Who we are

Attività
Attività
Since 1983 Bergamo Film Meeting Onlus has been working to promote quality cinema, exploring new international productions and great masterpieces of the past and offering opportunities for further study and analysis.

Bergamo Film Meeting Onlus was founded in 1983 and since 2013 it has been registered as a non-profit organization of social utility. Its mission is to promote and support film culture with a particular focus on quality cinema and authors.

The Association is linked to many cultural institutions, with which it shares prestigious collaboration projects. Among them are cinematheques and contemporary art museums, such as National Museum of Cinema (Turin), British Film Institute (London), GAMeC (Contemporary Art Gallery, Bergamo), Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Cineteca Nazionale (Rome), Griffith Cinematheque (Genoa), Cineteca di Bologna, Fondazione Cineteca Italiana (Milan), University of Bergamo, AGISNational Film Association, Cinemateca Portuguesa (Lisbon), Filmoteca Española (Madrid), Neederland Filmmuseum (Amsterdam), Magyar Filmunió (Budapest), Finnish Film Foundation, Swedish Film Institute.

Bergamo Film Meeting was among the recipients of the 2012 Bergamo Municipality Merit Awards. A Gold Medal was bestowed to Bergamo Film Meeting by the City of Bergamo, as civic recognition for “the promotion, restoration and distribution, along thirty years of activity, of milestones in the history of cinema. 3,600 films were screened, over 400 of which found distribution thanks to Bergamo Film Meeting’s support. Thanks to its numerous partnerships in Europe, Bergamo Film Meeting is a reference initiative in the field”.

The Association

President
Davide Ferrario

Vice President
Angelo Signorelli

Board of Directors
Davide Ferrario, Angelo Signorelli, Danilo Conti

Members
Pietro Bianchi, Chiara Boffelli, Danilo Conti, Bruno Fornara, Fiammetta Girola, Emanuela Martini, Adriano Piccardi, Angelo Signorelli, Jenny Vassalli.

Founding Members
Sandro Zambetti, Pier Carlo Nolli, Angelo Signorelli, Adriano Piccardi, Ermanno Comuzio, Pier Lodovico Cortesi, Danilo Conti, Morando Morandini.

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News

  Submit your film to 45th edition of BFM (6 – 14 March, 2027). Deadline: December 4, 2026  
Un Festival per tutt*!
I nostri uffici in Borgo S.Caterina rimarranno chiusi dal 24 dicembre al 6 gennaio compresi. Puoi contattarci via mail all'indirizzo [email protected]
Submit your film to 44th edition of BFM (7 – 15 March, 2026). Deadline: December 5, 2025
Submit your film to 43rd edition of BFM (8 a– 16 March, 2025). Deadline: December 6, 2024
Submit your film to the 42nd Edition of BFM. Deadline: December, 10th 2023
No Place Like Home and La visita y un jardín secreto win ex-aequo the Best Doc  CGIL Prize.
Submit your film to the 41st Edition of BFM. Deadline: December, 10th 2022
Sentinelle Sud is the winner of BFM 40 Competition Exhibition chosen by the audience. The audience has also awarded the CGIL Prize Close-Up section to the documentary Calendar Girls
The audience and the idea of the movie theatre as a place of sharing and gathering are key elements of the upcoming edition of Bergamo Film Meeting's official image, created by Anna Parini in collaboration with Studio Suq.
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