SINDACATO NAZIONALE CRITICI CINEMATOGRAFICI ITALIANI

NATIONAL UNION OF ITALIAN FILM CRITICS

31. SETTIMANA INTERNAZIONALE DELLA CRITICA

31. VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS WEEK

REGULATIONS 2016

73. MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE D’ARTE CINEMATOGRAFICA DI VENEZIA

73. VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

AUGUST 31st – SEPTEMBER 10th, 2016

31. SETTIMANA INTERNAZIONALE DELLA CRITICA DI VENEZIA

31. VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS WEEK

The 31. Settimana Internazionale della Critica (SIC) – 31. Venice International Film

Critics’ Week will be held in Venice during the 73. Mostra Internazionale d’Arte

Cinematografica di Venezia – 73. Venice Film Festival (August 31st – September 10th, 2016).

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, Giona A. Nazzaro, assisted by film critics Luigi Abiusi, Alberto Anile, Beatrice

Fiorentino and Massimo Tria, 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 31. Venice 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 1st, 2016.

Screeners (preferably Vimeo links; DVDs and blu-rays also accepted) must be sent

according to the following instructions:

prior to 1st June 2016 physical screeners should be sent to the following address

SNCCI - Settimana Internazionale della Critica

Via delle Alpi, 30 - 00198 Roma (Italy)

from 1st June 2016 physical screeners should be sent to the following address

Settimana Internazionale della Critica

Palazzo del Cinema – Lungomare Marconi

30126 Lido di Venezia (VE) – Italy

Vimeo links should be sent to sicvenezia@gmail.com (cc: giona.nazzaro@gmail.com)

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

submitted to the 31. Venice International Film Critics’ Week as well. Each screener should

be sent specifically to the 31. Venice 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.

31. Venice International Film Critics’ Week

Giona A. Nazzaro

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

31. VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS WEEK REGULATIONS 2016

Art. 1

The 31. Settimana Internazionale della Critica (SIC) – 31.

Venice International Film Critics’ Week will be held in

Venice during the 73. 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 Giona A. Nazzaro, assisted by film

critics Luigi Abiusi, Alberto Anile, Beatrice Fiorentino and

Massimo Tria, 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 31. Venice 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 (provided this, all genres are eligible,

including animations, documentary-fiction hybrids, film

essay, found footage, etc.);

• Film must be produced and completed in the 12

months prior to the festival (between Venice 2015 and

Venice 2016);

• 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 2016. 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 March 1st,

2016.

• 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 (preferably as Vimeo links)

must be received no later than July 1st, 2016. Vimeo links should be sent to sicvenezia@gmail.com (cc:

giona.nazzaro@gmail.com)

Physical screeners (DVDs and blu-rays) should be sent:

• prior to 1st June, 2016 to the following address

SNCCI - Settimana Internazionale della Critica

Via delle Alpi, 30 – 00198 Roma (Italy)

• from 1st June, 2016 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 73. 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 31. Venice 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 73. 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, 2016).

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 31. Venice

International Film Critics’ Week will be eligible for the

“Venice 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 31.

Venice 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 73. Venice Film Festival.

Signature in the submission form and participation in the 31.

Venice International Film Critics’ Week imply full acceptance

of these regulations.

International Film Critics’ Week SNCCI

General Delegate President

GIONA A. NAZZARO FRANCO MONTINI