4th Edition International Alpine Short Films of Italian and International Universities
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Our Vision
CortAlp, an acronym for Alpine Short Films, is the International Mountain Short Film Festival, for young video-designers from Italian and international universities from all over the world.
Born in 2021 at the Politecnico di Milano School of Design from an idea by Aldo Faleri, a professor of Alpine Design, in collaboration with the CAI (Italian Alpine Club), on December 11th on the occasion of International Mountain Day, now in its third edition.
All students of Politecnico di Milano and partner universities are invited to the festival.
The Highest Festival in the World
Cortalp aims to climb to where the ice is perennial and become the highest festival in the world, to better observe the ongoing climate changes and to be a spokesperson with the collaboration of young video-makers. Its geographical position at an altitude of 3450 meters earns it the title of the highest festival in the world. The nature of its program and its intentions, along with the Trento Film Festival, establish it as the most important event entirely dedicated to mountain cinema in Italy, focusing on short-form video-design films made entirely by young designers under 30.
The Oscar of Mountain Oscars
The heart of the event is the "Manlio Armellini" Award Competition, which selects and awards the best original Mountain Short Films produced by students from the most important international universities, led by the School of Design of the Politecnico di Milano. Named in memory of Manlio Armellini, patron of the Salone del Mobile in Milan and a great mountain enthusiast, it aims to stimulate creativity and awareness on alpine issues.
IAMF Member
Starting next year, CortAlp Festival can join the prestigious IAMF (International Alliance for Mountain Film), which brings together 20 mountain film festivals in the world and one museum (the National Mountain Museum of Turin), representing 16 countries in Europe, Asia, and South America. Since its inception, the Cine Mountain Festival has presented more than 700 films representing the best of national and international genre cinematography of all time.
Categorie
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Communication and Services
Videos that narrate the culture and communication of the Highlands, which are a useful tool for promotion, an invitation to visit and to learn. They are advertising "posters" to support local economies, work and/or recreation, a heritage of ancient traditions and cultures, an invitation to conscious tourism for its users/visitors and the inhabitants of the mountains, to know and live together with them towards its future.
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Environment and Landscape
Stories of transformations and regenerations of the Alpine environment, of its tangible and intangible elements in the collective imagination, of its uniqueness and its beauty that must be the subject of the highest and most conscious environmental sustainability.
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Product and Innovation
Direct or indirect testimonies of sporting practices in the mountains on rock, snow, ice, in rivers, and in the air; memories of recreational or professional experiences, from the recent past or distant eras. They are stories of industrial and artisanal products that, with technological innovation and/or local tradition, become essential elements for the success of the manufacturing excellence of the Alpine regions and for the conscious and sustainable enjoyment of its territories.
CortAlp is a truly unique festival, born among students and for students who want to challenge themselves with new digital communication technologies to narrate an original and personal Mountain, capturing in it values and emotions very common among enthusiasts and its admirers.
Environment, Architecture, Adventure, Food, Climate, Culture, Design, Economy, Mountains, Landscape, Sport and Tourism
Testimonials
Aldo Faleri
Artistic Director
Professor at the Politecnico di Milano School of Design, creator and curator of the Festival and a great mountain enthusiast.
Armida Armellini
President "Manlio Armellini" Award
She shares the passion for design and the mountains, which had always been the main focus of her husband Manlio, to whom she has dedicated the award for young designers.
Alessandro Gogna
Jury President
Mountaineer, writer, internationally renowned blogger, always committed to the protection of the Mountains and their history, of which he is a profound connoisseur and expert.
Francesco Zurlo
Dean of the School of Design, Politecnico di Milano
Professor, expert in Design Strategy and System Innovation, his research interests focus on strategic, systematic, and creative research through design, concentrating on the ecological impact of business innovations and on human well-being.
Angelo Schena
CAI Representative
Lawyer, CAI Director, Mountaineer, a great enthusiast of Cinema and Video, always involved with the relationship between young people and the mountains, he is among the creators of the Festival since its establishment and a promoter to other festivals in the sector.
Gianluca Zoni
Interaction Designer & Film Maker
Mountaineer, Designer, and great mountain enthusiast. Creator of the CortAlp.it website and images, winner of the 2024 edition.
About Us
A+M organizes and manages, in collaboration with the CAI (Italian Alpine Club) and the Politecnico di Milano School of Design, the CortAlp festival and the associated Manlio Armellini competition, which rewards the best videos and their authors every year on the themes of the Mountains and their relationship with the fields of design and architecture.
Alpi + Milano
A+M aps is the association of professionals passionate about the Mountains, who, in the city of Milan and in other locations, promote and develop communication and visibility projects for video-designs conceived and created by students from the most important universities around the world.
CAI - Club Alpino Italiano
According to the definition provided by Article 1 of its Statute, the Italian Alpine Club (Cai), founded in Turin in 1863 on the initiative of Quintino Sella, is a "free national association, whose purpose is mountaineering in all its forms, the knowledge and study of the mountains, especially the Italian ones, and the defense of their natural environment."
Politecnico di Milano School of Design
One of the most important university entities existing today at an international level in the field of Design in terms of resources, skills, facilities, and laboratories. It aims to train designers capable of operating within a context characterized by the will and the need to experiment with innovative lines of development that respond to the real and changing needs of the market and contemporary society. This is done in the presence of issues related to improving the quality of personal and social life, the environment, and the systems that develop within it, with a perspective that favors social and environmental sustainability. To consciously face this challenge, the School of Design establishes itself as a place of training and permanent innovation through the development of knowledge and expertise that today can make a decisive contribution to achieving this goal.
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