Little Rock Italian Film Festival

25 - 27 Sep, 2020

Category

Feature, Short

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General Information

founded

2020

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About the festival

The Little Rock Italian Film Festival brings modern Italian cinema to the heart of Arkansas. In our inaugural edition of the festival, we are sharing new independent voices in film which elaborate on contemporary aspects of Italian and Italian American culture and experience. We are a festival committed to celebrating independent film in an open and inclusive environment for filmmakers.

*Because of the global COVID-19 outbreak, our festival will be conducted online this year*

Mission

Best feature film:
Best feature documentary:
Best short film:
Best short documentary:
Best music video:
Best student film:
Fan favorite:
Photography contest:

About

The Little Rock Italian Film Festival brings modern Italian cinema to the heart of Arkansas. In our inaugural edition of the festival, we are sharing new independent voices in film which elaborate on contemporary aspects of Italian and Italian American culture and experience. We are a festival committed to celebrating independent film in an open and inclusive environment for filmmakers.

*Because of the global COVID-19 outbreak, our festival will be conducted online this year*

Mission

Best feature film:
Best feature documentary:
Best short film:
Best short documentary:
Best music video:
Best student film:
Fan favorite:
Photography contest:

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

CONDITIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY:
All Films Must:
1) have content pertaining to some aspect of Italian or Italian American culture. This can be historical events, contemporary issues, language, food, music, and other subjects.
2) films in Italian or in languages other than English, will only be accepted with English subtitles.
3) not be widely commercially available on video/DVD/online/streaming in the U.S. before the festival dates.


Feature films and feature documentaries must have a minimum run-time of 30.
All fiction short films and documentary short films must have a run-time under 30 minutes. Music videos cannot exceed 15 minutes in run-time.

Entrants must submit their films through FilmFreeway. All films must be submitted as either an online screener or Vimeo link for consideration. All entrants must be over the age of 18 to submit films.

Students must provide a copy of their college/university identification card to show enrollment.

You hereby grant The Little Rock Italian Film Festival (“festival”) all rights necessary to exhibit and promote the submitted film at the festival. You represent that such exhibition will not violate or infringe upon any rights whatsoever (including copyright, trademark, musical or contract right) of any person or entity. You further represent that you are authorized to submit the submitted film. Additionally, you indemnify the festival from any and all claims, demands, losses, costs, damages, and attorney's fee arising out of or in connection with third parties in regards to the screening of said film. Further, you hereby agree that you have read and agree to the General Rules and Regulations for submissions to the Little Rock Italian Film Festival.

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Categories and fees

Feature film
Early Bird (14th January, 2020) €20
Regular (28th August, 2020) €30
Late (14th September, 2020) €20

This category accepts narrative feature films. Films must have a minimum run-time of 30 minutes.

Documentary feature film
Early Bird (14th January, 2020) €20
Regular (28th August, 2020) €30
Late (14th September, 2020) €20

This category accepts non-fiction documentary films. Films must have a minimum run-time of 30 minutes.

Short film
Early Bird (14th January, 2020) €15
Regular (28th August, 2020) €20
Late (14th September, 2020) €15

This category accepts short films. Films must not exceed 30 minutes in run-time.

Documentary short films
Early Bird (14th January, 2020) €15
Regular (28th August, 2020) €20
Late (14th September, 2020) €15

This category accepts non-fiction documentary short films. Films must not exceed 30 minutes in run-time.

Music videos
Early Bird (14th January, 2020) €10
Regular (28th August, 2020) €15
Late (14th September, 2020) €10

This category accepts music videos. Music videos must not exceed 15 minutes in length.

Photography contest
Early Bird (14th January, 2020) €0
Regular (28th August, 2020) €0
Late (14th September, 2020) €0

This category accepts photographs.

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