The 47th edition will take place on July 14 - 22 2017
Even if we are still several months away from the next edition of the Giffoni Film Festival, there is excitement in the air. The festival's community, aka the giffoners, is constantly in touch with the Gff team to make decisions about the future edition. The Giffoners, from all over the globe, write, share their ideas and interact with the main team thanks to the social media channels of the festival. And it is thanks to them that we have already chosen the theme of the next edition.
Thousands of Giffoners took part in the on line poll to choose the next Gff team. Among the ten themes proposed by the festival, which included (R)Evolution and Freedom, over 52% of the votes went to“Into the magic” which will indeed be the main theme of the 47th edition.
The festival is set to be held on July 14 - 22 2017 and to include over 4 Thousand jurors.
“It's going to be a magical edition – director Claudio Gubitosi explained– not only for the accompanying theme but also because we will finally be implementing the Multimedia Valley, a new and avant garde structure for our region which we have been waiting for years. This is something that will get all the neighbouring municipalities involved with the festival to highlight the potential of the area. I have been saying this for years, that the Giffoni Experience needs to go back to his roots – claimed Gubitosi. Our aim is to create a platform that will help others to create new activities and job possibilities for youth in the region. Multimedia Valley and Picentini 2016/2020 aims indeed at creating a recognized brand and a touristic attractor. It is indeed a political and cultural challenge which we strongly believe in. In the meantime my team is working around the clock on several new projects which we will carry out in the future”.
Giffoni Experience is also set to take part in six International events in the upcoming months with a delagation composed of around 30 jurors.
The first stop is in Croatia on October 4 - 9; Then in Macedonia on October 20 - 27; Spain,November 18- 27; Albania, early November and 22 - 24 November); India, 9 - 15 November and once again in Qatar on November 29 - December 6. Director Gubitosi will be in Qatar from tomorrow to September 26 for a series of meetings lined up with the Doha Film Institute leaders. Giffoni Experience will also be in theUSA, in Charleston with vice director Manlio Castagna at the beginning of October and inJapan from November 2 to November 6 at the Tokyo Kinder Film Festival.
In other news Giffoni Innovation Hub, has been invited to take part in a series of lectures on innovation at the Monterrey University inMexico. The creative agency will bring its Dream Team template which is based on the idea of putting together a group of under 26 talents and train them for the cultural and creative industry. From 26 to 30 September,120 University students will take place in the Giffoni Innovation Hub workshops which follow the example of the Dream Team, labo pop-up through which Giffoni Innovation Hub promotes new methodologies based on business design and lean startup (giffonihub.com).
"Giffoni Innovation Hub - claims Luca Tesauro, Giffoni Innovation Hub CEO - aims at becoming a point of reference for innovators during the whole year and not limited to the main event in July".
