Festival dei Popoli

Founded in 1959 by a group of scholars in the humanities, anthropology, sociology, ethnology and mass-media studies, the Festival dei Popoli Institute, a not-for-profit organization, has been active for almost sixty years in the promotion and study of social documentary cinema. Simultaneously, the Festival dei Popoli continues to conserve and digitalize its own Archives (which contains over 25,000 titles, from video to film) and make strides in film training, organizing courses and workshops for documentary filmmakers. Starting from the 2014 edition, the festival has developed a multi-year project aimed at giving importance to the many essential crafts in the making of a film, often the result of incomparable craftsmanship: from editing to cinematography, from live-recorded sound to specialists dealing with post-production. In the "The Trade of Cinema" section some of the most accredited internationally renowned professionals have been invited to teach about the cinema professions, with particular attention to the specific features of the documentary film. From 2017 Doc at Work focuses on films produced by students of film schools, in the belief that their activity is of strategic importance for the entire audiovisual sector. Considering the schools of cinema the outposts from which to observe the work of young talents and "gyms" in which the new generations of filmmakers train and experiment, "Doc at Work - Campus" wants to give space to and support the activities of most representative Italian and foreign film schools with the aim of introducing the young authors to the public, the press and to professionals.