1) The 2025 Capri Special Contest will take place over the eight-day period from December 26th to January 2nd.
2) It is possible to submit the following works:
· Feature (over 60 minutes)
· Medium (between 20 and 59 minutes)
· Short (less than 20 minutes)
3) There are 2 sections:
- Working Authors: feature, medium, and short from all over the world released in 2025 or in preview
- The Italian Job: Italian feature, medium and short released in 2025 or in preview
4) The work movie has to be "Original" and hasn't competed in any other Local Festival. In addition to the Original movies accepted by the Selection Board, a few Non-Original will be directly chosen as Special Guest-Competitors of the Festival.
5) Once the official invitation is accepted, a selected film can no longer be withdrawn from the official program.
6) The Organizing Committee will not pay any fees to the rights owners of any movie selected for the competition.
7) All movies selected will be authorized to use, for promotional purposes, the official "Capri, Hollywood Laurel".
8) At the conclusion of the Festival, the director of the winning film in each Category (Feature, Medium, and Short) will be honored by Capri Contest Board with special recognition.
9) In order to be admitted to Capri Contest, all movie rights owners must agree to and accept the following conditions:
- The movies will be available to the global public ONLY via streaming on Capri, Hollywood Festival 2025 media-partner websites MY MOVIES (one of the most qualified and popular European movie sites - https://www.mymovies.it/) and EVENTIVE.ORG. In very exceptional cases, the Festival Board can decide to screen some movies also in Capri theatres physically.
- The selection at the Festival doesn't include any kind of hospitality
- The screening of the movies will be totally free of charge to all the viewers.
- Streamings will be available worldwide and protected with Hollywood Grade DRM. The files (movies and .srt) will be deleted from the servers after the end of the Capri, Hollywood Festival.
- All movies in International languages or the Italian language must include English subtitles.
- Every production company should provide us with:
a. Pressbook with the technical and artistic details (running time, synopsis, cast/credits, etc.),
b. 2 stills from the movie (1280x720 and 1280x1080)
c. A trailer of the movie.
d. if the film has ever been screened before or if it is a premiere. (Italian, European, or world premiere)
10) The works are exclusively and unquestionably selected by the Scientific Board of the Festival including legendary actor Franco Nero; musician Andrea Griminelli; film, theater and tv actor Alessandro Preziosi; actor Vincent Riotta; actor Sebastiano Somma; actor Edoardo Costa; Oscar winning actress Melissa Leo; Golden Globe winnig director Shekhar Kapur; Israelian artist Noa, English director Mike Figgis, with additional members to be announced. The works will be chosen based on artistic quality and social depth.
11) The works presented in Capri will be selected and assessed according to the unquestionable judgement of the Academy Scientific Board.
12) A brochure will be published with general information about the program.
13) The screenings’ calendar and timetable will be made known by the Festival Management no later than Dec 15, 2025. The Festival organization is not responsible for any changes due to unexpected reasons (climate conditions, technical issues, artists’ attendance at the festival, etc.). The official program will be printed and made available by the Festival Management which will provide information about any unexpected changes on the website www.ischiaglobal.com.
14) The works presented in Capri will be selected and assessed according to the unquestionable judgment of the Academy Scientific Board.
15) The Scientific Board has the competence and right to assess the works and award them.
16) Applications filed to the aim of taking part in the Special Contest imply full acceptance of the present regulations. The Direction of the Capri Film Festival reserves the right to make decisions on matters not provided for in the present document of rules and regulations.
