Mente Locale - Visioni sul territorio (Local Mind - Visions of the Territory) is the first Italian festival focusing on the narration of territories through audio-visual media.
Every year Mente Locale offers a selection of international documentary films on communities and territories, highlighting the changes and challenges, solutions and gainings of people living in a particular area, village, district, or shared workplace.
Founded in 2014, the festival stands for the values ​​of equality, dialogue and freedom, respect for the territory and environmental sustainability. The selected films are screened in different towns in Emilia Romagna, supporting independent cinemas, bringing local audiences together with international professionals in the beautiful countryside between Bologna and Modena.
Taking place in the heart of Italy’s finest cuisine, Mente Locale brings together not only the filmmaking community, but also local chefs, farmers, winemakers and landscape professionals, offering a creative platform for interdisciplinary dialogue on the elements of a good, sustainable, healthy and happy life.