CineUnderground MONTHLY EVENT

Piacenza, Italy, Europe

18 Oct, 2020 - 23 May, 2021

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CineUnderground MONTHLY EVENT

Piacenza, Italy, Europe

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About the festival

A monthly event showcasing the best of independent cinema!
CineUnderground takes place in Busto Arsizio and Piacenza, your film will be screened in two locations in the north of Italy!
We like to involve the filmmakers during screening: you can give us a video message or even come and present your film!
We have cozy venues and an hardcore audience of true indie cinema lovers.
Every selected FEATURE will receive a video review and a reaction video filmed during the screening.

SCREENING DATES ARE

OCTOBER 18 2020
NOVEMBER 15 2020
DECEMBER 13 2020
JANUARY 17 2021
FEBRUARY 21 2021
MARCH 21 2021
APRIL 18 2021
MAY 16 2021
MAY 23 2021

IMPORTANT
Your film could be selected for special screenings outside these fixed dates.

At the end of every cycle of screenings the jury will award:

BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST FEATURE
BEST SHORT

Winners will receive official laurels and a trophy.

About

A monthly event showcasing the best of independent cinema!
CineUnderground takes place in Busto Arsizio and Piacenza, your film will be screened in two locations in the north of Italy!
We like to involve the filmmakers during screening: you can give us a video message or even come and present your film!
We have cozy venues and an hardcore audience of true indie cinema lovers.
Every selected FEATURE will receive a video review and a reaction video filmed during the screening.

SCREENING DATES ARE

OCTOBER 18 2020
NOVEMBER 15 2020
DECEMBER 13 2020
JANUARY 17 2021
FEBRUARY 21 2021
MARCH 21 2021
APRIL 18 2021
MAY 16 2021
MAY 23 2021

IMPORTANT
Your film could be selected for special screenings outside these fixed dates.

At the end of every cycle of screenings the jury will award:

BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST FEATURE
BEST SHORT

Winners will receive official laurels and a trophy.

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

By submitting, you agree that you own all copyrights and intellectual properties to your work and agree to hold harmless the festival from any and all claims, losses, liabilities or attorneys' fees that may be held in connection with the Film entry or the Festival's use thereof.

We reserve the right to use any part of your submission for promotional purposes.

All Film Festival entrants or submitters must by 18 years of age or older.
The filmmaker, entrant and submitter grants permission to the festival to screen the entry at the festival without paying a screening fee.

Feature films must be 60 mins and up.

Short films must be under 25 mins.

Fake trailers must be under 6 mins.

There are not quality, length or format restrictions for the Old but GOLD category.

No premiere status requred, but we will privilege movies without large distribution.

FILMS MUST HAVE ENGLISH OR ITALIAN SUBTITLES.
Every movie will be screened with italian subtitles, we just need SEPARATE ENGLISH .SRT FILES to be able to translate them.

Submitting does not guarantee selection, if we find out your submission does not match the criteria your movie will be disqualified. Submission fees are not refundable.

SCREENING FORMATS ARE: h264 .mp4 or .mov files with a separate .srt file for subtitles. Screeners must be delivered within 2 weeks from the selection notification.
Video quality must be 4k or 1080 unless it's a precise artistic statement.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Fantasy
Early Bird (12th April, 2020) €5
Regular (19th July, 2020) €8
Late (15th September, 2020) €10

By fantasy we mean FANTASY: warriors, knights, dragons, wizards and all that shit! Just try to keep things interesting and original! EVERY SUBMISSION MUST HAVE ENGLISH OR ITALIAN SUBTITLES.

Horror
Early Bird (12th April, 2020) €5
Regular (19th July, 2020) €8
Late (15th September, 2020) €10

Keep things scary, gory and with a nice atmosphere! It can be a classically frightening feature, or a more comedic take on the genre, just make sure to have a great plot and don't rely on those damn jump scares. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: If you are going to submit a found footage, better be the BEST FOUND FOOTAGE EVER MADE. EVERY SUBMISSION MUST HAVE ENGLISH OR ITALIAN SUBTITLES.

Sci-Fi
Early Bird (12th April, 2020) €5
Regular (19th July, 2020) €8
Late (15th September, 2020) €10

Be creative! Don't put an evil alien or a murderous robot on a spaceship and call it a sci-fi feature! Be true to the genre, we are looking for features able to transport us in different worlds or realities or planets! Plot beats gore: if you have a slasher flick "...IN SPACE!" just submit to the horror category! EVERY SUBMISSION MUST HAVE ENGLISH OR ITALIAN SUBTITLES.

Action
Early Bird (12th April, 2020) €5
Regular (19th July, 2020) €8
Late (15th September, 2020) €10

Harder than Hard Ticket to Hawaii, madder than Miami Connection, crazier than Crank. We are looking for explosions, excitement and entertainment! And unless it's a parody of the genre, try to keep it relevant to these years... that's to say offend everything and everyone or keep it safe so that everyone can enjoy it! EVERY SUBMISSION MUST HAVE ENGLISH OR ITALIAN SUBTITLES.

Weird
Early Bird (12th April, 2020) €5
Regular (19th July, 2020) €8
Late (15th September, 2020) €10

We are here and we are ready: show us what you got! Everything bizarro and mindblowing! EVERY SUBMISSION MUST HAVE ENGLISH OR ITALIAN SUBTITLES.

Short
Early Bird (12th April, 2020) €3
Regular (19th July, 2020) €5
Late (15th September, 2020) €8

Make it short and over the top! Are you able to make us laugh, cringe, or scream in less than 25 minutes? STRICTLY GENRE SHORTS: SCI-FI/HORROR/WEIRD/ACTION/GIALLO EVERY SUBMISSION MUST HAVE ENGLISH OR ITALIAN SUBTITLES.

Fake Trailer
Early Bird (12th April, 2020) €0
Regular (19th July, 2020) €0
Late (15th September, 2020) €0

We are looking for the most insane fake trailers out there to warm up the audience before our events! THIS IS AN OUT OF COMPETITION CATEGORY (no submission fee, no awards, no laurels) IF YOU WANT YOUR FAKE TRAILER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR OUR OFFICIAL SELECTION PLEASE USE THE SHORT FILM FORM.

Old but GOLD Night
Early Bird (12th April, 2020) €2
Regular (19th July, 2020) €2
Late (15th September, 2020) €2

Once upon a time a group of kids decided to make a movie... We want your first horror/action/sci-fi/crazy films made BEFORE 2008, strictly no budget, 100% DIY, with your friends and family as cast and crew, and absoluely no idea how to get the job done! We will make a 2hrs supercut of the best scenes and screen it during a special night of celebration down the memory lane! NOTE: THIS IS AN OUT OF COMPETITION CATEGORY, EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT MUST BE OVER 18 AT THE MOMENT OF SUBMISSION. BY SUBMITTING YOU MOVIE TO THIS CATEGORY YOU GIVE US PERMISSION TO EDIT YOUR MOVIE AS WE PLEASE TO MAKE A SUPERCUT OF ALL THE ENTRIES.

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