The first edition of the La Spezia Film Festival took place in 2016, with the aim of creating and growing a festival that combines research with attention to the tastes of the public, with the awareness that cultural participation also produces social and economic repercussions, which constitute an added value for the territories.
Organized by Cut-up Publishing and Associazione Cinema e Cultura, with the patronage of the Municipality of La Spezia, the artistic direction is entrusted to the director Paola Settimini and the screenwriter Paolo Logli. The president of the jury is Professor Roberto Danese of the University of Urbino.