Rome Film Festival honors Javier Bardem and screens Taika Waititi film

The 2026 Rome Film Festival continues with a major focus on international cinema and career achievements. A central event of the day is the presentation of a Career Award to Javier Bardem, who will receive the honor from director Paolo Sorrentino at the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone.

Following the award ceremony, the festival will screen Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s film ‘El ser querido’, featuring Bardem. The program also includes the premiere of Taika Waititi’s ‘Klara and the Sun’, starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams. This film, based on the novel by Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro, is presented through the perspective of an artificial friend named Klara.

Other scheduled events include the world premiere of ‘Le Fantôme de l’Opéra’ featuring Deva Cassel, presentations of new Italian series, and an exhibition dedicated to Luchino Visconti.