diff --git a/components/Event.vue b/components/Event.vue
index 4d98bd94..4d6cd756 100644
--- a/components/Event.vue
+++ b/components/Event.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <template lang="pug">
   v-card.h-event.event.d-flex
     nuxt-link(:to='`/event/${event.slug || event.id}`')
-      v-img.u-featured.img(:src="`/media/thumb/${event.image_path || 'logo.svg' }`")
+      v-img.u-featured.img(v-if='event.media' :src='thumbnail' :position='thumbnailPosition' :alt='event.media.length ? event.media[0].name : ""')
       v-icon.float-right.mr-1(v-if='event.parentId' color='success') mdi-repeat
       .title.p-name {{event.title}}
 
@@ -52,6 +52,22 @@ export default {
   },
   computed: {
     ...mapState(['settings']),
+    thumbnail () {
+      let path
+      if (this.event.media && this.event.media.length) {
+        path = this.event.media[0].url
+      } else {
+        path = 'logo.svg'
+      }
+      return '/media/thumb/' + path
+    },
+    thumbnailPosition () {
+      if (this.event.media && this.event.media.length && this.event.media[0].focalpoint) {
+        const focalpoint = this.event.media[0].focalpoint
+        return `${(focalpoint[0] + 1) * 50}% ${(focalpoint[1] + 1) * 50}%`
+      }
+      return 'center center'
+    },
     is_mine () {
       if (!this.$auth.user) {
         return false
diff --git a/pages/add/MediaInput.vue b/pages/add/MediaInput.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c4c7ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/add/MediaInput.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<template lang="pug">
+  span
+    v-dialog(v-model='openMediaDetails' max-width='1000px')
+      v-card
+        v-card-title {{$t('common.media')}}
+        v-card-text
+          v-row
+            v-col(:span='4' :cols='4')
+              p Scegli il punto centrale cliccando
+              v-img(v-if='mediaPreview'
+                :src='mediaPreview'
+                aspect-ratio='1.7778'
+                :position="position")
+
+              v-textarea.mt-4(type='text'
+                label='Alternative text'
+                persistent-hint
+                @input='v => name=v'
+                :value='value.name' filled
+                hint='Descrizione per utenti con disabilita visive')
+              v-card-actions.justify-space-between
+                v-btn(@click='openMediaDetails=false' color='warning') Cancel
+                v-btn(color='primary' @click='save') Save
+
+            v-col(:span='8' :cols='8')
+              v-img(
+                v-if='mediaPreview' :src='mediaPreview'
+                @click='selectFocal'
+                max-width='88%')
+
+    h3.mb-3.font-weight-regular(v-if='mediaPreview') {{$t('common.media')}}
+    v-img.col-12.col-sm-2.ml-3(v-if='mediaPreview' :src='mediaPreview' aspect-ratio='1.7778' :position='position')
+      v-btn-toggle
+        v-btn(text color='primary' @click='openMediaDetails = true') {{$t('common.edit')}}
+        v-btn(text color='primary' @click='remove') {{$t('common.remove')}}
+      p {{event.media[0].name}}
+    v-file-input(
+      v-else
+      :label="$t('common.media')"
+      :hint="$t('event.media_description')"
+      prepend-icon="mdi-camera"
+      :value='value.image'
+      @change="v => $emit('input', { image: v, focalpoint: [0, 0] })"
+      persistent-hint
+      accept='image/*')
+</template>
+<script>
+export default {
+  name: 'MediaInput',
+  props: {
+    value: { type: Object, default: () => ({ image: null }) },
+    event: { type: Object, default: () => {} }
+  },
+  data () {
+    console.error(this.value)
+    return {
+      openMediaDetails: false,
+      name: this.value.name || '',
+      focalpoint: this.value.focalpoint || [0, 0]
+    }
+  },
+  computed: {
+    mediaPreview () {
+      if (!this.value.url && !this.value.image) {
+        return false
+      }
+      const url = this.value.image ? URL.createObjectURL(this.value.image) : `/media/thumb/${this.value.url}`
+      return url
+    },
+    position () {
+      return `${(this.focalpoint[0] + 1) * 50}% ${(this.focalpoint[1] + 1) * 50}%`
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    save () {
+      this.$emit('input', { url: this.value.url, image: this.value.image, name: this.name, focalpoint: this.focalpoint })
+      this.openMediaDetails = false
+    },
+    remove () {
+      this.$emit('remove')
+    },
+    selectFocal (ev) {
+      const boundingClientRect = ev.target.getBoundingClientRect()
+
+      // get relative coordinate
+      const x = Math.ceil(ev.clientX - boundingClientRect.left)
+      const y = Math.ceil(ev.clientY - boundingClientRect.top)
+
+      // map to real image coordinate
+      const posY = -1 + (y / boundingClientRect.height) * 2
+      const posX = -1 + (x / boundingClientRect.width) * 2
+
+      this.focalpoint = [posX, posY]
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/pages/add/_edit.vue b/pages/add/_edit.vue
index 64551851..a6d47872 100644
--- a/pages/add/_edit.vue
+++ b/pages/add/_edit.vue
@@ -45,14 +45,7 @@
 
