Rules
- The Contest comes from a collaboration with the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology and is open to augmented reality documentaries that tell the story of the globalised world, science, technological innovation, but also exceptional characters, collective models, and stories related to the scientific and natural world.
- The documentaries completed after the 1st of January 2021 can participate to the Visioni VR Contest
- Language and subtitle: Foreign documentaries must be presented in English and if the original language is other than English, English subtitles must be present. The Festival reserves the right to add Italian subtitles.
Technological requirements
The technical devices used in evaluation and selection are:
- Videos and interactive experiences Standalone: Meta Quest 2
- Interactive experiences PC VR: Meta Quest 2 with gaming Pc CPU Core i9, Gaming Video Card GeForce RTX 3070Ti Edition 8Gb, Ram 32Gb, Windows 11 pro.
360° videos and XR 3DOF and 6DOF interactive works of any length, standalone and PC VR version are allowed. In the case of 6DOF room scale experiences, the space dimensions in square meters required for the use of the experience must be specified during registration. Direction of the festival reserves the right to decide whether or not experiences with special space requirements are eligible. Any other formats must be discussed in advance with Festival Management.
Videos/software submitted for selection should be sent via downloadable link, along with a data sheet. Specify whether the VR material is available on the Oculus store (https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/) or on other platforms e.g. Steam (https://store.steampowered.com).
COPIES FOR ARCHIVE The authors and producers of immersive projects submitted to the festival are invited to make a gift of a copy of the work, which will be kept in the archives of the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology Foundation in Milan and intended for exclusive study and documentation purposes, excluding any commercial use to protect the interests of the authors and producers.
Awards and Jury
The jury, consisting of the audience who will try the XR experience, will award a prize of €1.000.
The Festival Direction reserves the right to nominate additional prizes and juries for the 2023 edition.
Entry procedures and requirements
Every film must be submitted through the online registration procedure ‘ENTRY FORM’ available on this site.
- Here you can fill out the Entry Form Visioni VR Contest 2023
Those who want to participate in the competition must, no later than May 31, 2023, complete the ENTRY FORM following the procedures indicated and sending the relative materials requested in the entry form. The link and password must remain open and active at least until the end of the Festival.
Participants will be notified of their selection by July 1, 2023.
The entry will be accepted if all the requested materials and information are received within the required deadlines. After completing the entry form you will receive a confirmation email. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
No screeners or application material will be returned.
Submission fees
Submission fee for the Italian contest preselection is 25 euros Vat included.
The fee covers the administrative expenses related to cataloguing and previewing each film.
Registration for the pre-selection is considered valid and effective when the candidate has fulfilled the rules and requirements of the competition, when the screener link has been uploaded, when the entry form with all the required information has been correctly filled in and when the registration fee has been paid.
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Submissions not complying with the submission fee payment will not be considered. Submissions fees are not refundable.
No film will be taken in consideration for preselection prior to the submission’s fee receipt.
To proceed with payment: Entry fee Visioni VR Contest
Selected documentaries
Selection and Programming’s criteria
The selection for the Visioni VR contest are done by the Festival Directors and by the selection committee 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 films submitted by the applicant or by any other representative of the film.
Once the official selection invitation has been accepted a selected film cannot be removed from the official programme.
Final programming, categorization and slotting of films 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. Each documentary may be screened up to a maximum of 2 times in the theatre.
Required items for Selected Documentaries
The technical devices used in evaluation and selection are:
– Videos and interactive experiences Standalone: Meta Quest 2
– Interactive experiences PC VR: Meta Quest 2 with gaming Pc CPU Core i9, Gaming Video Card GeForce RTX 3070Ti Edition 8Gb, Ram 32Gb, Windows 11 pro.
360° videos and XR 3DOF and 6DOF interactive works of any length, standalone and PC VR version are allowed. In the case of 6DOF room scale experiences, the space dimensions in square meters required for the use of the experience must be specified during registration. Direction of the festival reserves the right to decide whether or not experiences with special space requirements are eligible. Any other formats must be discussed in advance with Festival Management.
The Files of the documentaries selected must arrive in the format listed above no later than July 20, 2023, following the instructions that will be provided by the Programming Office. A copy of the documentary will remain in the Festival archive for possible non-commercial use.
General rules
The Festival will not be held responsible for the unauthorized inclusion of any copyrighted materials within or relating to the submitted film. It is the sole responsibility of the applicant to secure clearance from the copyright holders of any copyrighted materials included in the submitted film. The Festival reserves the right to disqualify any film 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 documentaries implies unconditional acceptance of the above Rules and Regulations. The Festival Directors could take all decisions on different subjects not provided in these Rules and regulations.
After the selection of a documentary, the festival has the right to:
- use up to five-minute video of the documentary for publicity and online purposes
- use all publicity material to promote the Festival
- keep a copy of the documentary in its archive for non-commercial use, and for educational purposes
Any litigation will be judged by the Court of Milano, Italy.
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