Festival Guides

Sections ELEMENTS +3: competitive section for short animation movies for children from 3 to 5 years of age
ELEMENTS +6: competitive section (fiction and animated feature films) and short films (fiction and animation) for audiences from 6 to 9 years of
ELEMENTS +10: competitive section for feature films (fiction and animated feature films) and short films (fiction and animation) for audiences from 10 to 12 years of age
GENERATOR +13: competitive section for feature films and short films (fiction and animation) for audiences from 13 to 15 years of age
GENERATOR +16: competitive section for feature films and short films (fiction and animation) for audiences from 16 to 18 years of age
GENERATOR +18: competitive section for feature length films and short films (fiction and animation) for audiences from 18 years on.
PARENTAL CONTROL: non competitive sections for feature length films released in the Italian territory during the 2011/2012 season.
PREVIEWS: Feature Films out of competition for youth and families
FOREVER SHORTS: Short Films out of competition revolving around the theme of the festival
GYMM (Giffoni Youth Media Market): film library for film professionals

Terms of Entry only films produced after October 2011, no prior screening or broadcasting on television or in theatres in Italy, no prior screening at film festivals in Italy

Subtitles English subtitles recommended

Format 35 mm, Blu-ray, DCP, DigiBeta

Registration Deadline Features and Shorts: 6 June 2013
GYMM: 10 June 2013

Fees none

Attendance Figures 85,000

Participants of the Film Industry approx. 65 producers, sellers and buyers, casting agents, cinema owners and TV program commissioners

Prizes/Awards Free to Fly: Golden Gryphon (Best Film), Silver Gryphon (Best Short Film), Jury Grand Prix
First Screens: Golden Gryphon (Best Film), Silver Gryphon (Best Animated Short Film)
Kidz: Golden Gryphon (Best Film), Silver Gryphon (Best Short Film)
Y-Gen: Golden Gryphon (Best Film), Silver Gryphon (Best Short Film), Jury Grand Prix

Prizes for German films 2012:
FÜNF FREUNDE (FAMOUS FIVE) by Mike Marzuk, Samfilm, won the Best Film Gryphon Award in the Elements +6 section

DAS HAUS DER KROKODILE (VICTOR AND THE SECRET OF CROCODILE MANSION) by Cyrill Boss and Phillipp Stennert, Rat Pack Filmproduktion, was awarded the Best Film Gryphon Award in the Elements +10 section

GEKIDNAPPED (KIDNAPPED) by Sarah Winkenstette won the Best Short Film Gryphon Award in the Elements +10 section

DER VERDINGBUB (THE FOSTER BOY) by Markus Imboden, Bremedia Produktion, (CH/DE) received the La Bottega Digitale Award in the Generator +13 section

Number of Films Shown 84 films from 33 countries

Media Coverage About 140 journalists from Newspapers, TV and radio. There are local/regional/national and international journalists at the festival. The main Television coverage is by Mediaset, Rai, Sky, Coming Soon and Raisat plus a series of TV programs from various foreign television companies. There are many accredited journalists from both national and international trade papers, like Screen International, ect.

Evaluation The festival is well-organised and popular among Italian distributors. It is the most important Italian film festival for children and teenagers. The attendance figures are still growing each year.

Services All shipment expenses for the 35mm prints and videos selected for competition, as well as those incurred for their return to their country of origin, will be covered by the GFF. The Festival will not cover transport costs for films or videos selected if these are to come from, or be returned to, other festivals.

Technical equipment The festival takes place in the Citadel of Cinema, a 710 seat theatre with an excellent videoprojection system and a screen of 16 square meters.

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