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\nIMPORTANT NOTICE! Due to organizing reasons and to the uncertainties caused by the persistence of the pandemic emergency, after having already postponed the application deadlines,
\nwe inform you that the last notification date of selected films is set for January 15, 2022.
\nThe subscribers of the selected films will be notified via email and through the chosen submission sites.
\nThe festival event will take place at the Detour cinema in the first half of 2022.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cA path is always between two points, but the in-between has taken on all the consistency
\nand enjoys both an autonomy and a direction of its own\u201d  G. Deleuze, F. Guattari, 1987<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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OTRFF.8<\/span><\/span>
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ON THE ROAD FILM FESTIVAL<\/span><\/p>\n

Road trips, quests and new frontiers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

An itinerant and independent cinema festival, both on the road and borderline
\nErrant images, displacements and psycho-geographical drifts<\/span><\/p>\n

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8th EDITION: FILMING SLOWLY AND CLOSE TO HOME<\/span><\/p>\n

After more than a year marked by a state of impasse, of a surreal waiting period and forced inaction, we are starting to talk about the theme of travelling, even if only in a symbolic way, which might seem nostalgic dreaming, if not a provocation. We have been thinking about all the difficulties both artistic and organizational which come with developing a project like this, in a difficult period for cinema and festivals in general.<\/span><\/p>\n

Faithful to the spirit of the traveller, in the end, we have decided to try. To go ahead. We are sure we will find the support from all of you, the directors, technicians, press officers, the public and the workers when we call for some changes to the programme which have to be made for the health requirements and for whatever we have to face in who-knows-what future scenarios. For the rest, like for every on the road route, voyage of discovery, meeting and discussion with anyone else, there will be the unforeseen. Delays, missed trains, cancelled flights and changes in programmes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The type of travelling we like is the one where you are able to change the route to find yourself again, sometimes transformed, but where you still can be ready to re-orient the map and take up the path again.<\/span>
\nIf geography is compressed due to the lockdowns and the horizon of the journey is reduced to the perimeter of our own isolated space, to a walk in a public garden, or to visits to the supermarket, the act of filming can be an extraordinary heuristic and poetic tool for exploring this forced proximity, becoming almost a microscopic examination of the social micro-habitats usually hidden even in the most knowledgeable on the road film-making.<\/span><\/p>\n

We believe that the time has come to call for film-making to be slow and close to home, to adjust to the current ecological imperatives, to nurture a culture which gives us a lasting and resilient future!<\/span><\/p>\n

Below you will find all the information you need to participate in the eighth edition of the On The Road Film Festival!<\/span>
\nHave a dream journey and happy viewing!
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THE FESTIVAL<\/span><\/p>\n

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, related environmental and social issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

The festival has gained recognition by international filmmakers over the years and has hosted masterclasses held by directors like Pedro Costa, Artur Aristakisian, Jonathan Nossiter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Previous editions have included films by Werner Herzog, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alex Gibney, Tariq Teguia, Ren\u00e9 Vautier, Jon Gara\u00f1o, Jose Mari Goenaga, Fredrik Gertten, Pedro Costa, Jonathan Nossiter. Lutz Gregor<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Features and Short Films in competition will be screened in late 2021 or in early 2022 at Detour Cinema in Rome, depending on the progress of the covid pandemic. 
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In respect of impediments resulting from the persistence of the pandemic emergency, the main festival events, the award ceremony and the screenings of the winning films could take place online in “virtual cinema” mode, or in other ways we deem to be most appropriate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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