Ecologico International Film Festival

Ecologico International Film Festival

Logo ufficiale dell'Ecologico International Film Festival
Location Gallipoli, Lecce - Italy
Founded 2008
Awards Taurus/Mer Khamis/Taranta
Directed by Roberto Quarta (Art director) Franco Danieli (Organizing Committee President)
Produced by Stefano Conte
Website ecologicofilmfestival.it

The Ecologico International Film Festival, also called the EIFF, aims to help discover and develop independent films - social, national and international - committed to issues of contemporary society. The EIFF is the place where you can meet authors and get to know films that by nature are difficult to use and approve through traditional distribution channels. It is held in Nardò, Italy. Founded in Lecce, at the initiative of Italian filmmaker Roberto Quarta, the festival has been celebrated annually in August since 2008.

Special Guests

Special guests of the festival in its first five years have included: the directors Luigi Faccini, Giuseppe Ferrara, Moni Ovadia, Francesca Muci, Eleonora Pariante; the producer Marina Piperno; the actor Omar Suleiman (Palestinian); the screenwriter Vanessa Picciarelli; the director of photography Marc van Put; the journalists Francesco Farina (Corriere del Mezzogiorno) and Massimo Causo; Nabil Salameh (Radiodervish) and Nando Popu (Sud Sound System).

Festival programme

The festival is composed of three different film sections. Films are chosen in each category by a section director with the advice of a committee of film experts. Categories include:

International Film Competition - Feature films (> 51 '), medium length (between 16' and 50 ') and short films (max 15') of any kind, addressing, in terms of actuality, the relationship between social communities and between them with the environment; which protect and promote human rights, pluralist democracy and the rule of law, and favor the awareness and appreciation of identity and cultural diversity in the world, coexistence among different peoples, religions and ethnic groups, indicating common solutions to the problems of contemporary society.

Debut Italian Movies - First and second works by Italian directors, outputs during 2011/2012, particularly working on issues of social relevance.

Taranta Movies - Movies that deal with typical issues of cultural - ethnic-anthropological-musical - tradition of Salento.

Awards

EIFF Taurus Awards waiting to be won

The EIFF Taurus Award is the main prize awarded for the best films at the Ecologico International Film Festival.

EIFF Taurus Award (since 2013) Award for Best Feature Film, for Best Medium length Film, for Best Short Film and for Best Debut Italian Film.

Mer Khamis Award (since 2011) Award for Best film selected by critics.
In 2011 and 2012, the Mer Khamis was the prize awarded for all the categories.

Taranta Award (since 2013) Award for the Best Film on traditional folk culture of Salento.

Awards Winners

Taurus Award

International Film Competition

Best Feature Film
Best Medium length Film
Best Short Film

Debut Italian Movies

Best Debut Italian Film

Taranta Award

Best Film on traditional folk culture

Mer Khamis Award

Best film selected by critics

Previous Editions Winners

Mer Khamis Award Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Special
Year Best Feature Best Length Best Short Borders Diversity Environment Society Salento Special Mention
2012 Not Assigned Not Assigned Not Assigned Sharqiya, Ami Livne Gamba trista, Francesco Filippi I morti di Alos, Daniele Atzeni The Summit, Franco Fracassi-Massimo Lauria Apulian Dream, Achille Cofano Spazzatour, Emilio Casalini
Alma, Josè Javier
2011 Laberinto Verde, Abel Kavanagh How green was our Valley, Fereshteh Joghataei Silence, Ava Lanche Gaza guerra all'informazione, Anna Maria Selini O' moro, C. Calissoni-E. Offredo Loro della munnizza, M. Battaglia-G. Schimmenti-L. Donati Oil II tempo, Massimiliano Mazzotta Not Assigned Milan du Maroccaine, Mounsif Rabi (Laboratorio Liblab)
EIFF Award
Year Best Feature Best Length Best Short Borders Diversity Environment Society Salento Special Mention
2010 Basilicata Coast to Coast, Rocco Papaleo Il Vincitore, Davide Labanti Carpa diem, Sergio Cannella Not Assigned Bouquet, Walter Mazo Moby Dick, Oscar Carrara Life for sale, Yorgos Avgeropoulos Not Assigned Every day - Ogni giorno Checkpoint di Betlemme, Mara Beccafarri and Massimo Miricola
Rosita no se desplaza, Alessandro Acito and Leonardo Valderrama
2009 Uso improprio, Luca Gasparini
Oil, Massimiliano Mazzotta 		Polvere, Ivan Gergolet Una circostanza fortuita, Emanuele Michetti Not Assigned Not Assigned Not Assigned Not Assigned Not Assigned A li tiempi miei era tutta campagna, Chiara Zilli
Year Best Feature Doc Best Length Doc Best Short Doc Best Feature Fiction Best Length Fiction Best Short Fiction
2008 Oltre la sbarra, Marco Leopardi Pancevo la città morta, Antonio Martino Cavallo di-scarica, Guglielmo Manenti
I PCB, Variemani 		Li Promessi Sposi, Andrea Baccassino Quasisia, Gianni De Blasi Quarantaquattro, Massimo Gabriele Fidanza

Officinema Summer School

Commencing in 2013, the EIFF has partnered with Officinema, which is a summer cinema school that takes place at the same time as the festival itself. The event runs 5 days during the EIFF and features workshops, lessons, lectures and panel discussions with well-known professionals addressing issues in filmmaking today.

Statistics

Year Submissions Italian Films Foreign Films Schools Countries represented
2008 114 77 15 22 11
2009 143 93 25 25 16
2010 239 151 33 55 23
2011 343 170 110 63 34
2012 421 156 244 21 41

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