Rules 2015

SELECTION OF THE FILMS IN COMPETITION

a) The “Sole Luna” festival management selects the films that will enter the competition. The selection depends on the unquestionable judgment of the Direction.

b) Only films produced after January 1st 2013 can enter the competition.

c) The official entry form can be filled online. Such form is available on the following web-site http://www.solelunadoc.org, and it must be filled and signed with authentic digital signature (penalty of exclusion from the competition). For the first time this year the festival will be inserted into the English crowdfunding Kriticalmass, a portal that will provide financial support, but also a viral communication of events. Therefore we kindly invite the participants in the competition to donate through the page www.kriticalmass.com in order to enrich the prizes of the X edition of the festival.
Sole Luna Festival must receive all the materials, indicated in the following paragraph, within March 15th 2015 at the latest.

d) Regardless of whether or not an entrant is selected for the competition, materials submitted will not be returned. DVD copies will be stored in the archive of the ASSOCIATION SOLE LUNA UN PONTE TRA LE CULTURE.

HOW TO ENTER THE FILMS

The deadline for submitting films is March 15th 2015.
The materials must be sent to the following address: Sole Luna Festival – Via Paolo Emilio, 7 00192 Roma (Italy). The envelopes should be labelled “For cultural purposes only – no commercial value”.

The Direction must receive:

1. one copy of the film in a duplicable DVD that must be subtitled in English (also the Italian ones) and a password protected link for a quick vision of the selector group and of the international jury. The link will be included in the entry form;

2. a completed and signed entry form for the rules acceptance;

3. in case of a film being selected for the sections in competition, the festival will notify the applicant, director, producer and distributor of the film within MAY 1st AT THE LATEST.

The winners of the “Sole Luna Festival” should mention the award obtained in the credits of their film and in all the relevant documentation.

The subscriber declares that all the submitted information is true and, in case of selection, allows its use for promotional and communication purposes related to the Festival (catalogue, web site, press releases, etc.). By entering the Festival, each individual filmmaker or producer is responsible for the content of his work and explicitly grants an authorisation for the use of musical and visual material submitted, on television news, television broadcasts and in all promotion and communication activities related to the Festival and exclusively for non-profit purposes.

All participants, just by sending an entry to the Festival, fully accept these rules, which are integral part of the entry form and are subscribed together with the same.

In case of any legal controversy the competent court will be the Justice Court of Rome: “Tribunale di Roma”.

All personal information will be treated in respect of the Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003 and subsequent modifications and integrations.