Blog: Film festivals

FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES

The Festival is an international film competition with both live and online screenings and a final red carpet awards event to celebrate the best works of the year and will take place from 5 to 21 December 2024.

The event will be preceded by a press conference on 4 December.

From 5 to 12 December the 900 works will be screened online 24 hours a day on the two festival channels: Coliffe TV and Coliffe TV International, and the public will be involved with the online voting which will award 12 festival prizes.

From 17 to 20 December the large Cinema Seraphicum Auditorium in Rome, which is equipped with 540 numbered seats, a projection system with 10,000 lumens on a 6 m screen. x 5 m. Dolby Surround will host all the screenings of the Festival. All 120 finalist works will be screened, i.e. the top 5 classified for each of the 12 categories after online audience voting and 5 chosen by the Festival Jury.

In parallel with the film programme, the Festival organises:
• a film MARKET
• a cinematographic FORUM
• the presentation and screening of a FIRST national cinematographic VIEWING.

One day of the Festival will be dedicated to the film MARKET, offering a space dedicated to the presentation of unreleased projects and works in progress, to encourage their development and realization, and the industry, media and accredited directors the opportunity to watch, learn and collaborate.

The opportunities include all subjects: young authors, new talents, professionals from the world of cinema, producers, distributors, agencies, training institutes, film festivals and Film Commissions.

News and insights on the market, production and distribution with a multimedia focus on new media.

Scripts, cinematographic works, projects, start-ups can take advantage of networking opportunities to develop and realize their expectations.

There will be the opportunity for one-to-one meetings between publishers and producers interested in the film adaptation of their catalogue.

Furthermore, 20 scripts will be selected, among all those received, which will be offered to professionals in the cinematographic field and to accredited production companies, for post-production and to promote access to the market.

Two days will be dedicated to the COLIFFE FORUM, consisting of:
• a round table with students,
• an interactive event,
• a focus on Ibero-American cinema,
with industry professionals lending their knowledge and skills to these unique encounters.

On 21 December 2024 a work (feature film) will be screened as a national premiere and the 66 winning works will receive the "The Last Winner" award, which is the last award of the year 2024 worldwide. During the evening, 2 lifetime achievement awards and 2 awards will be given to people of the year in the world of cinema.

The awards will be given by members of the COLIFFE Honorary Committee and personalities from the entertainment, cinema and fashion world.

All activities will take place at the Seraphicum Roma located in via del Serafico, 1.

COLIFFE - COLiseum International Film FEstival
THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WHICH CELEBRATES WORKS FROM ALL THE WORLD.

IT HAS A PROFOUND INTERNATIONAL SCOPE AND WAS BORN WITH THE OBJECTIVE AND NEED TO ENHANCE INDEPENDENT CINEMA AND FIRST WORKS.

The Pianeta Empatia Association which is organizing the IV Edition of the "Coliseum International Film Festival - COLIFFE", an event dedicated to promoting independent cinema and emerging directors, and to creating a moment of cultural and social aggregation, an experience of cooperation and integration between peoples.

COLISEUM, as a symbol of the Capital and of the territory to be enhanced by creating cultural specificities that act as an attraction;
INTERNATIONAL, like works from all over the world;
FILM, as a means of international communication, comparison as well as a container for criticism, development and promotion;
FESTIVAL, as a competition and showcase of titles and personalities.

The objective of the festival is to promote international competitiveness through attractiveness, a theme that concerns territories not only for what they are but also for how they can be developed and communicated. A territory is social value, exchange value and experience value, but also cultural value and economic value.

The Coliseum International Film Festival is a fundamental resource for the film industry as it not only contributes significantly to the cultural, economic and social development of the territory in which it is held, but also constitutes an essential link in the ecosystem of the film industry.

The Coliseum International Film Festival is multi-mission, in fact:
• promotes the knowledge and diffusion of international cinema in all its forms of art, entertainment and industry, in a spirit of freedom, equality and equal opportunities;
• offers directors wider recognition for their work, spreading word of mouth among critics, cinephiles and audiences;
• discovers new talent and helps structure emerging production areas;
• creates business opportunities for films that have not yet obtained agreements for commercial exploitation or for certain territories.

The fourth edition of the Festival is defined as "social", that is, with the aim of enhancing the aggregation of all the protagonists of independent cinema and first works and the social values of cinema.

The fourth edition, like the third, can be defined as a GREEN FESTIVAL from all the following points of view, from Sustainable Mobility (the locations are always identified near subway and/or train stops, means that are suggested to guests, together with electric ones and the car sharing solution) to Sustainable Energy Consumption (in in-person locations the aim is to reduce energy consumption, reducing lighting to the bare minimum by setting the heating system to the minimum level of well-being), from the Printing of Materials (the digital format is favored for communication, information and promotion of the event or paper materials printed on recycled paper by FSC/PEFC certified suppliers and the prizes are made with organic materials extracted from corn grain or with natural and degradable glass fibres) to the Installations (they are made only with biodegradable materials , without specific references to the edition, to be able to reuse them in the future).

From Waste Management (separate collection of the same numerous collection points and easily recognizable and visible containers) to Guest Management (only digital train and subway tickets and Travelife or Green Globe certified hotels are offered), from Food Sustainability (DOCG wines at 0 km, water and drinks on tap, no food waste, seasonal products at 0 km, washable crockery and certified tissue paper napkins) to Environmental Culture and Social Sustainability (sponsors who share and support the sustainability values of the festival and suppliers equipped with a certified Environmental Management System, chosen locations free of architectural barriers and accessible to people with disabilities and specific needs, promotion of gender equality and full participation of all individuals and valorisation of the territory) to end with Training and Communication (staff adequately trained on environmental sustainability and on the conduct policies adopted by the management and communication of the environmental and eco-sustainable policies adopted by the festival).

The festival invites all participants, in every form and role, to pay particular attention to adopting behaviors in this green direction.