Animation Festivals Directory

The Caorle Independent Film Festival is a cultural event held annually in the beautiful city of Caorle, the little Venice (Italy), and brings for a few days the magic of independent cinema in the streets of a town without cinemas.

The festival was born out of the desire of the Caorle Film Cultural Association to promote that very niche of artists who create and produce their works without the help of a major production company, and who are rarely distributed in cinemas: the independent cinema.

Our cultural event has become a regular meeting for video makers, authors, artists and experts in this field coming from all over the world.

The Caorle Independent Film Festival (CIFF) is structured so as to always put all participants in the first place within a festive atmosphere of international flair. This creates unique opportunities for comparison and cultural exchange, along with the assignment of prizes and awards conferred by a jury of experts.

The visitors are also given the opportunity to become an essential part of the festival: besides attending all the screenings for free, they actively participate in the festival’s collateral activities, such as meetings with the authors, panels and conferences where they can ask questions and curiosities, as well as attending free concerts every evening in the town’s partner venues.

5 days of live screenings, panels, town tours, open and closing party, Award ceremony with red carpet set by the splendid Adriatic coast and for all winners a beautiful and original trophy exclusively created for the Caorle Film Festival.

Year established: 2008

Is this festival exclusively animation?: No - this is a film festival but with a specific animation category

Is there a marketplace at this festival?: No

Physical event or online?: Physical Festival