The Festival awards the prize GOLDEN RING SPECIAL EDITION to those Directors who greatly explored and reinterpreted throughout their film careers The Dark Side of movies.
The Festival awards the prize MEDAL OF HONOUR to those Directors who contributed researching and narratively experimenting by venturing in new and original paths.
The audience jury assigns the GOLDEN RING award for Best Feature Film to the film that receives the highest vote.
An exceptional critical jury will assign the CRITICS' AWARD to the Best Feature Film Direction among the works presented in the International Competition.
In collaboration with the EFFFF – European Fantastic Film Festival Federation This year’s short film competition is enriched with a new section and a new award: the Méliès D’Argent for the best European short film.
Glances on the Italian and international cinema of the present. One of the most important sections of Ravenna Nightmare precisely for its extreme relevance and for its attention to the current scene.
Special event in collaboration with the National and International Film Archives, the memory of the cinema of the past finds its most important attention
In collaboration with A.S.C.I.G. (Association for Cultural Exchanges between Italy and Japan) Ottobre Giapponese is the section dedicated to one of the cinematography that contributed most to the enhancement of genre cinema, through the screening of retrospective and contemporary films.
In collaboration with the Emilia-Romagna Region Film CommissionShowcase Emilia-Romagna is the section dedicated to promoting the best regional film productions.
Celebrations are an occasion to remember the great names of the past and bring them to the general public before being forgotten, even if they are unforgettable.
In collaboration with Literary Festival GialloLuna NeroNotteThe dark side of best literary production with GialloLuna NeroNotte's events.
In collaboration with MIUR and MIC the Start Cinema training project
To celebrate its fortieth anniversary, Start Cinema is pleased to announce the birth of the Cineclub Deserto Rosso
