Linea d'Ombra Festival-CortoEuropa Competition

Competitive section: CortoEuropa

Short films in digital format with a maximum duration of 20 minutes, produced in Europe in the two-year period 2022/2023, are admitted to the competition. The number of works admitted to the section in competition will be defined by the artistic direction and may vary according to the needs of planning and project coherence.

How to enroll:

a. The submission of the films should take place:
through the online registration platform: www.filmfreeway.com
by direct invitation from the festival
b. Registration requires a fee of € 3 to be paid at the same time as entering the platform.
c. The deadline for registration to the preselection is 1 September 2023 at 23:59 UTC +1
d. The registration of the work in the competition implies full acceptance of these regulations. For any controversy, the Italian text prevails. For anything not covered by this regulation, the organization of the festival reserves the final decision.
e. Accepting these regulations Linea d'Ombra Festival is authorized to use the selected films for the competition in the CortoEuropa category. The organization of the festival will ask the entitled to authorize the presentation of the work in competition in other activities directly organized or sponsored by the Festival itself, even outside the dates of the review.

Admission to the competition:

The artistic direction will communicate the official registration in the competition of the pre-selection films by 10 September 2023. Upon receipt of this communication, the following materials must be sent with absolute priority, via e-mail or via file transfer service, to intmanager@lineadombrafestival.it :

- a clean projection file in .mp4 format (Codec h264) without subtitles;
- .srt file of subtitles in Italian, if available or .srt file in English;
- synopsis (.doc, .rtf or .pdf format);
- director's bio-filmography (.doc, .rtf or .pdf format);
- photos of the film and the director;
- technical sheet of the film (.doc, .rtf or .pdf format).

Coronavirus Emergency:

The organization of the event reserves the right to change the dates and methods of carrying out the festival in compliance with any provisions of local or national authorities due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Festival ONLINE:

Part or all of the events and films of the Linea d’Ombra Festival will be presented online. In the latter case all the authors, producers and distributors involved in the festival may/must authorize the online presentation of their works, indicating any territories to be excluded, without prejudice to the protection of property and copyright.