international film festival

BERGAMO
FILM MEETING
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
34th EDITION / 5-13 MARCH 2016
ABOUT BFM
ABOUT BFM
FESTIVAL
BERGAMO FILM MEETING
International Film Festival
On the occasion of its 34th edition (5-13 March 2016), Bergamo Film Meeting International Film Festival will present an incredibly rich and varied programme,
featuring about 140 films of national and international production.
Bergamo Film Meeting will present a full-length film competition section, along with
documentaries, retrospectives, previews, masterpieces and tributes to legends of
the past, recent productions, art exhibitions and installations, special events for
schools, animation films, labs and workshops, lectures, Q&As with filmmakers, and
much more.
A precious opportunity to meet people, to network with film professionals, to
research cinema, and - last but not least - to have fun, Bergamo Film Meeting is
among the most awaited cultural initiatives in town and a crucial event in the
Italian Festival calendar.
Bergamo Film Meeting was the
recipient of two prizes at Festival of
Festivals, organised by the national
cultural event association, which
once again proves the Festival’s
commitment to innovation and
cultural change: BFM won the Best
Sponsorship/Partnership
Award,
awarded to a project in collaboration
with Elav Independent Brewery, and
the Best Book/Catalogue Award.
ABOUT BFM
ASSOCIATION
Bergamo Film Meeting Association, the Festival’s organisational structure, was born in 1983.
AS OF 2013, BERGAMO FILM MEETING IS REGISTERED AS AN ONLUS ASSOCIATION (I.E., A NON-PROFIT
ORGANISATION WITH SOCIAL AIMS).
The Association supports and promotes the distribution of films and documentaries of national and international
production in the theatre and cineclub cultural circuit. It participates in the re-edition and promotion of film
classics; all-year-round it organises film festivals, retrospectives, cultural events, labs and workshops,
book publications, etc.
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”.
ABOUT BFM
BFM IN FIGURES
9
25.000
37
280
67
1
DAYS OF SCREENINGS
from 9.30 AM to midnight
33.785
in 2015 editions, with 7,34%
attendance increase
ATTENDERS REGISTERED
in the various Festival venues and side events:
Press Office, Guest Office, Meeting Point, Bookshop, Q&As, lectures, After BFM
network, affiliated shops, opening and closing parties
TALENTS
60.000
450
29
1
2
26
9
mainly filmmakers, actors,
producers and artists, met the press and
the public in Q&A sessions
STUDENTS
NATIONAL
PREMIERES
featuring Czech
animator Pavel Koutský ’s original
drawings (Sala Porta S. Agostino)
COUNTRIES
represented
Q&AS
ACCREDITATIONS
given to industry professionals and operators,
directors, actors, film delegation members,
distributors, producers, journalists, authorities
and representatives of associations and
institutions
PEOPLE
attended other BFM events during the year, either organised by BFM
Association or in cooperation with different partners
HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS
(accreditations + season tickets) from Italian and
international Universities and Film schools
EXHIBITION
900
TICKETS SOLD
2015 EDITION
attended special screening events
during school hours
SCI-FI
MARATHON
with authors, directors, actors,
producers...
144
FILMS
SCREENED
MASTERCLASS
courses in direction, attended by students from all over Italy
VENUES
spread in the
whole city
80
BARS, RESTAURANTS
involved in the After BFM social
event network
2.402
132
290
102
AND DURING THE 33 YEARS...
FILM WERE SCREENED
at Bergamo Film Meeting
FILMS DISTRIBUTED
thanks to Bergamo Film Meeting Association’s
support
FILMS FOUND NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
thanks to participation to the Festival
BOOKS
including catalogues and monographs, were published in the
Bergamo Film Meeting Series
ABOUT BFM
BECOMING A PARTNER
CHI SIAMO
TO ASSOCIATE A BUSINESS BRAND TO THE 34th EDITION OF
BERGAMO FILM MEETING MEANS:
TO SHARE the artistic and cultural values of an international film Festival whose 33-year-
long history ranks it the top European events in the field: BFM is a place for premieres,
special events, rediscovered masterpieces, and for the audience, the press and its
many guests from around the world to meet and exchange ideas. With its art exhibitions,
workshops and live performances, BFM is also a fruitful moment of dialogue between
cinema and other artistic forms and events.
