Bergamo Film Meeting

Bergamo Film Meeting is a film festival held every March in Bergamo, Lombardy. The festival was founded by Sandro Zambetti and Angelo Signorelli in 1983. As of 2023, it has an annual attendance of 70000 and offers more than 150 screenings in its program.

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Bergamo Film Meeting was founded in 1983 by Sandro Zambetti and Angelo Signorelli and managed by Associazione Bergamo Film Meeting ONLUS.

Initially established as a non-competitive film exhibition, in 1987 the festival introduced a competitive section Mostra Concorso. The main prize Rosa Camuna in gold, silver and bronze was distributed by audience voting. Since the 2009 edition, the prize has taken the name Bergamo Film Meeting Prize and from 2013 a cash prize is also awarded to the winning film in the section.

The international competition includes feature films by emerging authors that have not been released in Italy. Every year more than 150 films are selected for the festival's program.

In 2012, the city government of Bergamo awarded the festival with a Gold Medal of Civic Recognition.

By 2016, the festival had screened more than 3,800 films, released 434 films, and published more than 101 books about cinema, including monographs and catalogs for every edition. The annual attendance raised up to 70000 visitors.

At the 42th edition of the festival in 2024, Signorelli announced his retirement and entrusted the festival to his co-directors Fiammetta Girola and Annamaria Materazzini.

Sections

 * Mostra Concorso is the international competition program.
 * Kino Club is a section for audiences of 6–18 years that offers film screenings, workshops and laboratories.
 * Visti da vicino is a section for documentaries.
 * Anteprime nazionali
 * Europe, Now! is a two-days industry meeting that includes a selection of graduate films from European film schools.