               //- MEDIA / FLYER / POSTER
               v-col(cols=12 md=6)
-                v-file-input(
-                  :label="$t('common.media')"
-                  :hint="$t('event.media_description')"
-                  prepend-icon="mdi-camera"
-                  v-model='event.image'
-                  persistent-hint
-                  accept='image/*')
-                v-img.col-12.col-sm-2.ml-3(v-if='mediaPreview' :src='mediaPreview')
+                MediaInput(v-model='event.media[0]' :event='event' @remove='event.media=[]')
 
               //- tags
               v-col(cols=12 md=6)
@@ -66,7 +59,7 @@
       v-card-actions
         v-spacer
         v-btn(@click='done' :loading='loading' :disabled='!valid || loading'
-          color='primary') {{edit?$t('common.edit'):$t('common.send')}}
+          color='primary') {{edit?$t('common.save'):$t('common.send')}}
 
 </template>
 <script>
@@ -77,16 +70,17 @@ import List from '@/components/List'
 import ImportDialog from './ImportDialog'
 import DateInput from './DateInput'
 import WhereInput from './WhereInput'
+import MediaInput from './MediaInput'
 
 export default {
   name: 'NewEvent',
-  components: { List, Editor, ImportDialog, WhereInput, DateInput },
+  components: { List, Editor, ImportDialog, MediaInput, WhereInput, DateInput },
   validate ({ store }) {
     return (store.state.auth.loggedIn || store.state.settings.allow_anon_event)
   },
   async asyncData ({ params, $axios, error, store }) {
     if (params.edit) {
-      const data = { event: { place: {} } }
+      const data = { event: { place: {}, media: [] } }
       data.id = params.edit
       data.edit = true
       let event
@@ -112,7 +106,7 @@ export default {
       data.event.description = event.description
       data.event.id = event.id
       data.event.tags = event.tags
-      data.event.image_path = event.image_path
+      data.event.media = event.media || []
       return data
     }
     return {}
@@ -128,7 +122,7 @@ export default {
         title: '',
         description: '',
         tags: [],
-        image: null
+        media: []
       },
       page: { month, year },
       fileList: [],
@@ -136,7 +130,6 @@ export default {
       date: { from: 0, due: 0, recurrent: null },
       edit: false,
       loading: false,
-      mediaUrl: '',
       disableAddress: false
     }
   },
@@ -145,16 +138,7 @@ export default {
       title: `${this.settings.title} - ${this.$t('common.add_event')}`
     }
   },
-  computed: {
-    ...mapState(['tags', 'places', 'settings']),
-    mediaPreview () {
-      if (!this.event.image && !this.event.image_path) {
-        return false
-      }
-      const url = this.event.image ? URL.createObjectURL(this.event.image) : `/media/thumb/${this.event.image_path}`
-      return url
-    }
-  },
+  computed: mapState(['tags', 'places', 'settings']),
   methods: {
     ...mapActions(['updateMeta']),
     eventImported (event) {
@@ -170,9 +154,6 @@ export default {
       }
       this.openImportDialog = false
     },
-    cleanFile () {
-      this.event.image = {}
-    },
     async done () {
       if (!this.$refs.form.validate()) {
         this.$nextTick(() => {
@@ -187,9 +168,13 @@ export default {
 
       formData.append('recurrent', JSON.stringify(this.date.recurrent))
 
