Trento Film Festival: B2B merch for sponsors, broadcasters and documentary production companies

Merchandising around the Trento Film Festival calendar

Season

Late April through early May each year, an eleven-day programme

Main venues

Teatro Sociale di Trento; Cinema Modena; Cinema Astra; Sala della Fondazione Caritro; Palazzo delle Albere; Palazzo della Provincia; MUSE Museo delle Scienze; the Teatro di Bolzano, the Cinema Capitol di Bolzano, the Teatro Comunale di Bolzano; the satellite venues (Rovereto, Riva del Garda, Cles, Cavalese, Pergine Valsugana); the mountain venues (Madonna di Campiglio, Canazei, Moena, San Martino di Castrozza); the historic centres of Trento and Bolzano

Organisation

The Trento Film Festival organisation (Società del Trento Film Festival), the Provincia Autonoma di Trento, the Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano, the Comune di Trento, the Comune di Bolzano, the Regione Trentino-Alto Adige, the Fondazione Caritro, the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Bolzano, the MUSE, the Fondazione Bruno Kessler, the Italian broadcasters (RAI, Mediaset, Sky Italia, La7), the European broadcasters (BBC, ARTE, ZDF, SRG SSR, ORF, France Télévisions, RTBF, VRT, NOS, YLE), the documentary production companies (Magnitudo Film, Zenit Arti Audiovisive, Indira Produzioni, Eyeworks, Tico Film, Deka Film, Kino Produzioni, Latte & i Suoi Fratelli, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Istituto Superiore Antincendi, Mountainfilm Graz, Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Kendal Mountain Festival, Adventure Film Festival, the major outdoor-industry brands (The North Face, Patagonia, Arc'teryx, Salomon, Black Diamond, Mammut, La Sportiva, Scarpa, Ferrino, Camp, Kong, Beal)

The Trento Film Festival has been held each April-May since 1956 in Trento (with parallel programmes in Bolzano and the satellite mountain venues), and it is one of the most prestigious international documentary film festivals focused on mountains, exploration and adventure. The programme combines international documentary competitions (the official competition, the Italian documentary competition, the European documentary competition, the mountain film competition, the Earth Award competition), retrospective sections, school programmes, professional sections for broadcasters and distributors, evening screenings and industry meetings, with a particular focus on the themes of mountain cultures, the environment, exploration, outdoor adventure, climate change and indigenous peoples. The Festival draws an international audience of filmmakers, broadcasters, distributors, mountain-industry brands and outdoor professionals to Trento and Bolzano for an eleven-day late-April programme, with satellite events in the mountain venues (Madonna di Campiglio, Canazei, Moena, San Martino di Castrozza) and a parallel school programme for the Trentino-Alto Adige secondary schools coordinated with the Ufficio Scolastico Provinciale.

For sponsors, broadcasters, documentary production companies, distributors and outdoor-industry brands that wish to mark the Trento Film Festival with their own merchandising — branded editions of the official catalogue, technical merchandise for the broadcaster and sponsor teams, room materials for the Teatro Sociale, the Cinema Modena, the Cinema Astra and the Sala della Fondazione Caritro, archive boxes for the documentary production companies, signature cards for the filmmaker meetings, limited pieces for the Festival awards and the Earth Award ceremonies — planning opens in early winter. The production districts to engage are Trentino-Alto Adige for the paper and printing (the printing houses of Trento, Bolzano, Rovereto, Innsbruck), the Tuscany paper cluster for the archival editions (Firenze, Siena), the Milan and Como textile district for the ribbon and packaging (Como silk, the Prato textile district), the Florentine leather goods district for the small leather objects (Scandicci, Ponte a Greve), the Maniago district (Friuli Venezia Giulia) for the steel objects and the outdoor technical accessories (the carabiners, the ice axes, the climbing hardware, the technical closures), the Murano district (Venice) for the limited glass editions, the Aretino gold and silver foil district (Arezzo) for the Earth Award plaques, the Lago di Garda cluster for the technical printing, and the Montebelluna district (Veneto) for the outdoor technical apparel. For sponsors operating through the Milan and Bolzano hubs we also engage the Italian converter network (the Sofidel cluster for the tissue packaging, the Procter & Grafpack cluster for the heavy-duty packaging) and the Italian outdoor-industry cluster (the Montebelluna and Maniago districts).

