The festival and awards will take place September 6-8 in the heart of Conero Park on the Adriatic Coast, with a carefully curated lineup that features over 100 productions, blending established industry powerhouses with promising up-and-coming directors across campaigns, branded content, independent productions, music videos, and fashion films.
The festival’s selection covers a wide spectrum of creativity, highlighting CFA’s commitment to sustainability through the lenses of creative sustainability, social sustainability, and environmental sustainability.
Shortlist
Notable shortlist selections include:
- The viral, award-winning campaign Assume That I Can by Coordown, directed by Rich Lee and produced by Indiana Production
- Patagonia’s compelling documentary Art as Activism, showing how activism can be a form of art, directed by Giorgio Blanco and produced by Pop-Up Magazine Productions
- Wasted – Stellantis, a humorous yet critical reflection on plastic usage, directed by Tobia Passigato and produced by Basement HQ
- The Shape of Life – Serafino Consoli, a fashion film exploring the brand’s environmental connection through dance, directed by Nicola Martini and produced by Jumpp
- Sexed – But Then It Happened, a stark examination of the silence surrounding violence, directed by Jan Dybus and produced by Papaya Films
- Elegy – an independent production by Kitty McNamee exploring the importance of sustaining true creativity by staying true to one’s own voice.
Jury
The official program will screen a selection of shortlisted films, nominated and winning entries across various categories, judged by a panel of 20 jury members that include Alessio Rosa (Videoclip Italia), Formafantasma, Arnau Salvado Recorder (Metal Magazine), Candide McDonald (The Stable), Daniel Huntley (shots), Davide Baldi (Dude), Davide Boscacci (Accenture Song), Elisa Pervinca (Vogue Italia), Fanny Fragu (HENRY), Francesco Calabrese (Puro), Grace Farson (Anomaly), Karim Bartoletti (Indiana), Laurence Rilly (Arte), Lyndy Stout (1.4), Marbelle (Directors Notes), Marta Bobic (Canada), Philipp Ulita (Berlin Commercial), Peniel Gebreselassie and Eleanor Weitzer (McCann), Sara Maino (Fondazione Sozzani), and Sebastian Wegner (Vimeo).