-      if (this.event.image) {
-        formData.append('image', this.event.image)
+      if (this.event.media.length) {
+        formData.append('image', this.event.media[0].image)
+        formData.append('image_url', this.event.media[0].url)
+        formData.append('image_name', this.event.media[0].name)
+        formData.append('image_focalpoint', this.event.media[0].focalpoint)
       }
+
       formData.append('title', this.event.title)
       formData.append('place_name', this.event.place.name)
       formData.append('place_address', this.event.place.address)
diff --git a/pages/embed/_event_id.vue b/pages/embed/_event_id.vue
index b1e13aa9..44466aed 100644
--- a/pages/embed/_event_id.vue
+++ b/pages/embed/_event_id.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <template lang="pug">
-  nuxt-link.embed_event(:to='`/event/${event.slug || event.id}`' target='_blank' :class='{ withImg: event.image_path }')
+  nuxt-link.embed_event(:to='`/event/${event.slug || event.id}`' target='_blank' :class='{ withImg: event.media }')
 
     //- image
-    img.float-left(:src='`/media/thumb/${event.image_path || "logo.png"}`')
+    img.float-left(:src='event | mediaURL("thumb")')
     .event-info
       //-  title
       .date {{event|when}}<br/>
diff --git a/pages/event/_id.vue b/pages/event/_id.vue
index 30978be1..ad79404f 100644
--- a/pages/event/_id.vue
+++ b/pages/event/_id.vue
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ v-container#event.pa-0.pa-sm-2
       v-row
         v-col.col-12.col-lg-8
           //- fake image to use u-featured in h-event microformat
-          img.u-featured(v-show='false' v-if='event.image_path' :src='`${settings.baseurl}${imgPath}`')
+          img.u-featured(v-show='false' v-if='event.media' :src='event | mediaURL')
           v-img.main_image.mb-3(
             contain
-            :src='imgPath'
-            :lazy-src='thumbImgPath'
-            v-if='event.image_path')
-          .p-description.text-body-1.pa-3.grey.darken-4.rounded(v-else v-html='event.description')
+            :alt='event | mediaURL("alt")'
+            :src='event | mediaURL'
+            :lazy-src='event | mediaURL("thumb")'
+            v-if='event.media && event.media.length')
+          .p-description.text-body-1.pa-3.grey.darken-4.rounded(v-if='!event.media && event.description' v-html='event.description')
 
         v-col.col-12.col-lg-4
           v-card
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ v-container#event.pa-0.pa-sm-2
                     :href='`/api/event/${event.slug || event.id}.ics`')
                     v-icon mdi-calendar-export
 
-      .p-description.text-body-1.pa-3.grey.darken-4.rounded(v-if='event.image_path && event.description' v-html='event.description')
+      .p-description.text-body-1.pa-3.grey.darken-4.rounded(v-if='event.media && event.description' v-html='event.description')
 
       //- resources from fediverse
       #resources.mt-1(v-if='settings.enable_federation')
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ export default {
         { property: 'og:type', content: 'event' },
         {
           property: 'og:image',
-          content: this.thumbImgPath
+          content: this.$options.filters.mediaURL(this.event)
         },
         { property: 'og:site_name', content: this.settings.title },
         {
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ export default {
         { property: 'twitter:title', content: this.event.title },
         {
           property: 'twitter:image',
-          content: this.thumbImgPath
+          content: this.$options.filters.mediaURL(this.event, 'thumb')
         },
         {
           property: 'twitter:description',
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ export default {
         }
       ],
       link: [
-        { rel: 'image_src', href: this.thumbImgPath },
+        { rel: 'image_src', href: this.$options.filters.mediaURL(this.event, 'thumb') },
         {
           rel: 'alternate',
           type: 'application/rss+xml',
@@ -241,12 +242,6 @@ export default {
     currentAttachmentLabel () {
       return get(this.selectedResource, `data.attachment[${this.currentAttachment}].name`, '')
     },
-    imgPath () {
-      return '/media/' + this.event.image_path
-    },
-    thumbImgPath () {
-      return this.settings.baseurl + '/media/thumb/' + this.event.image_path
-    },
     is_mine () {
       if (!this.$auth.user) {
         return false
diff --git a/pages/export.vue b/pages/export.vue
index 32cf824d..06f6dd19 100644
--- a/pages/export.vue
+++ b/pages/export.vue
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export default {
       // Message({ message: this.$t('email_notification_activated'), showClose: true, type: 'success' })
     },
     imgPath (event) {
-      return event.image_path && event.image_path
+      return event.media && event.media[0].url
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/filters.js b/plugins/filters.js
index 5e2701d8..5a9aac16 100644
--- a/plugins/filters.js
+++ b/plugins/filters.js
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ export default ({ app, store }) => {
 