TO BE IN CONNECTION with a top cultural event, widely recognized not only at local
but also at national and international level. Highly praised by film critics, BFM is yearly
followed by a diversified, curious, intelligent and above all large audience, with its over
60.000 attendees in a 9-day schedule full of screenings and events.
TO BE PART of the development, preservation and diffusion of cinematic culture and to
share the mission of the Festival, meant at giving visibility to new authors and to emerging
cinematic cultures, and at rediscovering great cinema from the past.
TO DISENGAGE from the traditional promotion circuit in order to create new forms of
communication that may benefit from the Festival’s media coverage, as well as to gather
a new audience: numerous, young and culturally dynamic.
Customized forms of collaboration
with institutions and business partners
can be fine-tuned in close contact
with the Festival organizers. Different
forms of financial contributions are
possible. The partner of a BFM event
will benefit from all communication
strategies, channels and means
that will grant it maximum public
visibility, in terms of both network
and promotion.
THE FESTIVAL
THE FESTIVAL
THE MAIN SECTIONS
COMPETITION
Either debut or second films, they have never been screened in Italy before, and are particularly significant
as concerns their innovative style and linguistic approach. They compete for the First, Second and Third
Bergamo Film Meeting Prizes, bestowed according to audience preferences.
The First Prize film’s production is also awarded the Bergamo Film Meeting Prize, worth € 5,000.
PERSONAL EXHIBITION OF AN EMERGING FILMMAKER
This exhibition is devoted to European filmmakers whose work, despite being recognized at various international
Festivals, is not well known in Italy yet. Originality of style, an innovative use of technology and inventive narrative/
linguistic techniques are among the qualities of the selected films.
RETROSPECTIVES
An opportunity to rediscover great artists from film history, and to experience great moments which are no
longer available in the theatre or TV circuit.
CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN CINEMA
The Festival’s journey through Europe will continue through a exhibition featuring Europe’s most outstanding
young directors from recent independent productions.
CLOSE – UP
A selection of creative and research documentaries, of both Italian and international independent production,
in which filmmakers look at today’s “reality” with an extremely intense, innovative, thought-provoking
approach, as concerns both contents and linguistic form.
CULT MOVIES
Cult movies and masterpieces in film history, coming from the world’s most prestigious cinematheques,
are screened in their restored original version.
SCI-FI MARATHON NIGHT AND OTHER MIDNIGHT MOVIES
Non-stop screenings from evening to late night: horror, mystery and sci-fi films will make even insatiable
cinephiles happy.
KINO CLUB
A project devoted to children, which offers everyone a taste of today’s lively animation film industry. It is a journey
in auteur cinema, featuring works from all over the world.
PREVIEWS
Ideas for distributors: a national preview selection of auteur films, and culturally high-profile films.
THE FESTIVAL
VENUES
AUDITORIUM Piazza Libertà
Located in the city centre and offering 400 seats, the Auditorium is at the core of Bergamo’s cultural life. Films
from the Festival’s major sections are screened here. The theatre is equipped with advanced technology (HD 4k,
DCP).
SAN MARCO THEATRE Piazzale della Repubblica, 2
The Close Up section, along with side sections and re-runs, is held at San Marco Theatre, located a few steps
from the Auditorium and equipped with HD 2k and DCP.
CAPITOL THEATRE via Tasso, 41
This theatre hosts the Kino Club section, along with other side sections, Q&As with filmmakers and re-runs.
Located a few steps from the Auditorium and the Accommodation/Press Office, the Capitol theatre is equipped
with HD 2k and DCP.
PORTA S. AGOSTINO EXHIBITION HALL
Art exhibitions and installations, and other special events, are held at beautiful Porta S. Agostino, one of the
gateways to uptown, medieval Città Alta.
THE FESTIVAL
VENUES
FORMER COUNCIL ROOM Via Tasso 4
This historically evocative space, once used as a Council room for the Bergamo municipality, now hosts the
Festival’s Press Office, Accreditation Office and Administrative Office; it also offers video rooms for the press
and industry professionals, as well as internet points and a wi-fi area.
