TAKE MAGAZINE

The IDM Film Commission Südtirol will once again be in Cannes from 17 to 20 May, where it will represent the South Tyrolean film scene at the Croisette at the Marché du Film.

The 37th edition of the Bolzano Film Festival will be held from 12 to 21 April — featuring Vincenzo Bugno as artistic director for the second time, this year’s festival will centre around indigenous movies from Brazil. The festival’s programme includes six films supported by the IDM Film Commission.

In the first call of 2024, IDM Film Commission supports eleven projects. Seven projects from Italy, six of them from South Tyrol, three from Germany, and one project from Austria will come to South Tyrol/Südtirol for a combined total of 24 days of shooting.

The 74th Berlin International Film Festival is just around the corner. The IDM Film Commission Südtirol will be in attendance from 15 to 25 February and will be represented at several of the festival’s initiatives.

A total of nine projects are being supported in this year’s third call. Three feature films, four documentaries, and two short films were chosen to receive funding from the IDM Film Commission Südtirol.

The MIA market returns to Rome from 9 to 13 October 2023. IDM Film Commission will shine a spotlight here on international co-productions, hosting a panel discussion titled “Some Like it International” on 12 October at Cinema Barberini.

The IDM Film Commission Südtirol goes to Venice! Two of the projects the Commission supported will be featured at the 80^th Venice Film Festival: Lubo, by Giorgio Diritti, was selected as a Competition Title, while Vermiglio, the mountain bride, by South Tyrolean Maura Delpero, was selected for the Venice Gap-Financing Market.

The Locarno Film Festival celebrates its 76^th edition, which took place between 2 and 12 August 2023. The IDM Film Commission Südtirol participated in the Industry Market Locarno Pro as well as being represented by a documentary it supported: Vista Mare, which saw its world premiere at the Festival.

On Friday, 29 June, the first short film conference in South Tyrol/Südtirol will be kicked off in the form of the TSFM Summer Event #1: until 2 July, the event will bring together the local short film industry and the international market at the BASIS Social Activation Hub.

The selection for the second funding call of the year is as diverse as it is cosmopolitan, consisting of two productions from Germany, six from Italy (of which four are from South Tyrol), and one production each from Austria and Great Britain. Four feature films, two documentaries, two short film projects and two series are set to spend 77 shooting days in South Tyrol.

The 76^th Cannes Film Festival ran from Tuesday, 16 May to Saturday, 27 May 2023. As we return from the Promenade de la Croisette, we look at what happened in Cannes over the last few days.

The 36th edition of the Bolzano Film Festival was held from 18 to 24 April in Bolzano/Bozen—for the first time with Vincenzo Bugno as new artistic director. The award ceremony also honoured the winner of FINAL TOUCH #8: Wiesenwood by Jannis Alexander Kiefer.