International Festival "Poor Cinema"

1 – 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.

2 – HOW TO SUBMIT THE SHORT FILMS AND SCREENPLAY:
Competitors can upload a digital screene to international platforms FilmFreeway.
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, 2023:

Subtitles: in Italian if the dialogues are in another language or dialect.

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

maximum length of works: 20 pages, translated into italian
on the first page:................. title of the work, name and address of the author;
on the second page: .......... brief synopsis of the story;
are allowed: ........................ scripts translated into Italian using AI or others
translator;
Are not allowed: .......................scripts already winners of other competitions or
submitted to the our Festival in previous
competitions;
Upon request, scripts can be sent in PDF format directly to the Festival's email
address : festivaldelcinemapovero@gmail.com with payment of the registration fee
via PayPal.

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.= (ten
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 notified.