Muller Leaves Venice to Head up Rome Film Fest
Marco Muller, who is winding up his mandate as head of the Venice Film Festival, has been named artistic director of Rome's international film festival, the Cinema Foundation said Friday in a statement.
"I couldn't be happier, I'm returning to my city after 22 years to work on an exciting project," said Muller, who was born in Rome. "Let's roll up our sleeves and get to work."
Muller, who speaks fluent English, French, Italian, Mandarin and Cantonese, has been the director of the Venice festival since 2004.
He will be replaced in December by Alberto Barbera, 61, who is a cinema critic and head of the National Cinema Museum in Turin in northern Italy.
Source: Agence France Presse
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