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Organized by Sa.Li.R\u00f2. ORTIGIA FILM FESTIVAL will take place on september 20-27, 2025, in Syracuse. OFF\u2019s mission (acronym for Ortigia Film Festival) is to propose itself as a meeting place between directors and emerging young filmmakers, but also to promote and spread the different forms of audiovisual.<\/p>\n
Competitive:<\/p>\n
Non-Competitive:<\/p>\n
Italian filmmakers\u2019 first and second fiction feature films completed after January 1st 2024 are eligible for this Competition.<\/p>\n
The films will be selected with the final decision of the Artistic Director and a Selection Committee of the festival. Applications will be submitted by the deadline of\u00a0July 15th, 2025,<\/strong>\u00a0by filling in the entry form on\u00a0Filmfreeway<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Jury of professionals in film industry will be nominated by the festival to assign the following Awards:<\/p>\n The jury reserves the right to award any special mentions.<\/p>\n The Audience Award will be assigned by the audience at the screenings.<\/p>\n International documentaries (Italian and foreign) that are finished after January 1st, 2024, are admitted to the competition.<\/p>\n The selection of the films in competition takes place under the responsibility of the artistic director and the selection committee of the festival.<\/p>\n Applications will be submitted by the deadline of\u00a0July 15th, 2025,<\/strong>\u00a0by filling in the entry form on\u00a0Filmfreeway<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Festival Direction will nominate a jury made up of industry experts to assign the following Awards:<\/p>\n The jury reserves the right to assign any special mentions.<\/p>\n The Audience Award will be assigned by the audience at the screenings.<\/p>\n International short films (Italian and foreign) that were completed after January 1st, 2024, are admitted to the competition.<\/p>\n The selection of the films in competition takes place under the responsibility of the artistic director and the selection committee of the festival. The maximum length is\u00a020 minutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n Applications will be submitted by the deadline of\u00a0July 15th, 2025<\/strong>, by filling in the entry form on Filmfreeway<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Jury of professionals in film industry will be nominated by the festival to assign the following Awards:<\/p>\n The jury reserves the right to assign any special mentions.<\/p>\n The Audience Award will be assigned by the audience at the screenings.<\/p>\n To submit a film to the festival, please include the following material:<\/p>\n The link to watch the movie in streaming must be valid until the end of the festival.<\/p>\n The registration containing the requested material must be made no later than 11.30 pm on April 24th, 2025, the receipt of the email will be considered valid.<\/p>\n For more info: video@ortigiafilmfestival.it<\/strong><\/p>\n The screenings schedule will be communicated by ORTIGIA FILM FESTIVAL<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8.1 REQUESTED MATERIALS FOR SELECTED FILMS: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Producers and\/or filmmakers invited to participate will be notified by the festival and must be sending the requested materials ASAP (film stills, text, dialogue list, posters, trailers, clips, subs etc.).<\/p>\n The material may be used in the Festival Catalogue, Festival Program, Festival Website, and may be made available to the Press for the purposes of promoting the film. Films must be received in DVD, HD or Blu-Ray no later than September 5th, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n For screening purposes, we require the DVD to be in PAL format. Due to technical incompatibility, NTSC formats will not be screened.<\/p>\n 9.1<\/strong>\u00a0 The producers or filmmakers invited to the festival are responsible for the submitted film and declare to have fulfilled any obligations towards third party Copyright holders.<\/p>\n 9.2<\/strong> The producer or filmmaker is responsible for all costs associated with sending the DVD to the Festival. By sending the DVD the producer or filmmaker accepts these Regulations in full, and, if they are invited, irrevocably agree to the screening of the film at the 2024 edition of OFF.<\/p>\n 9.3<\/strong> OFF will only pay the out-bound freight for films invited to the festival<\/p>\n 9.4<\/strong> By submitting the film and sending the DVD the producers or filmmakers agree with these Regulations. For enquiries or for further information, please contact the Festival\u2019s Administration Office at: video@ortigiafilmfestival.it<\/a><\/p>\n (please do not use this email to submit applications).<\/p>\n\n
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In the case of disputes which cannot be resolved by the application of these Regulations, the Festival Artistic Director reserves the right to make the final decision. The Italian version of these Regulations is the Official version. The competent court is the Foro di Siracusa, Italy.<\/p>\n