Scheduled · annual October edition
For the world's film archives, cinematheques, restoration foundations, scholarly societies, accompanying musicians and silent-film distributors that gather every October in Pordenone for Le Giornate del Cinema Muto — the international festival dedicated to silent and early cinema — that need archive-style programmes, scholar kits, restoration-lab materials and Teatro Verdi foyer accessories with the Friuli logistics network.
Le Giornate del Cinema Muto is the international festival dedicated to silent and early cinema, held every October in Pordenone, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy. Founded in 1982, it is organised by La Cineteca del Friuli with the support of the Comune di Pordenone, the Regione Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the Fondazione Friuli and the Ministry of Culture, and it has become the world reference event for the study, restoration and public presentation of silent-era films. Over a week the festival brings together the major film archives (Cinémathèque française, BFI National Archive, MoMA, EYE Filmmuseum, Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique, Lobster Films, Cinemateca Portuguesa, Cineteca di Bologna, Cineteca Italiana, Filmoteca de Catalunya, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Cinemateca de Bogotá, NFAI Pune, NFAJ Tokyo), specialist restoration foundations, silent-film musicians, distributors and scholarly societies that follow the year's discoveries across nitrate, paper prints and digital restorations.
The audience is highly profiled: film archivists, restorers, film historians, university and conservatoire scholars, conservators, silent-film musicians (pianists, small ensembles, orchestral conductors of grand restorations), projectionists and technicians specialised in vintage formats, representatives of cinematheques and archive federations (FIAF, AMIA), collectors, publishers of cinema editions, festival programmers and specialised press. The merch programme for these participants has to match the archival, scholarly and editorial positioning of one of the most respected festivals in the silent-cinema calendar — typography in the spirit of the silent-era print tradition, materials chosen for archival longevity, packaging consistent with restoration-house standards.
Corp-Merch.IT works with the archives, foundations and distributors that participate in Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, providing bespoke programmes for the week in Pordenone and supporting parallel initiatives across the year (regional archive presentations, restoration announcements, the Bologna Cinema Ritrovato and the Pordenone archive presentations). The Italian production districts we draw on include Florence and the Tuscan paper district for archival editions, Como for refined textiles, Maniago for steel and metalwork on tools and accessories, the Marche district for stationery and packaging, plus specialised partners for DCP and archival-print production. For programmes, catalogues and booklets we work with FSC-certified papers and low-impact printing methods aligned with the editorial positioning the festival has built over four decades.
For Italian VAT-registered buyers the invoice is issued in EUR with 22% VAT through the Italian Sistema di Interscambio (SdI) of the Agenzia delle Entrate, delivered to the buyer's Codice Destinatario or PEC; reduced 10% VAT applies to books and editorial catalogues, 5% to art books under current Italian VAT rules. Reverse charge for intra-EU buyers with valid VIES registration, split payment for public-sector sponsors and supporters (Regione Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Comune di Pordenone, Ministry of Culture), self-invoicing for public entities that request it, in line with art. 17 of DPR 633/72. For foundations and archives subject to non-financial reporting (D.Lgs. 125/2024 — CSRD, transposing Directive (EU) 2022/2464) we provide a sustainability data sheet per PO with Scope 3 CO₂e estimates under the GHG Protocol on the Italian legs and on the named districts, aligned with ESRS E1 (Climate Change), E5 (Resource Use) and S2 (Workers in the Value Chain).
Hard-cover programmes and catalogues printed on FSC-certified paper with typography in the silent-era editorial tradition, archival notebooks, archive-restoration folders, and presentation boxes for the restoration papers delivered during the festival. Coordinated editorial design across the scholar programme.
Hospitality kits for the directors of the participating archives and foundations, leather or fabric folders for institutional guests, donor recognition objects for the supporters of silent-cinema restoration, premium packaging aligned with restoration-house standards and the editorial positioning of the festival.
FSC-certified programmes with the festival's editorial design, gift-shop products in keeping with the archival positioning (silent-era-themed paper goods, cinema-print accessories, archival small leather goods, refined stationery), and audience accessories that translate the festival's typography into the public space of the Teatro Verdi foyer.
