The Lessinia Film Festival is the only international film competition in Italy exclusively dedicated to short films, documentaries, feature films, and animated films about life, history, and traditions in the mountains. Established in 1995 by the Cimbri della Lessinia association as a video showcase focused on the mountains of Verona, the Festival has gradually expanded its scope to include mountain regions from all over the world, while excluding works about sports and mountaineering by regulation.
Held in 1995 in Bosco Chiesanuova and in 1996 in Erbezzo, the Lessinia Film Festival was hosted from 1997 to 2006 by the town of Cerro Veronese, where it grew from a national to an international film competition. Since 2007, the official venue of the Lessinia Film Festival has been Bosco Chiesanuova.
The screenings take place over nine days, between the second-to-last and the last week of August, at Teatro Vittoria. The film program is accompanied by special events, retrospectives, international guests, exhibitions, talks, debates, concerts, and other initiatives focusing on life, history, and traditions in the mountains.
The Lessinia Film Festival has always portrayed life, history, and traditions in the mountains as a form of environmental protection.
Today, the world calls this environmental protection sustainability.
For this reason, the Lessinia Film Festival Association is committed to organizing the event in line with the association’s mission, values, vision, and criteria for sustainable development.
Particular attention is paid to responsible management of the event and its resources, integrity, transparency, and inclusiveness toward all stakeholders involved in the organization and implementation of the Festival. The Association is committed to sustainable event management, in full compliance with applicable legal requirements and those outlined by the ISO 20121:2012 standard.
To ensure the long-term sustainability of the event, the Association has defined indicators and objectives. Their monitoring aims at the continuous improvement of the Festival's Sustainability Management System, with the collaboration of all involved parties.