Programma Castiglioni Film Festival

The Castiglioni Film Festival is divided into 4 days of screenings, meetings, talks, masterclasses and special events that animate the historic center of Castiglion Fiorentino.

The cinema under the stars at the Arena del Cassero is a must-see event with great guests from the Italian and international film industry, with a Q&A open to the public immediately after the screening. And after the chat, the evening continues with music and drinks at the Bar del Cassero. 

Check out the full program to discover the events, screenings and special events day by day. Cinema is the star of the show; time is something to be lived to the fullest.
Day 1 - July 23

14:30

Opening of the 12th edition of the CFF

Where

Teatro Mario Spina

15:00 - 16:30

Short Film Competition

National Competition

Where

Teatro Mario Spina

Marina

by Paoli De Luca

(18')

National team

Night Blooms

by Giulia Di Maggio

(15')

National team

White at night

by Caterina Biasiucci

(8')

National team

Should virtual pets die?

by Carlo Galbiati

(12')

National team

Figure

by Edoardo Summonti

(15')

Toscani

The salt

by Lorenzo Martelli

(3')

Toscani

17:00 - 18:30

Short Film Competition

Short film screening: Documentary Competition (Sott. ITA)

Where

Teatro Mario Spina

Their Eyes

by Nicolas Gourault

(23')

Documentaries

SLET 1988

by Marta Popivoda

(23')

Documentaries

I thought that life was a poem

by Felix Hermann

(12')

Documentaries

Everyday in Gaza

by Omar Rammal

(17')

Documentaries

18:45 - 19:45

Talks and Masterclasses

“Anatomy of a chain: from the idea to distribution, copyright” with Valerio Antonini

Where

Logge Piazza del Municipio

21:15

Cinema under the stars

“Le bambine” with director Valentina Bertani and screenwriter Maria Sole Limodio

followed by an open Q&A with the audience
moderated and presented by Giulia Calvani

Where

Arena del Cassero

23:00

Events and parties

Chill, beer and drinks

Where

Bar del Cassero

15:00 - 16:30

Short Film Competition

International Competition (Sub. ITA)

Where

Teatro Mario Spina

Nobody Knows the World

by Roddy Dextre

(18')

International

The sorceress echo

by Marc Camardons

(24')

International

What We Leave Behind

by Jean-Sébastien Hamel and Alexandra Myotte

(11')

International

Nature and Poetry

by Jasna Safic

(18')

International

17:00 - 18:30

Short Film Competition

Documentary Competition (Sott. ITA)

Where

Teatro Mario Spina

Air Horse One

by Lasse Linder

(21')

Documentaries

The most beautiful man in the world

by Paolo Baiguera

(18')

Documentaries

We Were The Scenery

by Christopher Radcliff

(15')

Documentaries

Vegetarian

by Adrià Exposit-Goy

(14')

Documentaries

Semi-Serious Story of a Traveling Pigeon

by Alessandro Capitani

(10')

Toscani

18:45 - 19:45

Talks and Masterclasses

Presentation of the book
“It’s an undertaking to make a film”
with the author and film producer Carlo Cresto-Dina.
David Mogna moderates the meeting.

Where

Logge Piazza del Municipio

19:45 - 20:30

Events and parties

Networking aperitif

Where

Logge Piazza del Municipio

21:15

Cinema under the stars

“The cities of the plain”
with the leading actor Sergio Romano and the producers Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa

followed by an open Q&A with the audience moderated and presented by Giulia Calvani

Where

Arena del Cassero

23:00

Events and parties

Chill, beer and drinks

Where

Bar del Cassero

15:00 - 16:30

Short Film Competition

National Competition

Where

Teatro Mario Spina

Mambo Kids

by Emanuele Tresca

(21')

National team

Uranium hunters

by Davide Palella

(19')

National team

Beast Fierce Beast Far Away

by Gregorio Dozzini

(13')

National team

At Night

by Anouk Chambaz

(9')

National team

Only Daughters

by Noemi Forti

(15')

Toscani

17:00 - 18:30

Short Film Competition

International Competition (Sub. ITA)

Where

Teatro Mario Spina

Signal Path

by Eglė Razumaitė

(20')

International

HYENA

by Altay Ulan Yang

(22')

International

BLEAT!

by Ananth Subramaniam

(15')

International

Soil A Culture A River A People

by Viv Li

(15')

International

18:45 - 19:45

Talks and Masterclasses

“ULTRAFAKE: why AI cannot create art”
with Andrea Gatopoulos

Where

Teatro Mario Spina

21:15

Cinema under the stars

“Out” with director Mario Martone, who receives the lifetime achievement award presented by the City of Castiglion Fiorentino

followed by an open Q&A with the audience moderated and presented by Giulia Calvani

Where

Arena del Cassero

23:00

Events and parties

KARAOKE

Where

Bar del Cassero

16:30

Events and parties

Exhibition of sketches of the CFF trophies created by the students of the Liceo Artistico Piero della Francesca

Where

Teatro Mario Spina

17:00 - 18:30

Short film competition

Award ceremony of the international short film competition and screening of the winning short films

Where

Teatro Mario Spina

18:45 - 20:30

Events and parties

CNA Giovani networking aperitif

Where

Logge Piazza del Municipio

21:15

Cinema under the stars

“The Wizard of the Kremlin” with director Olivier Assayas

followed by an open Q&A with the audience moderated and presented by Giulia Calvani

Where

Arena del Cassero

23:00

Events and parties

CLOSING PARTY until late

Where

Bar del Cassero

I film in concorso alla 12a edizione del CFF

The CFF is hosting for the first time an international short film competition, with a selection of 35 works from 18 different countries. To evaluate the best short films nnational and international and to award the prizes to Best National Short Film e Best International Short Film It will be a The jury of excellence composed of prominent figures from the Italian cultural scene: the director Jacopo Paintings, The actress Selene Caramazza, the director Margherita Justi, the author Alessandro Gori and the critic Nanni Cobretti.

Bleat! (Kattu!)

by: Ananth Subramaniam

An elderly Malay-Tamil couple discovers that their goat, destined for ceremonial sacrifice, is pregnant. Divided between their faith and the expectations of the community, they must decide whether to perform the sacrifice or face the wrath of the gods.

Uranium Hunters

by: Davide Palella

Planet Earth, year 2960 AD. A group of uranium miners returns to the blue planet in search of the precious metal. The crackling of the Geiger counter leads one member of the team into the depths of a cave. There, the explorer comes across an ancient relic from the world of old, awakening it from a sleep that lasted centuries, perhaps millennia.

Their Eyes

by: Nicolas Gourault

How does a machine learn to read the world? Testimonies and screen recordings introduce the experience of the micro-workers online in the Global South: their task is to teach the autonomous driving artificial intelligence of cars to navigate the streets of the Global North. While examining images from the United States, they devise micro-strategies to organize themselves and subvert the system that exploits their hands and eyes.

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