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ON THE ROAD FILM FESTIVAL

Call for Entries and Regulations 2018

An itinerant and independent cinema festival, both on the road and borderline
Errant images, displacements and psycho-geographical drifts

DEADLINES
Earlybird Submissions : by apr 30 2018
Regular Submissions: by ago 31 2018
Late Deadline: by sept 15 2018 by oct 15 2018

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“A path is always between two points, but the in-between has taken on all the consistency
and enjoys both an autonomy and a direction of its own”  G. Deleuze, F. Guattari, 1987

Based at the legendary DETOUR Arthouse Cinema, in the heart of Rome since 1997, ON THE ROAD FILM FESTIVAL is devoted to contemporary independent cinema – fiction, documentary and experimental – presenting travelogues, urban and waste-land wanderings, real or imaginary topographies, unexpected detours, psycho-geographical drifts, migration and nomadism.

We look for films that develop, through linguistic and narrative skills, a critical and inventive approach to the subject guidelines of the Festival: a traveling mood with digressions from fixed paths, where the route is what matters, not the destination.

The Festival hosts screenings, master classes, meetings, art exhibitions, live performances and music, both at DETOUR Cinema and at a variety of cinema venues, film clubs, schools, public libraries and other unusual locations in Rome and and in its surrounding area.

OTRFF 2018 competition consists of two sections: THE ROAD (Features and Mid-length films =>30′) and SHORT>CUTS (short films <30′)

Features and Short Films in competition will be screened in October-November 2018.

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CATEGORIES & ENTRY FEES 

• The Road. Competitive section for FEATURES and MEDIUM-LENGTH FILMS (over 30 minutes) of any genre (narrative films, documentaries, animation, reportage, experimental films, tv shows, episodes/pilots of web/tv series, etc.) concerning topics such as travelogues, road trips, journeying, travels, nomadism, borderlands, boundaries, detouring, wilderness, urban or rural displacements, psycho-geographical drifts.
  
• ShortCuts. Competitive section for SHORT FILMS (<=30 minutes) of any genre (narrative films, documentaries, animation, reportage, experimental films, tv shows, episodes of web/tv series, etc.) concerning topics such as travelogues, road trips, journeying, travels, nomadism, borderlands, boundaries, detouring, wilderness, urban or rural displacements, psycho-geographical drifts. Films must have been released after December 31, 2015.

In addition to the Competition, the festival offers a taste of international, independent “on the road” cinematography, within two more sections. The works that will not be selected for the contest can be proposed, at the discretion of the selectors and with the consent of the authors, for the two non-competitive sections:

• Off the Map. It focuses on works that depicts a country, a nation or a specific geographic area or cultural/linguistic belonging; selections from other international film festivals and retrospectives are also included.
• Across Borders. Section out of the contest. “on the road” encounters embracing cinema, literature, music and performative arts: screenings with live music score, workshops and master classes, shows for kids, exhibitions, readings and other live performances.

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SUBMISSIONS OPTIONS, FEES AND DEADLINES

OPENING DATE is March 10, 2018

DEADLINES:
Early Bird > April 30, 2018
Regular > August 31, 2018
Late > September 15, 2018 October 15, 2018

In order to submit your film, an online entry form must be filled out either on Detour website or, alternatively, on one of the associate web-based platforms.

Depending on the method chosen for submission, the payment of a registration fee is requested, either by bank transfer or alternatively by paypal service, via external web-based platform. Payments should be made as soon as possible in order to complete your submission. Submissions which have not been paid will not be taken into consideration.

Entry Fees:

SHORT>CUTS >Early Bird Deadline 5€ / Regular Deadline 8€ / Late Deadline 14€
THE ROAD > Early Bird Deadline Fee 8€ | Regular Deadline 14€ | Late Deadline 19€

– Submission option 1 – Signing up on Detour website

• An online entry form must be filled within the prescribed deadlines.
• A private link to a screener of your film on any online sharing platform (e.g. Vimeo, Youtube, Google Drive etc.) is requested;
• The payment of the entry fee by bank transfer is requested and a proof of payment must be provided at ontheroadff@cinedetour.it within 48 hours of your submission;
  Bank Account: DETOUR
  IBAN: IT46 K056 9603 2080 0000 5249 X53
  BIC/SWIFT: POSOIT2106P
  Purpose of the payment “OTRFF Entry Fee and Detour Cinema Membership 2017”
  Banca Popolare di Sondrio BPS 091 Roma Ag. 8
  

– Submission option 2 – Signing up either on an external web-based platform

Please follow the link to either of the banners below.
To whom is signed on external web sites is not requested to fill out the application form on the Detour website.

