The Rare Disease International Film Festival

The aim of “Uno Sguardo Raro” – the Rare Disease International Film Festival, is to show what it means to live differently and to encourage people, through the narrative of film and video, to think about how this particular subject can be recounted through innovative forms of communication with a high emotional impact. The sufferers of rare diseases and the patient organisations that support them throughout their daily lives, consisting of small and great achievements, have taken up the challenge to tell the world about their reality and consequently, over the years, have produced works in which their complex world is opened up to the public.

For the 2019 Festival, we published an online call for entries a few days ago and so far, have already received 150 works from 34 countries, on the theme that we have launched: “RARO MA NON SOLO” (RARE BUT NOT ALONE). It is important for the rare disease community to know that there are many of them and that, by sharing their experiences across different countries and cultures, they can learn to see things from other perspectives and dispel the feeling of isolation, which is one of the most common problems affecting young people with these illnesses.