AS INSIDE A MIRROR
Italy viewed from outside Italy

The Dante Alighieri Society, on the occasion of the 17th edition of the Week of Italian
Language in the World (which this year is focusing on the subject “Italian at the
cinema, italian in the cinema”), being promoted by the Directorate-General of the
Country System of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in
collaboration with the Swiss Confederation, gives young emerging filmmakers, aged
between 18 and 26 years of all nationalities, the opportunity to participate with a
short film of theirs in the film competition on the subject:
“As inside a mirror. Italy viewed from outside Italy”
1) Using every means available, from
smartphones and tablets, to professional
cameras, the participants will have
to produce a film about Italy and its
different aspects, including art, fashion,
landscape, cooking, language, history
and other peculiarities that contribute
most to conveying the idea of our country
around the world (“Italsympathy”).
2) The subject is free and can be treated
in the form of a short documentary film,
a monologue, or a dialogue with two or
more actors.
3) The running time must not exceed 5
minutes and the film can be shot either
in color or black and white, accessory
techniques are admitted.
4) Subscription and participation are
totally free.
5) All films should be published on a free
video-sharing website, either Youtube,
Vimeo or Youku and the opening
credits should show the (attached)
contest poster. Contestants must send
their works by 15th September 2017
to concorsovideoadante.it, clearly
mentioning “Competition AS INSIDE A
MIRROR – Italy viewed from outside
Italy” in the subject field of the email and
providing in the body of the text their
name, surname, date of birth, phone
number and link to the film produced
(if you are member of the Dante
Alighieri Society please write down
the Committee you belong to and your
membership card number).
6) The jury will be comprised of one
representative of the Dante Alighieri
Society, one of the MAECI, one of the
MiBACT (Cinema General Management),
one of the Swiss Embassy in Italy and
one of Radio RAI3 (Hollywood Party
broadcast).
▶▶1st: a trip to Rome to visit Cinecittà
historic studios and the town views of
open film locations
▶▶2nd: a course of Italian language and
culture in one of “Dante” 4 schools in
Italy (Rome, Bologna, Florence, Milan)
▶▶3rd: a series of theme publications
▶▶Special Prize from Switzerland, to be
assigned to the best film produced by
residents in Switzerland: an access
pass to every film showing of the 2018
edition of Locarno Festival (www.
pardo.ch)
7) Non-Italian spoken short films must
include Italian subtitles.
8) Dante Alighieri Society and MAECI
reserve the right to use and publish free
all submitted works, the only constraint
being mentioning the name of the
author. Films will be published on the
official websites and social networks of
the institutions involved.
9) The winners’ names and the prize
awarding methods will be published
on the websites of the “Dante”
www.ladante.it and the portals of the
MAECI
FILM COMPETITION
FOR INFORMATION: concorsovideo@ladante.it