International Award for the Best Short Film
An international award for Best Short Film, dedicated to the late director Ermanno Olmi, to support and promote the works of young filmmakers.
The award is addressed to filmmakers of all nationalities and not older than 30 on the date of the open call deadline. The maximum length of each submission (fiction, documentary or animation) must not exceed 15 minutes. All entries must have been produced in 2021 or 2022. Each filmmaker can submit a single entry.
The competition awards the following:
Ermanno Olmi Award – 1st Prize: € 1200
Ermanno Olmi Award – 2nd Prize: € 500
Ermanno Olmi Award – 3rd Prize: € 300
A special mention will also be assigned to the most significant film dedicated to theme of “the religion of small things”. Ermanno Olmi’s cinema demonstrates his search for a less transcendent and more immanent spirituality, which is accomplished in the relationships between people and nature. Ermanno Olmi’s message resonates with everyone because, although religious in its essence, it is devoid of dogmas, prioritising the will to strive for good and to rediscover the joy of simple everyday things.
The winners’ announcement and award ceremony will be held on December 6th, 2022, at the Auditorium in Piazza della Libertà, Bergamo, or another suitable venue. Should there be still, on the appointed date, containment measures due to the Covid-19 emergency, the award ceremony and the screening of the finalist films will be broadcast online, on a dedicated streaming platform.
Application
Participation fee — € 5
Deadline — October 16th, 2022
News
Winners – III Edition
Autoritratto con arma
Giovanni Ortoleva
Primo premio
Per lo stile personale e l’ottima fotografia, per la straordinaria essenzialità, la completezza narrativa tipica del lungometraggio. Un racconto di formazione che trascina lo spettatore in un mondo in cui uomini di generazioni e modi di vivere differenti si confrontano e si scontrano
Stephanie
Leonardo van Dijl
Secondo premio
Per il bel ritmo narrativo scandito da un ottimo montaggio cinematografico e per le splendide inquadrature che, in un’alternanza tra primi e primissimi piani e sfondi, incorniciano la storia di un corpo che sembrerebbe non appartenere a nessuno, nemmeno alla piccola protagonista
Finis terrae
Tommaso Frangini
Terzo premio
Per l’atmosfera enigmatica che, insinuandosi nello sfondo naturale, dona alla narrazione un valore filosofico: mettendo in relazione il tempo e la perdita, il film rielabora con originalità alcuni spunti provenienti dalla storia del Cinema, di cui è autenticamente intriso, dando vita, al contempo, a un lavoro originale
Intertidal. Barene
Collettivo Confluenze
Menzione speciale
Un’ode all’indispensabilità del legame tra uomo e natura: i corpi danzanti si dissolvono nel paesaggio lagunare che li accoglie, diventando un tutt’uno con esso. Isole-uomo che preservano la ricchezza e la bellezza di un mondo fatto di diversità ed eterno movimento
Press area
Press office — Ada Tullo
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Tel. +39 349 2674900
2022 – 4th Edition
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2021 – 3rd edition
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Press Release — The Winners 2021 (.pdf)
Press Release — The Winners 2021 (.doc)
Press Release — The finalists of E. Olmi Award Third Edition (.pdf)
Press Release — The finalists of E. Olmi Award Third Edition (.doc)
Photos — Il tempo si è fermato (.zip)
Photos — The Finalists (.zip)
Press Release — The Jury of Ermanno Olmi Award Third Edition (.pdf)
Press Release — The Jury of Ermanno Olmi Award Third Edition (.doc)
Press Release — Third Edition E. Olmi Award (.pdf)
Press Release — Third Edition E. Olmi Award (.doc)
Official Image (.zip)
2020 – 2nd edition
Have a look at the Press review
Press Release — The Winners 202o (.pdf)
Press Release — The Winners 202p (.doc)
Press Release — The finalists of E. Olmi Award Second Edition (.pdf)
Press Release — The finalists of E. Olmi Award Second Edition (.doc)
Photos — Torneranno i prati (.zip)
Photos — The Finalists (.zip)
Press Release — The Jury of Ermanno Olmi Award Second Edition (.pdf)
Press Release — The Jury of Ermanno Olmi Award Second Edition (.doc)
Press Release — Second Edition Ermanno Olmi Award (.pdf)
Press Release — Second Edition Ermanno Olmi Award (.doc)
Official Image (.zip)
2019 – 1st edition
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