After 15 editions Felice Laudadio leaves the direction of Bif&st, the Bari International Film&Tv Festival which he conceived and founded in 2009 and which took place year after year with growing success. The founder himself announced it on the final day of Bif&st 2024: «I have been called to direct another prestigious international event created
Winners of the International Panorama Competition have been announced The Jury of the International Panorama competition, composed of film critics Maurizio Porro (president), Fabio Ferzetti and Federico Pontiggia, and of producer Elisabetta Olmi and actress Iris Peynado, has conferred the following awards: Bif&st 2024 International Award Best Film Director Veit Helmer for the film GONDOLA
From his earliest films, Vincent Perez has stood out for his ability to bring to the big screen diverse characters in a wide variety of international films. He has acted in a vast range of film genres, including dramas, action and romantic films and thrillers. Some of his most famous roles include his co-starring in
The Federico Fellini Platinum Award for Cinematic Excellence is presented to a director with imaginative talent and a unique authorial perspective. MATTEO GARRONE Recently nominated for an Oscar for Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone has had a career spanning over 30 years in which his cinema has touched on a variety of different themes, more often
The 15th edition of Bif&st-Bari International Film&TV Festival will take place from Saturday 16th to Saturday 23rd March 2024 – under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic – promoted and financed by the Puglia Region through Puglia Promozione, produced by the Apulia Film Commission Foundation and directed by its creator Felice Laudadio.
PRESS RELEASE The 15th edition of Bif&st-Bari International Film&TV Festival will take place from Saturday 16th to Saturday 23rd March 2024 – under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic – promoted and financed by the Puglia Region through Puglia Promozione, produced by the Apulia Film Commission Foundation and directed by its creator
The 15th edition of Bif&st will take place in Bari from Saturday March 16th to Saturday March 23rd in theatres Petruzzelli (International Premieres and International Panorama, presenting Italian premieres of international films), Piccinni (Italian feature films and documentaries, all world or national premieres) and Kursaal (tributes and retrospective). The selection is in progress, and producers, distributors or authors can propose films
The Jury of the International Panorama competition, composed of Jafar Panahi (honorary president), Jean Gili (president), Bettina Brokemper, Valeria Cavalli, Salvatore Maira, Pippo Mezzapesa, Grazyna Torbicka, has conferred the following awards: Bif&st 2023 International Award for Best Film Director to Enen Yo for her film DOUBLE LIFE Bif&st 2023 International Award for Best Actress to Ane Dahl Torp for the
The president and the director of the Bif&st-Bari International Film&Tv Festival, Volker Schlöndorff and Felice Laudadio, have announced the conferral (for now virtual) of the “Federico Fellini Platinum Award for Cinematic Excellence” to the great director Jafar Panahi, imprisoned since July 2022 by the fierce Iranian theocratic regime, demanding his immediate release. The expert Committee
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi will be the honorary president of the international jury of Bif&st 2023 which will take place in Bari from March 24 to 1 April. Next to his empty chair will be the other six members of the jury: the film critics Jean Gili (president) and Grazyna Torbicka, the producer Bettina
