Versi di Luce Festival (18)

Festival start: 06 October 2026      Festival end: 10 October 2026

Beautiful festival that takes place in Modica and Gela - ITALY.. Modica is the birthplace of Salvatore Quasimodo and the festival is dedicated to him, the Nobel Prize for poetry. The festival has reached its XVII edition and welcomes poets, videographers, directors, writers and any artist who deals with the theme of the Festival: Cinema and Poetry. The cinema section is for short films of videopoetry, short films of fiction, videoclips and feature films.

Section for videopoetry and videoart: BEST VIDEOPOETRY;

Section for short fiction: BEST SHORT FILM;

Section for videoclip: BEST VIDEOCLIP;

Section for feature film: BEST FEATURE FILM;

Section for Young: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS;

REGULATION AND REGISTRATION FORM “VERSI DI LUCE 2026”

1 . THEME 2026

"Versi di Luce 2026" central theme is "Poetry" (poetry as language, poetry as theme, poetry - even a specific poetry as a source of inspiration, poetry in its true-meaning.

2 . WORKS ADMITTED

The works that can partecipate to the competition:

• SECTION FOR SHORT VIDEOPOETRY AND VIDEO ART – videopoetry or video art (published or unpublished ), which have as reference to any published or unpublished piece of poetry of any author (video or still images, with sounds and words), with a maximum permitted duration of 5 minutes.

• SECTION FOR SHORT FICTION – short film (published or unpublished) on the stories and events inspired to the theme specified in the first point (THEME 2026) of this announcement, with a maximum permitted duration of 20 minutes.

• SECTION FOR THE VIDEOCLIPS – videoclip (published or unpublished) , which have as their reference songs published or unpublished, with a maximum duration of 5 minutes.

• SECTION FOR FEATURE FILM – film (published or unpublished) on the stories and events inspired to the theme specified in the first point (THEME 2026) of this announcement;

• SECTION FOR CONTEMPORARY VISIONS – film (published or unpublished) on the stories and events inspired to the theme specified in the first point (THEME 2026) of this announcement. For school students and young director (The competition is open to young filmmakers, including students and graduates from schools, film schools, and universities).

3 . FORMAT

All entries must be sent in any format. For any question contact us: versidiluce@hotmail.it for.

4 . DEADLINE

Deadline is April 30 th, 2026.

5 . SELECTION AND FINAL EVENT

The final results of the selection will be communicated to the participants by e-mail and posted on the site: www.versidiluce.com
Date and time of the projections to the festival will be notified in the same way.

6 . EXCLUSION

The organization reserves the right to deny the works which don't respect the professionalism of the Festival and the works already submitted to the past editions of the Festival "Versi di Luce".

7 . CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION AND REGISTRATION TERMS

All works must be sent no later than April 30th 2026

With your participation, you accept the following:

- I have read and subscribe to the entire Regulation of "VERSI DI LUCE 2026";

- I authorize, in accordance with law D. Lgs. 196/2003 e Regolamento UE 2016/679 on the protection of personal data, the use of personal data for any purpose connected with the Festival and the dissemination of data relating to the authors of the works to the press only for promotional purposes related to the competition ;

- I authorize the screening of the works , the diffusion (TV, on-line) of the same for the purposes promotional contest, giving up in this case to copyright;

The shipping costs will be at the expense of the participant. There is not any reimbursement of travel for participants for day of screening.

The copies sent to participation in the contest will not be returned and will become part of the archive video of the "VERSI DI LUCE 2026" hosted by CINETECA MODICANA.

8 . LIABILITY

"CINECLUB 262 decline any liability for loss or damage of the material submitted. The organization decline, in addition, any liability in relation to any theft or loss of the works in their offices. It is the responsibility of the authors, if they use text, music and images covered by copyright for their video footage to obtain the release. "CINECLUB 262", decline any responsibility. The authors assume full responsibility for the material shot and edited (audio and video) for the realization of works and for the truthfulness of the statements.

9 . CHANGES TO THE REGULATION

The Festival reserves the possibility of change this regulation for reasons of force majeure or for the improvement of the same, any changes will be promptly communicated to participants.

10 . ACCEPTANCE OF RULES

Participation in the competition implies full acceptance of these rules.

11 . AWARDS

Will be awarded the following prizes:
Section for videopoetry and videoart: BEST VIDEOPOETRY;
Section for short fiction: BEST ITALIAN SHORT FILM, BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM;
Section for videoclip: BEST VIDEOCLIP;
Section for feature film: BEST FEATURE FILM;
Section for Young: PRIZE CONTEMPORARY VISION.