Pollino International Film Fest

Pollino Film Festival is back for it's fifth edition!

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗠𝗗𝗯-𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗢𝗡

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲, 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽. We don't care what the starting budget is, or what biggest star act in it: 𝘸𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢.

Our logo represents a "Pino loricato", a special kind of pine tree that only grows on our mountains: the shape of this tree is the result of the resistance to any kind of wind or harsh climate. That's what we expect from the films that we're going to select in our competition.

The first three editions of our festival were a great success. The small city of Castrovillari, in the heart of Calabria's hills, reacted very well to the screening. We had a crowded cinema full of people that were keenly interested in the films and gave us a nice Q&A session. The third edition went online because of the Covid-19 pandemics and hosted more than 1000 spectators watching us from all over Italy.

We're looking forward for an even bigger 5th edition!

If you think you can qualify to be one of the next generation of cinema authors, submit! Screenings will take place in mdi 2025.

𝗝𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗥𝗦

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗶 - 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗿𝘆
Director, Screenwriter

𝐌𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢
Palm d'Or nominated director

𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐨 𝐋𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚
Venice Film Critics' winner director

𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗦

• PRISMA Film Awards
• Il Varco International Short Film Festival
• Pollino Film Fest
• Desenzano Film Fest
• Mondi Lontani Film Festival
• Short Days
• Castrovillari Film Festival

Winning films will be suggested to the jurors of the partner festivals.