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 fourth edition (2024), which took place on 11, 14 and 15 December, 305 films from 54 countries were entered: it was 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 honorable mentions.
The winning films and those awarded honorable 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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As of the fifth edition (2025), a new section called ๐—”๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ, dedicated to feature films produced in China, is open. In this direction, the Festival intends to promote the knowledge of contemporary Chinese cinematography in Florence, in the awareness that it represents an important cultural contribution to contemporary cinema. Dr. Zhong Dailin (Senior Media Professional in China's Internet Industry) is the director of the ๐—”๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ section.
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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—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 Feature Film - Section "An overview of contemporary Chinese cinema" (over 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 Director / Feature Film
- Best Director / Short Film
- Best Director / Feature Documentary
- Best Director / Short Documentary
- Best Director / Animation Feature Film
- Best Director / Animation Short Film
- 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 Online Film
- Best Television Series
- Best Short Series for Short Video Platforms
- 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 six specially dedicated categories: "Animation Feature Film", "Animation Short Film", "Director / Animation Feature Film", "Director / Animation Short Film", "Producer / Animation Feature Film" and "Producer / Animation Short Film".
- Only feature films produced in China can be entered in the "An overview of contemporary Chinese cinema" section; films entered in this section can also be entered in the other sections.
- 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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  • Damiano Andresano

    Thanks a lot for everything. It was very great experience for us.

    May 2025
  • Clelia Di Briggido

    Sono onorata di aver ricevuto la menzione d'onore della giuria giovane per il mio corto Annavespa. Complimenti al direttore artistico Costantino Maiani per l'iniziativa e a tutto lo staff per l'organizzazione e la gentile accoglienza.

    April 2025
  • barbara peikert

    Amazing! I thank you for this wonderful Honorable Mention for WavesWaterwall.

    December 2024
  • Jenna Myrick

    An excellent, young film festival. Exceptional organizers with a deep love and respect of both films and filmmakers.

    December 2024
  • HIPPOtv GmbH

    We're proud that our documentary 'Expedition Amazonia' was chosen by your festival. Keep up with your good work!

    December 2024