Uno sguardo raro - The Rare Disease International Film Festival

PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION IN THE COMPETITION
1. The competition is open to all directors, authors, actors, producers who have made or are going to make short films, documentaries, spots on the theme of rare diseases of any kind of narrative, both published and unpublished and without nationality restrictions.
2. The registration of the works in the competition is free and takes place exclusively online through the FilmFreeway platform (https://filmfreeway.com/festival/Unosguardoraro), uploading the work and completing the registration form.
3. THE DEADLINE for the registration of the works in the competition is November 30th, 2018. The Organization reserves the right to extend this date by communicating it on the Filmfreeway profile and on the website www.unosguardoraro.org.
4. Italian works of all categories, except for the student advertising film, must be subtitled in English, under penalty of exclusion from the competition. International works must have subtitles in English, under penalty of exclusion from the competition.
5. It is necessary that the registered work has not already been projected in previous editions of the Festival UNO SGUARDO RARO.
6. Each director can participate in only one of the 5 categories.
7. Any additional material related to the registered work must be sent only in case of selection to the final stage of the competition.
8. In case of selection, the projection formats of the admitted films are: DCP, File HD.
SELECTION, JURIES AND AWARDS
9. The Board of Directors of the NOVE PRODUZIONI Association will appoint an Organizing Committee, formed by the Artistic Director and members of the world of cinema and rare diseases, who will take care of pre-selecting the works received according to the theme of the Festival: rare diseases and “Rare but not alone”.
10. The Festival's Organizing Committee will nominate a Quality Jury, which will be formed both by experts in cinema, television and entertainment, by experts in communication and members of the rare disease community.
11. The jury of quality, together with the Artistic Director, will select and vote among the pre-selected works the finalists for each category, which will be screened during the fourth edition of Uno Sguardo Raro - The Rare Disease International Film Festival 2019. In addition to technical quality, the Quality Jury will evaluate the works that:
- will address the theme of rare diseases in a suggestive, exciting and original way;
- will favour the knowledge and, above all, the enhancement of the theme, overcoming every prejudice;
- will highlight the clichés and stereotypes of collective imaginary;
- will enhance the richness of the community of rare patients, expressing it with imagination and irony;
- identify a path of integration and inclusion for isolated people.
12. A Popular Jury will take part to the projections. It will be formed in part by students and teachers that will be present at the projections of the finalists and will vote through a special form. The average of the votes of the popular jury will decide the winner of the Special Prize of the Popular Jury.
13. The average of the votes of the Quality Jury will decide the following winners:
a. BEST ITALIAN SHORT FILM
b. BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
c. BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM
d. BEST DOCUMENTARY
e. BEST SPOT "UNO SGUARDO RARO" 2019
14. Ex-aequo awards are possible.
15. The awarding of additional prizes or special mentions is possible by the Quality Jury.
DEFUSION AND ARCHIVING
16. The works that will pass the pre-selection will be published on the Festival website www.unosguardoraro.org and may be published on other websites that are in partnership with the festival.
17. The finalist works will be screened during the 2019 edition of UNO SGUARDO RARO in Rome at the Casa del Cinema and other events that will be announced later.
18. The spot winner of "Uno Sguardo Raro" 2019, will be an integral part of the Festival's image for the entire 2020 edition, as a tool for the dissemination and promotion of USR to all partners, in the media and on social and web channels.
19. The finalist works will be kept in an online public archive. The copies donated to the archive will be used for educational, study and research purposes, for information and for the dissemination of knowledge of the aforementioned theme, with the exclusion of any commercial use and with limited access.
GENERAL RULES FOR SELECTION, COMPETITION AND PRIZES
20. The authors are responsible for the contents of their productions. The contents of the works presented in the competition must be in order regarding the fulfillment of the Siae rights and with the current legislation on copyright. The Nove Produzioni Association declines all responsibility in this sense.
21. For the films selected in the competitive categories, no rental costs and rights of any kind will be paid.
22. In the case of participants under age, the registration application must be completed and signed by a parent or guardian, below the name and surname of the participant.
23. The choices made by the Organizing Committee, the Artistic Direction and the Juries of the Festival are unquestionable.
24. The organization of the Festival cannot support any travel and accommodation costs for the Festival participants. In any case, the organization will examine any requests sent by e-mail to the organizational secretary info@unosguardoraro.org
25. The participants will allow the processing of their personal data for requirements pursuant to Legislative Decree n.196 / 2003 . The participant authorizes the Cultural Association "Nove Produzioni" organizer of the Festival Uno Sguardo Raro - The Rare Disease International Film Festival, to use its own work, if finalist, for all the useful uses to promote the Festival through media, social media and on the Festival website. He authorizes the Festival to publish the images, photographs and videos recorded during the festival of their image and their work on all the useful dissemination and communication channels, and in promotional events both public and private, that will not, in any way, ever compromise personal dignity and decorum.
26. Participation in the competition involves the acceptance and observance of all the rules of this competition announcement.
27. For any disputes the Court of Rome is competent.