The Umbria Film Festival Association was founded in 1995 and has been organizing the UMBRIA FILM FESTIVAL in Montone together with the Municipality since 1997.
Created to promote film culture in all its forms, with particular attention to new world cinema, among its many activities it also deals with side events (exhibitions, concerts, seminars, etc.) and training for industry professionals.
Its numerous members are cinema enthusiasts who follow us from Italy and abroad. We are supported by national and international cultural figures who have chosen Umbria, and the Upper Tiber Valley in particular, as their land of choice.
Thanks to the national and international vocation that was at the basis of its inception, the Association has woven a network of connections and collaborations that have contributed to enriching its cultural offerings over the years.
Purposes of the Association
To promote and spread culture, focusing on cinematographic art. To turn Montone and Umbria into a special stage where international directors and the local community to meet up and discuss about cinema, poetry and literature, making it different from other festivals.
At the international level
We have established strong partnerships with the Riverside Studios in London, the Melbourne International Film Festival and the Danish Film Institute.
A the national level
We are active part of the initiatives of the Italian Film Festival Association (Associazione Festival Italiani di Cinema – AFIC), founded in 2004 and conceived as tool of coordination and information spreading about film festivals characterized by research purposes and by the promotion of talents and of national and international cinematographic work. We have a partnership with the University of Turin and the University of Modena Reggio Emilia: we welcome students every year to train them in the translation and subtitling field
At the regional level
We cooperate with the Campus Leonardo da Vinci in Umbertide, and we host interns giving them the chance to learn translation skills and to confront with people from all over the world. We are members and founders of the Film Festival Network of Umbria.