Eligibility Requirements
The competition is open to Italian independent productions. It is considered italian production:
- if 50% or more of the film’s funding originated from sources within Italy
- italian minority co-productions provided the director is of Italian nationality
- It is considered independent production a production not totally funded by the broadcasters
- The projects should be funded for at least 30 % of the estimated budget
- Projects will be selected by the Festival’s directors and by a committee of expert
Rules and Regulations
Every project must be submitted through the online registration procedure “Entry Form” available on the festival site.
Projects should be italian premieres, and should have not been pitched at other Festivals .
The selected Projects will be pitched during the two industry forum days in a 15 minutes session (pre-registered) comprehensive of a presentation by the author and the producer, of the screening of a sizzle reel (not less than 5 five minutes) and of a final Q&A session with the industry’s community attending the forum.
The 5 minutes sizzle reel must be drawn out from the original shooting.
All sizzle reels should be sent through a vimeo link with password
Screening formats allowed is: HD files.
Language and subtitle: projects officially selected for ‘Visioni incontra’ contest will be presented with Italian dialogue and with english subtitles. If the project or parts of it are in dialect and / or in a different language from Italian, subtitles in Italian and in English are required. All subtitles are at the expense of the applicants and their Production Company.
Project’s applications comprehensive of all materials should be sent within June 21 – 2020 (compulsory).
The selected projects will be informed within July 8 – 2020.
The selected projects are required to confirm their participation within 7 days from the festival notification / acceptance.
The registration will be accepted if all the materials and information requested will be received within the required deadlines and will meet all the requirements. After filling in the entry form and sending it, togheter with the link for the screener, the applicant will receive an email confirmation of the registration. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Submissions not complying with the submission fee payment will not be considered.
No screeners or application material will be returned.
Selection and Programming’s criteria
The selection is done by the Festival Directors and by the selection committe and the decisions are based on those they consider to be the artistic and narrative merits.
The Festival has no obligation to provide comments or feedback regarding the Project submitted by the applicant or by any other representative of the film.
Once the official selection invitation has been accepted a selected project cannot be removed from the official programme.
Online project’s slotting will be determined by the Festival directors. Their decision is final. The general programme and the schedule of the screening falls within the exclusive competence of the Festival directors.
The Festival will publish a catalogue of all presented projects.
Submission fee
Submission fee for the project’s pre-selection costs coverage is 25 euros Vat included.
The fee covers the administrative expenses related to cataloging and previewing each film.
The registration will be accepted if all the materials and information requested will be received within the required deadlines and will meet all the requirements. After filling in the entry form and sending it, togheter with the link for the screener, the applicant will receive an email confirmation of the registration.
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Submissions not complying with the submission fee payment will not be considered
Submissions fees are not refundable.
No Project will be taken in consideration for preselection prior to the submission’s fee receipt.
Selected Projects
The projects that will be selected will be informed within July 8- 2020.
The selected projects are required to confirm their acceptance to participate within 7 days from the festival notification / acceptance.
Authors, directors and producers of the selected projects can modify and update the sizzle reel materials for the final presentation to “VISIONI INCONTRA” up to 15 days before the Festival’s dates, (September the 1st), provided that the total duration remains within the limits stated above (not less than 5 minutes).
The selected Projects will be pitched during the two industry forum days in a 15 minutes session comprehensive of a presentation by the author and the producer, of the screening of a sizzle reel (not less than 5 five minutes) and of a final Q&A session with the industry’s community attending the forum.
The 5 minutes sizzle reel must be drawn out from the original shooting.
Furthermore Visioni Incontra staff will organize and manage one to one meetings between the producers/directors of the selected projects and the industry community attending the forum.
Jury and prize
“VISIONI INCONTRA” will award for the best project a prize of € 2.500.
The prize will be nominated by the industry forum jury attending the pitching session.
The € 2.500 prize will be assigned to the production company of the film, and should be utilized for the post production and/ot the film’s completion.
When the winning project will become a finished documentary, such documentary should be premiered at the next ”Visioni dal Mondo” International Documentary Festival.
All pitched projects should list in their credits the ‘Visioni Incontra Selection’ logo. Also the Visioni Incontra award winner should list to its credits the ‘Visioni incontra Award’ logo. Both logo will be provided by the Festival responsibles.
General rules
The Festival will not be held responsible for the unauthorized inclusion of any copyrighted materials within or relating to the submitted project. It is the sole responsability of the applicant to secure clearance from the copyright holders of any copyrighted materials included in the submitted project. The Festival reserves the right to disqualify any project containing unauthorized inclusion of copyrighted materials.
In the case of faulty online projection, the Festival cannot be held liable for intangible losses incurred by director, producer, or distributor.
In case of conflicting interpretation only the Italian version of the Rules and Regulations is considered valid.
Entry and participation of projects implies unconditional acceptance of the above Rules and Regulations. The Festival Directors could take all decisions on different subjects not provided for in these Rules and regulations.
Any litigation will be judged by the Court of Milano, Italy.
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