International Film Festival Bergamo Film Meeting 2015 | 33rd Edition | 7-15 March 2015
ABOUT BFM
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On the occasion of its 33rd edition (7-15 March 2015), Bergamo Film Meeting-International Film Festival will present an incredibly rich and varied programme, featuring about 100 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.
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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
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Bergamo Film Meeting Association, the organisational structure, was born in 1983.
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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”.
BECOMING A PARTNER
TO ASSOCIATE A BUSINESS BRAND TO THE 33RD EDITION OF BERGAMO FILM MEETING MEANS:
To share the artistic and cultural values of an international film Festival whose 32-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 55.000 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.
BFM IN FIGURES 2014 EDITION » 9 days of screenings from 9.30 AM to midnight » 31,500 tickets sold in 2014 editions, with 4,6% attendance increase » 25,000 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 » 900 accreditations given to industry professionals and operators, directors, actors, film delegation members, distributors, producers, journalists, authorities and representatives of associations and institutions » 35 talents, mainly filmmakers, actors, producers and artists, met the press and the public in Q&A sessions » 750 people attended the BFM Homage in Milan » 60,000 people attended other BFM events during the year, either organised by BFM Association or in cooperation with different partners » 290 students (accreditations + season tickets) from Italian and international Universities and Film schools » 470 high-school students attended special screening events during school hours
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135 films screened 50 national premieres 29 countries represented 1 sci-fi marathon night 2 masterclass courses in direction, attended by students from all over Italy » 1 exhibition, featuring French animator Pierre-Luc Granjon’s original drawings (Sala Porta S. Agostino) » 26 Q&As with authors, directors, actors, producers... » 9 venues spread in the whole city » 10 bars, restaurants and clubs, both in town and the greater Bergamo area, involved in the After BFM social event network
AND DURING THE THIRTY-TWO YEARS... » 2,248 film were screened » 286 films found national distribution thanks to participation to the Festival » 131 ilms distributed thanks to Bergamo Film Meeting Association’s support » 100 books, including catalogues and monographs, were published in the Bergamo Film Meeting Series
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 - Banca Popolare di Bergamo Prize, worth € 5,000.
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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.
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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.
EUROPE: FEMININE, SINGULAR. The Festival’s journey through Europe will take a feminine route, with an exhibition featuring Europe’s most outstanding women directors from recent independent productions.
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CLOSE – UP
CULT MOVIES
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, thoughtprovoking approach, as concerns both contents and linguistic form.
Cult movies and masterpieces in film history, coming from the world’s most prestigious cinematheques, are screened in their restored original version.
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SCI-FI MARATHON NIGHT AND OTHER MIDNIGHT MOVIES Non-stop screenings from evening to late night: horror, mystery and scifi films will make even insatiable cinephiles happy.
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KINO CLUB
PREVIEWS
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.
Ideas for distributors: a national preview selection of auteur films, and culturally high-profile films.
VENUES
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THE FESTIVAL
AUDITORIUM
SAN MARCO THEATRE
CAPITOL THEATRE
PORTA S. AGOSTINO EXHIBITION HALL
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).
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.
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.
Art exhibitions and installations, and other special events, are held at beautiful Porta S. Agostino, one of the gateways to uptown, medieval Città Alta.
Piazza Libertà
Piazzale della Repubblica, 2
via Tasso, 41
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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.
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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)
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MEETING POINT
SENTIERONE 45
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. A real Meeting Point for all Festival attendees.
In the famous downtown street, a few steps from the Auditorium theatre, this is a space devoted to workshop for both teenagers and adults.
Piazza Libertà
Bergamo
AFTER BFM NETWORK
Bergamo and surroundings In collaboration with Bergamo Film Meeting, 12 bars and clubs in the greater Bergamo area 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.
SIDE EVENTS
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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.
OPENING & CLOSING PARTY MEETING POINT Inside the two tensile structures (open 10AM2AM 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. Drinks and refreshments are available for purchase.
