**How long does it take to make a dream come true?** For mine — or rather, for this shared dream — it took more than one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five days. Today, here in Cittadella, that dream finally takes shape in the *Tower of Malta Award*, the official prize of the *Cittadella International Film Festival*. And it is no coincidence that all of this was born right here. Cittadella holds an important historical connection to Italian cinema: this city hosted the fi