The Florence Independent Cinema International Film Festival is an international independent film festival based in Florence, Italy, created to support and promote emerging and established filmmakers from around the world.

We believe in cinema as a powerful form of artistic expression — free, diverse, and uncompromising.
Our festival stands out for its monthly award system, offering filmmakers continuous opportunities for recognition throughout the year.

Every Month a selection among winners are selected for live screenings and all monthly award winners are automatically selected for the Annual Awards, where the most outstanding films compete for the festival’s highest honors. We also collaborate with private and public Schools of cinema.

Awards & Prizes

All winners receive a certificate (pdf/jpg file)

Rules & Terms

– All fees are non-refundable.

– Not all the submissions are selected for the official competition. Our Judges are free to make their own choices and no answers will be given about not selected films.

– Filmmakers can submit the film in multiple categories in order to become a multi-award film. Still, the decision about the selection is strictly determined by our judges’ team and no selection is guaranteed.

– Submitting your movie, you authorize the festival to use, distribute and share the film poster, trailer, synopsis and movie stills.

– Films can be available online and still be entered in the competition for our festival.

– Shorts must be less than 50 minutes. Feature more than 52 minutes.

- The films must include English subtitles unless the spoken language is English

- We do not require premiere status

- FICIFF reserves the right to determine the date, time, location and film chosen for the screenings.

- All winners receive a certificate (pdf/jpg file)