TICKETS POINT/INFO POINT Piazza Libertà
A large, comfortable space is provided in the entrance hall of the Auditorium theatre, where attendees can
purchase tickets and gather information (Info Point office hours: 9 AM - 23 PM)
MEETING POINT Piazza Libertà
A double tensile structure set up in Piazza della Libertà, facing the Auditorium, and hosting a relax and restaurant
area, as well as activities such as press conferences, public meetings, parties, concerts and workshops
TEMPORARY LAB Via Crispi 2/d, Bergamo
In the famous downtown street, a few steps from the Auditorium theatre, this is a space devoted to workshop
for both teenagers and adults.
AFTER BFM NETWORK Italy
80 bars and clubs take part in this initiative, offering the Festival’s official beer (produced by Elav) and
organising special events, among which photographic exhibitions and other prize contests.
THE FESTIVAL
SIDE EVENTS
Along with the official schedule, Bergamo Film Meeting offers many side events to its
public, including Q&As with authors, press conferences, concerts, parties, aperitifs and
other initiatives.
EXHIBITION
DURING THE 34th EDITION
Frame by Frame – Pavel Koutský’s Cinema
Koutský’s original drawings and storyboards, the very ones which inspired his masterworks, will be on display
until 31 March 2015. A unique opportunity to discover behind-the-curtain animation and to let oneself be stunned
by Koutský’s fantasy and exuberance.
MEETING POINT
Inside the two tensile structures (open 10AM-2AM every Festival day), attendees will find a perfect place
where to meet, mingle, relax, and get to know everything about the Festival. The Festival’s atmosphere is
in the air, with side events such as book presentations, concerts, DJ-sets, workshops, press conferences.
BERGAMO JAZZ
In our tradition, the end of Bergamo Film Meeting 2015 coincide with the opening of Bergamo Jazz 2015, with a
live performance of a classic film.
THE FESTIVAL
SIDE EVENTS
ACCADEMIA CARRARA
To celebrate the reopening of Accademia Carrara, Bergamo Film Meeting will present National Gallery,
master documentarist Frederick Wiseman’s latest film.
BFM33 BY BIKE
For BFM subscribers a discount on rent a bike, thanks to the partnership with Pedalopolis and Bergamo
Sostenibile. For a festival of environmentally friendly transportation.
BFM AT MILANO
Civica Scuola di Cinema - Milan
Masterclass, open to the public, at the Civica Scuola di Cinema in Milan - Auditorium (Ex Manifattura Tabacchi)
with the portuguese director Teresa Villaverde.
Museo Interattivo del Cinema - Milan
Public meeting at the Sala del Museo Interattivo del Cinema in Milan | Cineteca di Milano, with the Czech
animator Pavel Koutský.
BFM DAILY STRIP
The Festival in Comics
BFM 33 will host four protagonists of Italian comics: Tuono Pettinato, Sarah Mazzetti,
Daw and Dr. Pira. Their illustrations will build up a visual tale of #bfm33. BFM strips will
be a daily report of what happens at Bergamo Film Meeting – in theatres, behind the
curtains, in the smallest details – through the authors’ perception.
FILM IMPROVISATION CONTEST
“CINECITTÀ vs HOLLYWOOD”: a special improvisation contest. As a tribute to BFM 33,
in cooperation with Laboratorio 80, Ardega Association presents a film improvisation
contest opposing two very special teams, who will take part in a 90-minute artisticathletic competition, mixing theatre improvisation technique and ice hockey rules.
THE FESTIVAL
EDUCATION
PROJECTS, LABS & WORKSHOPS
Besides offering a rich screening schedule to a diversified and enthusiastic audience, in order to promote the
diffusion and knowledge of cinematic culture Bergamo Film Meeting offers new educational projects and labs
to industry professionals and students (from primary school to college).
KINO CLUB
2015 EVENTS
Held at the Capitol theatre, this is a retrospective exhibition devoted to children, especially designed for
primary and secondary school pupils.
TELEPONGO - ANIMATION LAB
A lab teaching the use of plasticine as an animation technique: stop-motion short films will be produced by the
students, who will also participate in creating a real frame-by-frame animation film, from the modelling to the
shooting stage. In collaboration with AVISCO Association.
DRAWING WORKSHOP WITH TUONO PETTINATO
The interactive workshop, run by Tuono Pettinato, one of the most appreciated Italian cartoonists, dealing with
polar themes, moving from the stereotypes that mark a genre oscillating between the noir and detective modes.
