“What is independent cinema? It’s made of works capable of making us forget how, where and why they were born, then capable of making us wonder.”
– Enrico Ghezzi
Bellaria Film Festival is the home of Italian independent cinema, a special home, by the sea: since 1983 a reference point for new and courageous experiments in film language.
21 March 2025
THE ARCHIVE FOR INDEPENDENT ITALIAN CINEMA
The Archive for Independent Italian Cinema is ready to spread the fragments of a collective and independent film history around the world. The Archive collects the selected and non-selected films of all Bellaria Film Festival editions. But also paper and digital documents, photographs and images – and it even has its own wiki!
20 March 2025
Call is open for the fifth ed. of ItineranzeDoc
Itineranze Doc is an atelier for the development of first works of “Cinema of the Real,” unique in Italy, combining six festivals dedicated to independent cinema. A formative journey through Italy for young and promising filmmakers of tomorrow.
17 March 2025
(IN)EMERGENZA 2025 — NOW OPEN
(IN)EMERGENZA is a support programme for Italian independent cinema realised by Bellaria Film Festival within the framework of BFF Industry in collaboration and with the support of Cinecittà.
17 February 2025
BFF HUB CALL IS NOW OPEN
Registration is now open for BFF HUB! Four routes to learn about creative production, to understand the art of film criticism, to get to organize a festival, and also to decree the winners and winners of the Casa Rossa competition at BFF43. Deadline March 23, 2025.