Milan Film Festival

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Milan Film Festival (MFF, Italian: Milano Film Festival) is an annual independent film festival held since 1996 in Milan, Italy. It was founded as a competition of only local short films, but grew to have a feature film competition program along with numerous other sections and events.

Milano Film Festival
LocationMilan, Italy
Founded1996
DirectorsVincenzo Rossini
Alessandro Beretta
Gabriele Salvatores
LanguageInternational
Websitewww.milanofilmfestival.it

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The festival was launched in 1996 as an independent festival of short meter movies. It became international in 1998 when it introduced a competition program.[1][2] In 1999, MFF began to show feature films, and in the following year they started to compete for the Best Film Award.[3] In 2007, the attendance exceeded 93,000.[4]

By 2017, the number of entries for the short meter competition exceeded 2,000.[5] As of 2018, competitions were: Best Short, Best Feature, the Outsiders, Ultra Reality, .[6] The festival takes place in 7 locations around the city, it is supported by Milano City Council and sponsored by Lavazza brand.[6]

The industry section is a 3-days long program which includes open talks on storytelling, filmmaking, advertising, as well as masterclasses and workshops by prominent guests of MFF.[7] Other sections are MyScreen, dedicated to cinema in the post-Internet world, Immigration Day, Other Natures (environmental documentaries), Incontri Italiani (Italian Meetings), Milano Film Festivalino targeted on the younger audience, etc.[7][8]

The list of events include screenings of diploma works made by students of Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti.[9]

Since 2011, the festival has been directed by Alessandro Beretta. In 2018, Gabriele Salvatores was invited to be a co-director along with Beretta. Among the selectors, there are critics Boris Sollazzo and Antonello Catacchio.[6]

In 2021, the festival was relocated to Porta Venezia district.[10] That year, a special competition ‘senza frontiere’ (‘without borders’) was launched, bringing together short and feature-length works by different directors, including both young and female directors.[11]

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References

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  1. ^ "Milano Film Festival". FIlm Documentarie. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  2. ^ "2005 Film Festival Listings: M to O". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. August 29, 2004. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  3. ^ "Milano Film Festival: Past". Milano Film Festival. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  4. ^ "Milano Film Festival, tributo a Terry Gilliam". Il Giorno. 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  5. ^ Cozzi, Emilio (2017-01-23). "Alessandro Beretta: Intervista all'ex versatore di vino diventato direttore artistico del festival di cinema (e birrette?) di Milano". Zero. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  6. ^ a b c Zampa, Alice (2018-09-26). "Gabriele Salvatores e il Milano film festival. Riavviciniamo le persone al cinema, l'arte di tutte le arti". Life Gate. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  7. ^ a b Rapone, Alba (2019-10-08). "24° Edizione del Milano Film Festival". Le Strade. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  8. ^ "Milano Film Festival". Cinecittà. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  9. ^ "Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti (at) Milano Film Festival". Fondazione Milano. 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  10. ^ Spaventa, Simona (2021-10-11). "Milano Film Festival, il quartiere del cinema supera l'esame a pieni voti". La Repubblica. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  11. ^ Spaventa, Simona (2021-10-08). "Milano Film Festival, ritorno alla realtà: tre giorni in sala per la festa del cinema indipendente". la Repubblica. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
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