COMPETITION NOTICE - Matera International Film Festival

OPEN CALL

“ODYSSEY on MARS”

The deadline for the film submission is 10 August 2021

OPEN CALL

“ODYSSEY on MARS”

The deadline for the film submission is 19 July 2021

Matera Art International Film Festival is pleased to announce the opening of Call for Applicants – Matiff01. After the successful and important Preview of the Festival with extraordinary guests such as Giancarlo Giannini, Guido Ettore Taroni e Achille Lauro with his manager Angelo Calculli, singers Nahaze and Federica di Giacomo , the moment arrives to continue in this manner with a slogan : “DARE MIGHTY THINGS “ .

From Matera to Mars, by starting the journey of the exploration and return like the one that in front of Odyssey appears as a long road back home. A journey as a metaphor of the life itself is by quoting Eleanor Roosevelt: “ Refrain from the state of those who live in the gray mist, the ones who don’t understand a victory nor defeat. “

To participate, register on:

IL TEMA. “ODYSSEY on MARS”,

There is a red thread that links Ulysses and his Odyssey to the exploration of space and Mars seing through a drop of water!

The adventurous story of a mankind. An infinite poem of courage, ingenuity, curiosity, nostalgia, a desire to challenge one’s limits and the limits of the unknown.

This momentum towards an adventure and challenge, not surprisingly, is often the reaction to a historical moment of a great social and economic depression.

After years of living in the “gray mist”, human kind is ought to go back on doing good by seeking if not the virtue itself than at least the knowledge.

Therefore, a desire to go towards the unknown by exorcising a fear, just as Dante’s Ulysses pushes beyond the familiar limits by overcoming the COLUMNS OF HERCULES.

And thats the way that Cinema becomes a proven experience of a spaceship for a travel in order to discover unexplored territories. Whether it is the most distant and inviolate border of the cosmos or the deepest and most hidden place of the soul, it does not matter: there is no difference between looking at the stars or looking inside oneself .

What is so different between crossing the asteroid belt and facing a love that sprouts or fades?

MATIFF – Matera Art International Film Festival, intends to incorporate stories that speak about the originality of human kind in facing challenges and adversities of all kinds.

To overcome them and affirm that the existence is the most extraordinary of all adventures.

In all times and all places.

From Ithaca to the immense Universe, from Matera to Mars.

~Try to ELEVATE things because

WE ARE A DROP OF THE UNIVERSE~

IL TEMA. “The Human Ambient”, è incentrato sull’esplorazione dell’uomo che intraprende un viaggio di conoscenza e di scoperta di sé attraverso l’ambiente che lo circonda. Il viaggio della conoscenza apre lo sguardo alle diverse prospettive e ad una rinnovata consapevolezza del valore della natura. Un racconto visivo di questa diversa contemporaneità e di questo ambiente, inteso nella sua più ampia accezione, con i suoi mutati territori e paesaggi, i non-luoghi e le sue atmosfere solitarie, più pacate e meno chiassose, una narrazione di questo tempo probabilmente più silenzioso, che può dar vita ad un laboratorio naturale estremamente utile per capire gli effetti dell’uomo sul pianeta e disegnare più efficaci risposte alla crisi della biodiversità di cui l’uomo è, in gran parte, responsabile.

PREMI
Sezione Master: 1° PREMIO – 1000,00 €
2° PREMIO – 500,00 € 3° PREMIO – 250,00 €
Sezione amatori e scuola: Targa premio personalizzata

COMPETITIVE SECTION

AWARDS AND STATUETTE

Premio al miglior lungometraggio – 7000 DoGeCoin*
Premio al miglior cortometraggio – 2500 DoGeCoin*
Premio al miglior documentario – 2500 DoGeCoin*
Premio al miglior lungometraggio art animation – 5000 DoGeCoin*
Premio al miglior cortometraggio art animation – 2500 DoGeCoin*
Premio al miglior spot o trailer – 5000 DoGeCoin*

Miglior attore protagonista – statuetta
Miglior attrice protagonista – statuetta
Migliore colonna sonora – statuetta
Migliore colonna sonora – statuetta
Migliore fotografia – statuetta

* IL PREMIO IN DOGECOIN(criptovalute) PUÒ ESSSERE CONVERTITO IN EURO SU RICHIESTA DEI VINCITORI.

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THEME

There is a red thread that links Ulysses and his Odyssey to the exploration of space and Mars seing through a drop of water!
The adventurous story of a mankind. An infinite poem of courage, ingenuity, curiosity, nostalgia, a desire to challenge one’s limits and the limits of the unknown.
This momentum towards an adventure and challenge, not surprisingly, is often the reaction to a historical moment of a great social and economic depression.

After years of living in the “gray mist”, human kind is ought to go back on doing good by seeking if not the virtue itself than at least the knowledge.
Therefore, a desire to go towards the unknown by exorcising a fear, just as Dante’s Ulysses pushes beyond the familiar limits by overcoming the COLUMNS OF HERCULES.

