FLIGHT/ Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova

"The only true realist is the visionary." (Federico Fellini)

FLIGHT - Mostra del Cinema di Genova is an event created by Cesare Bedogné and Sasha Balagura devoted to cinema as an art form.
In October 2020 the first edition of FLIGHT took sucessfully place in Genova, anxiety and fear of incoming Covid-second wave notwithstanding. Over the following years FLIGHT has been growing and it is now considered one of the most innovative and prestigious Italian events dedicated to independent, experimental and avant-garde cinema.
This year we are off to our 7th take-off . As usual, we will privilege in our selection films with a poetic or visionary value, experimental and thought-provoking films, avant-garde works and innovative languages. Equal importance will be given to fiction and non-fiction works, to features and shorts, animation and video-art. The festival’s Grand Prix, dedicated to Eadweard Muybridge (Grand Prix Pigeon Flying, 2500 € cash prize) will be assigned to the Best Film, regardless of genre, section, duration or theme. A one-of-a-kind work of art, created by an outstanding artist and inspired by Muybridge’s Pigeon Flying, will also be given to the Grand Prix winner. Awards will be also given to the 4 category winners (Feature, Short, Animation, Videoart), in the form of original works of art and award certificates.

Films out of competition will be hosted in the "Visioni Flight" section.

A new competitive section called "Volo in Liguria" ("Flight ove Liguria"), has been introduced in 2025 and confirmed for the 2026 edition. It will feature authors and films who have a special relationship with Genova and the Liguria region, films by Ligurian directors and authors, films shot in the Region. The winner of this section, will be selected by a dedicated Jury and will be awarded € 1000 and an original work of art.

No other place appears to us more suitable for our Festival than the city of Genova, with its port and its contrasts, with its dazzling lights and the darkness of the old town, with a thousand languages and its dialect, its innumerable departures and returns.

The Festival is organized by the non-profit cultural association, Associazione 28 Dicembre, in partnership with many local entities and organizations, like the University of Genova, the Chamber of Commerce, the Convention Bureau, the City of Genova, the Carige Foundation, etc. Our screenings will take place in many different cinemas, film clubs, art galleries, both in the heart of old Genoa and in other interesting and multicultural neighborhoods, with the goal of making a Festival for the whole town.
For further information, please visit our website and our Facebook and Instagram pages, which will be constantly updated. Before submitting, please read our artistic and curatorial Manifesto on the Website:

www.mostradelcinemagenova.org

In this page: Leonardo Da Vinci, "Codex on the Flight of Birds"

Aleksandr Balagura, still from "Life Span of the Object in Frame"

The Festival Logo, inspired by "Pigeon Flying, Plate 755" by Eadweard
Muybridge, was designed by Thomas Gori