Festival
Attività
Attività
Bergamo Film Meeting is one of the most important Italian film festivals: for 37 years, in March, thousands of art cinema lovers have been gathering to take part to a great event, together.
In 2020 (May 23-31) Bergamo Film Meeting will celebrate its 38th edition. Bergamo Film Meeting is one of the most anticipated cultural events in the city and one of the most important film festivals in the international circuit: an opportunity for interactions and knowledge, analysis and research.
The Festival offers a competition for feature films and one for documentaries, retrospectives, previews, tributes to great authors, new films by up-and-coming filmmakers, classic masterpieces, animated films and screenings for schools for a grand total of over 170 films from the national and international scene. But there’s more: exhibitions, installations, workshops, masterclasses, meetings with authors and a bounty of other initiatives make Bergamo Film Meeting one of the most anticipated cultural events in the city.
Our numbers – 2019
9 days of screenings from 9:30am to 00:00am, 178 films, 40 countries represented, 9096 minutes of screening, 14 locations in Bergamo, 86 short films, 87 feature films, 6 video art works, 33 35mm films, 2 exhibitions, 6 awards, 26 collateral events, 51 international guests including actors, directors, producers, 77 volunteers, 42,218 presences in the auditorium, 29,034 presences at the side events, 5,358 presences of the students at the Kino Club, 132 accredited students or subscribers, 33 meetings with the protagonists of the Festival, 3 masterclasses , 138 volunteers and staff members, 611 accreditations
BFM on tour
3 screenings in Milan, 4 screenings in Brescia, 1 screening in Verona, 8 screenings in Bologna
The audience
The Festival is a meeting place for entertainment, intercultural exchange, debate and analysis on cinema and audiovisuals. The Bergamo Film Meeting audience has access to all screenings and all the special events: happy hour with the authors, exhibitions, presentations, awards ceremony, parties and meetings with directors, actors, producers and distributors.
At Bergamo Film Meeting, the audience is the true protagonist and participation keeps growing (from 39,345 presences in the 2018 edition to 42,218 in 2019).
Venues have been always sold out at any time of the day and every day of the week, in addition to more than 25,000 participants in extra activities (meetings, exhibitions, workshops, parties, concerts); all this confirms the continued interest of the public towards the event and quality cinema.
The Festival is considered a prestigious cultural event both locally, nationally and internationally, and is highly anticipated by the audience, especially by those who are more attentive to quality cinema and interested in discovering new authors and productions.
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