MATIFF – Matera Art International Film Festival, intends to incorporate stories that speak about the originality of human kind in facing challenges and adversities of all kinds.
To overcome them and affirm that the existence is the most extraordinary of all adventures.
In all times and all places.
From Ithaca to the immense Universe, from Matera to Mars.

~Try to ELEVATE things because

WE ARE A DROP OF THE UNIVERSE~

AWARDS & PRIZES

Award for the best feature film – 5000 dogeCoin*
Award for the best short film – 1500 dogeCoin
Award for the best documentary – 1500 dogeCoin
Best long art animation film- 5000 dogeCoin
Best short art animation film – 1500 dogeCoin
Best spot advertisement or trailer – 3500 dogeCoin

Best Feature Film Actress Award – trophy
Best feature film screenplay award – trophy
Best feature film soundtrack award – trophy
Best feature film actor award – trophy
Best feature film photography award – trophy

* The value of dogdecoin could be converted to euros upon the request.

DATE AND DURATION

The 1st edition of MATIFF Film Festival will be held in MATERA from 11-19th September 2021.

COMPETITIVE SECTIONS

Festival has different competitive sections stated bellow:

1) Feature films
2) Short films (including animation) (max duration 30 min.)
3) Documentaries (max duration 50 min.)
4) ART ANIMATION
5) SPOT ADVERTISING

The competitive sections include feature films, short films and documentaries of Italian and foreign nationality made in 2019,2020 and 2021.
Exclusivity is not required.

Films will be accepted exclusively through the filmfreeway platform – (link here) by 20 July 2021 The selection of the works will be made by and within the discretion of the Festival Jury. Festival Direction will appoint a Jury composed of qualified individuals, chosen from professionals from the world of Cinema – directors, actors, journalists, film critics, producers, distributors – for the awarding of the prizes.

SUBMISSION PLATFORM

Films will be accepted exclusively through the International FilmFreeway platform https://filmfreeway.com/MateraArtInternationalFilmFestival by 10 August, 2021.
The selection of the works will be made by and within the discretion of the Festival Jury. Festival Direction will appoint a Jury composed of qualified individuals, chosen from professionals from the world of Cinema – directors, actors, journalists, film critics, producers, distributors – for the awarding of the prizes.

REGISTRATION AND REQUIRED MATERIALS

The obligatory registration of the competitive films within the festival- MATIFF made by 24th of July involves the payment of a registration fee of €25 for feature films; € 20 for art animation and documentaries and € 15 for short films.
From 24th of July to 19th of August the registration fee will be increased to € 35for feature films; € 20 for short films and € 25 for art animation documentaries. Only films in good standing with the payment of the registration fee will be considered for the selection.
For the works that are not selected the registration fee will not be refunded.
All the works selected at the festival must be accompanied by the following material:
– duly completed registration form (under penalty of exclusion from the selections).

PAYMENT DETAILS

With the payment is possible to proceed with the payment information :
IBAN : IT31 S053 8516 1000 0000 2204 078, BIC : BPDMIT3BXXX
and filled out with the following information: MATIFF MATERA ART INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, VIA VINCENZO CAROPRESO 10/A , 75100 MATERA MT.

For the works that are not selected the registration fee will not be refunded. All the works selected at the festival must be accompanied by the following material:
– duly completed registration form (under penalty of exclusion from the selections).

SELECTED FILMS

The directors and producers of the selected works will be contacted by the Festival Management to send materials relating to the film (DCP or HD files (DV master, Blu-Ray + still photos (300dpi)
The selected feature films will be screened during the days of the MATIFF festival – Matera Art International Film Festival at the Cinema Teatro Guerrieri in Matera and at the various festival locations in the city of Sassi.
For the short films and documentaries section, only the winning works of the respective categories will be screened during the stated days of the festival.

FILM SCREENING

The calendar and timetables of the screenings are edited by the Management of the Festival that will publish the list of selected works on the official website of the festival.

The selected works will be screened in a compatible format as per regulation.

The winners of the prizes undertake to mention the attribution of the MATIFF prize in every occasion and in all forms of advertising

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The winners of the prizes undertake to mention the attribution of the MATIFF prize in every occasion and in all forms of advertising. In the case of any eventual questions, all of the potential candidates can write to the following email adress concorsocinema@matiff.it.

Matiff is an open public Festival , it means that each participant acknowledges that there will be accredited televisions and other media partners that will carry out television and radio recordings, therefore for the participants of Matiff would be provided for free the opportunity to broadcast any filming and interviews, allowing the media partner who agreed to use them according to their needs.

Direction of the Festival keeps the right to take any necessary decision that has not been already stated by the Regulation as well as to derogate from the Regulation itself in particular and well-motivated cases. For any eventual dispute, the competent Institutiion is the Court of Matera- Tribunale di Matera.

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OPEN CALL

“ODYSSEY on MARS”

The deadline for the film submission is 10 August 2021

OPEN CALL

“ODYSSEY on MARS”

The deadline for the film submission is 19 July 2021

To participate, register on:

COMPETITIVE SECTION

AWARDS AND STATUETTE

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