DIRECTING MASTERCLASS LECTURE
Aida Begic’s lecture was attended by a group of young cinema students and
professionals from all over Italy.
ANIMATION MASTERCLASS WITH STUDIO BOZZETTO&Co.
A masterclass held by Studio Bozzetto&Co. The workshop will analyze the whole
process of animation production.
TREASURE HUNT
An educational-recreational workshop, meant for both children and adults, a mix of
competition, riddles & games and film-inspired treasure hunts.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION, WITH PAVEL KOUTSKY
An opportunity to discover the work of the director of animated films, with one of the
most important European artists.
SILK-SCREEN PRINTING WORKSHOP
A manual screen printing course – open to illustrators and graphic designers, be
they professionals or simple lovers of the industry – teaching the basics of screen
printing through direct experience and aided printing techniques.
THE FESTIVAL
THE AUDIENCE
A true protagonist of the event, Bergamo Film Meeting’s audience is an ever increasing one. Screenings
are always sold out, at any time of the day (or night).
The 2015 edition saw a 7,34% increase in registered attendees (33.785 tickets were sold), while side events
outside of theatres (such as Q&As, art exhibitions, workshops, parties, concerts, and the After BFM events)
were attended by more than 25.000 people.
Accreditation requests from film associations and organisations are always increasing in number. Young
attendees, largely high-school and college students from all over Italy, are becoming more and more
numerous, too.
The Festival is a long-awaited event by the general public, even more so by lovers of auteur cinema and
innovative productions. A both nationally and internationally prestigious event, the Festival is an opportunity
to meet film lovers and to exchange cultural ideas about film and visual culture in general.
Bergamo Film Meeting’s audience can access any screening, and is constantly involved in special social
events, such as parties, aperitifs, art exhibitions, book presentations, celebrations, Q&As with filmmakers,
producers and distributors.
THE ASSOCIATION
THE ASSOCIATION
EDUCATION
All year long, Bergamo Film Meeting collaborates with cultural institutions and associations to promote
educational projects, including courses and labs, aiming at the diffusion of cinematic culture.
SUMMER SCHOOL & WINTER SCHOOL
ALL-YEAR-ROUND ACTIVITIES
A series of introductive courses in art, cinema and practical disciplines, meant for both adults and children,
organised by Bergamo Film Meeting Onlus.
In collaboration with Lab 80 film and Avisco Association.
ANIMATION CINEMA LABS for children
School and extra-school projects to learn the cinematographic language and how to make a cartoon with
the stop motion technique.
In collaboration with Ufficio Scolastico Provinciale di Bergamo, Scuola Primaria G. Pascoli di Bergamo, Polo
Civico di Redona.
TRAINING COURSES for teachers and educators
Courses in animation film in a social educational context, meant to provide the students with the organizational,
technical and linguistic expertise that is necessary in order to produce animation films.
In collaboration with Avisco Association.
BEHIND-THE-SCENES CINEMA
Every film tells two stories, one about the characters and the other about those who
made the film itself – directors, producers, the crew on the set... Every film is then a film
within the film: it is a long process, not necessarily a successful one, full of twists and
turns, and of obstacles, too.
The workshop is held by Davide Lantieri.
TALKING OF CINEMA... AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE TO FILM LANGUAGE
The course aims at providing spectators with critical tools concerning a film’s mise
en scène, that is, an “expertise kit” that will allow them to watch films with even more
curiosity, pleasure, and competence.
In collaboration with Lab 80 film. The course is held by Dario Catozzo.
A TASTE OF CINEMA OR: HOW TO BECOME A SELF-AWARE SPECTATOR
A series of “film tastings” (mainly blockbusters) meant to improve the audience’s taste,
or simply to make them able to recognize good films; a journey into the ingredients and
secrets of script writing for the big screen. Because a connoisseur always knows what
to choose...
In collaboration with Davide Lantieri.
THE ASSOCIATION
EVENTS
2014-15 EVENTS ORGANISED IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS
CANNES E DINTORNI - CINEMA’S WAYS 2015
The 2015 First Prize film was revived in a great exhibition in Milan.
