Fourth edition.
In a globalized world cinema also tends to be global, but every country has its own culture, its own identity, and a peculiar way of seeing the world and life. these differences in human experiences are a treasure that must be valued.
Our festival wants to reward those productions that highlight significant aspects of local or national cultures. We speak of "interculture" which is the relationship between two or more cultures characterized by the mutual enrichment of values, customs, and traditions. This idea goes beyond the simple coexistence between different cultures in the same place (multiculturalism). For those who want to better understand this crucial point, I recommend reading a famous speech by a genius writer: “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace. You will find it easily by searching on Google. This is a quote:
There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, "Morning, boys, how's the water?" And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, "What the hell is water?"
We ask you to pay a little attention here because the authors often do not realize that they are expressing particular aspects of their culture of origin and therefore they cannot always evaluate with certainty their works are consistent with the theme of our festival.
However, it is not so difficult. If your film concerns issues such as relationships between men and women, education, adolescence, aging, illness, solidarity, violence, friendship, the relationship with nature, or other broad themes like these, you can be sure that it reveals important aspects of your belonging culture even if it seems to you to be universal and objective. So try it with confidence: you might have a nice surprise.
Finally, the festival will take place in Venice, Italy, a city that for all its thousand years of history has based its fortune and its beauty precisely on its ability to be intercultural to the highest degree.
We will continue this tradition by creating a vibrant, stimulating environment open to all kinds of discoveries.
The VIFF Festival 2022 will present seven awards in the following categories:
1. Best short Film (Less than 40 minutes)
2. Best Short Documentary (Less than 40 minutes)
3. Best Short On Women (Less than 40 minutes)
4. Best Short On Human Rights (Less than 40 minutes)
5. Best Student /First time Film (Over 18, Less than 40 minutes)
6. Best Art Film (performing art, video-art, experimental (Less than 40 minutes)
Animation films can be included in any category
The selection committee members are filmmakers, journalists, actors, cinema teachers, and intercultural dialogue experts. The decision of the committee is final.
The selection process is in two stages: selected and winners films
The winning films are one for each category:
winners films will be awarded a specials winner laurel and a certificate;
selected films be aware with a certificate and a laurel;
some selected films will be screened too at the suggestion of the Committee.
