26-28 Oct. Magic Lantern Film Festival is a semi-annual project focusing of the cross-over between visual art and cinema, taking place in collaboration with the American Academy in Rome, Real Academia de España in Rome, and the Germany Academy Rome Villa Massimo.

The festival launches with Phantasmagoria, a small collection of films that demonstrate how noir and horror have been adopted and adapted by the visual arts.

The programme includes Hiker Meat, Office Killer, Sculpt, The Point of Least Resistance, The Right Way, Remainder, Dracula's Ghost, Storie di Fantasmi per Adulti.

All films are in original language or with English subtitles, except Office Killer by Cindy Sherman which will have Italian subtitles.

For full programme see website.