In collaboration with Provincia di Milano - Assessorato alla Cultura, Corriere della Sera and AGIS Lombardia.
AFTER FESTIVAL AT BLOOM - MEZZAGO (MI)
At Bloom - Mezzago (MI), Bergamo Film Meeting presented some films from the last edition of the Festival,
chosen from among the section Close Up, Europe: Feminine, Singular and Polar Film: The Rise of a Genre.
BFM IN PARMA: POLAR FILM: THE RISE OF A GENRE
In collaboration with the Association Laboratorio 80, at the cinema Astra in Parma, the most representative
films from the retrospective dedicated to the French polar have been replicated on April.
BFM IN RAVENNA
A selection of short films by Czech director Pavel Koutský at Theatre Rasi in Ravenna, for the sixteenth
edition of the short films festival Corti da Sogni – Antonio Ricci.
FILM WITH LIVE MUSIC
Bergamo Film Meeting is often proud to present the screening of classical films with
live music performances. The Man With Movie Camera was accompanied by a live
show of the Tuscan band Kobayashi, while Nosferatu: The Vampire was accompanied
by Press Trio.
GEORGES SIMENON-GIANNI DA CAMPO COLLECTION
This is the first Simenon collection in Italy, a reference point for research and study
in the works of the great Belgian writer. Run in cooperation with Alasca Foundation,
the collection gathers most of Simenon’s production, including over 1000 books in
French, Italian, English, Spanish, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, along with critical books and
magazines. The collection was established thanks to a generous donation from Gianni
Da Campo’s large book collection.
BFM IN BRESCIA
At the Eden Theatre, premiere screening of the film Duel, animated short film by Czech
Pavel Koutský, in collaboration with the Association Avisco - Audiovisivo Scolastico.
THE ASSOCIATION
EVENTS
BIG WEDNESDAYS
A 10-classic retrospective within the Esterno Notte open-air summer screening series (June to September),
organized by Lab 80 film.
LABORATORIO TASCABILE
A 10-documentary exhibition presented at Teatro Tascabile (Città Alta, Bergamo, January-March 2014), in
collaboration with Laboratorio 80 Association and Teatro Tascabile (Bergamo).
ART DATE
BFM@ARTDATE 2015
A short film exhibition on the occasion of the major contemporary art event in Bergamo.
In collaboration with The Blank.
CINESCATTI
A project by Laboratorio 80 Association, meant to preserve and promote family film archives, with special
attention to amateur films made between the 20s and the 80s in 9.5, 8, Super8 and 16mm.
#BFMINTHEWORLD
At the sea or in the mountains; on vacation or on a business trip: BFM merchandise
is all over the world! Bergamo Film Meeting Onlus collects pictures sent by BFM
fans with Festival merchandise from all over the world. This is an amusing collection,
getting richer and larger every year, which will be presented in the next edition of
the Festival.
AVANTI
A Lab 80 film project meant to promote and distribute independent Italian cinema,
presenting over 50 films by new filmmakers in Brescia, Bologna, Novara, Pescara,
Turin, Vicenza, Trento, Rovereto, Reggio Calabria.
COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION
PUBLICATIONS
NEW BOOKS ARE ISSUED EVERY YEAR ON THE FESTIVAL’S OCCASION
Each book is printed in 1.800 copies and given to season ticket subscribers and accredited guests (press
representatives, film professionals and authorities); presentation copies are sent to distributors and
producers, and to cinematheque, festival, institutions and press representatives that were not able to
attend the Festival in person.
Advertising space is available for sponsors and business partners in both BFM publications.
GENERAL CATALOGUE
Offering information (both in Italian and in English) on the Competition-Exhibition, the Close Up and other
sections of the Festival (premieres, special exhibitions, cult movies, restored classics).
Available in .pdf, .epub and .mobi format
MONOGRAPHIC VOLUME
Collecting original critical essays, interviews, complete filmographies and large photographic repertoires.
Available in .pdf, .epub and .mobi format
COMMUNICATION
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
POSTCARDS
Between June and November, each year 20.000 postcards are distributed at major national and European film Festivals
such as Venice Film Festival, Turin Film Festival, Festival dei Popoli of Florence, Sarajevo Film Festival, Locarno Film
Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival, Cottbus Film Festival, Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, Karlovy Vary
Film Festival, International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam, International Film Festival Mannehim-Heidelberg,
Viennale – Vienna International Film Festival, Ardèche Images, Lussas.
