The Bif&st 2021 program was inevitably reduced – certainly not in terms of its quality but in terms of the number of screenings and venues involved – due to the announced sharp decrease in the financial resources available in this dramatic situation linked to the pandemic and the many economic resources that it demands. The
The thirteenth edition of Bif&st-Bari International Film&Tv Festival – placed under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic, with the recognition and patronage of the Cinema and Audiovisual Directorate General of the Ministry of Culture, is promoted and financed by the Puglia Region and the Apulia Film Commission Foundation with the collaboration of
The Selection Committee of the 13thedition of Bif&st 2022, to be held in Bari from March 26 to April 2, has started selecting the eligible films for the various sections of the festival: International Panorama and International Premieres will be screened in Teatro Petruzzelli. Submitted Italian films must have their world premiere at Bif&st, while international films must have
Bif&st-Bari International Film Festival (March 25-April 2) – under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic, promoted by the Puglia Region and the Apulia Film Commission and directed by Felice Laudadio – will confer the Federico Fellini Award to the filmmakers of Ukraine. The award, agreed with Francesca Fabbri Fellini, heir to the
The German director Volker Schlöndorff, Oscar winner for the film The Tin Drum – based on the novel of the same title by the Nobel laureate Günter Grass – will be the president of Bif&st 2023 with Ettore Scola and Margarethe von Trotta as honorary presidents. The 14th edition of Bif&st-Bari International Film&Tv Festival will
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi will be the honorary president of the international jury of Bif&st 2023 which will take place in Bari from March 24 to 1 April. Next to his empty chair will be the other six members of the jury: the film critics Jean Gili (president) and Grazyna Torbicka, the producer Bettina
The 15th edition of Bif&st will take place in Bari from Saturday March 16th to Saturday March 23rd in theatres Petruzzelli (International Premieres and International Panorama, presenting Italian premieres of international films), Piccinni (Italian feature films and documentaries, all world or national premieres) and Kursaal (tributes and retrospective). The selection is in progress, and producers, distributors or authors can propose films
The Petruzzelli will also host the always crowded Cinema Lessons, daily at 11 am, right after the screening of one of their films at 9 am, held by eight prestigious cinema personalities, who will also receive – in a gala evening – the Federico Fellini Platinum Award for Cinematic Excellence, a platinum reproduction of Fellini’s
There are 11 nominations for the César Awards, the most prestigious awards in French cinema, earned by Leos Carax’s Annette presented in Teatro Petruzzelli last September as part of Bif&st 2021, with the director in attendance. Carax’s film was nominated for Best Feature Film, Best Directing, Best Actor (Adam Driver), Best Original Screenplay (Leos Carax, Ron Mael,
Ettore Scola, who was Bif&st president, personally conferred in Teatro Petruzzelli the Fellini Award 2012 to the great Max von Sydow, who said in his acceptance speech: “In my career I was lucky to work with great authors, and this spoiled me a bit. I would like to share the award with the Italian film