In collaboration with different clubs in the city, Bergamo Film Meeting organises the Festival’s opening party (on which occasion the Festival’s official trailer is presented) and closing party, with live music.
CYCLING TO BFM! Thanks to a partnership with Associazione Pedalopolis and Bergamo Sostenibile, a daily discount is offered to all Festival attendees who will rent a bike at 42 Ciclostazione. A free and secure space in Piazza Libertà is also offered for the delivery, exchange and
temporary parking of the vehicles.
PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS FOLLOW MEDIA The last few editions of Bergamo Film Meeting offered industry professionals the opportunity to attend specific events, such as meetings providing information on possible financial support for the development of audiovisual project within the Media Program of the European Union (in 2013 the event was organised in
collaboration with Antenna media, Turin).
IN THE REALM OF PIERRE-LUC GRANJON A journey into the amazing world of Granjon’s animation, from his decoupage animation drawings to the backdrops he made for his Seasons tetralogy, from his precious sculptures to photographs from the backstage of his works, all of which tell us the secrets of the animator’s job.
CINEMA-THEMED IMPROV THEATRE CONTEST Around one month before the Festival’s opening, in collaboration with ARDEGA Association, Bergamo Film Meeting offers a cinemathemed improv contest.
EDUCATION
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PROJECTS, LABS AND 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).
2014 Events: CINEMAS’ SECRETS This lab is devoted to children aged 6-10; they will be invited to discover the magic world of cinema and optical games.
DIRECTING MASTERCLASS LECTURE Solveig Anspach’s lecture was attended by a group of young cinema students and professionals from all over Italy.
KINO CLUB Held at the Capitol theatre, this is a retrospective exhibition devoted to children, especially designed for primary and secondary school pupils.
TELEPONGO A lab teaching the use of plasticine as an animation technique: stopmotion 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.
DRAW-ON-FILM WORKSHOP A workshop held by Vincenzo Gioanola, among the most outstanding figures in Italian animation film, who will teach students how to draw on 35 mm transparent frame film with colour permanent pens.
A SPECIAL DAY This event is devoted to secondary school students; films from the Festival’s retrospective exhibitions will be screened in the original version (with Italian subtitles) at the Auditorium theatre.
THE AUDIENCE
THE FESTIVAL
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 2014 edition saw a 4.6% increase in registered attendees (31.500 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 highschool 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.
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EDUCATION
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THE ASSOCIATION
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.
All-year-round activities: A SHORT SNACK
SUMMER SCHOOL & WINTER SCHOOL 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 institutions such as Lab 80 films, ARDEGA Association, ARTS Associations, AVISCO Association.
A collection of auteur short films for primary school pupils, presenting animation films of recognised originality in the use of techniques and materials, along with hard-to-find works and true gems in the animation world. The 2013 events was organised in collaboration with Spazio Giovani Edoné, Polo Civico Redona.
THINKING THROUGH IMAGES: WEB DOCUMENTARY “Thinking Through Images: A Web Documentary Course” is an advanced 6-month course organised by Bergamo Film Meeting. in collaboration with Bergamo University and aiming at training a new professional figure, the web documentary expert.
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. A journey into the Italian set of I primi della lista, one that will allow students to discover the cultural and industrial dynamics behind contemporary Italian cinema. The workshop is held by Davide Lantieri.
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THE ASSOCIATION
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.
During the whole year: TALKING OF CINEMA...
A TASTE OF CINEMA
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 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
AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE TO FILM LANGUAGE
EPPUR SI MUOVE This is a course 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.
OR: HOW TO BECOME A SELF-AWARE SPECTATOR
THE LITTLE TOON HOUSE A little animation workshop for teachers, social workers, cultural professionals, students and cinema lovers. In collaboration with AVISCO Association.
EVENTS
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THE ASSOCIATION
2013-14 events - organised in collaboration with other institutions e-books will be compatible with Kindle, Mac and Amazon readers and will be available for purchase on Stealthbook. A new way of reading about Bergamo Film Meeting: keeping up the pace with new technologies, and with more respect for environment.
