Since 2002, Concorto Association managed and promoted the festival together with other cultural initiatives such as film education, cinema and photography workshops in high schools. From its first edition, Concorto has seen submissions increase from 72 to over 3.500, and the call for submissions is now open to short films from all over the world. Concorto’s identity evolved over the years, the festival grew international and more and more committed to research and to select the best short films around the world.
Every year, at the end of August, the festival is held in a beautiful open-air park arena, where the audience can meet authors, and a professional jury (critics, directors, photographers, actors) awards the first prize (Asino d’Oro) to the winner of the main competition.
Concorto is also part of the Italian team at the world most prestigious short films meeting (Clermont-Ferrand) and has tied partnerships with a number of international festivals (Internationales Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Interfilm Berlin, Short Waves Poznan).
Concorto had the honour to host in its main competition the work of many directors such as Denis Villeneuve, Werner Herzog, Pippo Delbono, Ben Rivers, Ruben Ostlund, James Franco, Ariane Labed, Chloe Sevigny, Laura Bispuri, Antonio Piazza, and Fabio Grassadonia. Notable members of past juries include Daniele Ciprì, Maya Vitkova, Teho Teardo, photographers Jacopo Benassi, Monika Bulaj and Tano D’Amico, and film critic Neil Young.
CHAIRMAN OF ASSOCIAZIONE CONCORTO: Simone Bardoni
ARTISTIC DIRECTION: Simone Bardoni, Claudia Praolini
ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGER: Davide Rossi, Virginia Carolfi, Johnny Shock
SPONSORSHIP, MEDIA COORDINATION, PRESS OFFICE: Virginia Carolfi, Simone Bardoni, Rael Montecucco
GUEST MANAGEMENT, VOLUNTEERS AND WORKSHOPS: Virginia Carolfi, Margherita Fontana, Vanessa Mangiavacca
SELECTION and PROGRAMMERS: Emma Baruffaldi, Simona Brambilla, Virginia Carolfi, Margherita Fontana, Chiara Ghidelli, Chiara Granata, Sabrina Inzaghi, Carlotta Magistris, Vanessa Mangiavacca, Silvia Moras, Rael Montecucco, Alice Pintus
FOCUS LITHUANIA: Simone Bardoni, Emma Baruffaldi
FOCUS IRELAND: Virginia Carolfi
ELLE: Margherita Fontana, Vanessa Mangiavacca
SUPERNATURE: Claudia Praolini
DEEP NIGHT: Rael Montecucco
UBIK: Claudia Praolini
MUSIC RIOT: Carlotta Magistris
BLOG ASINOVOLA NEWSROOM: Virginia Carolfi, Sofia Brugali, Margherita Fontana, Yorgos Kostianis, Carlotta Magistris, Vanessa Mangiavacca, Irene Pagano, Elena Saltarelli
VIDEO EDITING: Chiara Granata
VIDEO PROJECTIONS: Antonio Curedda
SUBTITLES AND TRANSLATIONS SUPERVISION: Isabella Carini, Virginia Carolfi
TRANSLATIONS AND SUBTITLES: Rosy Bartuccio, Sibilla Bavosi, Bianca Bonetti, Simone Bonzo, Alice Capitani, Isabella Carini, Giulia Casadei, Caterina Cecchetti, Alice Maserati, Paola Poletti, Anna Vullo, Alice Zamarchi.
FILM EDUCATION: Chiara Granata, Federico Maccagni, Claudia Praolini, Daniele Signaroldi
COMUNE DI PONTENURE REFEREE: Roberto Modenesi
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PARCO RAGGIO DESIGN: Alberto Fontanella, Davide Giacobbi
PHOTO: Francesca Ferrari, Diana Mantese, Iheb Khalfaoui
COLLABORATORS: Fiona Agolli, Giergjj Agolli, Chiara Albertelli, Joshua Andrighetti, Greta Araldi, Carlo Arcelloni, Rosa Arcelloni, Laura Bergamaschi, Simona Brambilla, Sara Brancaleone, Carlotta Brescia, Daniela Bruschi, Delia Cabrelli, Alice Capitani, Ilaria Coletti, Maria Elena Conta, Alice Delpanno, Flaviano Dotti, Katri Ennada, Mattia Fogliazza, Marco Fusco, Lucrezia Galli, Yared Ganzerli, Chiara Ghidelli, Margherita Giovanelli, Francesco Guerrini, Fabio Iacobucci, Chieb Khalfaoui, Iheb Khalfaoui, Paolo Lancellotti, Angelica Mori, Carolina Alice Perotti, Jacopo Pozzi, Arianna Rendina, Elena Repetti, Caterina Roberto, Chiara Rossi, Dario Rossi, Andrea Scita, Assunta Sfameli, Pasquale Sfameli, Daniele Signaroldi, Giacomo Signaroldi, Martina Spelta, Margherita Sprega, Sara Xeca
LOCATION PALAZZO GHIZZONI NASALLI: Benedetta Corso, Nicolò Nasalli Rocca
ILLUSTRATION AND GRAPHICS: Wipa Illustration
CONCEPT 2020: Nolan Pelletier
CATALOGUE: Valeria Sacco
SETTINGS AND OUTDOOR DESIGN: Santafabbrica
ASINO D’ORO: Marco Furlani
ADMINISTRATION CONSULTANT: Alessandro Fornasari (ARCI Provinciale Piacenza)
WEBSITE: MC Studio