Festival Internazionale Del Cinema Laceno D`oro (47)

Festival start: 01 December 2022      Festival end: 08 December 2022

COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Circolo ImmaginAzione for film culture, as part of Laceno D’Oro Film Festival 2022, announces two international contest categories: feature & medium-length films, and short films.

Furthermore, there will be a competition called SPAZIO CAMPANIA, including works by authors from Campania and produced in Campania only.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The call is open to movies produced and shot in any video format, regardless of the genre and nationality, and completed after January 1st, 2021.

Works already distributed in Italian theatres will be excluded, as well as works already released in Italy on streaming platforms. National Previews will be prioritized.

COMPETITION CATEGORIES

1) CONCORSO LACENO D’ORO 47: full-length and medium-lenght films, both fictional and documentaries, with a running-time over 30 minutes.
Works which will stand out for their experimental and fresh approach will be taken into further consideration.

2) Short-movies competition “Gli occhi sulla città”: short-films not exceeding 30 minutes, including credits.
Each work will have to stand out for the way they deal with issues related to urban spaces, to the environment and to the landscape. This topic can be explored with the outmost freedom. Each work, however, will have to ponder how moviemaking can tell, depict, or even “predict” the changes of urban spaces and contemporary landscapes. All authors will deal with this topic in their own creative and original way.

3) SPAZIO CAMPANIA, for all works - with no length or genre restrictions - created by authors from Campania or produced in Campania.
To be valid, all movies must be submitted, according to the submission details included in this call, no later than September 12th, 2022.

Cash Prizes: 6,000$

COMPETITION
Selected films will be shown to the audience during Laceno d'Oro International Film Festival 2022, which will take place in Avellino from December 1st to December 8th, 2022. The screenings will take place according to the schedule set by the festival commission, and authors will be informed in advance. In case of illness due to COVID-19 pandemic, screenings on specialized streaming platform will be discussed, and they will integrate or replace theatre screenings. The festival will share all the necessary technical specifications with the participants and, in agreement with authors and producers, the movies will be available for a limited amount of time according to the rules of the chosen platform.
Circolo ImmaginAzione will appoint three technical panels of judges, including artists and experts with artistic and professional background in the Film Industry. Each panel will evaluate selected works based on their cinematographic and aesthetic quality, along with the style and the rendition of the subject.
In addition, there will be a popular jury including members of the audience who will award two Audience Prize for Laceno D’Oro 47 section and for Spazio Campania section.
Prizes:
Laceno d’oro 47 Award - € 3.000
Laceno d’oro Award “Gli Occhi sulla città - € 1.500
Laceno d’oro Doc special award - € 1.000
Laceno d’oro Award Spazio Campania - € 500,00
Laceno d’oro Award Spazio Campania, Best unreleased film - € 500,00
Audience Award - A work of art by a local artist, selected by the professors of Accademia delle Belle Arti, Naples.
The organization reserves the right to integrate the festival prizes and/or to establish other special awards. The Laceno d'Oro Doc Special

COMPETITION ENTRIES
Candidates can register via FESTHOME online platform.

Authors or producers submitting more than one movie will be able to register, via Festhome platform, with an entry fee of 5.00 euros for the first film and 1.00 euro for each subsequent registration. Upon registration, all Authors and/or Producers are held accountable for the content of their works and declare that they have fulfilled all obligations towards third parties related to copyright.

If you have any questions about the registration procedure, please contact the festival at concorso@lacenodoro.it


SELECTION
Among the works received within the deadline, according to the procedure described in this call, we will select ten feature films for “Laceno d’oro 47” section, and twenty short movies for “Gli occhi sulla città” section. All works will be selected by our festival Commission which includes members elected by Circolo ImmaginAzione. In case of authors submitting more than one work, only one movie will be selected.

In the same way, a maximum of ten films will be selected for Spazio Campania competition.

SELECTED MOVIES - SHIPMENT

The festival will not take charge of rental costs for the films in competition.

Links to streaming and video-sharing platforms (youtube, vimeo, ecc) will also be required. Links must remain valid until December 15th, 2022.

The expected screening format is preferably DCP, but other formats can be agreed with the festival committee, for short movies in particular.

The film screening copy, along with an extra Blu-ray, must be shipped by courier service to Laceno d’Oro offices no later than November 15th, 2022, according to the instructions which will be provided by the festival. The copy must be shipped to the following address:

Laceno d’Oro Film Festival, c/o Roulette Agency, Via Verdi n. 9 – 83100, Avellino.

Should the film need subtitles, the complete list of dialogues and the list of subtitles must also be sent in one of the following languages: Italian, english, French, preferably in .srt format or in any case with timecode.

We will also need further information about the film, the author, the producers, and the plot, along with pictures for the festival catalogue.
Postal and delivery costs of the screening copy will be charged to the sender. As far as the return is concerned, Laceno d’Oro Festival will cover the shipment from Avellino to any destination. If, following the screening at Laceno d’Oro Festival, the copy is required by another Festival, postal and shipment costs will be charged to the applicant. In any case, Laceno d’oro will only cover the cost of one single transport of the copy.