Corti in Cortile, il cinema in breve

Registration and Deadline:

- It is important to send the film only once and in a single format.
 Submission of a working copy does not represent a
substitute for an over-term submission of the final copy.
Submission deadline: 21 July 2023
Mention: Mandatory for the selected films to receive 2 or more scene pictures or photograms from the content of the short films at the email address: info@cortiincortile.it

- Foreign authors wiil be so kind to submit their work with Italian subtitles (videos included) Alternatively, you will have to provide a dialogues' list in Italian

- Italian authors will be so kind to submit their works with English subtitles
The Festival Board of Directors reserves their right to make free use of excerpts from film for promotional purposes with a maximum duration of 45 seconds, as well as the pictures and all the material received.
All submitted works will be kept in the archive of the Association “Visione Arte”.

- The selected films list as well as the detailed festival program will be published on the website www.cortiincortile.it by 5th September 2023.
Submission and acceptance of this Regulation imply authorization to public screening of the short film.

VERY IMPORTANT:
The director or producer or a representative of the cast, if their short film is the winner, is obliged to attend the awards ceremony. If this is not possible, the prize will be awarded to another short film. Only if the winning short films are foreign and no one who represents them for obvious technical reasons can attend, the director is obliged to send a video message of thanks.

GENERAL RULES
Copyright
Each author is responsible for the content of the submitted work and claims to be the owner of all rights (direct and indirect) of the work.
Acceptance of the rules
Submitting the competition implies full acceptance of rules here above. Any irregularities or non-compliance to the rules voids participation in the festival and all the
initiatives promoted and realized by “Visione Arte”.
The Board of Directors can take decisions on matters not provided by the Regulation. Any controversy will compete the Court of Catania and the Italian Law will prevail this
Regulation.
General organization, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to make changes to these regulations and schedule of events, before deadline subscriptions.

Pre-selection Jury
This year “Visione Arte” with a Jury chosen by the “Corti in Cortile” Board of directors will select the winners of the major national and international short films and
documentaries festivals according to the following rules:
a) technical and professional quality expressed in the short film;
b) technical and professional work in relation to the value of all professional aspects related to the short-film material realization (writer, director, camera technique,
editing);
c) expressed artistic quality;
d) artistic quality – actors’ skill;
e) language and communication skills delivered through the effectiveness of the linguistic message.
The jury's decisions are final.

Privacy
All personal data supplied by submission for shall be treated
a laid out in the Legislative Decree n° 196 dated 2003-
Personal data security.