FLIGHT - Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova

"The only true realist is the visionary." (Federico Fellini)

FLIGHT - Mostra del Cinema di Genova is devoted to cinema as an art form.

In October 2020 the first edition of FLIGHT took place in Genova amid fears of incoming Covid-second wave, theaters on the verge of closing, guests stranded in airports due to cancelled flights. But it was a success: over 80 screenings, 1500 attendees (in person and in streaming), 13 international guests, 2737 Facebook followers and an exceptional press and media coverage (over 40 stories in the local, national, international and specialised press, two live interviews on the Italian national radio). The Grand Prix was awarded to “Zumiriki” by Basque director Oskar Alegrìa and to “Another World” by Manuela Morgaine from France.

Encouraged by the success of the first edition, we are ready to take off for a second FLIGHT.

We will privilege, in our selection, films with a poetic or visionary value, experimental and thought provoking films, avant-garde works and innovative languages. Equal importance will be given to fiction and non-fiction works, to features and shorts, and the festival’s Grand Prix, dedicated to Eadweard Muybridge (Grand Prix Pigeon Flying, 2500 € cash prize) will be assigned to the Best Film, regardless of genre, duration and theme.
A one-of-a-kind work of art, created by an outstanding Italian artist and inspired by Muybridge’s Pigeon Flying, will also be given to the Grand Prix winner.

Ample attention will be devoted also to films out of competition, both as special screenings and as retrospectives. A special event will be dedicated to films and authors from Genova and the Liguria Region.

No other place appeared to us more suitable for our Festival than the city of Genoa, with its port and its contrasts, with its dazzling lights and the darkness of the old town, with a thousand languages and its dialect, its innumerable departures and returns.

The Festival is organised by two non profit cultural associations, Associazione Culturale 28 Dicembre and ACEC. Our screenings will take place in many different cinemas and film-clubs, both in the heart of old Genoa and in other interesting and multicultural neighborhoods, in the aim of involving in the Festival the whole town. We will also try to find unexpected locations for special screenings. We are also planning to have screening in some of the beautiful small cities and villages of the Ligurian Riviera

Awards & Prizes

The Eadweard Muybridge Grand Prix, Plate 755 (2500€), will be awarded to the Best Film regardless of genre, theme and duration.

Other Awards

Best Short Film – Fiction

Best Feature Film – Fiction

Best Short Film – Non Fiction

Best Feature Film – Non Fiction

Best Innovative Languages Film

Best Video Art Work

Best Animation Film