Milan Film Festival (MFF), also known as Milano Film Festival, is an annual film festival held since 1996 in

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, Italy. It was founded as a competition of only local

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s. It became an international film festival in 1998 when it also started to awards its participants. In 1999, it began to show feature films commenced, and in the following year they started to compete for the Best Film Award.

Best Film winners

*2000: ''The Irish Barbecue'', directed by Pete Parwich (Germany/Ireland) *2001: '' Fotograf'', directed by

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(Turkey) *2002: ''

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Geoffrey Enthoven Geoffrey Enthoven (born 6 May 1974) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and film editor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent in 1999, he achieved several nominations and awards during his career. His first full-l ...

(Belgium), and '' Song of the Sork'', directed by Jonathan Foo and Nguyen Phan Quang Binh *2003: ''Nothing Is Certain, It's All In The Imagination...According To Fellini'', directed by Susan Gluth *2004: '' In the Battlefields'', directed by Danielle Arbid (France/Belgium/Lebanon), and ''

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Zrinko Ogresta Zrinko Ogresta (born 5 October 1958) is a Croatian screenwriter and film director, professor of film directing at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb and a member of the European Film Academy in Berlin. Praised for their strong visual style, ...

*2005: ''

Kept and Dreamless ''Kept and Dreamless'' (''Las Mantenidas Sin Sueños'') is a 2005 Argentinian film directed by and starring Vera Fogwill. It also features Lucia Snieg and Elsa Berenguer. Shown at the American Film Institute's Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Ma ...

'', directed by

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and

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(Argentina/Spain/Netherlands) *2006: ''

Marilena from P7 ''Marilena from P7'' ( ro, Marilena de la P7) is a medium-length Romanian film, directed by Cristian Nemescu. First released in 2006, it was also nominated the same year for the ''Semaine de la critique'' section of the 59th Cannes Film Festival ...

'', directed by

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(Romania) *2007: '' Reprise'', directed by

Joachim Trier Joachim Trier () (born 1 March 1974) is a Danish-born Norwegian film director, best known for ''Oslo, August 31st'' (2011), ''Louder Than Bombs'' (2015), ''Thelma'' (2017), and '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021). For the latter film, he ...

(Norway) *2008: ''

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'', directed by

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(Brazil) *2009: '' Left Handed'', directed by

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(Japan) *2010: ''

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'', directed by

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and

Andy Wolff Andy may refer to: People * Andy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Horace Andy (born 1951), Jamaican roots reggae songwriter and singer born Horace Hinds * Katja Andy (1907–2013), German-American pianist and pi ...

(Germany) *2011: '' Italy: Love It, or Leave It'', directed by

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and

Gustav Hofer Gustav Hofer (Sarntal, 9 May 1976) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, journalist and TV host. Biography Gustav Hofer graduated in "Communication sciences" in Vienna and then in "Cinema" in London. Later he moved to Rome where in 199 ...

(Italy/Germany) *2012: '' China Heavyweight'', directed by

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(Canada/China) *2013: ''

You and the Night ''You and the Night'' (french: Les Rencontres d'après minuit, lit=Encounters After Midnight) is a 2013 French erotic comedy-drama film written and directed by Yann Gonzalez, featuring music by his brother Anthony Gonzalez's band M83. Former Ma ...

'', directed by Yann Gonzalez (France)

References

External links

* 1996 establishments in Italy Annual events in Italy Festivals in Milan Film festivals in Italy {{film-festival-stub