FiPiLi Horror Festival Livorno

The FIPILI Horror Festival held in Livorno, festival of the fear in cinema and literature, will reach its 12th edition in 2023. One of a kind, this cultural event has a particular focus on the “Fear” in all its forms and nuances: film showings of movies and short movies (horror, thriller, fantasy and sci-fi as genres) for the cinematographic area; the presentation and the reading of works for the literary area, besides art exhibitions and theatrical performances.

The festival is a real horror marathon and every day there will be:
– premiere showings for Italy, with both great classics and little cult movies;
– film showing and presentation of the short movies submitted to the two national contests (horror/thriller and fantastic/sci-fi) and to the one specifically dedicated to works of foreign production;
– meetings with national and international guests (writers, filmmakers, actors, illustrators, psychologists);
– readings of literary works;
– lectio magistralis;
– daily workshops (creative writing, filmmaking and special effects for the cinema);
– literary contest for tales and poems with “fear” as main theme;
– theatrical performances;
– exhibitions of contemporary art, of posters and other horror cinemabilia;
– conferences.

The beating heart of the festival lies in the meetings with distinguished guests, experts of various fields, and in the presentation of independent works by young authors, who put themselves on the line to reach a good visibility and celebrate the lively art reality in the city of Livorno.

In its first ten years of life, the FIPILI Horror Festival has welcomed, besides the ones from Livorno thousands of people from all over Italy. Hundreds of artists were involved in the festival and participated directly in the activities or attended the festival through videos. Among the others, we can mention Dario Argento, George A. Romero, Elio Germano, Dalia Colli, Pupi Avati, Lamberto Bava, Ruggero Deodato, Tim Willocks, Aldo Lado, Sergio Stivaletti, Enzo Sciotti, Fabio Frizzi, i Manetti Bros., Luigi Cozzi, Claudio Simonetti.