Cinecittà will coordinate, also this year,  the selections for Italian documentaries at Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (April 24th – May 4th, 2025).
Director of Festival Programming Heather Haynes will be in Rome to view the Italian films at our offices from Thursday November 21st to Saturday November 23rd.
Here are selected selection guidelines:
* Hot Docs has two juried competition programs for feature films, Canadian Spectrum and International Spectrum, and several non-competitive programs. Feature-length films in the Spectrum programs are eligible for jury prizes.
* Select mid-length films chosen by the programming department will be considered by the jury for Best Mid-Length Documentary.
* International Short Films that are World or International Premieres will be eligible for the Best International Short Film Award.
* All feature films are eligible for the Audience Award.
* Features, Mid-Lengths and Shorts must have been completed after January 1, 2024.
* 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 2025 Festival (this includes DVDs for purchase or VOD of any length or language). Short Films available online will be considered Toronto Premieres.
You may find full regulations here: www.hotdocs.ca/i/submit-a-film
In order to receive the free 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 Wednesday, 20th November specifying the title, the director and the film length and including a link of the film with English subtitles. The waiver will be valid until the official Festival submisison deadline, 9th January 2025.