Published by ÉCU-The European Independent Film Festival

Jun 28, 2011

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New Festival Partnership: CinemadaMare Film Festival

Italian

ÉCU is proud to announce our latest festival partner CinemadaMare,
based out of Rome, Italy. Below are some facts and figures about the
festival!

The “CinemadaMare” film festival was started in 2003, but eight years of exciting work have earned it a number of distinctions.

1. “CinemadaMare” is the biggest gathering of young filmmakers coming
from all over the world. Last year the festival hosted 100 attendees
hailing from 47 countries.

2. 162 films have been entered into the competition, representing 47 international film industries.

3. All accommodations are provided to those who attend the festival.
Attendees also receive a stipend for their plane tickets, no matter
their country of origin.

4. “CinemadaMare” is home to the biggest outdoor film set.

5. “CinemadaMare is the only festival where films are produced during the event itself.

6. “CinemadaMare” is the longest festival in the world (3.800 kilometers in 70 days).

7. Over the course of our 9 years as a festival, we have had the
pleasure to host special guests from the national and international film
industries (such as Ken Loach, Wim Wenders, Giuseppe Tornatore,
Giuliano Montaldo, Amos Gitai, Vincenzo Cerami, K. Zanussi, Michele
Placido, Vincenzo Mollica) and have given over 100 hours worth of cinema
lectures and workshops.

8. “CinemadaMare” is the only itinerant festival that travels across the
regions of Southern Italy during a ‘tour’, which begins July 1st 2011
and ends on September 11th 2011.