- ๐—œ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—”๐—ก๐—ง -

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต.
๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ.

- ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก -

๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ (๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ).

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๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ is the ancient name of the present town of ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ; an ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป port, legend has it that it was founded by the Homeric hero ๐——๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ. Inhabited since the ๐Ÿฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐—–, Sipontum is a place rich in history.
Following the path of the glorious past of the town, we want to start a new history and let the arthouse cinema been known and celebrated all over the world.

๐—ฆ๐—”๐—œ๐—™๐—™ is a truly ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ and ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™š festival, organized by people who have been doing ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ข๐™– (๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ-๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ-๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต) for over 20 years.
We are especially interested in all those works that have no commercial purpose, the ones brave enough to seek new paths or to rework the lessons of the great authors in their own way.
The festival aims to become a reference point for all the authors who do not accept compromises and want to share their own stories.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€!
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There will be ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ and ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€, with the proclamation of the film of the year (usually during the winter session, at the end of December).

A ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌs will be screened during the ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด; the works will be chosen among the ๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ or ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, giving priority to the works that also have subtitles in ๐˜๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ.
This will ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ the choices of the jury (๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด).
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Our team knows very well the difficulties inherent in producing films against commercial needs and for purely artistic purposes; for this reason, SAIFF, in addition of having an official website and social medias where it is possible to keep up to date on the festival activities, also has an ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด "๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ - ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ" (https://ordetv.blogspot.com) where the works presented, ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฃ-๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, will be ๐™›๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™™.
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An important partner of the festival is "๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ", club born in 2011, which will host the monthly screenings.
www.latraccianascosta.eu

We're an official partner of "๐—ถ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ง๐—ฉ", the Film and Television Industry's newest marketplace for Creators and Buyers of original projects for Film, TV & Web/Digital Media.
https://ipitch.tv

Sipontum Arthouse International Film Festival is twinned with the "๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น" now in its fifteenth edition.
www.cortoecultura.com

The winners will be made public, on the notification date, on the official website and on our official social medias; winners and official selection will also be published on the official blog "๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ - ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ" (https://ordetv.blogspot.com).

We remind the authors that the ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ is ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ and the film entered and selected competes for ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐˜€.

The jury reserves the right to assign ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ and the ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ to works deemed particularly interesting.

The available awards are:

- ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ (๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ)
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ (๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ-๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ)
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ (๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ)
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† (๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ)
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† (๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ-๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ)
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† (๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ)
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ/๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ (๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ)
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ/๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ (๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ-๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ)
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ (๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ)
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† (๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ)
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† (๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ-๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ)
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† (๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ)
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ (๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„!)
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ
- ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

โธป ๐—œ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—”๐—ก๐—ง โธป

We might write ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ about the works in competition on our official blog ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด "๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ - ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ" (https://ordetv.blogspot.com) during the whole year.

We highly recommend the authors to correctly upload ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™–๐™ก on the ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ (๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ).
Every articles will be written in ๐—œ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป, but you will be able to translate them into the needed language through the button at the top left, in the drop-down menu (โ€œ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒโ€).

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€; we will review your works because ๐™ž๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™™๐™š.
We will review the works that have most impressed us for the sole purpose of giving space and voice to your art.
We would also love to directly discuss with you, so we may contact you for interviews.

Thanks to our partnership with ๐—ถ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ง๐—ฉ we can offer these following ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐˜€ :

- The winner of "๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง" award will win a ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป to the platform;
- The winners of "๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†" and "๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ (๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ, ๐™ข๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™ช๐™ข-๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ฉ๐™, ๐™›๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š) awards will win a ๐Ÿฏ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป to the platform

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"๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ? ๐˜ช๐˜—๐˜๐˜›๐˜Š๐˜.๐˜›๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜›๐˜, ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ & ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ, ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ, ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.")

- We accept short films under 20 minutes, medium-lenght films lasting from 20'01" to 59 minutes and feature films lasting 60 minutes or more.

- Registration can only be done through FilmFreeway. All the data relating to the short films/films must be correctly entered on FilmFreeway.
N.B. All the presented short films/films must be downloadable by SAIFF team to be able to broadcast them during the live event.

- The author, at the time of subscription, declares to own all the rights on the images, music and sounds of his cinematographic work.
The organization of the festival is not responsible for any false statements by the undersigned.

- Registration fees are non-refundable.

- The short film/film must have subtitles in English (native English short film/film included).
Italian subtitles are highly recommended (to facilitate the viewing of the short film/film during the live sessions).

- Registration is not a guarantee of selection.

- The decisions made by the jury are not contestable.
The jury reserves the right to not award prizes in certain sections if it does not deem it appropriate.

- The official laurels will be available on FilmFreeway, the certificates will be sent in PDF to the winners by email.
Make sure to write the movie name correctly.

- The filmmakers authorize the festival to extrapolate small fragments of their short film/film to realize spots for the sole purpose of advertising the event on social media, TV and online.

- Live events and festival dates may be subject to changes due to causes related to the covid situation. In case of changes we will promptly update the official pages of the festival.

- To facilitate the process during the screening phase, we invite the authors to upload the video file in .mp4 h.264

- The film must be downloadable by the festival team for projections related to the festival itself and in events, school courses, public or private connected to it.

- This regulation may be subject to periodic review; we therefore invite the authors to consult it often.

Overall Rating
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  • Wonderful communication and brilliant reviews on the blog. Really grateful my film Stabat Mater won best experimental and film of the season/spring.

    April 2023
  • Louis Salvatore Bellanti

    Trรจs bon festival... ร  l'รฉcoute des rรฉalisateurs. Merci pour votre l'accueil et votre professionnalisme.

    April 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Salut cher Louis!
    Merci beaucoup pour vos paroles et d'avoir choisi de faire partie de notre famille!

    Nous vous souhaitons tout le meilleur!

  • A super fantastic welcoming festival with all the works - good company good food good screenings good everything - I will come back
    / olof ๐Ÿ˜€

    April 2023
  • Miro Alleyne-McCarthy

    Great festival and I'm really proud to have had my film be selected. Thank you!

    October 2022
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    Response from festival:

    Hi dear Miro and thank you!
    We're the ones to have been happy and honored to have your movie in our festival.

    Welcome to our family!

    Best wishes!

  • Noemi Vasileiadou

    Sipontum Arthouse Film Festival is a great stop during the travel of an independent film! It really gives opportunities to upcoming filmmakers. Their true care about submitting films includes also elaborate comments on their blog. I am really excited that my film was awarded. Thank you very much! It is an honour!

    October 2022
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    Response from festival:

    You're absolutely more than welcome dear Noemi, the honor and privilege to had the chance to have your work in our festival was ours!
    We're very happy to have you in our family!

    We would also like to thank you for the beautiful words you said about our festival, it truly means a lot!

    Congratulations again to both you and your team for the great job!

    Best wishes for the future!