CinemAmbiente – Environmental Film Festival was born in 1998 with the aim of presenting outstanding environmental films that promote cinema and green awareness.
The Festival is organized by Associazione Cinemambiente and National Cinema Museum - Maria Adriana Prolo Foundation, Turin – Italy.
CinemAmbiente has grown over the years and today is one of the most important environmental film festivals in the international scene.
Cinemambiente is the founder and coordinator of the Green Film Network, the association of the world's major environmental film festivals.
CinemAmbiente program features over 100 selected films screened in the national and international competition categories, as well as in the special categories (Special Events, Panorama and a large section dedicated to the world of school). Besides film screenings, the program includes debates, meetings with the authors, Q&A, exhibitions, book presentations, theatre and concerts, and events in and around Turin.
To complete the work of promoting the environmental-related cinema carried out by CinemAmbiente, there are two other important activities: CinemAmbiente Tour (a project of cultural distribution in Italy of the films presented at the Festival) and CinemAmbiente TV - Films for environmental education (an education project that integrates audio-visual materials and in-depth dossiers designed for different school levels).
The 22th CinemAmbiente – Environmental Film Festival will be held in Turin from May 31st to June 5th, 2019.
The deadline for all applications is March 31st 2019.
Qualified juries, each composed of recognized figures in cinema, culture, and environmental activism appointed by the Festival’s Direction, will assign official prizes.
- Feature Documentary Competition
All feature films selected will be considered for the following awards:
Asja.energy Award for the Best International Documentary (2,000 $ USD)
Iren – Audience Award (2,000 $ USD)
- One-Hour Documentary Competition
All films selected will be considered for the following award:
Smat Award for the Best One-Hour Documentary (2,000 $ USD)
- Italian Documentary Competition
All films selected will be considered for the following awards:
CiAl Award for the Best Italian Documentary (2,000 $ USD)
- International Short Competition
All short films selected will be considered for the following award:
Award for the Best Short Film (2,000 $ USD)
- CinemAmbiente Junior Competition
All short films selected will be considered for the following awards:
Award for the Best Short Film (Primary School, Middle School, High School)
Special Mentions
- Legambiente to Italian Documentary Competition
- WWF for the Best Film on biodiversity conservation
- “Ambiente e Società” Cooperativa Arcobaleno for the Best Film that relates environmental issues to a social context
Special Award
The special award "Movies Save the Planet" is a recognition to a director who has inherent in his work the theme of the environment and nature.
Literary Prize
- “Le Ghiande” Award is assigned to a writer who has devoted his/her life and work writing about topics related to the environment, landscape and nature.
Other prizes or mentions will be announced during the Festival.