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AWARDS AND PRIZES

• Jury Award for Best Feature Film (>30 min.): Cash Award of 1000€ + Detour Plaque Award + one or more possible scheduled screenings in agreement with the rights owners;
• Jury Award for Best Short Film (<30min.): Cash Award of 500€ + digital Laurel Certificate + one or more possible scheduled screenings in agreement with the rights owners;
• Audience Award Best Feature Film: Laurel certificate + 1 scheduled screening/event during the 2018-2019 programming season at Detour Cinema (we share 40% of the income at the box-office);
• Audience Award Best Short Film: Laurel certificate + 1 scheduled screening/event during the 2018-2019 programming season at Detour Cinema;
• Selected films may receive additional awards, special mentions or other recognition at the discretion of the Jury, or by our partners and sponsors.

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PARTECIPATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• Submissions are open to everyone: individual authors, film studios and distributors, collectives of artists, communities, voluntary associations, non-profit organizations, NGOs and schools of cinema;
• Only films completed on or after 1st January 2016 are eligible for entry into the 2018 Festival competitions;
• OTRFF is a non-profit organisation. The festival charges an entry fee for submissions to cover the costs of processing and handling your film. In the event of a film being withdrawn, OTRFF will not be liable to refund the fee or return the materials entered;
• Payments should be made as soon as possible in order to complete your submission. Submissions which have not been paid will not be taken into consideration;
• By participating in the contest, the submitter automatically acquires the annual membership to Detour Arthouse Cinema.
• All entries and accompanying materials (photos, short moving images extracts and stills reproduced from them) will be available by OTRFF to promote ongoing and future editions of the festival. OTRFF is hereby granted the right to use an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes;
• Non-Italian speaking films submitted to the Festival must be subtitled in at least one of these languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish. A subtitle file with time codes in a standard format (srt, sub, ass) is requested;
• A password protected link to a screener of the film on a video sharing site (e.g. Vimeo) must be provided. In the case that the film is available in downloading only, file formats accepted are: mp4, Mkv, Quicktime mov, mpeg2. The download file size must be less than 4GB;
• In the selection process, preference shall be given to world, national and city premieres, unpublished and undistributed films.
• If music or additional film material used in your film is not original, then permission from source must be obtained. The responsibility for this rests entirely with the filmmaker;
• Once the selection process will be completed, shortlisted and finalist films will be announced along with additional information on www.cinedetour.it . A free digital exhibition catalogue will soon after be available in a pdf format;
• A jury of experts of cinema and visual arts will evaluate the materials and reward the nominated winners. Also the audience will have the chance to vote for the Audience Award winner;
• Cash amounts are intended before taxes and duties and will be awarded to the winners in the form of bank transfers, following the subsidies from our private and institutional sponsors. The amounts due will be transferred within March 31, 2019;
  The Detour Cinema reserves the right (with no exclusive rights and in agreement with the rights owners) to schedule the screenings of the best selected films over the 2018-2018 programming season;
• OTRFF is an itinerant cinema festival. Films selected for the contest may be screened at Detour Cinema and in other official venues of the festival in Rome and in its surrounding area. The participation in the contest will count as a green light to show the film in any selected location during the festival period, fee-free and without any further permission;
• OTRFF and DETOUR cinema will strongly support and promote the best films through their press office, mailing list, social profiles, and on the website www.cinedetour.it;
• The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations;
• The submission of a film to OTRFF will be considered to be an acknowledgement of the festival rules shall indemnify and hold harmless OTRFF from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.

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ON THE ROAD FILM FESTIVAL
a Detour Cinema production
Via Urbana 107 00184 Rome – Italy
www.cinedetour.it– ontheroadff@cinedetour.it
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