Cinecittà will coordinate, also this year,  the selections for Italian documentaries at Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (April 25th – May 5th, 2024).
and the Associate Director of Programming Heather Haynes will be in Rome to view the Italian films at our offices from Thursday November 16th to Saturday November 18th.
Here are selected selection guidelines:
* Hot Docs features two juried competition programs, Canadian Spectrum and International Spectrum, and several non-competitive programs. Feature-length films in the Spectrum programs are eligible for jury prizes.
* All feature films are eligible for the Audience Award.
* Films must have been completed after January 1, 2023.
* Films must be at minimum Ontario premieres and must not be available online in any form, for any period of time, to Ontario audiences prior to the 2024 Festival (this includes DVDs for purchase or VOD of any length or language).
You may find full regulations here: www.hotdocs.ca/i/submit-a-film
In order to receive the fee waiver link for submissions, you must write to Alessio Massatani a.massatani@cinecitta.it tel. +3906 72286408, and Cecilia Spano c.spano@cinecitta.it no later than Thursday, 14th December specifying the title, the director and the film length and including a link of the film with English subtitles.