IMDB QUALIFYING HYBRID FESTIVAL BOTH ONLINE AND OFFLINE

We’re developing a bigger third edition thanks to the collaboration with the institutions, planning to show a larger number of quality films in a three-days long event, with a new hybrid format both online and offline:

We are hosting four seasonal calls that will end with an online screening on our website, selected by our artistic director. The winning films will qualify for the outdoor screening in the main square of Scario in the summer of 2021 and will compete for the victory of the various prizes, including the cash prize offered by the citizens of Scario.

Three days of cinema with the best shorts received through this call for entries that we'll select from all over the world, thanks to the collaboration with the staff from cultural associations Il Varco and Aedon. The artistic director is Elio Di Pace, director and filmmaker whose work has been featured in Venice Film Festival.

TO ALL SELECTED SHORTS
- An invite to take part in the screenings and the chance to win one of the prizes. Moreover, the selected projects will be invited to take part to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS of Il Varco - International Short Film Festival, joining more than 30 award-winning directors from all around the world, including Oscar-Shortlisted directors.

AWARDS
- Best International Short (Cash prize offered by the City of Scario)
- Best Italian Short
- Best Campania Short
- Best Director
- Best Screenwriter
- Best Cinematographer
- Best Editing
- Best Original Score
- Best Short Screenplay
- Best Feature Screenplay

- The competition is divided into 4 seasonal editions. At the end of each edition, the 5 selected short films and the 4 selected scripts will be announced and the films will be screened live on the Twich platform;
- We will pick two short films and one script among the selected works which will compete in the live event in Scario in the summer of 2021 for all the main prizes;
- The deadlines of the seasonal editions are as follows:
Autumn edition: 19 October 2020 - 15 December 2020
Winter edition: 18 December 2020 - 25 February 2021
Spring edition: 7 March, 2021 - April 28, 2021
Summer edition: 10 May 2021 - 3 July 2021

We require the adhesion to very simple rules:
- Free theme, genre and style;
- Maximum duration of 45’ mins, produced after 1/1/2016;
- Works that are not in italian must be english or italian subtitled;
- The author must declare to be in possession of all rights for the movie;
- The judgement of the jury is unchallengeable;