The Annecy Italian Film Festival , founded in 1983 and since then, each year shows the best of contemporary Italian cinema.
The private festival is held annually (usually in October) at the Centre Culturel de Bonlieu, in the town of Annecy

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, in the middle of France

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The 28th edition took place from 28 September to 5 October 2010. The President of the Jury was Italian film actress Anna Bonaiuto

Anna Bonaiuto

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Programmes

The Annecy Italian Film Festival is organised in various sections:

• The Official Selection - The main event of the festival.
  • Feature Competition - The nine films competing for the Grand Prix
    Grand Prix (Annecy Film Festival)
    The Grand Prix is an award, born in 1985, of the Annecy Italian Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films.-Grand Prix:-External links:* * ....
    
    . They should be debut or second feature.
  • Documentary Competition - The eight documentaries competing for the Grand Prix du Documentaire.
• Prix Sergio Leone - A selection of the films of director who receives the award for the whole of his work.
• Parallel Sections - These are non-competitive programmes dedicated to discovering other aspects of cinema.
  • Torino - Piemonte Section - A selection of the films filmed in Torino - Piemonte.

Juries

• Official Jury - An international jury composed of a President and various film or art personalities, who determine the prizes for the feature films in Competition.
• Documentary Jury - An international jury composed of a President and various film or art personalities, who determine the prizes for the documentary films in Competition.
• CICAE Jury - An international jury composed of a various film or art personalities, who determine the Pierre Todeschini prize for the feature films in Competition.

Awards

• Competition
  • Grand Prix
    Grand Prix (Annecy Film Festival)
    The Grand Prix is an award, born in 1985, of the Annecy Italian Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films.-Grand Prix:-External links:* * ....
    
    - Grand Prize of the Festival
  • Prix du Jury - Jury Prize
  • Prix d'interprétation féminine
    Best Actress Award (Annecy Film Festival)
    The Best Actress Award is an award presented at the Annecy Italian Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival.It was first awarded in 2002.- Award Winners :-External links:* *...
    
    - Best Actress
  • Prix d'interprétation masculine
    Best Actor Award (Annecy Film Festival)
    The Best Actor Award is an award presented at the Annecy Italian Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival.It was first awarded in 2002.- Award Winners :-External links:* *...
    
    - Best Actor
  • Grand Prix du Documentaire - Grand Prize of the Festival
  • Prix du Jury du Documentaire - Jury Prize
  • Prix CEZAM du Documentaire - Jury Prize
• Other Sections
  • Prix Sergio Leone - Award for the whole of work
  • Prix du Public – Ville d’Annecy prize - Public prize
• Given by Independent Entities
  • Prix CICAE - Pierre Todeschini - Professional Jury of Film Prize

External links

• Festival du Cinéma Italien d'Annecy