From the Milan hub, Corp-Merch.IT runs the entire cycle: kick-off with the broadcaster's marketing director or with the head of the sponsor's cultural programme, graphic adaptation in coordination with the Festival brand book and the broadcaster's brand book, district producer qualification, physical pre-production sample with Pantone map and structured proposal within 48 working hours of the brief. For programmes that replicate the same Trento Film Festival date over multiple years we set up an annual supply contract with seasonal reviews and dedicated volume pricing. For programmes that touch the Teatro Sociale, the Cinema Modena, the Cinema Astra, the Palazzo delle Albere and the satellite mountain venues (Madonna di Campiglio, Canazei, Moena, San Martino di Castrozza) we replicate the catalogue with point customisations, shared packaging and consolidated logistics through the Trentino-Alto Adige sorting hubs.

For Italian clients holding a VAT number, invoices are issued via the Agenzia delle Entrate Sistema di Interscambio (SdI) with 22% VAT in EUR; reduced rates of 4%, 5% or 10% apply to eligible product categories (books, editorial print, art pieces, documentary publications). Reverse charge applies to intra-EU buyers registered with VIES, split payment applies to public-administration stands, and Codice Destinatario or PEC is used for electronic delivery of the invoice. For corporate clients reporting under CSRD (D.Lgs. 125/2024 transposing Directive (EU) 2022/2464) we provide a sustainability sheet per order with Scope 3 CO₂e estimates aligned with the GHG Protocol, ESRS E1 (Climate Change), E5 (Resource Use) and S2 (Workers in the Value Chain), useful for the broadcaster's non-financial disclosure. For programmes that reach international buyers we operate as Authorised Economic Operator (AEOF) and handle CMR, packing list, origin declaration and customs clearance for the EU, Switzerland, the UK, the United States and the Gulf countries.

Production and logistics around the Trento and Bolzano venues

Before launching production we lock artwork, recipient quantities, packaging and named pickup point. The final address must be reconfirmed against the calendar issued by the Trento Film Festival organisation and by the operations office of the broadcaster, sponsor or documentary production company: the Teatro Sociale and the Cinema Modena have dedicated vehicular accesses managed by the Trento municipal police with reduced loading windows, the Cinema Astra and the Sala della Fondazione Caritro coordinate deliveries through the cultural office of the Fondazione Caritro, the Palazzo delle Albere and the Palazzo della Provincia require appointments with the cultural office of the Provincia Autonoma di Trento, the satellite mountain venues (Madonna di Campiglio, Canazei, Moena, San Martino di Castrozza) have further ZTL stretches and reduced loading windows during the high winter-to-spring season that require small vehicles and pre-notice to the local referents, while the satellite venues in Bolzano, Rovereto, Riva del Garda, Cles, Cavalese and Pergine Valsugana require small packages delivered during the morning loading windows. For the school programme coordinated by the Ufficio Scolastico Provinciale, deliveries follow the indications of the school principals of the Trentino-Alto Adige secondary schools.

For a programme routed via Milan, deliveries are consolidated at the hub and shipped to the destination venue in 24–48-hour windows via BRT, SDA, GLS or DHL Express, by appointment for ZTL venues. For programmes that touch multiple Trentino-Alto Adige venues we replicate the logistics across multiple nodes, with different vehicles for each leg and phone pre-notice to the local referent. For programmes above 1,000 pieces we offer appointment delivery with phone pre-notice and, on request, on-site set-up by our staff at the Teatro Sociale or at the Sala della Fondazione Caritro. For fragile materials (crystal, hand-engraved silverware, fine ceramic, outdoor technical accessories, archival prints) we coordinate temperature-controlled transport with specialised partners and dedicated packaging.

For programmes that include satellite events in the mountain venues (Madonna di Campiglio, Canazei, Moena, San Martino di Castrozza), the co-branded broadcaster editions and the documentary launches coordinated with the Italian and international broadcasters we replicate the logistics across multiple nodes and prepare a bilingual packing list for each leg. For partnerships with the Italian and European broadcasters, the documentary production companies and the outdoor-industry brands we replicate the editorial programme with point customisations. For those who want a continuing presence across the international mountain film calendar we replicate the service on the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, on the Mountainfilm Graz, on the Kendal Mountain Festival, on the Adventure Film Festival and on the seasonal editions of the international documentary production companies and broadcasters.

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