Festival Internazionale Del Cinema Povero (12)

Festival start: 15 October 2024      Festival end: 15 June 2025

THE FESTIVAL:

The International “Cinema Povero” Film Festival is open to everybody: rich film-makers, poor film-makers of any gender or religion all welcome provided they have developed a beautiful, original idea on a limited budget.

Cash Prizes: 4,000€

Awards:

BEST ITALIAN SHORT € 1000=
BEST NON-ITALIAN SHORT € 1000=
"city of Ispra" € 500=
BEST SCREENPLAY € 200=



Special Mentions:

Other prizes will be chosen by the Jury.

Cash prizes will NOT be credited to winners from Countries under International embargo nor to their delegates residing in Countries free from restrictions.

2 – HOW TO SUBMIT THE SHORT FILMS AND SCREENPLAY:
Competitors can upload a digital screener to
Festhome international platforms;
Mandatory requirements: any film or screenplay must
be downloadable.

3 - CATEGORIES:

- ITALIAN SHORT FILMS (fiction; documentaries;
animation)

- NON-ITALIAN SHORT FILMS (fiction; documentaries;
animation)

Under 20 minutes in lengt, made after January 1, 2022:

Italian subtitles will be appreciated.

Films longer than 20 minutes will be considered, but will compete only for the "Special Jury Mention";

All rights of the work will remain the property of the authors or whoever acts for them.

4 - SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

Screenplay of maximum length from 1 to 16 pages;

Screenplays must indicate on the first page: title, name and address of the author, brief synopsis of the story.

Screenplays translated into Italian using AI or other translators are accepted;

All rights of the work will remain the property ofthe authors or whoever acts for them.

5 – Deadline:
The deadline for sending the films and screenplays is set for 15 June 2025 hours 23:59 C.E.T.

6 – SECRETARIAL FEES:
Secretarial fees for the Cultural Association “Cinema Povero” are € 10.= (te euros) or $ 11= (eleven U.S.A. $).
The secretarial fees are non-refundable for any reason.

Films coming from countries affected by international embargo do not pay the secretarial fee Films. Please contact the festival for the exemption code.

7 – FINALISTS:
The Jury will formulate the Final Official Selection.

The finalist films will be presented to the public during the Festival evenings and submitted to the public vote.

- The finalist authors will be notified by the
distribution company by international platforms or directly to the email address indicated by the author.

- Authors non-admitted to the Final Official Selection, will not be not.