Feature-length film competition
12 films will be selected for the feature-length film competition, and they will compete for the assignment of three awards: Best feature-length film (3000 euros), awarded by a jury of prominent names of the cinema world, Best feature-length film - student jury, awarded by a jury of university students and Best feature-length film - popular jury (audience award). Films can be submitted by March 31, 2022, via the portals Filmfreeway and Festhome; there are no restrictions of genre or topic, however the films shall have a minimum duration of 60 minutes and shall not date back to years prior to 2021. Besides, the films shall be national premieres, that is they must have never participated in Italian festivals, have never been on online platforms open to the public or have never been in any way broadcasted or distributed in Italy. In order to participate, it is required to send a screener of the work online (with a list of dialogues in English, in case neither the spoken dialogues nor the subtitles are in Italian). The international jury of the previous editions was made up of important figures of the cinema world like Paulo Branco, Claudio Giovannesi, Daniele Gaglianone, Massimo Gaudioso, Cristi Puiu, Rutger Hauer and Philip Groening. The selection committee consists of Martino Martinelli and Stefano Giorgi. Selected films will be announced (on the website and social network pages of the event) by April 11, 2022 (for more information: featurecompetition?luccafilmfestival.it). The complete announcement of selection is available on the website of the festival: www.luccafilmfestival.it/iscrizione-concorso-lungometraggi-2022
Dario Ruffilli