Topic 2018: Letter to the one who changed my story
For the 2018 edition of Movieletters’ competition, film directors from around the world are invited to make short films translating into cinematic language the words contained in the letter written by the Italian band Lo Stato Sociale.
The text of the letter, downloadable in English here http://movieletters.com/contest2018/the-letter/ must appear within the short film, in the way that the author deems most appropriate: voice-over, lettering motion, opening and closing credits, etc.
A dedicated jury will decide on the short film finalists and the winner.
Find out more: https://www.movieletters.com
Criteria for admission
The Movieletters competition is addressed to all film directors, professionals or amateurs, of any nationality, provided that they are adults.
Each participant shall ensure that the work submitted is original, that it has been actually carried out by the same participant and that the idea is of no one else (either through partial or total copying).
The organization shall assume no responsibility for any claims from third parties, for which the author participating in the competition shall be entirely and personally responsible.
No artistic works are allowed whose contents are explicitly violent and pornographic, or incite violence, instigate racial hatred and/or social, political, religious and sexual discrimination.
The works submitted may not contain any advertisements.
Video features
Works can be created with complete freedom as far as style is concerned and with any means made available by video shooting technology, provided that the image quality is such as to exploit same. The film must not last more than 8 minutes (opening and closing credits excluded). The Artistic Direction of the Festival reserves the right to project works in a foreign language with subtitles in Italian processed by the Festival itself, in the case where these are not provided directly by the Director.
Terms and conditions for participation
The works must be registered and sent to segreteria@festivaldellelettere.it using the free file transfer service available to the link movieletters.wetransfer.com within the deadline of 24 hours of September 23, 2018.
The finalist videos will be announced by September 28, 2018.
The selected artists will be asked to send the high definition version of their work together with backstage photos, photos of the author and bio-filmography. Despatch method will be communicated by the organization directly to the finalists.
Finalist Works’ Premiere
The first film of the best works selected by the jury will be shown during the 14th edition of the Letters’ Festival. During this event, the short film winners will be announced and awarded.
