ABOUT

Pollino International Film Festival is produced by Antonio Romagnoli, in collaboration with Il Varco srl.

Our logo represents a “Pino loricato”, a special kind of pine tree that only grows on our mountains: the shape of this tree is the result of the resistance to any kind of wind or harsh climate. That’s what we expect from the films that we’re going to select in our competition.

The first four editions of our festival were a great success. Hosted for the first years in the small city of Castrovillari, in the heart of Calabria’s hills, reacted very well to the screening. We had a crowded cinema full of people that were keenly interested in the films and gave us a nice Q&A session. The third edition went online because of the Covid-19 pandemics and hosted more than 1000 spectators watching us from all over Italy.

We’re looking forward for an even bigger 5th edition at Nuovo Cinema Aquila in Rome!

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲, 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽. We don’t care what the starting budget is, or what biggest star act in it: 𝘸𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢.

JURY

Our 5th jury is composed by 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗶, founder of Pollino Film Fest and president of the jury, director and screenwriter, 𝐌𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢, Palm d’Or nominated director and 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐨 𝐋𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚, Venice Film Critics’ winner director.