UnderGround

25 - 27 Nov, 2021

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UnderGround

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About the festival

UGFF is a festival showcasing independent films and filmmakers from around the world. An underground film is a film that is out of the mainstream either in its style, genre, or financing. The first use of the term "underground film", in the late 50s, was created to refer to the work of directors who "played an anti-art role in Hollywood". The term developed as a metaphorical reference to a clandestine and subversive culture beneath the legitimate and official media.

UGFF è un festival che promuove film e filmmakers indipendenti da tutto il mondo.
Con il termine "Underground" ci si riferisce ad uno stile cinematografico le cui modalità produttive, esecutive e distributive sono condotte seguendo canali differenti da quelli del cinema dominante. Fu Marcel Duchamp, nel 1961, a dichiarare che l'Arte dovesse diventare sotterranea ("will go underground"), indicando la via per l'utilizzo del termine "cinema underground", come metafora di una cultura sovversiva e clandestina, in opposizione con i media ufficiali e legittimati.

Best Feature Movie
Best Short Movie
Best Screenplay

The Awards can be picked up only personally by authors attending the event.

Miglior lungometraggio
Miglior cortometraggio
Miglior sceneggiatura

I trofei vengono consegnati esclusivamente agli autori durante la cerimonia di premiazione.

About

UGFF is a festival showcasing independent films and filmmakers from around the world. An underground film is a film that is out of the mainstream either in its style, genre, or financing. The first use of the term "underground film", in the late 50s, was created to refer to the work of directors who "played an anti-art role in Hollywood". The term developed as a metaphorical reference to a clandestine and subversive culture beneath the legitimate and official media.

UGFF è un festival che promuove film e filmmakers indipendenti da tutto il mondo.
Con il termine "Underground" ci si riferisce ad uno stile cinematografico le cui modalità produttive, esecutive e distributive sono condotte seguendo canali differenti da quelli del cinema dominante. Fu Marcel Duchamp, nel 1961, a dichiarare che l'Arte dovesse diventare sotterranea ("will go underground"), indicando la via per l'utilizzo del termine "cinema underground", come metafora di una cultura sovversiva e clandestina, in opposizione con i media ufficiali e legittimati.

Best Feature Movie
Best Short Movie
Best Screenplay

The Awards can be picked up only personally by authors attending the event.

Miglior lungometraggio
Miglior cortometraggio
Miglior sceneggiatura

I trofei vengono consegnati esclusivamente agli autori durante la cerimonia di premiazione.

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

All non-Italian movies with dialogues or voiceover must include English or (even better) Italian subtitles, both for judging and for screening.
In case of selection, subtitles in Italian would be greatly appreciated.
Full HD (1080p) H.264 Mpeg4 compressed files under 4 GB, submitted via Wetransfer only. No higher resolution or .MOV files.
Be aware that non-Italian works (containing dialogues) and without subtitles will NOT be screened.

Tutti i film non in lingua italiana, contenenti dialoghi o voice over, devono essere sottotitolati in lingua inglese o italiana, sia per il processo di selezione, sia per l'eventuale proiezione pubblica.
I files di screening, in formato Full HD (1080p) H.264 .MP4 devono essere inferiori a 4 GB ed essere inviati esclusivamente via Wetransfer.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Shorts
Early Bird (31st July, 2020) €15
Regular (15th July, 2021) €20
Late (11th October, 2021) €25

Short movies of less than 20 minutes. All movies with dialogues or voice over must include English or Italian subtitles. Full HD (1080p) files submitted via DropBox or Wetransfer.

Feature
Early Bird (31st July, 2020) €30
Regular (15th July, 2021) €35
Late (11th October, 2021) €40

Movies over 20 minutes. All movies with dialogues or voice over must include English or Italian subtitles. Full HD (1080p) files submitted via DropBox or Wetransfer.

Screenplays
Early Bird (31st July, 2020) €30
Regular (15th July, 2021) €35
Late (11th October, 2021) €40

Screenplays, scripts for cinema.

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