20 November 2012 10:11 AM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Rome Film Festival director Marco Mueller is a divisive figure in the film community, but nobody can deny his impact. He is renowned for his track record of injecting new life into festival, from his successful Rotterdam debut after the death of its intransigent founder Hubert Balls through to his acclaimed tenure in Venice. He is also one of the first curators to introduce European audiences to Asian films, in particular Chinese cinema. His very presence at the helm of this year's edition of the Rome Film Festival provoked a 50% increase in international accreditations. Yet his new job in the Italian capital might as well be the toughest challenge Mueller has faced so far. With a short and reviled history, the Rome festival was in a disastrous state prior to Mueller's arrival, which was preceded by an impasse whose backstage would outshine the most convoluted of all political thrillers. Indiewire »
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