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With the sponsorship of
DIPARTIMENTO DI
GIURISPRUDENZA
and of
Festival del cortometraggio socio-giuridico
COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT 2014
INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSES
The “Roma Tre” University Department of Law, with the sponsorship of Consiglio regionale del
Lazio and Assessorato alla Cultura, Creatività e Promozione artistica di Roma Capitale of Roma Capitale,
presents the first edition of “Diritto al Corto – Festival del cortometraggio socio-giuridico”.
“Diritto al Corto” aims at promoting a discussion about topics that play a central role in the
public debate and that imply a strong relationship with juridical, conceptual and linguistic
instruments.
Examples may include: organized crime, so-called euthanasia, environmental protection, violence
against women, work related injuries, child labour, precarious employment, places of detention,
same-sex marriage, illegal immigration, voting rights for immigrants, racial discrimination,
homophobia, adoptions, abortion.
If legal language runs the risk of becoming, as Italo Calvino said, a real “anti-language”, the
evocative strength of an image or a story can compensate its technicism, empowering the
fundamental contribution of law in solving social and moral matters.
The Festival, requiring that university students, Phd students, post degree students, students of
Institutes and Schools of Cinema actively contribute to the realization of the short film, intends
to endorse the role of University as a place of education and give to the creativity of young
filmmakers the exposure they deserve.
DIRITTO AL CORTO – Festival del cortometraggio socio-giuridico
ADMISSION TERMS
In order to participate in the competition, the short films have to meet the following
requirements:
1. maximum duration of 20 minutes, opening and final credits included.
2. at least one of the members of the technical-artistic team, at the time of the submission,
must be a university student, Phd student, post degree student, student of Institutes and
School of Cinema in an EU Member State. Alternatively, at least one of the members of
the technical-artistic team, at the time of the submission, must be a student of an Institute
or a School of Cinema in an EU Member State.
3. social-juridical subject.
SUBMISSION
“Diritto al Corto” submission is free.
The application form must be sent within 5 May 2015, to the following address:
Dott.ssa Antonella Massaro
Università degli Studi “Roma Tre” – Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza
Via Ostiense 161 – 00154 – Roma
Works submitted beyond the above mentioned deadline will not be admitted to the competition.
SUBMITTED WORK PACKAGING
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Submission form completed and signed.
Short film on DVD (two copies).
Short film technical information .
Document certifying compliance with the abovementioned requirements (see paragraph 2
of the Admission Terms), with a copy of identity document of the person concerned and
the specification about the role played in the short film.
All shipment fees are entirely covered by the sender. The submitted DVD will not be returned.
The Festival Organization is not responsible for any loss or damage of the materials included in
the pack.
DIRITTO AL CORTO – Festival del cortometraggio socio-giuridico
AWARDS
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“Diritto al Corto 2014” winner: 1000 € and trophy
Special Jury Awards: trophy
Special Student Award: trophy
The winners may use Own Air, digital (VOD) and worldwide distribution platform, for the
distribution of their works, communicating their choice in the Application Form.
INFO AND CONTACTS
Website: www.dirittoalcorto.it
Email: info@dirittoalcorto.it
Address: “Diritto al Corto – Festival del cortometraggio socio-giuridico” – c/o Dott.ssa
Antonella Massaro – Università degli Studi “Roma Tre” – Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza – Via
Ostiense 161 – 00154 Roma
Scientific-artistic Director
Antonella Massaro – antonella.massaro@uniroma3.it
Scientific-artistic Committee
Ettore Battelli – ettore.battelli@uniroma3.it
Silvia Brunelli – tebas.b@gmail.com
Dario Ippolito – dario.ippolito@uniroma3.it
Giuseppe Spoto – giuseppe.spoto@uniroma3.it
Noah Vardi – noah.vardi@uniroma3.it
Legal area, relationship with sponsors, Institutions and press.
Lorenzo Brizi – brizi.lorenzo@gmail.com
Francesco Cecchini – francesco.cecchini87@gmail.com
Barbara Cortese – barbara.cortese@uniroma3.it
Tiziana Pica – tizianapica@gmail.com
DIRITTO AL CORTO – Festival del cortometraggio socio-giuridico
REGULATION 2014
1. Each author can submit a maximum of two works. If more than one work is submitted,
an application form for each work presented must be filled and sent separately, together
with all the requested materials.
2. For the preselection short films must be sent exclusively in DVD PAL or DVD with a
.mov file. In the short Film is admitted to the contest, the Festival Organization may
request that is sent again in a different format.
Works considered to be lacking a satisfactory quality level for public projection may be
rejected.
3. Works in a language different from Italian must contain Italian or English subtitles.
For works in a foreign language with only English subtitles, the Direction recommends
that the complete transcript of the dialogues in Italian also be attached.
In case the short film is admitted to the contest, it will be screened with Italian subtitles,
provided by the Festival Organization itself, when not provided by the authors.
4. The Festival Organization, according to the rules established for copyright, assumes that
the works received are free of any artistic property right or any right belonging to a third
party.
The authors must guarantee the Organization from any legal action which might be
undertaken against it by legal claimants.
The Organization shall not be considered responsible in case of dispute.
The Authors are liable for the contents of their work and of the diffusion of non-original
copyrighted music and/or images.
5. All the submitted short films will be viewed by the Festival Organization which will verify
the respect of the terms requested by this announcement and will select the short films to
be presented to a Jury of cinema experts.
Selected works will be presented and screened during the final evening of the Festival,
when the winning short films, selected by the Jury, will be awarded.
The verdict of the Jury is uncensurable.
6. The selected short films, the Jury of cinema experts, the place and the date of the final
evening will be published on the website www.dirittoalcorto.it .
7. Subscription and participation to “Diritto al Corto” imply the acceptance of the present
Regulation in all its parts.
8. The Festival Organization may take any further decision about topics not included in the
Regulation. In case of controversy the Judiciary Office of Rome is competent, according
to the Italian version of this regulation.

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