{"id":2110451,"date":"2025-10-23T13:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2110451"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:49:15","slug":"i-love-lucca-comics-games-brings-pop-culture-magic-to-the-rome-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-love-lucca-comics-games-brings-pop-culture-magic-to-the-rome-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love Lucca Comics &#038; Games Brings Pop-Culture Magic to the Rome Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>I Love Lucca Comics &amp; Games<\/em> lit up the 20th Rome Film Festival, where it had its official world premiere last night in the FreeStyle Arts section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Announced in a press release, the eagerly awaited film will screen in Italian cinemas for three days \u2014 Nov. 10, 11 and 12, 2025 \u2014 distributed by <em>I Wonder Pictures<\/em> in collaboration with the <em>Unipol Biografilm Collection<\/em>. The film\u2019s director, Manlio Castagna, described it as a celebration of individuality, saying, \u201cThey put on masks to show their true selves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Castagna walked the red carpet at the Auditorium Parco della Musica and later at the striking MAXXI Museum, alongside Andrea Romeo, producer and editorial director of <em>I Wonder Pictures<\/em>; Emanuele Vietina, director of <em>Lucca Comics &amp; Games<\/em>; and executive producer Giulia Moretti.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis is a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/lucca-comics-games-expo-2025-144502486.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:movie about communities;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">movie about communities<\/a>,\u201d Castagna said in an interview with Variety. \u201cIt\u2019s a place where bridges are more important than walls. It\u2019s important to show how gratitude, for example, is a sort of a glue between normal people, normal in quotation marks, normal people and the community and the artist, the guest.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>I LOVE LUCCA COMICS &amp; GAMES Debuts at Rome Film Festival<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/r.press.strike-media.com\/mk\/cl\/f\/qsli8QN2g_OAcOo9RpN4k5RtEuMTDywPZRlg701-K3uDvQtqKbfe75wP3iJBQOwD--m6HDJKbkxclFibkJTAB9nsQ6IiQzqdwKksSd6zWgrqfCXp42HVNRAJgeutjrP9tAnJ3JXdqPkO_w4lL9qoFuISTHwS-nR13mJ1uKSjUC2ClmSyNH6w1HpwNg7O0RBzOrMU-2vexTQNpyCOP9lcbF4l4gv0wILSbtTz06598xk37uLPorMaQqvC9Q\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:I LOVE LUCCA COMICS &amp; GAMES;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">I LOVE LUCCA COMICS &amp; GAMES<\/a><\/em> shines a light on one of the world\u2019s biggest pop-culture events as not just one of scale, but one that acts as a transformative experience and a meeting point that brings thousands together to share an explosion of joy and creativity\u2014a place that generates happiness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The film features interviews with several notable artists, including Gabriele Mainetti; best-selling writers R.L. Stine and Licia Troisi; rapper Frankie hi-nrg mc; and comic artists Pera Toons, Sio, Fumettibrutti, Yoshitaka Amano and Roberto Recchioni. It is a film that explores the human experience of an event that generates happiness and forges lasting connections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Each personal and intimate story becomes part of a universal journey\u2014one line in an arabesque that draws a world of hospitality and kindness, a community united by shared passions and the joy of being together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Love Lucca Comics &amp; Games lit up the 20th Rome Film Festival, where it had its official world premiere last night in the FreeStyle Arts section. 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