in June, Istituto Luce – Cinecittà - Filmitalia Dept. will host the selections for Locarno Festival:

72° Locarno Festival, August 7th – 17th, 2019

attending: Lili hinstin (Artistic Director), Daniela Persico (Selection Committee).
selections: Rome, 10th - 11th June
Regulations: 
PIAZZA GRANDE for feature films and documentaries;
CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE for feature films and documentaries exceeding 60 min. length; 
CONCORSO CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE for first and second works exceeding 60 min. length (feature films, documentaries and experimental works are eligible); 
MOVING AHEAD Competition presents as world or international premieres a competitive selection of works by well-established filmmakers, exploring new narrative forms and innovative film language.
For all the sections, the films must have been made after August 1, 2018, they must be World or International Premieres and they must not have been shown at any other International Festival.
Materials for submissions: DVD, Blu-ray or link, with a pressbook. English subtitles are not necessary for this selection.
Submission: it is not necessary to register the film and pay the fee. We kindky ask you to send the screening material by the deadline of Friday, June 7th, to the following address, specifying: “Locarno Selections”, Rossella Rinaldi
Istituto Luce – Cinecittà / Filmitalia 
Via Tuscolana 1055 – 00173 Roma, Italy
Contact for Locarno selections: 
Rossella Rinaldi r.rinaldi@cinecittaluce.it tel. +39 06 72286325