๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ช ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐
The city of San Giovanni A Piro, Il Varco and Aedon, are proud to announce the fourth edition of Mondi Lontani Film Festival, formerly known as Scario Short Film Festival.
We are hosting a call that goes through four seasonal selections that qualify for an annual screening in San Giovanni a Piro in autumn 2022. We are committed to the creation of a symposium of new international authors from all over the world in a series of screening that can portray the worldโs film culture new tendencies.
๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ช ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก
Weโre developing a bigger fourth edition thanks to the collaboration with the institutions, planning to show a larger number of quality films in a three-days long event, with a new hybrid format both online and offline:
We are hosting four seasonal calls that will end with an online screening on our platform, selected by our artistic director. The winning films will qualify for the outdoor screening in the main square of San Giovanni a Piro in the summer of 2022 and will compete for the victory of the various prizes, including the $500 cash prize.
Three days of cinema with the best shorts received through this call for entries that we'll select from all over the world, thanks to the collaboration with the staff from cultural associations Il Varco and Aedon. The artistic director is ๐๐น๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ, director and filmmaker whose work has been featured in ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น.
๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
- The competition is divided into 4 seasonal editions. At the end of each edition, the 5 selected short films and the 4 selected scripts will be announced and the films will be screened live on our website;
- We will pick two short films and one script among the selected works which will compete in the live event in Scario in the summer of 2022 for all the main prizes;
- The deadlines of the seasonal editions are as follows:
Autumn edition: 19 October 2021 - 11 December 2021
Winter edition: 21 December 2021 - 25 February 2022
Spring edition: 7 March, 2022 - April 28, 2022
Summer edition: 18 May 2022 - 30 July 2022
Live Edition: October 2022
We're looking forward to watch your world unfold before our eyes.
See you in San Giovanni a Piro.
๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ฆ
- More than $20 in discount codes from our partner festivals. You will receive a 50% waiver to submit to Il Varco - International Short Film Festival, Short Days, Prisma Rome Film Awards, Desenzano Film Festival and Pollino Film Festival. This means that this submission is not only practically free, but an all-around advantage.
๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ฆ
- An invite to take part in the screenings and the chance to win one of the prizes. Moreover, the selected projects will be invited to take part to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS of Il Varco - International Short Film Festival, joining more than 30 award-winning directors from all around the world, including Oscar-Shortlisted directors.
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- Best International Short ( ๐๐๐$ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ )
- Best Italian Short
- Best Director
- Best Screenwriter
- Best Cinematographer
- Best Editing
- Best Original Score
- Best Actor / Actress
- Best Screenplay