Score folders and presentation objects for the pianists, ensembles and orchestras that accompany the silent screenings during the week, archival materials for the conducting scores that arrive ahead of the festival, and recognition objects for the artistic collaborators of the live-accompaniment programme.
For a week-long festival where archives and foundations arrive from across Europe, the Americas and Asia with delicate materials, production and logistics need careful planning. Confirmation of artwork, archive lists, donor marks and recipient labelling is the first step, followed by sample production and Pantone checks on all printed materials. The Italian production districts we work with include Florence and the Tuscan paper district for archival editions, Como for refined textiles, Maniago for steel and metalwork on tools and accessories, the Marche district for stationery and packaging, with EU hubs (Austria, Slovenia, Croatia) reserved for high-volume base processing when the brief requires it. For restoration announcements and limited editions distributed during the festival, specific packing rules apply: single-piece glassine wrapping, label per recipient, dedicated packing list and, on request, climate-controlled transport so that archival artefacts keep their condition through the temporary-warehouse stages.
Logistics relies on the Friuli corridor: Pordenone is connected to the A28 Portogruaro–Conegliano motorway, the A4 Turin–Trieste motorway, and the Pordenone railway station on the Venice–Udine line with direct trains from Venice, Udine and Trieste. International archive delegations typically arrive via Venice Marco Polo airport (about 1 hour south), Trieste airport (about 50 minutes east) or Treviso Canova (about 1 hour south-west). From the Milan hub, shipments are consolidated and forwarded with BRT, SDA, GLS or DHL Express Italy on 24-hour windows for most Italian postcodes. Direct deliveries to Teatro Verdi must be coordinated with La Cineteca del Friuli and the loading windows of the historic centre of Pordenone; for archive delegations staying at Hotel Santin, Hotel Villa Ottoboni or other festival accommodations, we organise split deliveries with dedicated express couriers and on-site reception. International archive delegations are typically welcomed with kits delivered to the hotel or directly to the festival's archive lounge.
Invoicing follows the standard Italian regime: 22% VAT through the Sistema di Interscambio (SdI) of the Agenzia delle Entrate, EUR invoice ex-VAT for intra-EU buyers in reverse charge. For clients subject to CSRD reporting (D.Lgs. 125/2024) we integrate a Scope 3 CO₂e data sheet per GHG Protocol. The certifications most requested on these programmes are OEKO-TEX Standard 100 on skin-contact textiles, GOTS on organic cotton, GRS on recycled materials, FSC on paper and cardboard, REACH SVHC declaration on plastics and metals, Made in Italy per D.Lgs. 135/2009 when required by the brief. For premium archival items we also evaluate the manufacturer's ISO 9001 and the FSC chain-of-custody on all paper materials. On tier pricing: starter 50-249 pieces per code, standard 250-999, enterprise 1,000-4,999, corporate 5,000+; standard payment terms 30 days from invoice date, 10% deposit on first order, improved terms after 90 days of trading history.
Twelve to fourteen weeks is the safest window for scholar kits, archive materials and programmes. Eight to ten weeks works for programmes on stock already available or for standardised kits that do not require complex customisation. For archival editions distributed during the festival, the production window should be confirmed with the maker before final brief sign-off.
Yes, only after La Cineteca del Friuli has confirmed the build-up window, the loading lane and the named consignee (surname, role, mobile). For the historic centre of Pordenone we work with ZTL-compliant delivery partners and confirm windows in advance with the festival's operational secretariat.
Yes. Scholar kits, foundation materials, donor recognition objects, audience programmes and musician materials can be packed and labelled as separate lots, with different consignees (Teatro Verdi, archive lounge, foundation desk, hotel, gift shop) and coordinated delivery windows aligned with the festival calendar.
No. Corp-Merch.IT is an external and independent B2B supplier that helps participating archives, foundations and distributors prepare their own merch. It does not organise, sponsor or represent La Cineteca del Friuli, Teatro Verdi or the public supporters of the festival.
Corp-Merch.IT is an external and independent B2B supplier to participating archives, foundations and distributors. This page helps teams prepare their own merch for Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone. It does not represent La Cineteca del Friuli, Teatro Verdi, the Comune di Pordenone, the Regione Friuli-Venezia Giulia or any other public or private supporter of the festival.