1- This call is open to fiction short movies. Documentaries and Animated Movies are excluded. The short movies uploaded need to be MAXIMUM 20 MINUTES long (in total).
2- The application has to be made through FilmFreeway.
3- The application fee to compete for the 1st Price_Best Film (sections ITALIAN SHORT FILMS and INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS) is 15 euros until the 29th February (h 11.59 a.m.) and 20 euros from the 1st March to the 15th May 2024 (Deadline: h 11.59 P.M.)
!IMPORTANT! TO COMPETE FOR THE 1st PRICE (BEST FILM) YOU HAVE TO APPLY IN THE SECTION "ITALIAN SHORT FILM" OR 'INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM"
! If you compete in one of the two section ITALIAN SHORT FILMS or INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS, you compete for ALL THE PRICES, included "Best Film Under 35" and "Cinema D'Autrice: Women in Cinema" !
! If you apply in one of the other two sections, "ITALIAN SHORT FILMS UNDER 35" or/and "CINEMA D'AUTRICE: WOMEN IN FILMS", YOU DO NOT COMPETE FOR THE FIRST PRICE (Best Film). In this case, you compete only for the awards of these two sections (Award "Cinema d'Autrice" and Award "Best film under 35"). The application fee in this case is 5 euros until the 29th February and 10euros from the 1st of March to the 15th May 2024 (h. 11.59 p.m.)
The submission fees are not refundable.
4- For the section INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS: films in a language different than Italian have to be subtitled in English or Italian. The subtitles have to be edited with the movie and CANNOT be sent separately.
5 - All the submitted movies will be viewed by the Festival Direction that will pre-select the short films for the official competition. The direction of the Festival can also select the submitted short films for eventual reviews, special events and “out of competition” projections, parallel to the official competition.
The finalist short films selected by the jury will be SCREENED on the 15th JUNE 2024. The day before, the night of the 14th JUNE 2024, will take place the AWARD NIGHTS, and the prices will be assigned to the winner short films selected by the jury. The verdict of the Jury is unquestionable. The directors of the winner short movies will be also notified by email 10days before the event.
6 - SCREENING NIGHT (15th June 2024): For the finalist short films chosen to be screened, another copy of the movie will be requested in the following format: File .mov (H264 or AppleProRes / Audio Stereo). Short films that will not have a satisfying level of audio/video quality will not be allowed to be screened. It is not possible to withdraw a selected movie from the contest.
Films in a language different than Italian must be screened with Italian subtitles: film makers whose films had been submitted with subtitles in English, will be asked to provide Italian subtitles by sending them to the email address torrealfinafilmfestival@gmail.com. The direction has the right not to screen the movie in case of not receiving the subtitles files. (Film makers whose films are selected for the screening will be notified by email 10days before the event)
7 - AUDIENCE AWARD: the finalist short films will be uploaded on Youtube 10 days before the screening night event (under previous consent of the directors who are free to accept or deny the upload). The audience award will be based on the number of Likes that each short film will receive.
8 - As part of the adoption of the 5050×2020 Initiative (the “Gender Equality Protocol”), TAFF intends to promote GENDER EQUALITY and CULTURAL DIVERSITY in all possible forms.
9 - Movies already presented to other festivals are admitted and accepted for the application. TAFF does not require any exclusive right.
10 - TAFF does NOT accept movies containing advertising messages or COMMERCIALS.
11 - COPYRIGHT: The Direction of the Festival, according to the rules established as far as copyrights are concerned, assumes that the works received are free of any right property or any right belonging to a third party. As partakers of the contests, the authors guarantee the organization of the Festival from any legal action which might be undertaken against it by legal claimants. The artistic directors and the staff of the organization are not to be considered responsible in case of dispute. The authors are liable for the contents of their work and of the diffusion by their means of non-original copyrighted music and/or images.
12 - Torre Alfina Film Festival is hereby granted the right to use images or parts submitted and accepted movies for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes including Miami No Face Production's website and all other media outlets related to Torre Alfina Film Festival publicity. Torre Alfina Film festival is authorised to keep materials about the movies (teaser, trailer ecc..) in its archives.
13 - The person submitting to the festival shall indemnify and hold harmless Torre Alfina Film Festival from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to legal fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening films/ videos entered.
14 - Torre Alfina Film festival DOES NOT ACCEPT: amateur videos; movies with extreme contents or containing any kind of propaganda (religious, politic, ecc..); pornography, movies with a low quality audio and/or video resolution lower than 1080 HD; parts/scenes of the movie (it is mandatory to upload the entire movie).
15 - Torre Alfina Film Festival has the right to POSTPONE THE DEADLINE for submission and the date of the live screening night event, if the number of the movies received are not enough for an accurate and fair artistic evaluation. In this case the organization staff will give instant communication on Film Free Way, on the website Miaminofaceproduction.com and on the social medias of Torre Alfina Film Festival.
The subscription and the participation to “TAFF – 1th Edition” (June 2024) implies the unconditional acceptance of the present regulation in all its parts.
For any possible controversy is qualified the judiciary of Roma (Foro di Roma).
All the awards for the categories of the contest, the names of the Jury members and the selected short films will be published on Miaminofaceproduction.com
