Rome Prisma Film Awards (5)

Festival start: 07 October 2023      Festival end: 08 October 2023

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In the monthly film festivals panorama, many events are unethical and non-transparent, providing minimal value and grabbing money from filmmakers without committing to promote and showcase their work the best they can. We are working on Rome Prisma Film Awards to change this system for the better, creating an always improving stage-by-stage monthly festival that revolves around live screenings in Rome and around the creation of a community of filmmakers from all over the world, with submission costs within reach of everyone. Your film can participate with other independent movies and with world-class talents in a fair competition where everybody starts on the same line.

WE LOOK FOR MEANING, WE LOOK FOR UNITY, WE LOOK FOR BALANCE

Rome Prisma Film Awards were founded by Stefano Perletta in 2018. Hosted by Cinema Azzurro Scipioni, in its first year it saw Silvano Agosti as the president of the jury, a legendary italian director that has worked alongside the greatest italian professionals like Storaro, Morricone, Piovani and many others. Over the course of its second year it moved to Cinema dei Piccoli, one of the oldest movie theaters of Rome in the heart of Villa Borghese park since 1934.

Our winning films have gone all the way to A-tier festivals like “May Day”, 1st annual awards winner and Oscar-shortlisted film, “Alien“ by Yeon Je-Wang and “Inanimate” by Lucia Bulgheroni that got into Cannes Cinefondation, “Pierdete entre los muertos” by Ruben Gutierrez that was showcased into the feature films at Rotterdam Film Festival and many others.

Since 2020 the artistic director Marcello Di Trocchio stepped in, creating a series of very popular online screenings on Twitch during the pandemic. In 2021, the festival came back live at Cinema Farnese, one of the oldest and most prestigious cinema in Rome.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES WITH OTHER MONTHLY FESTIVALS

▪ Our festival has a stage-to-stage competition that revolves around live screenings every two months.
▪ We have adopted an Ethics and Transpacency policy you will find at https://www.romeprismafilmawards.com/ethics/.
▪ We won't ask for multiple submissions in different categories. One submission is valid for all the 24 awards. We won't charge a hundred dollars for your submission.
▪ We will watch your movie with care and respect.
▪ All submissions get more than $40 in discounts in our partner festivals during the next months. So it is practically free!
▪ The most winning films, filmmakers and screenwriter stay in our Hall of Fame © forever.

HOW OUR STAGE-TO-STAGE COMPETITION WORKS

Our festival goes through different stages. For a complete and clear recap head on to: https://www.romeprismafilmawards.com/awards/

FILM REVIEWS

We give you the possibility, at a very low fee - one of the lowest around - for your film to be reviewed by our film critic. Filmmakers that have already asked for a review have expressed their heartfelt thanks for the quality of our service. You can find the reviews here: www.romeprismafilmawards.com/category/reviews

LOW FEE

We really believe that everybody from all around the world needs a chance to compete against filmmakers of all levels. That's why we decided to apply a 50% discount to all our submissions bringing them from $33.80 to $16.90.

WE LOOK FOR MEANING, WE LOOK FOR UNITY, WE LOOK FOR BALANCE

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OFFICIAL SELECTION AND FINALISTS

᛫ All selected films get the Official Selection laurel.
᛫ All selected films are also sent to partner festivals for evaluation and receive $40 worth of discount codes.
᛫ Finalists and Nominees get a special laurel.
᛫ All the Nominees for each category that don't get to the victory get a 3-month submission account with iPitch.tv for a value of $117.

WINNERS

We believe that a single submission fee is enough. By submitting in any category you are eligible for all the 24 monthly awards and every month we give away $9056 in services from our partners.
᛫ Best of Fest (Certificate + 12 month coupon for iPitch.tv worth $189.00 + 3 months free Studiobinder software worth $297.00)
᛫ Best Short Film (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Feature Film (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Short Doc (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Feature Doc (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Animation Film (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best VR/Experimental (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Music Video (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Web Series (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Short Screenplay (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Feature Screenplay (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Poster (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Trailer (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Director (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Screenwriter (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Cinematographer (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Editing (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Sound (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Original Score (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00 + Filmstro Pro account worth $299)
᛫ Best Costume Designer (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Leading Actress (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Leading Actor (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Supporting Actress (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)
᛫ Best Supporting Actor (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)

All the Nominees for each category that don't get to the victory get a 3-month submission account with iPitch.tv for a value of $117.

HALL OF FAME ©
The most winning films, filmmakers and screenwriters stay in our Hall Of Fame © forever. Here you can find:
The Top 50 Films www.romeprismafilmawards.com/films-hall-of-fame
The Top 50 Filmmakers www.romeprismafilmawards.com/filmmakers-hall-of-fame
The Top 20 Screenwriters www.romeprismafilmawards.com/screenwriters-hall-of-fame

ANNUAL CASH PRIZE FOR FILM OF THE YEAR
Every month we give away $9056 in services from our partners. That’s more than $105.000 in value every year. Moreover, this is the only monthly festival around with an annual cash prize and it grows with the number of projects submitted: every new submission brings an increase of 0,20$.
▪ Starting prize: 150$
▪ Current cash prize for third year: 165,00$
▪ Estimated cash prize for third year in may 2022: 534,00$

WIN THE BEST PRODUCTION SOFTWARE IN THE WORLD
The "Best of Fest" winners win a coupon code for a free download of StudioBinder for three months, the leading software in the world for film and video production.

NOMINATED FILMS AND WINNERS GET A CHANCE TO PITCH TO BIG PRODUCERS
All the nominated films (3 per category) win a 3 months coupon with iPitch.tv, a platform where you can submit your ideas all around the world to the best producers. If you manage to win a category award, you will win a 12 months coupon.

THE BEST SOUNDTRACK FOR YOUR NEXT FILM
Thanks to our partnership with Filmstro, the winner of best original score gets a Pro Account to gain access to thousands of music pieces for his next project.

This is a green festival: only online submissions through Festhome are accepted. There are some easy, simple rules.

RULES

᛫ There are no restrictions on theme, genre or techniques.
᛫ Films must have been produced after 1/1/2017.
᛫ Submissions in languages other than English must be subtitled in English.
᛫ Submitters must own the rights of the submitted projects.
᛫ The festival has the rights to utilize excerpts of it (trailer/teaser/poster/stills) for promotional purposes only. We will not in any circumstances make your movie available online.
᛫ Distributor may ask for special discounts.

PARTNER FESTIVALS

This film festival is partnered with:
᛫ Il Varco International Short Film Festival
᛫ Castrovillari Film Fest
᛫ Short Days
᛫ Desenzano Film Fest
᛫ Scario FIlm Fest
᛫ Pollino Film Fest

By submitting you agree to share your submission information with the partner festival for promotional purposes.