Editor

I'VE SEEN FILMS, together with its founder Rutger Hauer, is pleased to announce the incomparable International Jury panel, once again at the highest level:

Miranda Richardson (Dance with a Stranger, Empire of the Sun, The Crying Game, Damage, Sleepy Hollow, The Phantom of the Opera, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Young Victoria, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, American Gangster, Body of Lies, Robin Hood, Prometheus)

Paul Verhoven (Soldier of Orange, Flesh & Blood, Black Book, The Fourth Man, Turks Fruit, Robocop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Hollow Man, The Winter Queen, Jesus of Nazareth: A Realistic Portrait, De Stille Kracht),

Joan Chen (The Last Emperor, Salute of the Jugger, Twin Peaks, On Deadly Ground, Autumn in New York, Precious Find, Wild Side, Lust - Caution, Mao's Last Dancer, Tonight at Noon, Relative Insanity)

Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Sin City, Grindhouse Planet Terror, Shorts, Machete, Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World)

Maurizio Nichetti (Ratataplan, Ho fatto splash, Bertoldo, Bertoldino e...Cacasenno, The Icicle Thief, Volere volare, Stefano Quantestorie, Palla di neve, Luna e l'altra, Honolulu Baby)

Francesca Sassoli, Journalist and writer

Giacomo Arrigoni (Syntony, L'Ombra della Legnaia, Il Cercatore, Into the Gloom, The Lagoon Mask)

Bill Bristow (Who Are They, Prosit Ermanno! The Swan, Fleas, The Whaler, Granny's Wish)

and Rutger Hauer (Turkish Delight, Soldier of Orange, Nighthawks, Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, The Hitcher, The Legend of the Holy Drinker, Batman Begins, Sin City, The Mill and the Cross, The Room, Starfish Tango, Hobo with a Shotgun, The Rite, The Cardboard Village, All Those Moments).

The unparalleled asset of this Festival is the representation by the International Jury, which gives filmmakers the rare opportunity to have their works judged and commented upon by such an accomplished array of distinguished filmmaking professionals.

The film submission window will close on Monday, April 11, 2011. Due to the high number of works already entered, there will not be any deadline extensions.

I'VE SEEN FILMS will also host a section dedicated to Film Schools in cooperation with Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Lombardy Branch.  This section encompasses all works submitted by Film Schools throughout the world or by individual students of such schools. The works will be selected by I've Seen Films and by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Lombardy Branch. Those films chosen will then be submitted to the Festival's International Jury for a final decision and the Jury will assign a special award to this category.

Furthermore, in addition to the main film categories, there will be a section dedicated to works dealing with themes and images from Arts (painting, sculpture, theater, poetry and literature) and one dedicated to Social Awareness issues.

I'VE SEEN FILMS is organized under the patronage and cooperation of Regione Lombardia-Cultura, Provincia di Milano-Cultura and Comune di Milano-Cultura.

I'VE SEEN FILMS is creating an innovative way of linking the new millennium medium to the firmly established cultural film festival tradition, with Rutger Hauer at the helm, personally awarding the Festival winners: in the true 'I've Seen Films' tradition, the Award Evening will evolve into an unforgettable moment that makes filmmakers the real protagonists of the Festival.

Submission forms, Call for Entry document and complete information regarding eligibility and entry rules and regulations are available at: www.icfilms.org/eng/regulations.asp

I'VE SEEN FILMS - INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Organization: The Rutger Hauer Starfish Association
President : Rutger Hauer
Director: PierPaolo De Fina
Artistic Directors : Pier Paolo De Fina and Giancarlo Zappoli
Organization Responsible: Fabrizio Trisoglio
c/o The Rutger Hauer Starfish Association
Via dei Tulipani 2 - 20146 Milano (Italy)
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