International Panorama competition The Jury: Giuseppe Piccioni (president), Irene Gianeselli, Kristina Kudelova, Cristiana Paternò, Pierfrancesco Diliberto-Pif, has awarded Bif&st 2022 International Award Best Film Director Clio Barnard ALI & AVA The insight of the director touches on the story of an encounter: Ali and Ava belong to an imperfect and fragmented, contemporary world and offer [...]

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 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 reaches every year 75.000 spectators, and in just 12 editions, with its broad offer of the highest cultural level, it has become one of the leading cinematic events in Italy. The main venue of Bif&st is one of the most beautiful theatres in the world, the Teatro Petruzzelli. The 2021 edition,

The Federico Fellini Platinum Award for Cinematic Excellence is awarded to one of the most versatile and gifted protagonists of contemporary Italian cinema. MICAELA RAMAZZOTTI The Manetti Bros, Carlo Verdone, Paolo Virzì, Gianni Amelio, Pupi Avati, Francesca Archibugi, Gabriele Muccino and Daniele Luchetti are just some of the directors who have chosen her for their

The Jury of the INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA Competition of 12th Bif&st, president Roberto Faenza with Martina Apostolova, Klaus Eder, Vinicio Marchioni, Katja Riemann, has conferred the following awards: Bif&st International Award for Best Film Director to VINCENT LE PORT for the French film BRUNO REIDAL For the stylistic rigor, simplicity and directorial maturity that entrusts the

The Federico Fellini Platinum Award for Cinematic Excellence is awarded to one of the most important, original and active directors on the international scene who has helped to clarify the prerogatives of real-life cinema. GIANFRANCO ROSI Whether in India, Mexico, California, Lampedusa, Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, Lebanon or Rome, Rosi’s cinema crosses geographical boundaries, displaying their