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 creator and artistic director of Bif&st Felice Laudadio has announced the titles of the films made with the support of Rai Cinema and distributed by 01 Distribution which, in the Petruzzelli Theatre, will open and close the Bari International Film Festival, scheduled from September 25 to October 2, 2021. The inaugural film will be
Submissions are now open for the 12th edition of Bif&st-Bari International Film Festival, to take place in-person September 25 to October 2, 2021. Entries are reserved to new feature films (over 70 minutes), fiction only, produced in 2020-2021, absolute Italian premières. No documentaries nor short films are accepted. Selected films will be screened in the beautiful Teatro
Bif&st-Bari International Film Festival reaches every year 75.000 spectators, and in just 11 editions, with its broad offer of the highest cultural level, it has become one of the leading cinematic events in Italy. The main venues of Bif&st are some of the most beautiful theatres in the world, the Teatro Petruzzelli, Teatro Piccinni and
Following the many requests that we receive to know the dates of the next edition of the Bif&st-Bari International Film Festival, the creator and director of the event has already announced – during the final press conference on 30 August 2020 – that the optimal dates for the 12th edition run from 25 September to
The Jury of the INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA competition at 11th Bif&st, headed by Alessandro Laterza with Mariangela Barbanente, Oscar Iarussi, Silvia Napolitano, Alessandro Piva, has conferred the following awards: Bif&st International Award for Best Film Director EVGENY RUMAN for the Israeli film GOLDEN VOICES (KOLOT REKA) Evgeny Ruman skillfully combines light-heartedness and depth in a film that addresses universal
The 11th edition of Bif&st-Bari International Film Festival – under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, supported by the Cinema Directorate of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, promoted by Apulia Region with the collaboration of the City of Bari, produced by Apulia Film Commission Foundation – will take place
The new dates of the 11th Bif&st are: August 22 to 30, 2020. The festival will be radically and rationally re-invented, maintaining its consolidated feature of urban festival, in the heart of the city of Bari. The program was already completed in March, when we were forced to postpone it. Now we start again with
Rome, March 21 – This evening, at 9 pm, the Bif&st 2020, with its 300 events and screenings in 8 days until March 28, was to be inaugurated at the Petruzzelli Theatre. All canceled, as is known. Helen Mirren, Taylor Hackford and Raffaella Leone were expected on the stage of that wonderful theatre tonight to
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
