Bergamo Film Meeting

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Bergamo Film Meeting
Location Bergamo, Italy
Founded1983
DirectorsFiammetta Girola,
Annamaria Materazzini,
Angelo Signorelli (retired)
Website https://www.bergamofilmmeeting.it/

Bergamo Film Meeting is a film festival held every March in Bergamo, Lombardy. The festival was founded by Sandro Zambetti and Angelo Signorelli in 1983. As of 2023, it has an annual attendance of 70000 and offers more than 150 screenings in its program.

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Bergamo Film Meeting was founded in 1983 by Sandro Zambetti and Angelo Signorelli and managed by Associazione Bergamo Film Meeting ONLUS. [1] [2]

Initially established as a non-competitive film exhibition, in 1987 the festival introduced a competitive section Mostra Concorso. The main prize Rosa Camuna in gold, silver and bronze was distributed by audience voting. Since the 2009 edition, the prize has taken the name Bergamo Film Meeting Prize and from 2013 a cash prize is also awarded to the winning film in the section. [3]

The international competition includes feature films by emerging authors that have not been released in Italy. Every year more than 150 films are selected for the festival's program. [4]

In 2012, the city government of Bergamo awarded the festival with a Gold Medal of Civic Recognition. [2]

By 2016, the festival had screened more than 3,800 films, released 434 films, and published more than 101 books about cinema, including monographs and catalogs for every edition. The annual attendance raised up to 70000 visitors. [2]

At the 42th edition of the festival in 2024, Signorelli announced his retirement and entrusted the festival to his co-directors Fiammetta Girola and Annamaria Materazzini. [5] [6]

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2025

The 43rd edition of the Bergamo Film Meeting took place from March 8 to 16, 2025. The edition featured a line-up of 160 short and feature films, a retrospective of Otar Iosseliani and an homage to Wojciech Jerzy Has, [10] as well as the full back-catalogues of Alice Nellis and Christian Petzold. [11] In the Exhibition competition, first prize went to Gina, directed by Austrian filmmaker Ulrike Kofler. Second prize went to Bitter Gold by Juan Olea, third prize — Lazy Girls by Karim Dridi. Koya Kamura was selected Best Director for his debut feature Winter in Sokcho . Jury Special Mention — Personale by Carmen Trocker. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Catacchio, Antonell (10 March 2017). "L'onda del '77 a Bergamo Film Meeting". Il Manifesto. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Davide Ferrario presidente di Bergamo Film Meeting Onlus". Cinematografo.it. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. ↑ De Marco, Camillo (20 March 2023). "The Channel wins the Bergamo Film Meeting". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 "Bergamo Film Meeting, al via la maratona cinematografica. Si parte al Donizetti con Psycho". L’Eco di Bergamo. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Zonca, Marco (29 February 2024). "Gary Lucas, "L'Angelo Sterminatore" e Rohmer: la nuova edizione di Bergamo Film Meeting". Bergamo News. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  6. ↑ De Marco, Camillo (29 February 2024). "Bergamo Film Meeting to shine a light on new European authors". Cineuropa. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Kino Club per giovani al Bergamo Film Meeting". Cinecittà. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  8. ↑ De Marco, Camillo (2 March 2023). "Bergamo to become the capital of European cinema in March". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  9. ↑ De Marco, Camillo (31 January 2023). "Ursula Meier and Jaco Van Dormael to take centre stage at the Bergamo Film Meeting". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  10. ↑ De Marco, Camillo (28 February 2025). "The Bergamo Film Meeting unveils its programme". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  11. ↑ De Marco, Camillo (27 January 2025). "Alice Nellis and Christian Petzold will take centre stage in Bergamo's Europe, Now! line-up". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  12. ↑ De Marco, Camillo (18 March 2025). "Gina is the winner of the Bergamo Film Meeting". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 April 2025.


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