Looking for films, short films, documentaries of contemporary indie cinema that you can't find in mainstream channels. Avant-garde, experiments, new languages: the cinema laboratory of the future.

Indiecinema film festival allows audiences all over the world to discover the latest innovations and avant-garde languages of non-mainstream cinema. Our focus is on the invention that goes beyond pre-packaged and safe models to explore the new languages of the seventh art.

A festival to discover and promote the hidden treasures and filmmakers of "truly" independent cinema. In recent years, technology has "democratized" the art of cinema and allowed the birth of a creative ferment never seen before, works free from the usual "industrial" patterns that bring an air of renewal.

We think of cinema as art: the technical packaging of a film is not important to us but only its artistic quality. It doesn't matter what budget you shot your movie on. If it is engaging and exciting for the public, it is what we are looking for. Discover talents in order to promote them to the largest audience possible.

The screenings of the films take place quarterly on the Indiecinema streaming channel to culminate in the live evenings for the annual award ceremony of the winners in Flavio theater, in front of the Colosseum in Rome, with the participation of the directors, actors, press and public. The winning films will be broadcast on the Indie cinema channel and will be advertised to a large audience with the prizes awarded for a period of six months.

The winning films will not simply be shown online, but will have an ongoing digital advertising campaign and will be followed step by step in a series of in-depth web marketing analyzes through audience segmentation based on ratings, minutes watched, etc., to get the maximum public success.

Awards & Prizes

The prizes will be awarded exclusively by the public with online votes to the films on the Indiecinema streaming channel in the editions that will take place every quarter. The public will be able to watch and vote on the film by leaving a mark from 1 to 10 in the comments section under each work.

Golden pupil - Best film
Promotion and visibility of the winning film via email marketing (100,000 contacts) and social marketing with dedicated manager lasting 6 months and worth € 5000

Golden pupil - Best documentary
Promotion and visibility of the winning film via email marketing (100,000 contacts) and social marketing with dedicated manager lasting 6 months and worth € 5000

Golden pupil - Best short film
Promotion and visibility of the winning film via email marketing (100,000 contacts) and social marketing with dedicated manager lasting 6 months and worth € 3000

Special mentions "Silver pupil" and "Bronze pupil" to the second and third classified in each category.

Rules & Terms

All works must have been Ultimate after January 1, 2018. They may have been presented at other festivals and screened in public but never streamed on the Internet. All films that will be selected and screened online are protected from illegal downloads. The download will not be enabled and you will only be able to watch movies in secure streaming.

All films in English must be subtitled in Italian. All non-English films must be subtitled in Italian and English with separate file SRT. Admission does not guarantee acceptance to the festival. We also accept presentations that have been previewed elsewhere and that may already have distribution agreements. Non-definitive films are not allowed.

The screenings are scheduled during the Indiecinema Film Festival with a calendar at the discretion of the festival organization. No films can be withdrawn from the festival program after its selection. The timing of any film screenings will be the sole decision of the organizers.

Although all precautions will be taken to prevent the loss or damage of materials during the festival, Indiecinema Film Festival is not responsible for any damage during the festival.

The festival does not offer projection fees for its films. By submitting via FilmFreeway you agree NOT to request a screening fee as a requirement for participation in the festival, if the film is selected for the program.

ONLY WINNERS WILL BE SCREENED.
Selections will be promoted online.

Miscellaneous.
No responsibility is assumed by the organizer of the festival for technical problems deriving from the connection which may affect the functioning of the festival, including but not limited to: electronic, wireless or Internet connection or other online communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service provider, server, host or provider, email transmissions to be sent or received, lost, delayed, incomplete, damaged, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, erroneously addressed, undelivered or lost, interrupted o no network, server, hardware or software errors available; defective computer, website or other connections, availability, accessibility or communication errors or computer transmission error, lines, technical failures, encrypted, delayed or incorrectly addressed transmissions, malfunctions of the computer hardware or software, other errors or difficulties of any type, whether they are human, mechanical, electronic, IT, network, typographic, printing with the festival, including, by way of example, errors or difficulties that may occur in connection with the administration of the festival, the announcement of the prize, the incorrect upload of photos, videos or any related material, from the download of material or from the use of website. The filmmakers agrees that the festival producer will not be liable to the filmmakers or anyone third parties for any modification or termination by the festival. The festival producer reserves the right to make the necessary changes to the regulations or scheduling. The festival producer reserves the right to close the festival at any time for reasons of force majeure. The festival producer is not responsible for the unauthorized use by third parties of any information or movies.