Italy, June 22 - An exhibition of pictures revealing Federico Fellini's private side opens the annual summer festival the film legend's hometown devotes to him on June 30.

The show at Rimini's Fellini Museum will feature around 100 photo of the director in his daily life when not shooting films.

Visitors will be able to see the master captured on film while doing casual everyday things like shaving, sleeping or sipping coffee.

The free exhibition, entitled 'Fellini Privat', runs at the Adriatic seaside resort until October 14.

Another fascinating photo exhibition, this time of shots taken during the making of Intervista (1987), will be on display at Rimini's Grand Hotel for a month starting on July 16.

The 'Fellini Estate 2007' festival will also feature the now traditional screenings of the director's films on Rimini beach.

The Clowns, Intervista and Sweet Charity will be among the movies to be screened between July 16 and August 6.

There will also be a conference on Fellini's films and a workshop intended to help children understand his work.

"this festival proves Fellini will not be forgotten," said Italian director Pupi Avati, the president of the Fondazione Federico Fellini.

>"Fellini played a key role in 20th-century culture for Italy and it is necessary to understand the importance the master had for generations like mine.

"When I left a movie theater after seeing 8½ in 1964 I realized my future was in cinema and not in jazz. "I used to joke with Fellini that if I failed as a filmmaker he would have me on his conscience". Fellini, author of masterpieces such as La Dolce Vita (1960) and Amarcord (1973), was born in Rimini in January 1920.

He passed away from a heart attack in Rome in 1993, leaving the film world in mourning. His unusual plots and at times risqué humour have influenced generations of directors after him.