Here’s the program of the 25th Umbria Film Festival! The screenings, the guests, the events and much more: it will be an astonishing edition!
2021
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This year at UFF: Karnawal
Debut feature of director Juan Pablo Félix, Karnawal has been critically acclaimed at Toulouse Latin American Film Festival in 2020 and at Toronto Film Festival. Karnawal will draw you into the moving story of a young boy with a single chance to change his life to the sound of Argentinian dances. Karnawal is waiting...
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This year at UFF: The adventures of Baron Münchausen
Terry Gilliam, director of Brazil, The Army of the Twelve Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Jabberwocky and many more critically acclaimed films, will come back to Umbria Film Festival for a screening in his honour! Being swallowed by a terrifying sea monster and an incredible journey to the Moon are only a...
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This year at UFF: Quo vadis, Aida?
Directed by the Bosnian Jasmila Žbanić, Quo Vadis, Aida? is the first feature film we will bring you at the 25th edition of Umbria Film Festival. The film received an Academy Award nomination as Best International Feature Film, was critically acclaimed at Venice Film Festival and won multiple awards in the international festival circuit. Quo Vadis, Aida? revolves around the Srebrenica...
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A night with the Baron!
It’s official. This year Terry Gilliam will be back to the wonderful Montone to join Umbria Film Festival! Our honorary president will toast to the first 25 years of the Festival, bringing his joy and enthusiasm on stage once again. To celebrate his comeback and pay homage to his outstanding career and brilliant creativity,...
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Thomas Vinterberg guest at 25th UFF
We’re pleased to announce that Danish director Thomas Vinterberg will be our guest at the 25th edition of Umbria Film Festival and will receive the keys of Montone! Vinterberg is amongst the founders of the Dogme 95 filmmaking movement and director of “Festen”, for which he has been awarded the Cannes Jury Prize in 1998....
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Our Shorts – 25th Umbria Film Festival
Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theatre. (Roman Polanski) Umbria Film Festival is about to come back, bringing you the most magical, engaging and fascinating stories! This year too – the Festival will be promoting the art of independent cinema, without forgetting the youngest ones. Our section Corti per Bambini...
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Jānis Cimmermanis
Uff celebrates an ingenious and imaginative mind that deserves to be honored: a true artist of Latvian cinema, Jānis Cimmermanis. Born in Riga, Latvia in 1950, he moves to Leningrad to chase his dream: cinema. And there he graduates at the Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema in 1980. His first works as a director...
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An outstanding success!
Just like a film’s crew working together for the successful production of their project – Umbria Film Festival reached an incredible goal. Indeed, it was only thanks to your help and generosity that our crowdfunding campaign was a great success. In just a few weeks the target was reached…and overcome! We would like to thank...