Cervino Cinemountain

International mountain film festival.

Fiction Documentary Animation Fee-based

About

CERVINO CINEMOUNTAIN, the highest international mountain film festival in Europe, takes place at the foot of the Matterhorn (Cervino) and it's one of the most important cultural events in the Aosta Valley, Italy.

The nature of its program and its aims make it, together with the Trento Film Festival, the most important festival dedicated to mountain films in Italy.

As well as putting together the winning films of other IAMF (International Alliance for Mountain Film) festivals and awarding the “Oscar of the Oscars” for the best mountain film of the year, the festival offers a selection of top quality works which portray the mountains under all their different facets: environment, climate, adventure, sport, culture and history.

Awards

Grand Prix des Festivals – Conseil de la Vallée, given to one of the festival winners of the network of the IAMF (International Alliance for Mountain Film);
CAI award for the best film of alpinism, adventure and exploration;
Montagne d’Italia award for the best Italian film;
Film Commission Vallée d’Aoste award, given to films directed, produced and co-produced by professional of the Valle d'Aosta.
Audience award.
Further special prizes, provided to the jury by organizations not involved with the Festival, will be distributed according to the organizations' will.

Rules

Entered works (feature films and shorts, fictions, documentaries and animations) must have been completed after January 2023.
Eligible films must deal with alpine adventure and exploration, natural environment, ethnography, mountain culture or sports.
Filmfreeway submission must contain promotional material (synopsis, 4 stills of the film in high resolution, 1 picture of the director in high resolution, director's biofilmography, director statement and credits).

Screening format: Digital copy of the film for projection (downloadable or mail / courier) preferably in .mov or .mp4 format

Subtitle language: English, Italian.

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

Festival director: Luca Bich

Documents

Submission Filmfreeway

Place

Italy
Aosta

Official Website

cervinocinemountain.com/en