02/10/2026 - The call for the fund supporting Italian features in post-production, including international co-productions, is open until 19 October; the finalists will be rewarded at the Milano Industry Days

Before the War by Tommaso Usberti, which took part in L’Atelier MFN 2025 and which won the Grand Prize in the International Film Critics’ Week at Venice

Milano Film Network (MFN) presents the 12th edition of L’Atelier MFN, the first fund dedicated to Italian features in post-production. The finalist works in progress will be showcased and rewarded during the second leg of the Milano Industry Days - MID by MFN on 19 November, hosted by L'Atelier’s curators, Alice Arecco and Alessandra Speciale, at the MIC - Museo Interattivo del Cinema, in collaboration with Cineteca Milano.

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The call is open until 19 October (with an early-bird fee applicable until 9 October) and accepts Italian feature films in post-production (rough cut or at least 30 minutes of sequences), directed by Italian filmmakers, and submitted by Italian production companies or sole proprietorships. International co-productions are also eligible, where the Italian production company is a minority partner, provided they are still directed by Italian filmmakers. Click here for the full regulations for the 12th edition and the online submission form.

For this 12th edition, the BPER Prize has been confirmed, comprising a contribution of €5,000 offered by BPER Banca to the best film in post-production presented. During the Milano Industry Days – MID#2, the finalists (up to a maximum of seven) will present 30 minutes of a workprint of their films to an audience of Italian and international festival directors and programmers, distributors, buyers and commissioning editors. Each presentation will be introduced by the screening of the workprint, followed by a Q&A with the directors and producers. The day will continue with one-to-one meetings and will conclude with the awards ceremony, where the post-production prizes offered by Milano Film Network, thanks to its partners, will be handed out: the BPER Prize, €5,000 offered by BPER Banca; the LaserFilm Award, consisting of colour correction worth €6,000; the Luce Cinecittà Award, aimed at a documentary or a first or second fiction feature and consisting of post-production work; the M74 Sound Award, consisting of a 5.1 theatrical mix worth €5,000; the M74 Visual Effects Award, consisting of visual effects and/or graphics worth €5,000; the Sub-Ti Award, consisting of the creation of Italian or English subtitles; the Sub-ti Access Award, consisting of an accessible version for the sensory-impaired worth up to €7,500; the Mnemonica Archive Award, consisting of a package of innovative professional archiving services on the Mnemonica Archive cloud platform; an editing mentorship, offered by Carlotta Cristiani and Valentina Andreoli in collaboration with MFN; a sound-editing mentorship, offered by Daniela Bassani; an audience-design mentorship, offered by Greta Nordio; and a DCP master, offered by Start and worth €1,500. In addition, one of the post-production finalists of L’Atelier MFN 2026 will be selected to be presented within the This is IT programme in January 2027, in collaboration with the Trieste Film Festival and When East Meets West, thanks to a partnership that has been active since 2017.

L'Atelier MFN is an industry programme realised with the contribution of MIC – Direzione Generale Cinema, Comune di Milano and Lombardia Film Commission, with support from BPER Banca since 2024. Fondazione Cariplo was its founding partner. The programme has already featured successful Italian movies such as Before the War by Tommaso Usberti, the winner of this year's Grand Prize in the Venice International Film Critics’ Week.

For more information, please click here.

(Translated from Italian)