laupäev, 22. veebruar 2014

Concorto Film Festival

Deadline is March 31st 2014

1) Purpose
 Concorto Film Festival is addressed to cinephiles, both general audience and professionals. The purpose is to promote short films and to generate contacts among audience, young directors and professionals.

2) Organisation, Dates and Place
 Concorto Film Festival is organized by the non profit association Concorto and will take place in Pontenure (PC) at Parco Raggio and at Cinema O.M.I. from August 23rd to August 30th, 2014.

3) Entry Requirements
 Entry to the festival is free and open to all sort of short film, with no limitations regarding the theme and genre.
 Short films must have been produced after January 1st, 2012.
 The maximum running time allowed is 20 minutes.
 In exceptional cases the festival organization reserves the right to accept films of longer duration.
 Acceptable screening format: digital file (Apple ProRes 422 or h264) or DVD (region 0/2, pal).

4) Submission
 Deadline is March 31st 2014, and the submissions are only open through Reelport. The option B is reserved to film school, production/distribution companies, or film promotion institutions that would like to submit some films by different directors.

A) Reelport

1. Fill in Reelport entry form on www.reelport.com.
 2. Upload the film file with English subtitles, a film still and an English dialogue list with timecode.

3. Submit the film for the pre-selection of Concorto Film Festival by March 31st 2014.
 English language film productions are kindly requested to upload the film with English, French or Italian subtitles, if available.

B) Online screener or DVD (reserved to film school, production/distribution companies, or film promotion institutions that would like to submit some films by different directors).

1. Contact us by email by March 31st 2014 at iscrizioni@concorto.com, sending us the list of concerned films, with indicated director, duration and genre.

2. Send by e-mail the online screeners with their passwords, or send the DVDs by post to the address:
 Concorto Film Festival, Via Papa Giovanni 49-55, 29010 Pontenure (PC), Italia

5) Selection
 Our staff will be responsible for the pre-selection and the final selection.
 The list of the films selected will be published on this site by August 1st 2014.
 The films selected will be screened during the Festival, whose program will be published on the website by August 10th 2014.
 The authors of the short films selected will be informed by phone or by e-mail.
 The authors/productions of the selected films will have to send in due time a file/copy for the projection, as well as a dialogue list with timecode. Failure to send this material may cause the exclusion of the film from the selection, at unquestionable discretion of the festival organization, even after the selected film list has been published on the website.

Concerning the hospitality of film directors, details shall be provided at the time when the result of selection is announced.
The works sent to be selected will not be returned to the author and will become part of the Concorto Film Festival archive patrimony.
They will be made available for screenings, event and broadcast promoted by Association Concorto only for cultural, educational and no commercial purposes (unless otherwise specified in the entry form).
 The festival organization will inform the authors about any further screening of their works.


6) Juries
 The Festival Jury composed by representatives of the artistic, audiovisual and academic world is responsible for the prize awards. The Jury decision is considered to be final and unquestionable. The organizers will make the final decision in controversial cases.

7) Awards
 The short films compete for the following awards:
- Gran Premio “Asino d’Oro”: 1000 € and trophy
 - Special Jury Prize: 500 € and plaque
 - “The Wave” (assigned by a jury of high schools students): 250 € and plaque
 - Audience prize: 250 € and plaque
 The selection committee, the artistic direction and the jury can also award special mentions.
 The prizes will be awarded the last day of screenings.
 Prize money will be paid to the winners by bank transfer.

8) Non-specified cases
 The actual participation in the festival implies that all conditions and terms described in the rules and regulations herein have been accepted. These regulations are available in Italian and English. In case of interpretation problems, the Italian version must be considered.
 According to the Italian Law 196/03 all data will be handled by the organizers for the sole purpose of organizing the Concorto Film Festival.
All notifications will be published on this site as well as all information not explicitly mentioned or included in these rules.

9) Contact and information
 Concorto Film Festival
info@concorto.com
 tel +39 366 4792961

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