[2] It opened with The Hummingbird by Francesca Archibugi, preceded by short film Luciano Pavarotti, la stella by Gianluigi Toccafondo.

[3][4] The official image of the event was dedicated to Joanne Woodward American retired actress, and her late husband Paul Newman, American actor, film director, race car driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur, as tribute to legends.

[5] The award ceremony took place on 22 October at the Auditorium Parco della Musica.

The festival closed on 28 October with Forever Young, a French-Italian comedy-drama film by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.

[6] James Ivory, an American film director, producer, and screenwriter, was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award.