Ca` Foscari Short Film Festival – 6th edition March 16

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Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival – 6th edition
March 16-19, 2016
CONTEST REGULATIONS
Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival is the short film festival organized by Ca’ Foscari University of
Venice. It is going to be held from 16th to 1 9 t h March 2016 and will be divided into three different
programs:
• International Competition of short films made by students involved in the world of film and
media, or by undergraduates attending cinema courses;
• Competition of shorts made by high school students from the Veneto Region;
• Out-of-competition short films, retrospectives and other special presentations.
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International Short Film Competition
To take part in the competition the following criteria must be met:
a) the film must not exceed 30 minutes; only fiction films, documentaries and animation will be taken
into consideration;
b) the film must date from January 1st, 2015;
c) it has to be shot in PAL or NTSC format and recorded on digital media (DVD or Blu-ray, both
region free); in case of a Blu-ray, the applicant must submit an additional DVD copy of the film;
d) English soundtrack or English subtitles if the movie uses a language different from English.
Ca' Foscari Short Film Fes val
Dipar mento di Filosofia e Beni Culturali – Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà
Dorsoduro 3484/D – 30123 Venezia
Overall organiza on and Ar s c direc on: Maria Roberta Novielli
h.p://cafoscarishort.unive.it – [email protected]
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The deadline for submission is January 20th, 2016; applicants must forward the following documentation:
a) entry form (see the attached document);
b) a screener of the film in its original language;
c) a copy of the short film with English subtitles.
d) 1 minute video clip, 3 stills, an Avi or Mpeg format copy of the film.
The application form can also be sent by email to [email protected]
Applicants will be informed of the selection of their film by February 15th, 2016. No film
selected may be withdrawn from the Festival programme once the selection has been made.
The Festival invites film directors (or their substitutes) as its guests, offering free Festival accreditation
and free accommodation when available. Travel expenses are not covered.
Short films promotion
Starting from this year's edition, the Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival will provide a special service to
the selected filmmakers. All the selected short films will be screened with Italian subtitles
(provided by the Festival Staff), thereby the Festival's logo will be inserted after the closing credits.
The authors cannot request copies of the Italian-subtitled versions of the short films, but if they
agree (see “Entry Form”) the Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival will take charge of their promotion in
the main festivals, cultural events and movie theaters in Italy.
The Head of the Festival appoints at least three members of the International Jury. No jury member
may have been involved in the production or promotion of any film in the competition.
The international jury will award one:
Grand Prix for the Best Short Film, with no tie exceptions
Prize for the Best Soundtrack
The International Jury may issue up to three Special Mentions for various achievements.
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Address/Film videos/DVDs
All’attenzione di Maria Roberta Novielli
Dipartimento di Filosofia e Beni Culturali
Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà Dorsoduro 3484/D
30123 (VE) ITALY
All costs related to the shipping of the preview copies (Blu-ray and/or DVD) and materials are under
the applicant responsibility. The aforementioned copies will not be returned and will be stored in Ca’
Foscari Short Film Festival Archive for further screenings within University non-profit programmes.
Ca' Foscari Short Film Fes val
Dipar mento di Filosofia e Beni Culturali – Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà
Dorsoduro 3484/D – 30123 Venezia
Overall organiza on and Ar s c direc on: Maria Roberta Novielli
h.p://cafoscarishort.unive.it – [email protected]