The Florence International Film Festival (Florence, Italy) is an international cinema festival born with the aim to promote talented filmmakers, their works and their aesthetic research. ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ
The ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น (๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐) is an international cinema Festival born with the aim to promote talented filmmakers, their works and their aesthetic research. The Festival takes place once a year, in autumn, in a live event: ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ. In the fourth edition (2024), which took place on 11, 14 and 15 December, 305 films from 54 countries were entered: it was a great success; the Festival is on its way to becoming an international reference point for film industry professionals. The fifth edition offers many new categories in which films can be entered. The Festival awards prizes in each category, as well as additional prizes and honourable mentions. The winning films and those awarded honourable mentions will receive a pdf certificate. The Festival is open to every kind of film and support independent productions. We do invite filmmakers from all over the world to join us: Florence, as lead city of the Renaissance, is waiting for your films. As of the fifth edition (2025), a new section called ๐๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ, dedicated to feature films produced in China, is open. In this direction, the Festival intends to promote the knowledge of contemporary Chinese cinematography in Florence, in the awareness that it represents an important cultural contribution to contemporary cinema. Dr. Zhong Dailin (Senior Media Professional in China's Internet Industry) is the director of the ๐๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ section.
๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ, director of the film ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐'๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง (2019, dedicated to the theme of violence against women), is the founder and director of the Festival, and the president of the jury. The Florence International Film Festival is organised by ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฟ๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (Florence). Registration exclusively on FilmFreeway:
https://filmfreeway.com/FlorenceInternationalFilmFestival
Staff
Costantino Maiani
Festival Director | President of the Jury
Serena Stefani
Vice Festival Director | Jury
Silvia Novak
Patroness of the Festival | Jury
Drilona Bramo
Jury
Elisabetta Peri
Translations | Jury
Zhong Dailin
Director "An overview of contemporary Chinese cinema" section
Maurizio Biserni
Graphics
Carlotta Maiani
Translation
