The International Yasujiro Ozu Film Festival was born eighteen years ago by the Cultural Association Fahrenheit 451 of Sassuolo (Italy). It has since grown beyond our expectations. Every year, more than 500 authors from Italy or abroad apply for participation in the festival. Through the years, the event, which is ticket free, has established itself as a capital event among cinema fans of all kinds of public.
The Ozu was born in 1993 thanks to the intuition of a few cinema fans particularly fond of the work of the Japanese Maestro, Yasujiro Ozu, whom the festival was named after. The first editions were restricted on a local and mostly amateur level, before gradually reaching a national and then international scale. The quality of the participating films has also considerably increased. Artists such as Franca Rame, Marco Paolini, Carla Signoris and Dino Abbrescia have taken part in the event, while of particular interest have been the participations of the songwriter Lucio Dalla and the football star Fabio Cannavaro. Nevertheless, the festival is still more interested in rewarding original ideas rather than big budget or technical perfection.
Nowadays, having reached majority, the festival collaborates with media professionals like the members of the Association “Il Sassolino”, that is now official partner of the festival.

ORGANIZATION

Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 is a non profit organization registered as an association of social interest by the number 170, at the date of 17/12/2003. The association is located on Largo Bezzi 4, Sassuolo, c/o La Casa nel Parco, Parco Ducale, Italy. Fahrenheit is specialized in the organization of musical, cinematographic, theatrical and artistic events.
www.fahreweb.it

Il Sassolino
“Il Sassolino” is the Festival’s official magazine. This year’s event will be covered with great quality and professionalism, thanks to the support of highly skilled journalists that are well aware of the cultural reality of our territory. You can find more about the Ozu festival on the site www.ilsassolino.net, together with news and broadcasts about our territory.
www.ilsassolino.net