GEORGES SIMENON-GIANNI DA CAMPO COLLECTION FILM WITH LIVE MUSIC CINELATINO NEW FILMS FROM LATIN AMERICA A five-day exhibition devoted to new LatinAmerican cinema: a retrospective promoted by Tenaris-Dalmine, now at its 6th edition, organised in collaboration with GAMeC (Contemporary Art Gallery, Bergamo), Dalmine Foundation and Fundación Proa (Buenos Aires).
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 (June 2012, in collaboration with the L’Appeso Association), while Nosferatu: The Vampire was accompanied by Press Trio (July 2013, in collaboration with Spazio Giovani Edoné).
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 900 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.
E-BOOK Finally, sold-out and outof-print BFM books are now easily available on your tablet, PC or e-reader device. Classic and recent monographs will be revised and re-issued in digital format, complete with new critical essays and updated filmographies and bibliographies. BFM
CINEMA’S WAYS The 2014 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.
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2013-14 events - organised in collaboration with other institutions IRISH ROAD
CINEMA ON IRELAND’S ROADS
CINESCATTI
A journey into the films that told this land’s history, its magic atmosphere, its complexity and peculiarity: a photo exhibit, along with video running in parallel and showing clips from films set in Ireland, offer a presentation of the Festival.
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.
BIG WEDNESDAYS A 10-classic retrospective within the Esterno Notte open-air summer screening series (June to September), organized by Lab 80 film.
ART DATE
BFM @ ARTDATE 2014: A DIALOGUE IN TIME A short film exhibition on the occasion of the major contemporary art event in Bergamo. In collaboration with The Blank.
POCKET LABORATORY A 10-documentary exhibition presented at Teatro Tascabile (Città Alta, Bergamo, JanuaryMarch 2014), in collaboration with Laboratorio 80 Association and Teatro Tascabile (Bergamo).
#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
PUBLICATIONS
COMMUNICATION
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
MONOGRAPHIC VOLUME
E-BOOK
“I DISPERATI”
Offering information (both in Italian and in English) on the CompetitionExhibition, the Close Up and other sections of the Festival (premieres, special exhibitions, cult movies, restored classics).
Collecting original critical essays, interviews, complete filmographies and large photographic repertoires.
In 2014 we started a huge, multiyear digitalisation project involving the whole Bergamo Film Meeting book series. We expect to make each volume available in .pdf, .epub and .mobi format in all major e-bookshops (Amazon, IBooks, Feltrinelli, Bol).
A 2014 reissue of the original cinenovel Desperate Moment, based on the film with Dirk Bogarde, directed by Compton Bennett (UK, 1953). In collaboration with Libreria Oblomov.
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
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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; 500 posters will also be put up; and 10.000 promotional postcards will be distributed in the larger Bergamo area. All materials bear the Partners’ logos.
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PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS 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 2.000 times a day.
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COMMUNICATION
SOCIAL NETWORK
BFM WEB APP A smartphone app 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.
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 1,600 followers on Twitter (+73%, compared to 2013 data) and Facebook fans are now 5,400 (+54%). Facebook registers over 1,000 daily visualizations (which become 18,000 during the March Festival). The importance of social networks as a way to communicate ideas and to involve the audience, as well as a tool to widen the Festival’s media influence, led BFM to entrust all media coordination activities to a professional figure who, all year round, constantly updates BFM’s accounts.
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.
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COMMUNICATION
FESTIVAL TRAILER ADVERTISEMENT ON THE MEDIA
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.
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). A 4-page special insert in L’Eco di Bergamo provides complete information on the screenings and all Festival events.
POSTERS ON ATB-TEB PUBLIC TRANSPORT 1,000 Bergamo Film Meeting posters are put up on ATBTEB public transport vehicles, including the Bergamo-Albino tram connection.
