The production company I-Noor film in collaboration with C4C cultural association, announces the 5th edition of the Nostalgia Film Festival (NFF), focusing on " Iranian independent cinema", which will be held in Milan, Rome and Naples from the 20th October to 20th of November 2024.
Nostalgia Film Festival is the first independent Iranian film festival in Italy, with no affiliation to any political or religious organizations. It was launched in 2019 with the aim of showing Iranian film productions to the broadest possible European audiences.
Our festival is a yearly event featuring independent documentaries, feature-length and short films which is related to Iran, from around the world.
NFF is trying to create a space where Iranian audiences can reconsider, remember and reflect on their roots and their cultural and artistic history, which can also be discovered and explored by non-Iranian audiences.
We believe that genuine artworks reflect the cultural, social, economic and political concerns of the society which created them at a certain moment in time, and that they therefore represent a valuable opportunity to find out more about that specific society.
For us it is essential to give greater visibility to films that have more difficulty in reaching the public in general, especially due to their limited publicity and distribution .
Our priority is to focus on the content not the form, the story not the budget and the ability to tell interesting stories or to present appealing contents in original ways, despite having a low budget. We therefore welcome new, different, edgy and exciting works made by film-makers for whom a limited budget does not prevent them from telling a good story.
NFF is also a showcase for independent Iranian film-makers around the world who want to leave their mark on the viewer.

If you have difficulties in paying by PayPal or a credit card, please email us at nostalgiafilmfestivalmilano@gmail.com .
Those who wish to pay in Rial, can send this payment to the festival account. Upon receipt of this sum, you will be sent a personal code via email, with which you can send your film by using the following link to the FilmFreeway website:

https://filmfreeway.com/NostalgiaFilmFestival

Awards & Prizes

Awards & Prizes
The Jury will assign the following prizes at its sole discretion:
NFF Award for Best Short Film
NFF Award for Best Documentary
NFF Award for Best Feature-length Film

- The relevant certificates of recognition for the above-mentioned awards will also be issued.

Rules & Terms

The competition is divided into the following categories:
- SHORT FILMS (max 20 minutes, opening and closing credits included)
Works of Fiction, Documentary or Animation produced after January 1st 2022 are admitted. Works that have already won awards, been selected for other festivals, or been distributed in cinemas or on streaming platforms, can also participate.
- DOCUMENTARIES
Works of any technique in any format and produced after January 1st 2022 are admitted. Works that have already won awards, been selected for other festivals, or been distributed in cinemas or on streaming platforms, can also participate.
- FEATURE FILMS
Works of any technique shot in any format and produced after January 1st 2022 are admitted. Works that have already won awards, been selected for other festivals, or been distributed in cinemas or on streaming platforms, can also participate.
- Each author is allowed to submit only one film in each section.
-The films must be submitted and registered to the festival on the FilmFreeway website (https://filmfreeway.com)starting from April 6th, 2024.
-The films submitted will be viewed by the artistic directors and the adjudicating commission, who will determine which works will be selected to compete in the festival (three films in each category). The choice of these nine finalist will be at the sole discretion of the artistic directors and the adjudicating commission of the festival.
-On 10th October 2024 the official selection of the works admitted to the competition will be made public and will be able to use the official logo of the NFF.
-Over the days of the festival, only the three finalists in each category will be screened.
-The festival accepts films from Iranian directors, films in Farsi and films about Iran made by directors from any country.
-All the films submitted must be provided with foreign language subtitles, preferably in Italian or alternatively in English
-The finalists must send the following materials: an H.264 Full-HD file of the film with Italian subtitles, a poster, a photo of the director, photos of the set, a trailer and a press kit.
- The submitter gives permission to the Nostalgia Film Festival that if the film was selected, the festival can screen the 9 selected films in cultural programs throughout the year.

- Non-specified cases
The festival committee will decide on any cases which have not been stipulated in this regulations document. The signature of the applicant implies full understanding of and consent to the rules.
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  • احسان رجبلو

    I was very pleased that the film was accepted in the Nostalgia Festival and I hope to see new films in this festival in the following years.
    I am also very grateful to Mr. Qane Fard and his team for providing these conditions for filmmakers inside Iran

    November 2023
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  • Pedram Mehrkhah

    Your team and the festival are very good and professional for independent films

    Thank you

    February 2023
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  • Mehdi Mahaei

    Thanks NOSTALGIA FILM FESTIVAL, my short film A WINNER won the best short film of Nostalgia Film Festival 2022.
    The organizers and juries of the festival are so kind people and i know the festival gets bigger and bigger day by day.

    February 2023
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  • Kimia Eyzad Panah

    Wonderful Festival! Thank you for selecting my film.

    September 2022
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  • Mohammad ferajzadeh

    با سلام و خسته نباشید . با وجود ویروس کرونا جشنواره به خوبی برگزار شد .خوشحالم که فیلمم در این جشنواره حضور داشت .امیداوارم که جشنواره هر چه باشکوهتر تداوم داشته باشه

    October 2021
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