A taste of Italy comes to the Midlands

midlandsmovies • March 11, 2022

A new European film festival arrives in the region this Autumn with the Marcello Italian Film Festival.

UPDATE 4th May 2022: The MIFF have also created a voucher code for those wishing to apply for their competition categories. Enter MARCELLO2230 to obtain a 30% discount on your first film submission for Marcello IFF.

The Marcello Italian Film Festival has also launched their film competition as part of the festival. It is now open for entries and encourages filmmakers from all walks of life to submit their creative projects.

Areas they will be focusing on include fiction, factual, documentary, experimental and even animation. Hoping to bring the Italian spirit of arts and culture to the Midlands they would like to involve as many film-goers as possible – both old and young.

The Marcello IFF is a multi-faceted event that will include film screenings, conferences, and different events that celebrate Italian culture abroad. And the festival aims at showcasing Italian talents abroad, as well as international films that engage with Italy and Italian culture from different viewpoints.

This year, Marcello IFF will also be hosting live screenings in key cities around England that aim to bring cultural activities and plenty of networking opportunities to aspiring filmmakers in the region.

Their competition categories are below with the three main categories (Short Film, Feature Film and Documentary) being split into Italian and International sections. They encourage filmmakers to apply with a film that isn’t necessarily in English or Italian.

MARCELLO SHORT AWARD

MARCELLO FEATURE AWARD

MARCELLO DOCUMENTARY AWARD

MARCELLO CONFETTI SHORT AWARD

MARCELLO 4TEENS AWARD (awarded by a selected Youth Jury)

MARCELLO MADE IN ITALY AWARD

MARCELLO SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT AWARD (awarded by our main sponsors)

Any selected films will receive the official laurel of the festival and winners will additionally receive a Marcello IFF statuette to commemorate the hard work put into the projects.

Their full list of T&Cs and further information is over on their FilmFreeway profile: https://filmfreeway.com/MARCELLO

Their festival takes place in Birmingham between the 30th September - 2nd October 2022 and will subsequently tour other UK locations.

Full details on their official website here:

http://marcellofilmfestival.co.uk

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