call 4 entry
PRESS RELEASE
The 15th of december 2010 is deadline for submitting works
to participate to the 10th Edition of the RIFF (Roma Independent Film Festival)
that will take place in Rome at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila from the 17th
to the 25th of March 2011
All the informations to apply and the official Call for Entry are
available on the website: "http://www.riff.it
Also this year Filmmakers will have the possibility to propose their
original works as a first-ever preview in the section “New Frontiers”,
dedicated to the first work of an artist, for the last 5 years,the RIFF
collects and presents in prime time, works coming from all over the world,
giving particular attention to Italian production.
Among the prizes, the one sponsored by Regione Lazio, worth 2,500 euro
for the development of the winner project in the "Best Short"
section, and the Distribution Prize, offered once again this year by Nuovo
Cinema Aquila - the event’s venue - which consists in the possibility for the
winning movie to be part of the regular cinema programming.
The 2011 news
will be the "Tiber prize " worth 1,000 euro that RIFF together with
the Rotary Rome Tiber Club ,a famous worldwide association of entrepreneurs and
professionals engaged in solidarity and promotion of ethical principles, will
give as award to young filmmakers for video clips , commercials or short films
(max duration 5 minutes), based on subjects related to Water preservation, the so
called "BLUE GOLD" one of the most valuable common global asset ,
rich in symbolism for the city of Rome.
The competing
sections are:
Feature Films;
New Frontiers (first time director);
Documentary Films (documentary films on human rights and on free
themes);
Short Films;
Digital Video;
International Student Films (for cinema students);
Animation;
Screenplays & Subjects;
The programme of the RIFF 2011 will be enriched by retrospectives and
seminars on different aspects of the film industry. At the end of the Festival, the RIFF Awards will be given
and they are worth over 50.000 €.
Supported by the Directorate of Cultural Policies of the City of Rome,
with the contribution of the Ministry for Cultural Activities (DGC) and the
Directorate of Culture, Performing Art, Sport and Tourism of the District of
Lazio, every year the Roma Independent Film Festival is recording more and more
appreciations and imposing as an important appointment for the Independent
Cinema.
For further information, please contact the Artistic Director of the
Festival:
Fabrizio Ferrari (+39 06 45425050 – "mailto:fabrizio@riff.it
RIFF – Via Po 152 - 00198 Roma
+39.06.45425050 press@riff.it
–"http://www.riff.it
Press office:
Marino Midena, Elisabetta Colla
(+39.347.7162033 -
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