Rome Independent Prisma Awards

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Even if the digital age has made cameras cheaper, producing an independent movie is still really hard and distributing it with your own resources is even harder. There are countless festivals to choose from and it is really hard to recognize which could be really valuable for your distribution process. Many festivals are very costly and give you little or no chance to get selected, specially if you don't have a distributor that works on your movie.

We wanted to create a festival that was a place for independent filmmaker to find a honest, equal competition with colleagues from all around the world. We wanted this festival to be within reach of everyone.

That's why we created PRISMA, a monthly award ceremony, with live screenings, that does not ask you for an unjustifiable fee, where your movie can compete and be shown together with independent filmmakers from all around the world.

We wanted to give filmmakers a precious, affordable tool to showcase their talent to a true audience of jurors and we want that to happen stage by stage, with constant feedback.

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐋𝐘 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐒
▪ We won't ask for multiple submission in different categories. One submission is valid for all the 20 awards.
▪ We will watch your movie.
▪ We will send it to many partner festivals in Italy.
▪ All submissions get more than $20 in discounts in our partner festivals during the next months. 𝑺𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆!
▪ We will screen it, if we feel it's valuable, in our events in Rome where you will meet our community.

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘-𝗕𝗬-𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦
▪ ⌛ In 24/48 hours you will know if you're going to be in our Official Selection. Selected movies' posters get posted only on our Facebook page every day.
▪ On the notification date you will know if you're semi-finalist and then if you made the cut to finalist. Finalists films are posted on our website.
▪ Finalists get nominated for one of our 20 monthly awards.
▪ Winners of the award get a chance to be screened in our monthly screenings in cinema venue.
▪ Winners of the prizes get nominated for our annual edition.
▪ Winner of the annual edition wins cash prize.

𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗛 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗠 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥
This is the only monthly festival around with annual cash prizes. Moreover, our annual award cash prize grows with the number of shorts submitted: every new submission brings an increase of 0,20$ cash prize for the winner of first prize.
▪ Starting prize: 150$
▪ Current cash prize is now: 595,50$

𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗠 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪𝗦
We give you the possibility, at a very low fee - one of the lowest around - for your film to be reviewed by our film critic. Filmmakers that have already done it have express their heartfelt thanks for our reviews.
Check them out here: http://www.romeprismafilmawards.com/category/reviews/

We really believe that everybody from all around the world needs a chance to compete against other filmmakers of all levels. That's why we keep the prices low.

𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔.
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