[4] By 2017, the number of entries for the short meter competition exceeded 2,000.

[6] The industry section is a 3-days long program which includes open talks on storytelling, filmmaking, advertising, as well as masterclasses and workshops by prominent guests of MFF.

[7] Other sections are MyScreen, dedicated to cinema in the post-Internet world, Immigration Day, Other Natures (environmental documentaries), Incontri Italiani (Italian Meetings), Milano Film Festivalino targeted on the younger audience, etc.

[7][8] The list of events include screenings of diploma works made by students of Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti.

[10] That year, a special competition ‘senza frontiere’ (‘without borders’) was launched, bringing together short and feature-length works by different directors, including both young and female directors.