Nice World Independant Cinema Awards

Nice World Independent Cinema Awards (WICA) has as its objective the promotion of cinematographic art by presenting films of quality and entertainment. This is an annual event based in the city of Nice in the south of France held just before the Cannes film festival.

It is possible that each film nominated may be presented more than once. Nice WICA is all held in one convenient location; All of the screenings, workshops, meetings, networking, industry professionals, Awards Night and even hotel rooms. That means that we will always be there, supporting you and your project from before the Festival starts to the closing ceremony

Feature films, documentaries and short subjects of any genre on video and DVD are selected by invitation from entries to the festival.

Entries must have been produced within the last four years. All films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English, we also welcome but it is not compulsory to have French as well as English subtitles were the film is in neither English or French to increase the possible markets, unless dialogue or commentary is unnecessary for comprehension and appreciation. In the exceptional event that an unsubtitled print is accepted, English and Dutch dialogue lists are required.

We reserve the right to use excerpts from submitted work for promotional purposes only . The Festival is open to the public as well as attending distribution and sales professionals. we have TV buyers and film buyers and distributors also attending, you will if your film is nominated have one to one meetings if you wish to talk business on your movie.

Official or professional national organisations and individuals may submit feature and short films to the Festival. Films submitted for pre-selection should arrive no later than 5 working days before our final deadline and must be shipped as per instructions above. All shipping costs of films must be borne by the sender.

Please note: it is not possible for us to return any DVD or tapes, but can be collected by you at the festival... It is the Nice WICA policy not to offer comments and reasons for films not selected for the programme.

By submitting your film you are agreeing to the WICAWARDS screening your film during the Festival and using your film for promotional purposes, as well as all the above regulations.