PROGRAMME BROCHURES
15.000 copies of Bergamo Film Meeting News - a brochure including the Festival’s programme and side events
calendar - are distributed at the Festival venues, and in schools, universities, hotels and restaurants, bars and clubs in
Bergamo. BFM News also gives information about all side events at BFM Meeting Point or in the After BFM Network.
Advertising space is also available for sponsors and business partners.
A BILLPOSTING
Totems will be displayed in strategic spots in central Bergamo; 200 posters (1,40x2,00 mt and 3x5mt) will also be
put up; and 10.000 promotional postcards and 500 bills will be distributed in the larger Bergamo area. All materials
bear the Partners’ logos.
BFM WEBSITE
www.bergamofilmmeeting.it
The Festival’s official website has been completely redesigned: optimized for mobile
technology, it offers complete information about screenings, side events, publications,
social events, the Association’s activities, the Partners, also offering downloadable
materials (photo and video galleries, press releases and folders). During the March
Festival, the BFM website is visited over 2.500 times a day.
BFM OFFICIAL APP
A smartphone and tablet App (Android and iOS) allows the audience to browse the
Festival’s programme, to browse photo and video archives, to find maps with affiliated
bars and restaurants, that is, to be always connected to BFM.
BFM NEWSLETTER
A newsletter, offering news and updates about the Festival, is regularly sent to over
10.000 e-mail contacts nationwide and abroad. During the March Festival it is sent on
a daily basis.
COMMUNICATION
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
FESTIVAL TRAILER
Internationally renowned artists collaborate each year with Bergamo Film Meeting to create the Festival’s
opening trailer, as Regina Pessoa and Abi Feijó, Verdena, Bonnot, Tracanna and Cecchetto Trio.
The trailer is screened before each film in the Competition section, and offers advertising space for sponsors’ and
partners’ logos.
SOCIAL NETWORK
Bergamo Film Meeting’s number of contacts in all major social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Flickr
and Linkedin) is growing bigger and bigger. Promotional videos and trailers are uploaded on YouTube and
Vimeo.
At the present moment, the Festival has 2.000 followers on Twitter and Facebook fans are now 6.900. Facebook
registers over 6.000 daily visualizations (which become 30.000 during the March Festival).
BFM - MEDIA BOX
A new web-based space, connected to the Festival’s official website, where to find video and photo galleries
and updates of the current edition, along with film stills, kits and trailers, and where to follow live-streaming
broadcasts of Q&As with filmmakers, artists and Festival guests.
BFM GADGETS
Promotional gadgets (bags, hoodies, badge holders, T-shirts, caps) bear both the
Festival’s and the Partners’ logos; different gadgets are produced for each edition.
The gadgets are distributed or sold on-site during the Festival, and sold online.
ADVERTISEMENT ON THE MEDIA
This activity involves advertising campaigns on national newspapers and magazines,
and on local TV channels and radio stations. Media partnership agreements,
including publishing initiatives and advertising strategies, have been developed
with L’Eco di Bergamo, Corriere della Sera, Cineforum, Cinemaitaliano.info, Sentieri
Selvaggi).
POSTERS ON ATB-TEB PUBLIC TRANSPORT
1,000 Bergamo Film Meeting posters are put up on ATB-TEB public transport
vehicles, including the Bergamo-Albino tram connection.
COMMUNICATION
PRESS OFFICE
Run by national renowned professionals, the Press Office keeps and develops close contacts with all the
major periodicals of the field, with all the most important local and national newspapers, with TV channels
and radio stations and with the on-line press with a full and effective media presence.
Bergamo Film Meeting has two Press Office branches, one for the local and one for the national press.
All the press releases, updates, promotional trailers, pictures and press kits are sent to a Press address list
of more than 10,000 contacts.
The Festival’s opening press conference is held both at the Anteo Spazio Cinema in Milan, and at Teatro
Donizetti, Bergamo.
