IMMAGINARIA is the first International Independent Film Festival in Italy with a Lesbian and Feminist theme. It was founded in Bologna, in 1993, by the Cultural Lesbian Association Visibilia.

From the beginning, our goal has always been the same: showing films that represent lives, culture, art, history, politics of lesbian, feminist and rebellious women, committed to building a different world. Immaginaria represents them through the eyes of independent female directors, proposing a selection of international movies.

Awards & Prizes

Jury Award: Best feature film, best documentary, best short film and best soundtrack.

Rules & Terms

ONLY WOMEN DIRECTORS. Films must be directed by women.

LESBIAN AND FEMINIST THEME. Films must have lesbian and/or feminist content.

DATE. Films must have been completed in the past 3 years.

Please let us know if the movie has been yet screened in Italy or if in May 2024 will be an Italian or European Première

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

SUBTILES
– dialogue list, better if timecoded subtitles – files ".srt"

COPIES FOR PROJECTION
– an HD digital file H264 of the movie in the original language without subtitles
or
– two HD digital files with and without English subtitles if the original language is different from English

The DIGITAL FILES should be NO MORE THAN 5GB

PUBLICITY MATERIALS
- STILLS of the film
- URL and FILE of the trailer (every selected film will have its trailer on our website, on our youtube channel and on our social media)
- Facebook and Instagram Contacts of director and distribution, if different from the director’s
- a videomessage of the director / of one of the actresses (max 2 minutes, in vertical format) that will go on our social medias and will increase the film’s diffusion