dates can change.