FRANCIGENA FILM FESTIVAL

The Francigena Film Festival Juries decided!
ELEPHANTBIRD won the First Edition!!!
The young jury decided for a Special Mention to
AYAAN.
All the short Films have been available on Free Streaming from www.francigenafilmfestival.it during our First Edition.

2021 IMPORTANT NEWS:
The registration to the 2nd Edition of the Francigena Film Festival will officially open on January 15, 2021. The FRANCIGENA FILM FESTIVAL will take place on October 9 and 10, 2021, in the heart of Tuscany: a marvelous 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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We accept short film submissions up to 20 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.

Si accettano Cortometraggi fino a 20 minuti di lunghezza ispirati dal Viaggio, o che raccontino il Viaggio: 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.
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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 during spring 2021.
We are proud to remember that on the 1st 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 SECOND 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 in Colle Val D'Elsa, 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.
We are working to hold a FESTIVAL in presence.
*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.
One of the most beautiful routes along Via Francigena, in Tuscany, called STAGE 32, that leaves S. Gimignano, reaches Molino d'Aiano, goes on towards Colle di Val d’Elsa, and Badia a Coneo and Gracciano, and then to Strove, including a pretty Romanesque Pieve. It passes the wonderful architectural structure of Abbadia in Isola before reaching Monteriggioni, where there is an unmistakable tower crest. Water and road-houses are available only in populated areas.

For its 2nd Edition, the FFFestival event will last for two days, to offer more time for insights with the authors, meetings, side events, interviews, exhibitions, etc.

The prizes are awarded for the best short film. Also, special mentions will be assigned to: best director, best actress, best actor, best photography, best screenplay, best editing. There will be an audience award and mentions assigned by our media partners.
The festival counts on the help of media-partnerships and cultural partners in the area.
For its 2nd edition, the FFFestival event will last for two days, to offer more time for insights with the authors.