ARES Film & Media Festival was born in 2009 in Syracuse, Italy.
It promotes a connection between the world of art and culture and that of new technologies and social responsibility.

The main purpose of the ARES (Art and Social Responsibility) Festival is the promotion of the visual culture and multimedia languages as a vehicle for social cohesion through the creation of an open supporting network aimed at encouraging, helping and linking all the expressions and positive experiences which can spread the values of pluralism and general well being in the cultural and social fields.

The Festival organizes a debate on the means of social responsibility through conferences and seminars concerning the social, scientific and environmental fields. It stimulates the meeting of multimedia projects and promotes moments of confrontation on issues concerning the investment in culture as a unique element of communication and building corporate identity and growth of core values in an organization.

Until June 30, 2012, it will be possible to send in film works in order to take part in the 10th edition of IFF (Imaginaria Film Festival) which will take place in Conversano (Italy) on next august 2012. All the information regarding the registration and the official Call for Entry can be found on the website http://www.imaginariafilmfestival.org

After the success of the last edition, which was particularly appreciated by the critics and by the audience because of the accurate selection of the competing works, the Festival - with the support of the Directorate for Cultural Policies of the City of Conversano and with the contribution of the Puglia Region, Province of Bari and University of Bari - is becoming an important appointment for independent cinema, on a national and international level.

This year too, the festival undertakes to develop collaboration networks with the main production and distribution companies. A great chance for independent filmmakers to present their original works to the Italian audience as an absolute premiere. Over 65 works will be selected for the competition (in the 2011 edition, the festival received over 1500 works from 42 countries).

The competing sections are:

Short Films;

Animation;

Documentary Films (documentary films on human rights and on free themes);

Experimental;

The programme will be enriched with retrospective events and seminars concerning various aspects of the world of cinema.

Info:

Luigi Iovane - imaginaria's art director

luigi (at) imaginariafilmfestival.org

Imaginaria Film Festival
Casa delle Arti
C.P. 50
70014 Conversano - Italy

office ( at) imaginariafilmfestival.org

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The Cultural Association QUATTRO TERZI presents: VII SHORTini International Short Film Festival The festival will be held in Augusta (SR) – ITALY in the period from 02 to 04 August 2013. SHORTini International Short Film Festival is a short films international competition that includes 3 sections: International Competition, National Competition, Mediterraneo Competition. The following prizes are provided, awarded at the unchallengeable judgement of the jury appointed by the Cultural Association Bivio Art and so divided: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Best Short film Best Direction Best Cinematography Audience Award Special Mentions. The maximum duration of short films, including titles and credits, is 30 minutes. Italian production’s short films may choose to compete or for National competition or for the International. The short films not in Italian language shall NOT have subtitles, but must be provided, in the application for participation, the dialogue printed in English language. How to partecipate Registration is free and the deadline for submission of material is May 01, 2013, checking postmark. The registration procedures for both national and international competition are: Register online at the site www.shortinifilmfestival.com Postage at: SHORTINI INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Via Megara n° 107 96011 AUGUSTA (SR) - ITALY and contain absolutely, penalty exclusion: - Signed Forms of Participation; - N° 1 copy of audiovisual material on DVD; - Signed Release; - CD containing photos of the scene, photos of the author and author's cv. The registration form and release must be duly filled in any single part, penalty exclusion. Works must be submitted in DVD, with the following notes: Author’s full name; Work’s title; Duration; Year. GENERAL NOTES The Cultural Association Bivio Art is not responsible for any postal delays, damage, theft or loss of postal items. The works will not be returned and will become part of Festival’s archive. For more information please contact us at the site www.shortinifilmfestival.com or at the address E-mail: info@shortinifilmfestival.com

The Agave di Cristallo is the only world Film Festival that awards movies for best dialogues. It is in Lerici (La Spezia, Italy), one of the best place all over the world, well know for the famous "Golfo dei Poeti" (Poets' Gulf) where lived Lord Byron. Lerici was in the history the place preferred from many Romantic Poets. Nowadays it is the location of this prestigious festival dedicated to the best dialogues. The author is Stefano De Martino that created it on 2005. The artistic director is Kyara van Ellinkhuizen. There are two competitive sections: one for best movie dialogues and the other for new screenwriters.

Rome festival focused on shorts up to 30`. No distinction of genre/shooting standard. 2 international competitions - The Short Planet (film, video and digital shorts) and Corto.Web (online) - 2 national competitions - Retrospectives and Special Events.