APULIA SHORT FILM CONTEST
10 Nov 2024
Call for entries
30 May 2025
Final deadline
10 Nov 2024
Notification date
20 Jun 2025
22 Jun 2025
Festival start: 20 June 2025 Festival end: 22 June 2025
WHERE IT WILL BE HELD: SIPONTO MANFREDONIA AT THE SPORTING CLUB
WHEN: 20 - 21 -22 JUNE 2025
REGISTRATION: FREE BY 30 MAY 2025
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
RULES
INTRODUCTION
The artistic director GIGI GIUFFRIDA organizes at the SPORTING CLUB SIPONTO:
APULIA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FIM CONTEST
THE COMPETITION
This is a competition among short films from all over the world, without restrictions, included in the first edition of the International Festival-Competition, which will take place in SIPONTO (MANFREDONIA) in June 2025.
1. Participation
Participation in the Competition is open to both works already publicly viewed and unpublished works.
The proposed works must meet the following requirements:
• they must not exceed 30 minutes in length, excluding opening and closing credits;
• the video files must be in .mp4 format (h.264, with a maximum bitrate of 25 Mbit/sec);
• for works in a foreign language, subtitling in Italian is required
• For works in Italian, subtitling in English is not mandatory
Non-compliance with one or more of the parameters indicated above may result in the exclusion of the work from the selections.
Registration must be made using the specific Registration Form, an integral part of the Announcement.
Each competitor can register more than one short film, by sending a different registration form
for each work submitted.
Participation in the Competition is free of charge.
THE COMPETITION provides for the public viewing of the works, for which prior authorization must be issued on the registration form.
Deadline
Registration must be received by MAY 30, 2025, by sending the requested material to the
following email address: apuliashortfilmcontest@gmail.com or on the FESTHOME platform.
Applications received after this date will not be accepted.
. Application form
The registration form, duly completed and signed, with particular reference to
the authorization or otherwise for public viewing, must include the link for viewing or downloading, from the cloud or from a large file sending service, of the registered work.
Selection and execution
The Selection Committee, composed of the ARTISTIC DIRECTOR GIGI GIUFFRIDA, experts in the sector, identified by the Organization both among its Members and externally and the opinion of the public, who will choose, among all the works entered, 5 candidates for the awards that include:
-BEST FILM
-BEST DIRECTION
-BEST PROTAGONIST
-BEST SOUNDTRACK
-BEST SCREENPLAY
For the selection and for each award, the respective laurel will be delivered.
The Organization may also provide for any special mentions.
In order to encourage cultural exchange and sharing in the cinematographic field, on the day of the screening for the award recognition, the Organization may provide for the presence of a guest from the world of cinema.
Registration for the Competition entails full and unconditional acceptance of this
Notice-Regulation.
The Registration Form can be downloaded below
Further information and clarifications can be requested by email to giuffridagigi@gmail.com
The Organization undertakes not to use or disclose in any way, except for what is provided for the private viewing of the Juries, the videos of the short films for which authorization has not been issued
REGISTRATION FORM
The application form must be filled in in all its parts, signed by the legal
representative or holder of the rights and sent by May 25, 2025, by email, to the email address apuliashortfilmcontest@gmail.com
BEST FILM
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR
BEST SOUNDTRACK
BEST SCREENPLAY
WHERE IT WILL BE HELD: SIPONTO MANFREDONIA AT THE SPORTING CLUB
WHEN: 20 - 21 -22 JUNE 2025
REGISTRATION: FREE BY 30 MAY 2025
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
RULES
INTRODUCTION
The artistic director GIGI GIUFFRIDA organizes at the SPORTING CLUB SIPONTO:
APULIA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FIM CONTEST
THE COMPETITION
This is a competition among short films from all over the world, without restrictions, included in the first edition of the International Festival-Competition, which will take place in SIPONTO (MANFREDONIA) in June 2025.
1. Participation
Participation in the Competition is open to both works already publicly viewed and unpublished works.
The proposed works must meet the following requirements:
• they must not exceed 30 minutes in length, excluding opening and closing credits;
• the video files must be in .mp4 format (h.264, with a maximum bitrate of 25 Mbit/sec);
• for works in a foreign language, subtitling in Italian is required
• For works in Italian, subtitling in English is not mandatory
Non-compliance with one or more of the parameters indicated above may result in the exclusion of the work from the selections.
Registration must be made using the specific Registration Form, an integral part of the Announcement.
Each competitor can register more than one short film, by sending a different registration form
for each work submitted.
Participation in the Competition is free of charge.
THE COMPETITION provides for the public viewing of the works, for which prior authorization must be issued on the registration form.
Deadline
Registration must be received by MAY 30, 2025, by sending the requested material to the
following email address: apuliashortfilmcontest@gmail.com or on the FESTHOME platform.
Applications received after this date will not be accepted.
. Application form
The registration form, duly completed and signed, with particular reference to
the authorization or otherwise for public viewing, must include the link for viewing or downloading, from the cloud or from a large file sending service, of the registered work.
Selection and execution
The Selection Committee, composed of the ARTISTIC DIRECTOR GIGI GIUFFRIDA, experts in the sector, identified by the Organization both among its Members and externally and the opinion of the public, who will choose, among all the works entered, 5 candidates for the awards that include:
-BEST FILM
-BEST DIRECTION
-BEST PROTAGONIST
-BEST SOUNDTRACK
-BEST SCREENPLAY
For the selection and for each award, the respective laurel will be delivered.
The Organization may also provide for any special mentions.
In order to encourage cultural exchange and sharing in the cinematographic field, on the day of the screening for the award recognition, the Organization may provide for the presence of a guest from the world of cinema.
Registration for the Competition entails full and unconditional acceptance of this
Notice-Regulation.
The Registration Form can be downloaded below
Further information and clarifications can be requested by email to giuffridagigi@gmail.com
The Organization undertakes not to use or disclose in any way, except for what is provided for the private viewing of the Juries, the videos of the short films for which authorization has not been issued
REGISTRATION FORM
The application form must be filled in in all its parts, signed by the legal
representative or holder of the rights and sent by May 25, 2025, by email, to the email address apuliashortfilmcontest@gmail.com
No Fee
Submissions deadline
30 May 25
