๐—™๐—œ๐—™๐—ง๐—› ๐—˜๐——๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ
The ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น (๐—™๐—œ๐—™๐—™ - ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—œ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†) is an international cinema Festival born with the aim to promote talented filmmakers, their works and their aesthetic research.
The Festival takes place once a year, in autumn, in a live event within the city of Florence: ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ.
The Festival is distinguished by the high artistic quality of the films entered. In the current fourth edition (2024), 305 films from 54 countries were entered: it is a great success; the Festival is on its way to becoming an international reference point for film industry professionals.
The fifth edition offers many new categories in which films can be entered.
The Festival awards prizes in each category, as well as additional prizes and honourable mentions.
The winning films and those awarded honourable mentions will receive a pdf certificate.
The Festival is open to every kind of film and support independent productions.
We do invite filmmakers from all over the world to join us: Florence, as lead city of the Renaissance, is waiting for your films.
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๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ, director of the film ๐™‡๐™–๐™ช๐™ง๐™–'๐™จ ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง (2019, dedicated to the theme of violence against women), is the founder and director of the Festival, and the president of the jury.
The Florence International Film Festival is organised by ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (Florence).

๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€:

- Best Feature Film (over 45 minutes long)
- Best Short Film (under 45 minutes long)
- Best Feature Documentary (over 45 minutes long)
- Best Short Documentary (under 45 minutes long)
- Best Animation Feature Film (over 45 minutes long)
- Best Animation Short Film (under 45 minutes long)
- Best Experimental Short Film (under 45 minutes long)
- Best Video Art Short Film (under 45 minutes long)
- Best Music Video (under 10 minutes long)
- Best Actor / Feature Film
- Best Actress / Feature Film
- Best Actor / Short Film
- Best Actress / Short Film
- Best Young Actor / Feature Film (from 0 to 15 years old)
- Best Young Actress / Feature Film (from 0 to 15 years old)
- Best Young Actor / Short Film (from 0 to 15 years old)
- Best Young Actress / Short Film (from 0 to 15 years old)
- Best Soundtrack / Feature Film
- Best Soundtrack / Short Film
- Best Soundtrack / Feature Documentary
- Best Soundtrack / Short Documentary
- Best Cinematography / Feature Film
- Best Cinematography / Short Film
- Best Cinematography / Feature Documentary
- Best Cinematography / Short Documentary
- Best Screenplay / Feature Film
- Best Screenplay / Short Film
- Best Film Editing / Feature Film
- Best Film Editing / Short Film
- Best Production Design / Feature Film
- Best Production Design / Short Film
- Best Costume Design / Feature Film
- Best Costume Design / Short Film
- Best Makeup & Hair Style / Feature Film
- Best Makeup & Hair Style / Short Film
- Best Producer / Feature Film
- Best Producer / Short Film
- Best Producer / Feature Documentary
- Best Producer / Short Documentary
- Best Producer / Animation Feature Film
- Best Producer / Animation Short Film
- Best Poster (All categories)

- Multiple entries from the same submitter are accepted.
- If the film is not in Italian, it must have English subtitles.
- All entry fees are non-refundable. FIFF won't cover any further costs incurred by applicants.
- After a film has been officially selected, the filmmaker will be informed and the film will be listed on the Festival web site on the page โ€œOfficial Selectionโ€. Being in that list doesn't mean that the film will be featured at the Festival: it only means that the film has been appreciated by our committee and the production will be allowed to use the Festival logo on its own poster and advertising material.
- We do not accept: amateur videos | extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations | incitement to racial hatred | pornography | films with a poor production standard (bad sound, lack of subtitles for non-Italian films, video resolution lower than 1080p HD).
We donโ€™t accept scripts.
We donโ€™t accept excerpts or scenes from films: you must submit the entire film.
- Films must be submitted exclusively as an online streaming video via FilmFreeway Platform. There are no restrictions regarding: premiรฉre, online status and production year.
- Animated films can only be entered in the four specially dedicated categories: "Animation Feature Film", "Animation Short Film", "Producer Animation Feature Film" and "Producer Animation Short Film".
- The decision of the Festival selection committee is final.
- The Festival committee has no obligation to be reviewing non-selected films.
- By entering the competition, applicants authorized to give live screening permission, if the film is among the winners.
- FIFF reserves the right to use trailer, flyer and frames to promote your work and the Festival itself. The film will not be released and FIFF won't give your personal information to any third parties.
- FIFF reserves the right to award prizes of various kinds, even if not included in the entry categories.
- Applicants represent that they have secured all necessary rights to submit their film and are solely responsible for the content of their work. By entering the competition, applicants are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights and permissions for third-party materials included in their films, including but not limited to music, trademarks, logos, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights. FIFF expressly disclaims all liability or responsibility for any violations of the foregoing.
- The committee reserves the right to amend the Regulation.
- By submitting a film, applicants agree to our General Rules and Regulations. For any further question, please send an email to: ilgiardinodeglielicrisi@gmail.com.

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  • Robert Vaughn

    This is a special festival in a special place known for the arts. The commitment to indie filmmaking from all over the world is evident in their programming. Their passion comes through in every detail. Thank you for giving our little film a shot.

    December 2023
  • Georgios Iosefides

    Arts above all. When power of love is more than love of power then Peace...

    December 2023
  • L'un des meilleurs festivals en Italie. Les organisateurs sont de vrais passionnรฉs de cinรฉma et ils sont ร  l'รฉcoute des rรฉalisateurs. Ils rรฉpondent ร  vos questions et ils sont d'une grande sympathie. C'est un festival que je conseille vivement ร  mes amis rรฉalisateurs...

    December 2023
  • Jess Clark

    It was a huge honour to be a finalist at the Festival and to be recognised with an Honourable mention and The Award for Best actor for our leading man Jules Robertson. The festival was thoughtfully curated and the hosts were incredibly welcoming and knowledgeable about film. This is a young festival that deserves to grow and grow and we're looking forward to seeing this happen.

    January 2023
  • Brian Rรญos

    Great Eperience! Great Communication! It is a festival that is worth growing. Thank you All!

    December 2022