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Italian Fusion Festival 2024

Grazie and Arrivederci in 2025

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I wish to thank the audience for coming to the seventh edition of the Italian Fusion Festival!

This sold out edition was very successful, and we are happy about our decision to move to a more intimate venue. Those who participated and would like to send their feedback can complete our survey. We want to hear your feedback to keep improving our logistics and content. Please fill out this quick survey and let us know your thoughts.

If you are a musician/filmmaker/artist based in Ireland and you would like to participate in the next edition of the Italian Fusion Festival don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

If you are a business and are interested in one of our sponsorship packages get in touch , and we will be happy to assist you.

If you want to help us organize the festival, contact us to become an Italian Fusion Festival volunteer next year.

The tickets in this edition were sold out early. If you wish to stay in touch and know when the early bird tickets are available and buy the ticket in advance, you can subscribe to the Radio Dublino newsletter where we’ll announce the next year’s festival edition, or follow our social media channels.

We also wish to thank everyone who collaborated with us:

  • The event partner Italian Institute of Culture – Dublin.
  • The musicians Mauro and Stefano (Cosmik Debris), Frank and Andy (Frank Francone Duo), Claudio and Niamh (Jukedom), Giulio and Dario (Julyo & Dario Rodighiero), Marco and Enrica (Duo Ramelli – Savigni).
  • The filmmakers and actors Declan Cassidy, Fergus Keane, Oisin Cregan and Alicia Casu for their participation in the short video competition.
  • Journalists and websites that promoted our initiative.
  • The staff at the United Arts Club.
  • The sound engineer Claudio Mercante.

Last but not least, I huge thank you to the volunteers for making this edition possible. This not for profit event was entirely organised with the efforts of committed volunteers linked to Radio Dublino community project. Thanks to Lorena, Daniela, Carmen and Ilenia!

Stay in touch with us (Website, Radio Dublino, Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube); soon, we will announce our 8th edition of the festival.

Thank you for celebrating art, music, and culture with us. We can’t wait to see you again next year!

Ciao
Maurizio Pittau
Festival Director

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TRUMA Riccardo Vianello

Festival Lineup 2023 in 11 Videos

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6PM BalFolk Ensemble

7Pm Julyo

8PM Barrio Cubano

9PM Lulu’s World Band

10PM TRUMA with Mark Geary

The Italian Fusion Festival 2023 in 5 minutes

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Italian Fusion Festival short video competition

The Italian Fusion Festival – Short Video Competition 2022

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“Corto | Italy and Ireland in a snapshot”.

The short video competition has been an integral part of the Italian Fusion Festival since its start.

The aim is to offer a spotlight to international filmmakers in Ireland wishing to showcase their works on our platforms.

Entry open to any short films made by Italian-Irish film productions (they must include at least one Italian and Irish cast / crew/ director / writer / composer / editor / producer). We accept both unreleased and previously released short movies.

Deadline: Friday 24th of June 2022 at 18PM.

Duration of short films: up to 10 minutes.

Submission: send an email to info@italianfusionfestival.com with a short bio and a description of the video. Your email should also include a YouTube /Vimeo or a WeTransfer link to your video(s).

The short films shortlisted by our jury will be screened during the Italian Fusion Festival live and on Facebook and YouTube

The winner will be announced during the event and will be awarded a voucher.

All the videos shortlisted by our jury will also be advertised and made permanently available to the wider public on different platforms, such as Italian Fusion Festival and Radio Dublino webpages and social networks. The competition is curated by Giuseppe Crupi.

Contact us for further information.

Short-Video Competition

Call for filmmakers – “Corto | Italy and Ireland in a snapshot”.

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The short film competition has been an integral part of the Italian Fusion Festival since its start.

The aim is to offer a spotlight to film-makers in town ready to showcase their works.

The short movies will focus on the fusion of Italian and Irish element. The idea can be conveyed through a wide range of storylines able to intermingle Italian and Irish cultural elements.

Submission period: from 1st May to the 15th June 2019. The length of the short movies can be up to 10 minutes.

The jury will select the finalists during the month of June and they will be projected on the 13th July during The Italian Fusion Festival in BelloBar, Dublin.

The winner will be announced during the event and will be awarded with a plaque and a small cash price.

The finalists’ works will be spread through different platforms, such as the webpage and  social networks.

How to Apply

Send an email to info@italianfusionfestival.com with a short bio and a description of the video. You can add the link of the video on youtube or you can send the video via we transfer.

Deadline 15th of June 2019 at 12PM.

Contact us for more info.