The president and the director of the Bif&st-Bari International Film&Tv Festival, Volker Schlöndorff and Felice Laudadio, have announced the conferral (for now virtual) of the “Federico Fellini Platinum Award for Cinematic Excellence” to the great director Jafar Panahi, imprisoned since July 2022 by the fierce Iranian theocratic regime, demanding his immediate release. The expert Committee

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The Jury of the International Panorama competition, composed of Jafar Panahi (honorary president), Jean Gili (president), Bettina Brokemper, Valeria Cavalli, Salvatore Maira, Pippo Mezzapesa, Grazyna Torbicka, has conferred the following awards: Bif&st 2023 International Award for Best Film Director to Enen Yo for her film DOUBLE LIFE Bif&st 2023 International Award for Best Actress to Ane Dahl Torp for the

International Panorama competition The Jury: Giuseppe Piccioni (president), Irene Gianeselli, Kristina Kudelova, Cristiana Paternò, Pierfrancesco Diliberto-Pif, has awarded Bif&st 2022 International Award Best Film Director Clio Barnard ALI & AVA The insight of the director touches on the story of an encounter: Ali and Ava belong to an imperfect and fragmented, contemporary world and offer [...]
Premio per la migliore regia a Veit Helmer per Gondola

Winners of the International Panorama Competition have been announced The Jury of the International Panorama competition, composed of film critics Maurizio Porro (president), Fabio Ferzetti and Federico Pontiggia, and of producer Elisabetta Olmi and actress Iris Peynado, has conferred the following awards: Bif&st 2024 International Award Best Film Director Veit Helmer for the film GONDOLA