(in)emergenza
BFF Industry — (in)emergenza is a support program for Italian independent cinema in collaboration with Cinecittà: a professional accompaniment path for young authors, authors, and producers aimed at supporting them in the delicate post-production phase of a film project.
(IN)EMERGENZA
07–11 May 2025

(IN)EMERGENZA is a support programme for independent Italian cinema realised by Bellaria Film Festival within the framework of BFF Industry in collaboration with and with the support of Cinecittà: a professional accompaniment programme for young authors and producers aimed at supporting them in the delicate post-production phase of a film project. The Bellaria Film Festival, with its forty years of history linked to the new authors of Italian cinema, is the privileged place where new talents can ‘emerge’ and provide mentoring and concrete help to directors and producers.
a(IN)EMERGENZA OFFERS
- Group and individual online sessions to present the programme and prepare for the final pitching session by Francesco Giai Via (Director of BFF Industry)
- An in-person individual tutoring session (60′) during the festival days with a group of mentors aimed at analysing the projects in detail and providing concrete elements for improvement
- A public pitching session open to all BFF Industry accredited people (producers, institutions, distributors, sales agents, etc.) on 9 May
- A one-to-one meeting session with producers, commissioning editors, distributors and sales agents.
- Accommodation for two people from the project team for the nights of 7, 8 and 9 May in Bellaria Igea Marina (RN) during the Bellaria Film Festival
OFFICIAL PRIZE
A jury composed of the project mentors and a member identified by Cinecittà will award the following prize:
- (IN)EMERGENZA PRIZE: complete audio-video post-production at Cinecittà studios
COLLATERAL PRIZES
- Flipper Music Prize – synchronisation licence for the soundtrack All Media/Mondo with unlimited tracks, offered by www.flippermusic.it
- Subtitle Prize – complete subtitles from Italian to English
The call is closed and we’ll reveal selected projects soon!
Itineranze
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.
Itineranze
07 May – 10 November 2025
Coordinamento organizzativo: Nora Demarchi
Tutor fondatore: Luciano Barisone
Tutors: Alberto Diana, Chiara Andrich, Gian Luca Rossi

Itineranze Doc is an atelier for the development of first works, unique in Italy, which unites six festivals dedicated to independent cinema.
It is a training and creative development course dedicated to film projects at an early stage of development, strongly linked to the cinema of reality. It is aimed at Italian directors or directors resident in Italy, with no age limit, who have already made at least one short film and who have a feature film project in the development phase, related to the ‘cinema of reality’.
Scopri di piùProgramma
- Bellaria Film Festival, 7 — 11 May, Bellaria Igea Marina
- Pordenone Docs Fest, TBA July 2025
- Sole e Luna Doc Film Festival, 15 — 21 September 2025, Palermo
- PerSo – Perugia Social Film Festival, 2 — 8 October 2025, Perugia
- Festival dei Popoli, 3 — 9 November 2025, Firenze
- Front Doc – Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Frontiera, TBA November 2025