Sicilymovie - Festival del cinema di Agrigento

9th Edition

Sicilymovie - Festival del cinema di Agrigento

when:July 18th - 21st, 2024
email:info@sicilymovie.it
website:www.sicilymovie.it/
deadline:May 31st, 2024
entry form:Submission at Filmfreeway.com

Sicilymovie – Agrigento Film Festival is a festival of feature films, short film, documentaries, videoclip, spot and animation shorts, created and organized by the Southmovie Association, which was created with the aim of bringing outdoor cinema for everyone to the heart of Sicily: the evocative Valley of the Temples of Agrigento, a city named Italian Capital of Culture 2025. The themes addressed in the works of directors from all over the world are multiple and educational.
Short films and documentaries will compete for the Golden Demetra, the representative statuette of the Festival which recalls ancient Greece, cultural symbol of ancient Akragas, the city of Agrigento.
The project is supported and sponsored by the Valle dei Templi Archaeological and Landscape Park of Agrigento, the Municipality of Agrigento, the Sicily Film Commission and the Tourism Department of the Sicily Region. The Valle dei Templi Archaeological and Landscape Park is about 1300 hectares wide and here belong the remains of the ancient city of Akragas and the surrounding area up to the sea. The Valley of the Temples was declared a "World Heritage Site" by Unesco in 1997. Today the Valley of the Temples has more than one million visitors a year.
The categories are as follows:
• Feature film – Longer than 45 min.
• Medium length film – from 20 to 45 min.
• Short film – Max 20 min.
• Young short film – Max 25' min. – Director's age Under 25
• Documentary feature – Longer than 30 min.
• Documentary short – Max 30 min.
• Animated short – Max 10' min.
• Videoclip – Max 6' min.
• Trailer – Max 3' min.
• Spot commercial – Max 2' min.
• Posters
• Reel – Max. 90” – Vertical format
• Around Italy – Max. 3 min. – tourist-themed short film/commercial that tells the story of an Italian town or place.
Special category:
• GOLDEN NIGHT IN THE VALLEY - Best Film
The best film in this category wins an evening dedicated exclusively to his film which will be screened in the garden of the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento. The director will be a guest of the Festival and an exclusive interview will be held on the Red Carpet and articles in all Sicilian newspapers.