“ZERO cinema” is an artisanal and experimental artistic approach that contrasts the assembly line of industrial film production; it is hyper-independent, produced or auto-produced by single artists or small groups (less than 10 people) with no commercial interests; it is made with common and easily accessible, or innovative and low cost, means of production.
“ZERO cinema” has a different attitude, adventurous or poetic, DIY or punk, anarchic or self-sufficient, to the video work; it speaks with a personal, intimate, courageous and autonomous voice.
“ZERO cinema” is, more than any other thing, a strong idea of cinema and artistic production.
FCZ competition is dedicated to works that identify with this idea and have a maximum duration of 20 minutes.

Awards & Prizes

Prizes are vouchers for online filmmaking stores.

FCZ Main Competition
- Jury Award (value of 1.000 €).
- Audience Award (value of 500 €).

“Visions beyond the Anthropocene” MUSE award
- Jury Award (value of 500 €).

AnimazioneZERO
- Audience Award (no prize is provided)

Rules & Terms

Rules & Terms (brief version):

- Before submitting your work, read carefully the full version of FCZ rules and terms here: https://www.festivalcinemazero.it/fcz2023-competition-call/
- We look for max. 20 minutes works realised with the “cinema zero” approach described in the event description. If you don’t find our lines and principles in your work, please spare our time and yours and don’t submit it.
- Submission deadline is 31st October 2023.
- FCZ features different sections: the FCZ Main Competition and the “Visions beyond the Anthropocene” MUSE award with a 5€ submission fee, and the AnimazioneZERO section, ONLY dedicated to animation shorts, with no submission fee.
- FCZ assigns prizes for a total amount of 2.000 € value vouchers.
- Works in any language other than Italian must be subtitled in Italian or English.
- By submitting your work, you agree to have it screened in FCZ2023, both in competition or out of competition, and in any other event connected with FCZ, free of any charge for the organizer.
- You are the only responsible for the use of music, original or non-original, in your work.
- We invite you to submit works realised not before 2021 and never submitted to our festival before.
- By submitting your work, you accept all rules and terms listed on the full version of the FCZ2023 Competition Call.

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  • Erik Sémashkin

    Nice festival, thank you for selecting my film!

    April 2024
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  • Gargantua Film Distribution

    Grazie per aver proiettato i nostri film! Un caro saluto

    December 2023
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  • Rimma Gefen

    Excellent selection and organization. Thank you for bringing another great festival!

    December 2023
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  • Inna Ivanovskaya

    I did not have a chance to attend but communication was fantastic as well as cooperation and their willingness to help with any issues that could come up. I had a feeling that this is a festival where people care about films, love independent cinema, appreciate an artistic approach instead of focusing on whether or not the film "fits" certain (like lgbtq+, climate change etc ) category.

    December 2023
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  • Carlo Piscicelli

    Festival di corti e cinema sperimentale molto ben strutturato e dalla selezione ricercata. La location scelta era molto bella con proiezioni tecnicamente impeccabili (e nei festival spesso non é scontato), presentato con sobrietà e nei tempi giusti. Parteciperò volentieri nuovamente a questo festival!

    December 2023
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