MUMBAI: As many as 150 signatories including renowned Italian filmmakers Bertolucci, Olmi, Bellocchio, Salvatores, Crialese as well as Toni Servillo, Stefania Sandrelli, the producers Riccardo Tozzi and Pietro Valsecchi, and singer-songwriter Franco Battiato have favoured the new director of the Rome Film Festival Marco Müller.
In an open letter addressed to politicians and administrators; the signatories asked that Müller be placed in the "conditions to guarantee that an all too near 2012 edition takes place". They also wanted his contract as director of the Rome Film Festival be ended.
Marco Müller‘s nomination as artistic director on 16 March has in fact still not been turned into a signed contract. According to rumours, the former director of the Venice Film Festival is becoming increasingly worried with regards to timing and has not made a mystery of the fact that he considers Cannes as a deadline.
The next board of directors‘ meeting of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma, which could lead to a conclusion of the matter, will take place on Friday, assured the President Paolo Ferrari.
The Rome Film Festival 2012 is scheduled to take place in October or November this year.