We are a group of people attentive to the needs of our contemporaries.
We love history and beauty and religion. We love God.
Subjects of Films
- Biopics
- History
- Telenovelas and Sitcoms with moral themes
- Documentaries about the history of the Church
About Us
Founded in 2010 by Liana Marabini, the International Catholic Film Festival “Mirabile Dictu” was established under the High Patronage of the Pontifical Council for Culture, today called the Dicastery for Culture and Education. It is an independent Festival.
The name Mirabile Dictu — Latin for “wonderful to tell” — captures the spirit of the Festival: to celebrate films that convey faith, goodness, and the beauty of the human soul.
Through the universal language of cinema, the Festival highlights works that promote positive values, moral integrity, and spiritual reflection, fostering a deeper understanding of the Christian message in today’s world.
We are a group of people attentive to the spiritual needs of our contemporaries. We love history and beauty and religion. We love God.
Our Festival is mentioned in Wikipedia, in the section about the Pontifical Council for Culture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontifical_Council_for_Culture
Mirabile Dictu is a privileged place of encounter for actors, directors and film makers, gathered by the concern they may have for the history and the values of the Church.
Our Mission
The mission of Mirabile Dictu is to:
- Encourage the production and distribution of films that evangelize through art.
- Recognize filmmakers and storytellers who present moral heroes and faith-based values.
- Promote dialogue between culture and faith through cinema.
The Festival seeks to be a meeting place for artists, producers, and audiences who share the desire to use cinema as a means to inspire, educate, and uplift.
Our Philosophy
The media have a strong influence on people’s moral values. In the historical moment we live, the spirituality is a necessity. There is a personal spirituality, a social one (ethics is a face of it), a philosophical one. But there is also a spirituality that we reach through the entertainment. A film is a tool of evangelization.
Our Festival was created as an answer to the huge production of cinema and TV movies as well as television programmes inspired by the Catholic confession.
The wonderful history of the Church is something to be known. It is our roots. It is our history.
Our President
The President of the Festival, Liana Marabini, is a film producer, filmmaker and publisher. She consecrates her work to the history of the Church, and is particularly concerned by the religious language and communication, something that emerges in the films she produces and the books she publishes.
Films in competition
The films in competition have a common element: they promote universal moral values and positive models.
Awards
The prize of the Festival, “Il Pesce d’Argento” (The Silver Fish, in Italian), is inspired by the first Christian symbol.