Competition BFFB The best auteur cinema produced or co-produced today in Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Slovenia: works of fiction, hybrids, documentary forms and/or animation with a commitment to quality and courage in contemporary cinema. The discovery of young talent will be accompanied by the presentation of the latest works of established directors. Particular attention will be given to hybrid forms, to ‘contaminated’ cinema, to cinema on geographical, political and formal borders, and to the cinema of minorities and the periphery. To participate in the Competition BFFB, films: – must be Italian, Austrian, German, Swiss or Slovenian productions or co-productions; – must never have been presented in public in any form in the Trentino-Alto Adige region and must not have been distributed in commercial cinemas in Italy; – must have a minimum duration of 60 minutes; – must have been completed after 1 January 2024. The films selected for the Competition BFFB will compete for the following prizes: – Prize of the Province of South Tyrol for the best film worth 7,000 euros; – Prize of the South Tyrolean Sparkasse Bolzano Foundation for the best artistic achievement worth 5,000 euros; – Special jury prize of 3,000 euros; – Trentino-Alto Adige Autonomous Region Award for Distribution of 10,000 euros; – Audience Award of the City of Bolzano worth 2,000 euros. – Special Prize “Dolomites UNESCO World Heritage Site” worth 1,000 euros.