Cinecitta’s Filmitalia department is organizing the Italian selections for the upcoming Festival de Cannes (May 16th - 27th, 2023).

RULES VALID FOR ALL SECTIONS:
Feature films that meet the following requirements can access the selections:
* Films produced in the twelve months preceding the festival
* Films that have not participated in other International festivals and that have not had any public screening outside their country of origin
* All submitted films must be subtitled in English or French and be more than 60 minutes long.

SPECIFIC RULES FOR EACH SECTION:

Competition, Out of Competition, Un Certain Regard:
To participate in the selections of the official sections it is mandatory to register by Friday, March 17th >at this link<. The film must be received by the festival no later than Friday, March 24th.
We ask you to notify us by Wednesday, March 15th, if you want to have the films also seen by Cannes consultant Lorenzo Codelli, in Rome March 20-23.

Quinzaine des Réalisateurs:
The General Delegate Julien Rejl and the Secretary General, Christophe Leparc, will be in Rome to select the films from February 27th to March 1st.
I is mandatory to register the films on the >Quinzaine website< without filling in the payment page (no credit card details must be entered). At the end of the procedure you must send an email to:  Paul Grivas pgrivas@quinzaine-realisateurs.com cc g.guerrasio@cinecitta.it, s.mazzi@cinecitta.it, a.nucara@cinecitta.it specifying that the film will be viewed in Rome and you will receive a fee waiver code to complete the free registration. It is not necessary to send materials to Paris.

The links of the feature films must arrive by Monday, March 14th at the addresses indicated at the end of this statement.

Semaine de la Critique:
For Semaine de la Critique (open to first and second features only) the selections will be held on the 14th and 15th of March, when Selection Committee member Frédéric Mercier will be in Rome.
It is not necessary in this first phase of selections, if you pass through us, to register, pay the fee or send materials to Paris.
The links of the feature films must arrive by Wednesday, February 22nd at the end of this call for entries.

MATERIALS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE TO THE SELECTIONS / CONTACTS:
A link with English or French subtitles, accompanied by an English presskit, must be sent to the contacts for the selections. Please specify the sections for which you intend to submit the film.

FEATURE FILMS:
Griselda Guerrasio g.guerrasio@cinecitta.it
Serena Mazzi s.mazzi@cinecitta.it 
Annabella Nucara a.nucara@cinecitta.it
DOCUMENTARIES:
Alessio Massatani a.massatani@cinecitta.it
Cecilia Spano c.spano@cinecitta.it