FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEL CINEMA DI SALERNO (77)

Festival start: 27 November 2023      Festival end: 02 December 2023

Il Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno was founded in 1946 by CINECLUB SALERNO.

Since its inception, the Salerno Festival has been characterized as a competitive event for Italian and international productions, thus proposing a continuous comparison on the developments of world cinematography.

The Festival assigns to cinema an important social function and its finality is to constantly adapt its line with an eye to the evolution of technologies and new "audiovisual" media.

The 77th Salerno International Film Festival will take place in Salerno from 27th of November 20 to 2th of December 2022. To increase the viewing of the films taking part in the Event more widely available, these films will also be visible on a dedicated VOD platform, subject to the authorization of the competitor.
Films uploaded on to the platform will only be visible to those who register on the site and cannot be downloaded. Those who register on the site to view the films have the possibility of voting for their favorites for the purpose of the "PUBLIC AWARD".
If one does not wish to be present on the platform VOD, the registered film will be viewed by the jury. The screening of the films participating in the Competitions in the Festival locations will be scheduled at the discretion of the Festival Management and in any case in relation to the date and the regular method of submitting the films.
In addition to the Competitions for the various Cinematographic Sections, the Festival also proposes Reviews, Retrospectives and collateral activities (Exhibitions, Conferences, Round Tables, etc.) as a contribution to the dissemination of the History of Italian and International Cinema.
On the final evening of 2 December 2023, prizes will be awarded to the winning films and awards to prominent personalities in the artistic, social and cultural fields. The Award Ceremony can also be divided into two specific evenings: an evening dedicated to "Specialised Cinematography" (documentaries, cartoons, etc.) and another evening dedicated to Feature and Short Fiction Films and various awards.
Both the side events and the awards ceremony will be streamed on the Festival's social channels.

The film admitted will be submitted to a TECHNICAL JURY formed by directors, critics and cinema experts, journalists and university professors who will assign:

• CATEGORY TROPHY for the various SECTIONS
If there is no film that excels on the others the Category Trophy for the Section may not be awarded.

For each section the Jury may assign one or more Awards for particular merits of the work.

• GRAN TROFEO GOLFO DI SALERNO “IGNAZIO ROSSI” for the best filmic work ever.

• A POPULAR JURY, made up of people who participate assiduously in the screenings, will award the PUBLIC AWARD.

The Film Contests of the Festival are divided into various sections and exactly:

1) Feature Film
2) Short films
3) Television Fiction
4) Film Dossier
5) Cartoons
6) Commercials, Videoclip and Smartphone movie
7) “VIDESCUOLA”: Contest reserved for films made by students of the Schools of all levels.
8) "CAMPANY DISCOVERY". In this section participate films (both documentaries and fiction) that have the aim of valorizing places of social, cultural and tourist interest of the Campania Region.
9) Section 'THE SEA LANGUAGE/ THE SEA TALKS' aimed at works (feature films, short films or documentaries) that have THE SEA as their main setting.
10) Competition: 'Cinema for a book - a book for cinema'
11) Documentaries with Sections of specialized Cinematographies:
• Experimental
• Sporty
• Tourism
• Underwater video
• Didactics
• Industrial
• Information
• Surgical doctor
• Religious
• Scientific
• Social