Films submitted should consider the theme: Water / Acqua.
This year’s Film Festival's “Building Bridges: Emerging Filmmaker Awards” theme is water (acqua in Italian). For this second edition of the awards, short films submitted should present their very own artistic and/or poetic interpretation of water.
Water is the key to life. Water runs the world. It is also what defines and connects us, from beautiful Venice to the beloved State of “clear blue water”, Minnesota, from the pristine shores of the Amalfi Coast to the fragile sanctuary of the Boundary Waters.
Water is powerful yet scarce and precious. It brings life as well as it takes it. It impacts our way of living and vice versa. Water can generate violence and struggles over territory between communities and nations. It is also source of incredible beauty, deeply anchored into civilizations and their beliefs.
By selecting your creation, our ambition is to celebrate your expression of Water / Acqua. We are open to creative approaches to this theme and welcome your interpretations and experiments.
Submission process:
*Please submit your film through our FilmFreeway page
*Please include a link to the film (if available), the film's title, a brief description, the director's name and bio, country of origin, contact information, and press materials. Other information is welcome, but not required.
*The cost of submission is $10 for regular submission and $25 for late submission (see deadlines).
*If for any reason you need to send a physical screener link, please mail the film to the following address:
Italian Film Festival Submission
c/o Italian Cultural Center
528 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Film criteria:
The IFF hopes to encourage filmmaking in Italy and in Minnesota that draw links between our local communities and those living in Italy today. For this reason, films will only be considered that meet the following requirements:
*The filmmakers must be from or living in Minnesota or Italy and able to attend the festival, 20-23 February 2020 for a post-screening discussion
*Films must be less than 15 minutes
*Films must contain English subtitles if in Italian or any other foreign language
*Films must creatively take up the theme for this year’s awards