Internationally renowned artists collaborate each year with Bergamo Film Meeting to create the Festival’s opening trailer. The 2012 trailer was created by Portuguese filmmakers Regina Pessoa and Abi Feijó, with music by Verdena; the 2013 and 2014 trailers were a reconstruction of the Festival’s history throughout historical photo archives, with a theme song (titled “Drops”) by 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.
PRESS OFFICE
COMMUNICATION
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 8,000 contacts.
The Festival’s opening press conference is held both at the Anteo Spazio Cinema in Milan, and at Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo.
The 2014 Bergamo Film Meeting Press Review is a two-volume 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).
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
“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 rediscoveries, 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
“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
“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
COMMUNICATION “Over a quarter of a century old, and a probably the most longrunning 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
“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
OUR PARTNERS BERGAMO FLM MEETING ONLUS IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF AFIC – Association of Italian Film Festivals Lombary Coordination of Film Festivals
THE EVENT IS ORGANISED WITH THE CONTRIBUTION AND THE SUPPORT OF Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities – General Secretary for Cinema Municipality of Bergamo European Union – Media Programme Lombardy Region Fondazione Banca Popolare di Bergamo Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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SPONSORS B-Consult AdBlue by Azotal Azotal Birrificio Indipendente ELAV Tenaris Libreria Oblomov Viaggi Voltaire
BFM SIDE EVENTS ARE SUPPORTED BY Fondazione Cariplo
PARTNERS Avisco Forum Austriaco di Cultura e Consolato Generale d’Austria Milano Scuola di Cinema e Televisione – Fondazione SCM Cilect - Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision Turismo Bergamo Pedalopolis ATB TEB Confesercenti Ascom
OUR PARTNERS MEDIA PARTNERS Corriere della Sera Bergamonews Film Tv Radio Popolare Network Cineforum Mymovies.it Cinemaitaliano.info Cineuropa Sentieri Selvaggi
TECHNICAL PARTNERS Lab 80 film Hotel Mercure Corpoc Pedrali Zanetti HI FI Immobiliare della Fiera Tecnodomes Build 10 Sport / Queen Garden Petronilla Hotel in Bergamo Da Mimmo - Ristorante Fiori Rosalba Files Multimedia Faip Big Mat Satellite Records
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IN COLLABORATION WITH Università degli Studi di Bergamo Fic – Federazione Italiana Cineforum Laboratorio 80 Fondazione Alasca Auditorium ARTS Antenna MEDIA Torino Bergamo Jazz The Blank British Film Institute Tamasa Distribution Park Circus Notorious Pictures Academy Two Feltrinelli Real Cinema Film Movie Inspired Bac Films Distribution Global Screen Coproduction Office Mk2 Théâtre du temple NBC Universal Jupiter Communications Sixpackfilm Diagonale Istituto Luce Les Films d’Ici Point du jour
Films Distribution Agat Films Doc & Film Le Pacte The Finnish Film Foundation Cinéastes Associés Indefinite Films Centre Vidéo Folimage Les décadrés production marechiarofilm Distribution Sacrebleu Rise And Shine World Sales UG Tucker film Torino Film Festival Festival International du Film d’Animation d’Annecy Trieste Film Festival – Alpe Adria Cinema Napoli Film Festival Lucca Film Festival Sottodiciotto FF Karlovy Vary Film Festival Titanic Festroia Festival de Films de Femmes di Créteil Film Festival Cottbus Vienna International Film Festival Festival International du Film De la Rochelle
ORGANIZATION BERGAMO FILM MEETING is organised by Bergamo Film Meeting Onlus Association Alberto Castoldi, President Angelo Signorelli, Artistic Director Fiammetta Girola and Chiara Boffelli, General Coordination and Junior Co-Directors
Bergamo Film Meeting Onlus Via Pignolo, 123 • I-24121 Bergamo • Italy tel. +39 035 363087 fax +39 035 341255 www.bergamofilmmeeting.it info@bergamofilmmeeting.it