The 2015 Bergamo Film Meeting Press Review is a collection of over 500 items, including newspaper
articles and excerpts from local and national magazines, and articles from specialized periodicals and online
press. Information and stories about the Festival are also offered by press agencies such as Adn Kronos
and Ansa, by major newspapers such as Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore, Il Giornale, La
Stampa, and by periodicals such as Corriere Magazine, Io Donna, D-La Repubblica delle Donne, I Viaggi, Il
Venerdì, Donna Moderna, Internazionale, Alias.
The Festival’s media visibility is also increased by its presence on both local TV (Bergamo TV, Video
Bergamo, Studio TV1) and national TV (Rai 1, Rai 3, Rai Sat, Rai News 24), and on national radio stations
(Radio 3 – Hollywood Party, Radio 24, CNR Channel News Radio, Popolare Network, Radio Alta, RTSI Radio
Televisione Svizzera Italiana).
COMMUNICATION
PRESS REVIEWS
“Unlike other Festivals in the international
cinematographic galaxy, Bergamo Film
Meeting has a precise cultural identity, run
as it is by a motivated, highly experienced
staff, and followed by an audience that
is deeply connected with the spirit of the
event. It is surprising, and comforting, too,
to see the Auditorium theatre packed with
aware, curious spectators”.
Davide Ferrario,
Corriere della sera – ed. Bergamo
“This is great, entertaining cinema.
The Competition section filled the theatre
more than a blockbuster. There were long
lines of spectators, even in the pouring
rain. Night birds stayed up until 2 AM to
watch The Man in the White Suit, starring
Alec Guinness. This is the chronicle of a
recurring miracle in Piazza Libertà”.
Fabio Cuminetti,
Corriere della sera – ed. Bergamo
“As usual, Bergamo Film Meeting
managed to find the secret formula of
cinematic pleasure; the pleasure of a
demanding audience, made up of both
insatiable cinephiles and new-film
hunters. From yet undiscovered gems to
classical re-discoveries, the Festival takes
the audience on a journey that makes one
wish days were made of 36 hours - so one
would not have to miss anything”.
Paolo Mereghetti,
Corriere della Sera
“Between those who wish to recover
the cornerstones of the Seventh Art, and
those who dream about seeing classic
masterpieces on the silver screen again,
comes Bergamo Film Meeting, a Festival
that meets both legitimate, noble desires
with a schedule that brings together
the love for classics and the search for
innovative, contemporary production”.
Chiara Bruno,
Film Tv
“More than 20 years old, this is a
non-conformist Festival that makes
culture alive through films, books and
distribution”.
Silvio Danese,
Il Giorno
“Devoted to the analysis of new research
films and to the rediscovery of classic
cinema, Bergamo Film Meeting proves
every single year to be the most rigorous,
most cultured Festival in Italy”.
Lietta Tornabuoni,
La Stampa
“Bergamo Film Meeting gathers
approximately 25.000 spectators every
year. Retrospectives alone would be
worth the attention of the many attendees
who come all the way to Bergamo”.
Maurizio Cabona,
Il Giornale
“Over a quarter of a century old, and a
probably the most long-running Festival
in Lombardy, Bergamo Film Meeting is
definitely one of our most refined, most
loved cultural events”.
Alberto Pezzotta,
Corriere della Sera
“...the only international Festival in Italy
that is still able to entertain people with
cinema culture, exhuming masterpieces
of the past and risking its life with presentday innovative filmmakers”.
Mario Serenellini,
La Repubblica
“...a Festival that is always trustful
and precise in its retrospectives and
publications, and is particularly keen on
searching for new talents”.
Luca Mosso,
La Repubblica
BERGAMO FILM MEETING
OUR PARTNERS
BERGAMO FLM MEETING ONLUS
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THE EVENT IS ORGANISED WITH
THE CONTRIBUTION AND THE
SUPPORT OF
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Programme
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and Activities – General Secretary
for Cinema
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Milano
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BERGAMO FILM MEETING
is organised by
BERGAMO FILM MEETING ONLUS Association
Alberto Castoldi, President
Angelo Signorelli, Artistic Director
Fiammetta Girola e Chiara Boffelli,
General Coordination and
Junior Co-Directors
BERGAMO FILM MEETING ONLUS
via Pignolo 123 - 24121 Bergamo
Tel. 035 363087 - Fax 035 341255
[email protected] - www.bergamofilmmeeting.it