Rome, 28 October 2017, 4 pm
Romaeuropa Festival
Macro Testaccio – La Pelanda
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Projection of 5 movies by Buster Keaton with the music by the 5 finalists and Award Ceremony of

the International Competition Sounds of Silences 2017
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Paleface       music by Myriam Boucher
The Goat       music by Ludovico Failla
High Sign      music by Fabrizio Giraudo
Cops                music by Xavier Madore
Neighbors     music by Gabriele Paolozzi
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The composers collective Edison Studio, with the support of Società Italiana degli Autori e Editori within the project SIAE – Classici di Oggi (Today’s Classics) and with the collaboration of Cineteca di Bologna and RomaEuropa Festival 2017, presents the final event of the second edition of the International Competition of Musical Composition for the Moving Image Sounds of Silences.

The 5 finalists will present their original soundtracks for 5 Buster Keaton’s medium-length films chosen by Edison Studio in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna. The 5 projections will take place at MACRO Testaccio – La Pelanda on 28 October, within REF17.

After the presentations the jury composed by Monique Veaute (President of Romaeuropa Foundation and President of the jury), Andrew Bentley (composer, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki), Alvin Curran (composer), Giulio Latini (Multimedia Communication professor, University of Rome 2) and Andrea Ravagnan (Cineteca di Bologna Press Office Manager), will award cash prizes to the 3 best works.

with the support of Società Italiana Autori ed Editori for the project “SIAE – classici di oggi”