Festival Data:

• Established: 1995
• Genre: General
• Attendance: 70000
• Media Attendance: 250
• Accredited Industry Attendance: 150
• Total Number of Films Submitted: 2500
• Total Number of Films Screened: 145
• # of Shorts Screened: 46
• # of Features Screened: 99

• Competitive
• Has Panels

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Festival Description:

This festival screens Feature and Short films that represent an overall view of styles, cultures and narrative languages from the new independent film industry.

The festival features two competitions that have achieved international acclaim thanks to their high quality. About sixty short films and a dozen feature films are usually selected. The films are screened – and often have their italian or world premiere – without being divided into categories, in original language with subtitles in Italian and English.

Colpe di Stato- A selection of documentaries that depict crimes, injustice and slaughters in the name of freedom, security and religion. This sort of deliberate terror is used by different so-called democratic governments against civilians, to ban dissent or slant news coverage. These screenings mark an interesting but disturbing route around the world. And help us remember that the truth is far from the softened and soothing news the media deliver us everyday.

Every year the festival features a section on a particular filmmaker or period of the film history, with the aim of analyzing films and directors that are close to the festival nature.

milano film festivalino- A festival for the children. Much more than that: a festival run by children. An event in which they become the very protagonists and actively participate in its creation. A real side event runs in the weekends of the festival, featuring screenings of short films, workshops on animation films, music and painting, and common or long forgotten games.

Ther are also Meetings and workshops in the open air, presentations on the piazza and in the magic box, a workshop on 3D animation, meetings and laboratories with the juries of both competitions, a round table on information in collaboration with Internazionale magazine, a meeting with filmmakers Daniele Ciprì and Franco Maresco, also featured in this year’s special season, the workshops of the milano film festivalino.

Film Submissions:

• Accepts direct submissions