   // shown in mobile homepage
   Vue.filter('day', value => dayjs.unix(value).locale(store.state.locale).format('dddd, D MMM'))
+  Vue.filter('mediaURL', (event, type) => {
+    if (event.media && event.media.length) {
+      if (type === 'alt') {
+        return event.media[0].name
+      } else {
+        return store.state.settings.baseurl + '/media/' + (type === 'thumb' ? 'thumb/' : '') + event.media[0].url
+      }
+    } else if (type !== 'alt') {
+      return store.state.settings.baseurl + '/media/' + (type === 'thumb' ? 'thumb/' : '') + 'logo.svg'
+    }
+    return ''
+  })
 
   Vue.filter('from', timestamp => dayjs.unix(timestamp).fromNow())
 
diff --git a/server/api/controller/event.js b/server/api/controller/event.js
index 36491af0..01a770ca 100644
--- a/server/api/controller/event.js
+++ b/server/api/controller/event.js
@@ -289,10 +289,21 @@ const eventController = {
         is_visible: !!req.user
       }
 
-      if (req.file) {
-        eventDetails.image_path = req.file.filename
-      } else if (body.image_url) {
-        eventDetails.image_path = await helpers.getImageFromURL(body.image_url)
+      if (req.file || body.image_url) {
+        let url
+        if (req.file) {
+          url = req.file.filename
+        } else {
+          url = await helpers.getImageFromURL(body.image_url)
+        }
+
+        const focalpoint = body.image_focalpoint ? body.image_focalpoint.split(',') : [0, 0]
+
+        eventDetails.media = [{
+          url,
+          name: body.image_name || '',
+          focalpoint: [parseFloat(focalpoint[0]), parseFloat(focalpoint[1].toFixed(2))]
+        }]
       }
 
       const event = await Event.create(eventDetails)
@@ -343,28 +354,29 @@ const eventController = {
     if (req.err) {
       return res.status(400).json(req.err.toString())
     }
-    const body = req.body
-    const event = await Event.findByPk(body.id)
-    if (!event) { return res.sendStatus(404) }
-    if (!req.user.is_admin && event.userId !== req.user.id) {
-      return res.sendStatus(403)
-    }
 
-    const recurrent = body.recurrent ? JSON.parse(body.recurrent) : null
-    const eventDetails = {
-      title: body.title,
-      // remove html tags
-      description: helpers.sanitizeHTML(linkifyHtml(body.description, { target: '_blank' })),
-      multidate: body.multidate,
-      start_datetime: body.start_datetime,
-      end_datetime: body.end_datetime,
-      recurrent
-    }
+    try {
+      const body = req.body
+      const event = await Event.findByPk(body.id)
+      if (!event) { return res.sendStatus(404) }
+      if (!req.user.is_admin && event.userId !== req.user.id) {
+        return res.sendStatus(403)
+      }
 
