Giffoni Film Festival cleared by the Court of Auditors: no loss to the public purse
The claim for compensation of over 468,000 euros brought by the Regional Public Prosecutor’s Office in relation to the transport service has been rejected
Whilst his 56th edition, dedicated to The Impossible Things, ‘Le cose impossibili’, the Giffoni Film Festival has received a ‘clearing’ from the Court of Auditors in the case of the alleged loss to the public purse amounting to 468,000 euros.
The Regional Jurisdictional Section for Campania of the Court of Auditors, in its judgement no. 185/2026 filed today, has in fact rejected in its entirety the claim for compensation brought by the Regional Public Prosecutor’s Office against the Autonomous Body ‘Giffoni Experience’ and four of its representatives: the president of the Autonomous Body Giffoni Experience, Pietro Rinaldi; the director and founder, Claudio Gubitosi; the Project Manager Enzo Barletta; and the head of logistics, Mariapia Montuori, ordering the Public Prosecutor’s Office to pay the defence costs incurred by each defendant.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office had put the alleged loss to the public purse at €468,908.66, challenging the management of the transport service for festival guests and jurors between 2016 and 2022. The Court rejected the claim outright, describing it as ‘entirely unfounded’.
According to the ruling, in fact, the contract was a ‘lump-sum’ contract, not a ‘piecework’ contract. The contract with the successful cooperative provided for a lump-sum payment, rendering the origin of the individual vehicles used for the service legally irrelevant – a point acknowledged by the Public Prosecutor’s Office itself in the summons.
The service has always been carried out regularly. The Court has established that there has never been any interruption or disruption to the transport of guests and jurors, a fact which has not even been contested by the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
