Submit your film to BFM 40!
Bergamo Film Meeting – 40th edition will take place from March 26th to April 3rd 2022.
In 2022 Bergamo Film Meeting will turn 40: the call for entries to submit a film to the Festival is officially open.
December 18th, 2021 is the last day in which it’s possible to register movies for the Competition – Exhibition Section (competitive section reserved for fiction feature films) or the Close-Up Section (competitive section reserved for creative feature-length documentaries). Both competitive sections will present Italian premières coming from all over the world.
Deadline
December 18th, 2021
No entry fee is required.
Competitive Sections
Competition – Exhibition
→ International fiction feature film competition (min. 60 minutes) – ITALIAN PREMIERE.
Close-up section
→ International creative feature-length documentarie film competition (min. 50 minutes) – ITALIAN PREMIERE.
Juries and prizes
The Festival Audience Jury, composed of spectators, film professionals, critics, journalists and cultural managers, will assign:
→ 1st, 2nd and 3rd Bergamo Film Meeting Prize to the best three feature films in the Exhibition Competition section. The production of 1st prize will receive 5.000 Euros (pre-tax).
→ Best Documentary Prize to the best movie in the Close-Up section. The production of 1st prize will receive 2.000 Euros (pre-tax).
The following prize will also be awarded:
→ Exhibition Competition: the 2.000 Euros Best Director Prize is given by an international jury composed of Cinema professionals.
→ Close-Up: CGIL Jury Prize is reserved to the film of Close-Up section which better face social and workplace issues. To the director of the winning movie the 1.000 Euros (pre-tax) Award La sortie de l’usine.
Other prizes sponsored by public institutions or private funds will follow special regulations approved by the same institutions and/or funds.
The producers and distributors and the buyers and sellers of rights to films awarded prizes undertake to make mention in their publicity and advertising materials (posters, press-kits, trailers, website, etc.) of the winning of a prize at Bergamo Film Meeting. The official logos of the various prizes will be supplied by the Festival. The logo must not under any circumstances be modified or altered without the prior permission of Bergamo Film Meeting.
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