-    if (req.file) {
-      if (event.image_path && !event.recurrent) {
-        const old_path = path.resolve(config.upload_path, event.image_path)
-        const old_thumb_path = path.resolve(config.upload_path, 'thumb', event.image_path)
+      const recurrent = body.recurrent ? JSON.parse(body.recurrent) : null
+      const eventDetails = {
+        title: body.title,
+        // remove html tags
+        description: helpers.sanitizeHTML(linkifyHtml(body.description, { target: '_blank' })),
+        multidate: body.multidate,
+        start_datetime: body.start_datetime,
+        end_datetime: body.end_datetime,
+        recurrent
+      }
+
+      if ((req.file || /^https?:\/\//.test(body.image_url)) && !event.recurrent && event.media.length) {
+        const old_path = path.resolve(config.upload_path, event.media[0].url)
+        const old_thumb_path = path.resolve(config.upload_path, 'thumb', event.media[0].url)
         try {
           fs.unlinkSync(old_path)
           fs.unlinkSync(old_thumb_path)
@@ -372,34 +384,55 @@ const eventController = {
           log.info(e.toString())
         }
       }
-      eventDetails.image_path = req.file.filename
-    } else if (body.image_url) {
-      eventDetails.image_path = await helpers.getImageFromURL(body.image_url)
-    }
+      let url
+      if (req.file) {
+        url = req.file.filename
+      } else if (body.image_url) {
+        if (/^https?:\/\//.test(body.image_url)) {
+          url = await helpers.getImageFromURL(body.image_url)
+        } else {
+          url = body.image_url
+        }
+      }
 
-    await event.update(eventDetails)
-    const [place] = await Place.findOrCreate({
-      where: { name: body.place_name },
-      defaults: { address: body.place_address }
-    })
+      if (body.image_focalpoint) {
+        const focalpoint = body.image_focalpoint ? body.image_focalpoint.split(',') : [0, 0]
+        eventDetails.media = [{
+          url,
+          name: body.image_name || '',
+          focalpoint: [parseFloat(focalpoint[0].slice(0, 6)), parseFloat(focalpoint[1].slice(0, 6))]
+        }]
+      } else {
+        eventDetails.media = []
+      }
 
-    await event.setPlace(place)
-    await event.setTags([])
-    if (body.tags) {
-      await Tag.bulkCreate(body.tags.map(t => ({ tag: t })), { ignoreDuplicates: true })
-      const tags = await Tag.findAll({ where: { tag: { [Op.in]: body.tags } } })
-      await event.addTags(tags)
-    }
-    const newEvent = await Event.findByPk(event.id, { include: [Tag, Place] })
-    res.json(newEvent)
+      await event.update(eventDetails)
+      const [place] = await Place.findOrCreate({
+        where: { name: body.place_name },
+        defaults: { address: body.place_address }
+      })
 
-    // create recurrent instances of event if needed
-    // without waiting for the task manager
-    if (event.recurrent) {
-      eventController._createRecurrent()
-    } else {
-      const notifier = require('../../notifier')
-      notifier.notifyEvent('Update', event.id)
+      await event.setPlace(place)
+      await event.setTags([])
+      if (body.tags) {
+        await Tag.bulkCreate(body.tags.map(t => ({ tag: t })), { ignoreDuplicates: true })
+        const tags = await Tag.findAll({ where: { tag: { [Op.in]: body.tags } } })
+        await event.addTags(tags)
+      }
+      const newEvent = await Event.findByPk(event.id, { include: [Tag, Place] })
+      res.json(newEvent)
+
+      // create recurrent instances of event if needed
+      // without waiting for the task manager
+      if (event.recurrent) {
+        eventController._createRecurrent()
+      } else {
+        const notifier = require('../../notifier')
+        notifier.notifyEvent('Update', event.id)
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      log.error('[EVENT UPDATE]', e)
+      res.sendStatus(400)
     }
   },
 
@@ -407,9 +440,9 @@ const eventController = {
     const event = await Event.findByPk(req.params.id)
     // check if event is mine (or user is admin)
     if (event && (req.user.is_admin || req.user.id === event.userId)) {
-      if (event.image_path && !event.recurrent) {
-        const old_path = path.join(config.upload_path, event.image_path)
-        const old_thumb_path = path.join(config.upload_path, 'thumb', event.image_path)
+      if (event.media && event.media.length && !event.recurrent) {
+        const old_path = path.join(config.upload_path, event.media[0].url)
+        const old_thumb_path = path.join(config.upload_path, 'thumb', event.media[0].url)
         try {
           fs.unlinkSync(old_thumb_path)
           fs.unlinkSync(old_path)
@@ -504,6 +537,7 @@ const eventController = {
 
