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THE UMBRIA FILM FESTIVAL

Was born as a moment of sharing and encounter through cinema.
Since 1997, it has taken place in Montone thanks to the collaboration between the Umbria Film Festival Association, the Municipality of Montone (PG), and the Riverside Studios in London.

The festival takes place every year during the second week of July.
All screenings are free and take place in the Piazza, the quintessential meeting and discussion place for everyone: guests, audience and participants. The audience is diverse and an integral part of the festival, just as on the other hand guests and participants become an integral part of the audience in Montone.
Each evening the festival offers the screening of a series of “children’s shorts” followed by a “feature film” : spectacular programming with international premieres of films and shorts, exhibitions, debates, panel discussions, master classes and meetings. Read more

guests of umbria film festival

Swirling high above an eternal landscape, in the heart of a dark stone town the images of "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" flit across a giant screen towering over a moonlit square. While children play, people sitting at tables set up as if it were an outdoor cinema eat, converse and watch captivated by the film. Others prefer to flee, seeking safety in the local bar. But there is no way to escape. A light shines from behind the bar and casts the shadows of the drinkers across the plaza onto the screen. There they mingle with the characters of my film in a dance at once real and fantastic, which remains forever etched in my memory. The Umbria Film Festival in Montone can elicit these kinds of emotions. It is a magical event. I am proud to be a part of it.

Terry Gilliam
Director

Until a few days ago, I didn't even know of “Montone's existence, and now I think it's one of those places I was unconsciously looking for, not only for the beauty of its churches and houses but for the people: you've seen the faces of the people, their humanity. These are faces shaped by life, by joys and sorrows, by hopes and illusions. How different they are from the stereotypes imposed by advertising that populate our cities. In my cinema, faces are at the center of everything: it's the life I've always tried to represent through the” expression of the eyes, the features of the nose, the mouth... It's a magical event. I'm proud to be a part of it

Edgar Reitz
Director

Montone is the most beautiful place – I think everyone knows that – and the festival, although small, is like a gem: perfect and brilliant. A festival that shines with an intelligent and passionate love for cinema. The atmosphere is a mix of attentiveness and informality, and the audience is incredibly receptive

Peter Lord
Director

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