FRANCIGENA FILM FESTIVAL

The Francigena Film Festival Juries decided!
And the winner of the 2nd EDITION is...
ALONE TOGETHER won the Best Short Film!
The young jury decided for a Special Mention to...
VERDIANA.
Best Actor to VINCENT BEFORE NOON
Best Actress to EMMA
Best Editing to TWO SANDS
Best Director to SPARKLES
Best Cinematography OTAVA
BEST Screenplay THE COLDEST ROOM
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2022 IMPORTANT NEWS:
The registration to the 3rd Edition of the Francigena Film Festival will officially open on NOVEMBER the 1st, 2021. The FRANCIGENA FILM FESTIVAL will take place on 2022 In OCTOBER, in the heart of Tuscany, inside a marvelous place inside the wonderful Italian Landscape.
It is a singular chance to think about a visit to this unique land and the Via Francigena, during the “kermesse”.
The Francigena Film Festival will in fact be an opportunity for meetings and side events about the Journey and cinema: nature, culture, food, wine.
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FREE THEME!
We accept short film submissions up to 25 minutes from all around the world, of all kinds.
Our inspiration is “the Journey” even intended as the Path, in all it's different parts: the freedom of interpretation is up to the Filmmakers, Directors and Authors.
TEMA LIBERO!
Si accettano Cortometraggi fino a 25 minuti di lunghezza: ci piacerebbe che fossero in qualche modo ispirati dal Viaggio, o che raccontino il Viaggio. Ma il "viaggio" è ovunque! Viaggio interiore, viaggio fisico, mentale, viaggio nel passato, nel futuro, un viaggio nella memoria, o della speranza o un meraviglioso viaggio d'amore o alla scoperta.
Ogni declinazione possibile di VIAGGIO, nella libera interpretazione dei Filmakers.
Iscrivi la tua Opera al Francigena Film Festival!
La tua opera verrà valutata da una Giuria dei migliori professionisti.

The Creator and Artistic Director of the Francigena Film Festival is Giovanni Guidelli: actor, author and director.
Our jurors are among the best professionals of the italian film industry.
We will announce the names of our Jury of the 3rd EDITION during spring 2022.
We are proud to remember that on the 1st and 2nd FRANCIGENA FILM FESTIVAL we counted on the following Jury: Renato Carpentieri (Best Actor - David di Donatello Prize), Giuliano Taviani (Best Composer - David di Donatello Prize), Gianni Mammolotti (Cinematographer Award Finalist - David di Donatello), Vincenzo Mosca (Film Distributor and Film Producer).
Our jurors are among the best professionals of the italian film industry.

Other Jurors will soon join us for the Francigena Film Festival THIRD EDITION.

We only care about quality shorts, intelligent vision, experimentation and authorial style. We can assure you that being selected here means that your film has all that is needed to be recognized as an author's film.
The FRANCIGENA FILM FESTIVAL will take place in Italy, in the heart of Tuscany.
For its 1st Edition the Festival should have been held in LIVE VIEW, but due to covid emergency and the fact that the theaters and Cinemas have been closed, it has been held in Streaming, still achieving enormous success.
We missed meeting with the artists, and the audience's applause.
But finally, we succeeded to do our 2nd EDITION IN PRESENCE! What a marvelous sensatio: the audience inside the CINEMA!
We are working to hold the 3rd FESTIVAL Edition in presence too.
*The FRANCIGENA has been certified "Cultural Route of the Council of Europe" in 1994-
The Via Francigena was a communication path which contributed to the cultural unity of Europe in the Middle Ages. Today, the Via Francigena is considered as a bridge between the cultures of the Anglo-Saxon Europe and the Latin Europe.
That is why the Programming Committee decided to name FRANCIGENA this new Film Festival.

For its 2nd Edition, the FFFestival event has been held for two days, in order to offer more time for insights with the authors, meetings, side events, interviews, exhibitions, etc... in a new Location along the Via Francigena: BUONCONVENTO!
The first day has been dedicated to the operas in Competition, and the second has been for the section called VISIONS.

The prizes are awarded for the best short film. Also, special mentions has been assigned to: best director, best actress, best actor, best photography, best screenplay, best editing.
We'll do the same for the 3rd EDITION! We start to work about it right now.
There will be an audience award and mentions assigned by our media partners too.
The festival counts on the help of media-partnerships and cultural partners in the area.
So... if you love real experience, real Cinema, real e-motions... we are looking for you: your travel IDEA (travel and journey in their different meanings: in the future, back to past, escape, love, mental journey, ecc...)
On the 2nd EDITION we were proud to have welcomed short films from all around the world. It's your chance! Send us your short Film for the 3rd EDITION!