   /**
    * Ensure we have the next instance of a recurrent event
+   * TODO: create a future instance if the next one is skipped
    */
   _createRecurrentOccurrence (e) {
     log.debug(`Create recurrent event [${e.id}] ${e.title}"`)
@@ -511,7 +545,7 @@ const eventController = {
       parentId: e.id,
       title: e.title,
       description: e.description,
-      image_path: e.image_path,
+      media: e.media,
       is_visible: true,
       userId: e.userId,
       placeId: e.placeId
diff --git a/server/api/models/event.js b/server/api/models/event.js
index 111347ad..0b226dd0 100644
--- a/server/api/models/event.js
+++ b/server/api/models/event.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Event.init({
     index: true
   },
   image_path: DataTypes.STRING,
+  media: DataTypes.JSON,
   is_visible: DataTypes.BOOLEAN,
   recurrent: DataTypes.JSON,
   likes: { type: DataTypes.JSON, defaultValue: [] },
diff --git a/server/emails/event/html.pug b/server/emails/event/html.pug
index dffeb040..de60f6fb 100644
--- a/server/emails/event/html.pug
+++ b/server/emails/event/html.pug
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ block content
   p 📍 Dove: #{event.place.name} - #{event.place.address}
   p ⏰ Quando: #{datetime(event.start_datetime)}
   br
-  if event.image_path
+  if event.media
     <center>
-      <img style="height: 89vh; margin: 0 auto;" src="#{config.baseurl}/media/#{event.image_path}" />
+      <img style="height: 89vh; margin: 0 auto;" alt="#{event.media[0].name}" src="#{config.baseurl}/media/#{event.media[0].url}" />
     </center>
   p !{event.description}
 
diff --git a/server/helpers.js b/server/helpers.js
index a9675809..7e846110 100644
--- a/server/helpers.js
+++ b/server/helpers.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ module.exports = {
               start_datetime: dayjs(get(props, 'start[0]', '')).unix(),
               end_datetime: dayjs(get(props, 'end[0]', '')).unix(),
               tags: get(props, 'category', []),
-              image_path: get(props, 'featured[0]')
+              media: { url: get(props, 'featured[0]') }
             }
           })
           return res.json(events)
diff --git a/server/migrations/20210705183419-add_event_media.js b/server/migrations/20210705183419-add_event_media.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa4ba20e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/migrations/20210705183419-add_event_media.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+module.exports = {
+  up: async (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
+    return Promise.all(
+      [
+        await queryInterface.addColumn('events', 'media', { type: Sequelize.JSON }),
+        await queryInterface.sequelize.query("UPDATE events set media=JSON('[{ \"url\": \"' || image_path || '\" }]')")
+      ])
+    /**
+     * Add altering commands here.
+     *
+     * Example:
+     * await queryInterface.createTable('users', { id: Sequelize.INTEGER });
+     */
+  },
+
+  down: async (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
+    /**
+     * Add reverting commands here.
+     *
+     * Example:
+     * await queryInterface.dropTable('users');
+     */
+  }
+}
diff --git a/views/feed/rss.pug b/views/feed/rss.pug
index 472d6686..71a1a085 100644
--- a/views/feed/rss.pug
+++ b/views/feed/rss.pug
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ rss(version='2.0' xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom")
                     | <h4>#{event.title}</h4>
                     | <strong>#{event.place.name} - #{event.place.address}</strong>
                     | <small>(#{moment.unix(event.start_datetime).format("dddd, D MMMM HH:mm")})</small><br/>
-                    if (event.image_path)
-                        | <img src="#{settings.baseurl}/media/#{event.image_path}"/>
+                    if (event.media)
+                        | <img alt="#{event.media[0].name}" src="#{settings.baseurl}/media/#{event.media[0].url}"/>
                     | <pre>!{event.description}</pre>
                     | ]]>
                 pubDate= new Date(event.updatedAt).toUTCString()