Festival Internazionale Corti Da Sogni - Antonio Ricci - 24esima edizione (24)

Festival start: 18 April 2023      Festival end: 22 April 2023

The XXIV International Festival "Corti da Sogni - Antonio Ricci" is organized by the Circolo del Cinema Sogni - Antonio Ricci APS (hereinafter Circolo Sogni) in partnership with the Municipality of Ravenna/Department of Culture.

Associazione Circolo del Cinema Sogni – Antonio Ricci

3. Competitions and Prizes

SOGNI FICTION AWARD: section reserved for fictional short films (prize and recognition of 400 euros);

GIUSEPPE MAESTRI AWARD: section reserved for animated short films (prize and recognition of 400 euros).

MADE IN ITALY AWARD: section reserved for Italian short films (prize and recognition of 400 euros)

- FREQUENZE IN CORTO: section reserved for video clips with original soundtrack (award
plaque).

- FILMSCHOOL AWARD: competition open to categoria short films produced by a film school (award and prize 300 euros)

- MITICI CRITICI: (young jury) competition for short films characterized by themes or sensibility to young audience; the prize is awarded by a jury of student (mention);

- GREEN PLANET mention: the festival will assign a special mention to the most deserving works in terms of environmental issues and sensitivities, which will be screened in a special event at the Arena del Sole in Lido di Classe.

The Festival Committee and the jury may assign some special mentions.

The 24th International Festival Corti da Sogni - Antonio Ricci is organized by the Circolo del Cin-ema Sogni - Antonio Ricci APS (hereinafter Circolo Sogni) in partnership with the Municipality of Ravenna/Department of Culture.

1. Conditions of participation
Shortfilms produced after 1 January 2021 can participate in the selection.
Shorts already registered in previous editions cannot be re-registered, even if in a new version.

The duration of the shorts must not exceed 30 minutes

The accepted projection formats are: MP4 (preferred) .AVI; .MOV; MPEG4 H264; .MKV
The competition is open to shortfilms shot in any format and from any country. Documentaries, industrial, advertising and propaganda films are not accepted.
The shorts in a language other than Italian must be subtitled in Italian or english.

2. Registration and selection
Registration can be done via Festhome.

The deadline for registration is January 29th, 2023.

The registration costs of the shorts are as follows:

Registration starts: November 2nd, 2022
Earlybird deadline: until November 25th, 2022 (6 euro / film)
Regular deadline: until December 20th, 2022 (€ 9 / film)
Final deadline: until January 29th, 2023 (€ 11 / film)

The following must be attached to registration:
- a synopsis of the plot, format: doc or compatible;
- at least one photo of the short film and one photo of the poster, both format: jpeg;
- a photo of the director in jpg or compatible format
- biography of the director(s) doc or compatible format
- subtitle files (possibly in SRT format) or dialogue list with time code;
- the list of dialogues with time code also for short films from Italy;
- upload of the short film (possibly without superimposed subtitles).
Each shortfilm entered and selected for the competition cannot be withdrawn from the selection itself. Should this occur, the Festival Management reserves the right to take legal action to obtain
compensation for any damages.

The selected shorts will be announced on March 27th, 2023 on the website www.cinesogni.it .

4. Authorization for data processing
By participating in the competition, the author authorizes the processing of personal data contained in the shorts and complementary material.

5. Television and internet broadcasting
By participating in the competition, the author authorizes the Circolo Sogni, free of charge, to reproduce and broadcast on television and internet sites, extracts of the shorts selected for the Festival. These extracts are limited to 10% of the total duration of each short and in any case
cannot exceed three minutes. They can only be used in interviews and / or promotional or advertising announcements of the Festival for the current or future editions, for a period of one
year from the registration of the short film on https://festhome.com

6. Archiving
By participating in the competition, the author authorizes the filing of the courts registered for the
selection at the headquarters of the Circolo Sogni, who undertakes to catalog them and make them available for all screenings, events and broadcasts promoted by the same, for cultural and
non-commercial purposes (unless otherwise expressly stated at the time of registration).

7. Authorization to screenings for cultural purposes
By participating in the competition, the author authorizes the Circolo Sogni to the screening (for a maximum time of 300 days from the start date of the festival) of the shortfilms entered in the selection for all screenings, events and broadcasts promoted by the same, for cultural and non-commercial purposes (unless otherwise expressly indicated at the same time as registration).

8. Guarantees
By registering the short film, the Circolo Sogni guarantees that all of the rights and authorizations necessary for the participation of the short film in the competing sections are held or have been acquired, as well as the uses granted to the Circolo Sogni under these regulations.

9. Unforeseen cases and disputes
Registration and participation in the Competition imply the unreserved acceptance of these regulations and the registration form. Circolo Sogni reserves the right to unsubscribe and take any other measures in the event of non-compliance with the regulation.
For any exception not covered by the aforementioned regulation, Circolo Sogni reserves the right to take definitive decisions.