Fondazione Libero Bizzarri

Founded in 1994, Fondazione Libero Bizzarri is a foundation based in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy working on arts & culture, education, heritage.

The Fondazione Libero Bizzarri is a non-profit foundation based in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy, founded in 1994. It promotes research into film arts and visual communication systems and works to preserve and enhance cinematographic documentation linked to the city and the Piceno and Marche region. Its best-known activity is the annual documentary festival and Premio Libero Bizzarri, which includes competitions such as ITALIADOC and the Fabrizio Pesiri first-work award. It also runs the Accademia del Documentario for training young documentary filmmakers, a specialised library and mediateca, and publishes the online magazine LIBERO. Its work is aimed at students, young filmmakers, schools and the wider public interested in documentary and film culture.