Gran Paradiso Film Festival

About

Created in 1984, and now into its twenty-first edition, the Gran Paradiso Film Festival (GPFF) is an international festival dedicated to nature cinema and one of the most important film events held in the Aosta Valley Autonomous Region.

The purpose of the Festival is to contribute to a wider circulation of nature-based films, the spread of naturalistic heritage knowledge and the growth of environmental respect and awareness.

It takes place within the framework of the wonderful Gran Paradiso National Park, established in 1922 to protect the ibex. The majestic mountain scenarios of the Park stimulate creativity for both the guests and the audience of the GPFF which is presenting a high quality cultural offer.

The Festival is made of two film sections: the International Competition, open to international feature films and medium-length films focused on nature, aiming at promoting a wider knowledge of natural and environmental peculiarities of the planet earth through the cinema and the CortoNatura, open to international short fiction films, short animated films or short documentaries dedicated to nature, in order to increase youth participation to the Festival and promote environmental audiovisual production. The jury of the Festival is composed of a Technical Jury and of a Jury of the Audience. The latter awards money prizes (total amount of 9,000 €) for the best selected films.  

The GPFF organizes, besides the film screenings, various sections and cycles of events such as the De Rerum Natura, Aria di Festival and Il mondo che cambia.

Each Festival edition is characterized by a theme, chosen as a fil rouge among all the events, and by a main character who represents the soul of the event, transmit a message of conservation and promote the Festival image.

Awards

The Gran Paradiso Film Festival has two juries who assign the awards to the selected films and shorts: the Technical Jury and the Jury of the Audience.

• The Technical Jury is composed of experts with scientific and filming skills.
• The participation to the Jury of the Audience is free upon registration.

The selected works in the International Competition and CortoNatura compete for awards and honorable mentions.

The total value of the prizes is 9.000 EUR, 3.000 EUR of which assigned by the Technical Jury and 6.000 EUR by the Jury of the Audience.

The main prize is the “STAMBECCO D’ORO TROPHY”, worth 5.000 EUR assigned by the Jury of the Audience to the best selected feature film.

Rules

• Works selected for previous editions of the Festival or completed before 1 January 2023 will not be considered for selection.
• Applicants might submit up to two works per section.
• Submitters can send their films online or using a classical post (2 DVD PAL are reqired)
• To complete the submission process, applicants of both sections are requested to send via email to info@gpff.it or to upload to the dedicated section of the website www.gpff.it (http://film.gpff.it) 3 high resolution set photographs (minimum 300 dpi) with representative images of the film.

Subtitles: English, Italian, French

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

Fondation Grand Paradis is the organizing body of the Gran Paradiso Film Festival.