SINDACATO NAZIONALE CRITICI CINEMATOGRAFICI ITALIANI

NATIONAL UNION OF ITALIAN FILM CRITICS

30. SETTIMANA INTERNAZIONALE DELLA CRITICA

30. INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS WEEK

REGULATIONS 2015

72. MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE D’ARTE CINEMATOGRAFICA DI VENEZIA

72. VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

SEPTEMBER 2nd – 12th, 2015

30. SETTIMANA INTERNAZIONALE DELLA CRITICA DI VENEZIA

30. INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS WEEK

The 30. Settimana Internazionale della Critica (SIC) – 30. International Film Critics’

Week will be held in Venice during the 72. Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica

di Venezia – 72. Venice Film Festival (September 2nd – 12th, 2015). The International Film

Critics’ Week is promoted and organized by the Sindacato Nazionale Critici

Cinematografici Italiani (SNCCI) – National Union of Italian Film Critics, in association with

La Biennale di Venezia and the Venice Film Festival. The General Delegate, Francesco Di

Pace, assisted by film critics Nicola Falcinella, Giuseppe Gariazzo, Anna Maria Pasetti and

Luca Pellegrini, all appointed by the SNCCI, will select a maximum of seven full-length films

to take part in the competition, plus two titles out of competition.

All titles selected in the 30. International Film Critics’ Week must be first time director’s

full-length films, presented as world or international premiere (see full regulations for

details).

All films submitted for selection must be received not later than July 3rd, 2015.

Screeners (DVDs, blu-rays or links only) must be sent according to the following instructions:

prior to 1st June 2015 screeners should be sent to the following address

SNCCI - Settimana Internazionale della Critica

Via delle Alpi, 30 - 00198 Roma (Italy)

from 1st June 2015 screeners should be sent to the following address

Settimana Internazionale della Critica

Palazzo del Cinema – Lungomare Marconi

30126 Lido di Venezia (VE) - Italy

Please note that first films sent to La Biennale di Venezia are not automatically

submitted to the 30. International Film Critics’ Week as well. Each screener should be sent

specifically to the 30. International Film Critics’ Week address. In order to complete the

submission, please include the submission form available on our website www.sicvenezia.it,

pay the registration fee (40 Euro), and send an e-mail to sicvenezia@gmail.com specifying

the details of the shipment.

30. International Film Critics’ Week

Francesco Di Pace

General Delegate

Eddie Bertozzi

Anette Dujisin-Muharay

Programming Office and Film Research

For further information please contact us at:

sicvenezia@gmail.com

www.sicvenezia.it

30. INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS WEEK

REGULATIONS 2015

Art. 1

The 30. Settimana Internazionale della Critica (SIC) – 30.

International Film Critics’ Week will be held in Venice

during the 72. Venice Film Festival. The International Film

Critics’ Week is promoted and organized by the

Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici Italiani

(SNCCI) - National Union of Italian Film Critics, in

association with La Biennale di Venezia and the Venice

Film Festival.

Art. 2

The General Delegate Francesco Di Pace, assisted by film

critics Nicola Falcinella, Giuseppe Gariazzo, Anna Maria

Pasetti and Luca Pellegrini, all appointed by the SNCCI,

will select a maximum of seven full-length films to take part

in the competition, plus two films to be shown out of

competition. Their judgment is final.

Art. 3

In order to be eligible for the 30. International Film Critics’

Week, the submitted works must abide by the following

regulations:

• Films must be the director’s first full-length feature or

documentary;

• Film must be produced and completed in the 12

months prior to the festival (between Venice 2014 and

Venice 2015);

• For Italian films: only world premieres will be accepted;

• For non-Italian films: the submitted works should not be

released or presented in other festivals before Venice,

with the exception of their country of origin within the

year 2015. Preference will be accorded to world

premieres;

• Films should not be released on the internet or made

available online.

Art. 4

• Screeners of foreign films must be subtitled in Italian or

English. In any other case, screeners must be

accompanied by a dialogue list in one of the above-

mentioned languages.

• All submitted works must be accompanied by

information materials about the film, its director(s) and

production/distribution as required by the submission

form available at www.sicvenezia.it from April 15, 2015.

• For each film submitted to the selection, a registration

fee is requested to cover administrative costs. The fee

is 40 Euro and must be paid either by credit card or

bank transfer (details are specified on our website and

in the submission form). The fee will not be reimbursed

under any circumstance.

Art. 5

All films submitted for selection must be received no later

than 3rd July, 2015.

Screeners (DVDs, Blu-rays or links only) must be sent:

• prior to 1st June, 2015 to the following address

SNCCI - Settimana Internazionale della Critica

Via delle Alpi, 30 – 00198 Roma (Italy)

• from 1st June, 2015 to the following address

Settimana Internazionale della Critica

Palazzo del Cinema – Lungomare Marconi

30126 Lido di Venezia (VE) - Italy

Art. 6

• All shipment costs for submitted screeners and related

materials must be covered by the applicant.

• In case of selection, all shipment costs for official

screening purposes must be covered by the applicant.

Protection against any harm caused to the selected films

in unloading and screening is guaranteed by an "all risks"

policy stipulated by the Festival and covering the period in

which the copies remain with the Festival. The 72. Venice

Film Festival also assumes responsibility for care and

custody of films during the entire period of the Festival or

until the films are returned to the owner.

• All films selected for the 30. International Film Critics’ Week

are eligible to take part in the additional screenings

program promoted by our sponsor Regione Veneto and

organized after the end of the 72. Venice Film Festival. The

producer/international distributor is responsible to inform

any existing or potential buyer/distributor about this

additional screening program, which is mandatory. It

should thus be assumed that the prints will be returned

only after the completion of the program (no later than

October 31st, 2015).

Art. 7

• For festival screenings, all selected films must be available

in 35mm print or Digital Cinema Package (DCP);

• All selected films must be presented at the Festival in their

original version. Films not in Italian language must show

Italian subtitles on print/DCP. Films in Italian must show

English subtitles on print/DCP. The production/distribution is

responsible for covering the subtitling costs.

Art. 8

• The seven films presented in competition at the 30.

International Film Critics’ Week will be eligible for the

“International Film Critics’ Week Audience Award”

consisting of 5.000 Euro.

• The seven films presented in competition are also eligible

for the “Lion of the Future – Luigi De Laurentiis Venice

Award for a Debut Film” consisting of 100.000 USD.

Art. 9

• It is mandatory for all the selected films to display the 30.

International Film Critics’ Week logo on all promotional

materials. In case of theatrical release, both in Italy and

abroad, the logo must appear on the screening copies as

well.

• The winner of the Audience Award must correctly mention

the prize in every communication about the film and on

the screening copies as well.

Art. 10

Duly motivated exceptions to these regulations may be

approved by the General Delegate with the agreement of

the Selection Committee and the Executive Committee of

the SNCCI.

Art. 11

Any issue not covered by these regulations must be settled by

the practice and regulations of the 72. Venice Film Festival.

Signature in the submission form and participation in the 30.

International Film Critics’ Week imply full acceptance of these

regulations.

International Film Critics’ Week SNCCI

General Delegate President

FRANCESCO DI PACE FRANCO MONTINI