Rovincia di Sondrio CARIPLO C.C.I.A.A. di Sondrio

Sondrio lies at the foot of the Italian Alps and is a major capital in the Lombardy region. Every year the city organizes a cinematographic presentation of docu­mentary films fro all over the world.

This festival aims at increasing the awareness of the world's cultural heritage whilst highlighting the role of the documentary as messenger of the various crucial aspects of these issues.

The festival enables us to gather the representatives from all over the world in an effort to devise ways of drawing the attention of the public and private en­terprise to the importance of a balanced relationship between people.

The Film Festival should not however be regarded as an isolated event but rather as an integral part of the activities of the Documentation Centre.

The City of Sondrio is proud to be able to play its part in cultural development for coming generations.

MARIO GIOLLO

Councillor

International Documentary Films Exhibition

Sondrio - Italia - November 2001

ENTRY REGULATIONS

Art. 1) The Sondrio City Council announces the International Films Exhibition to be held in the autumn of 2001.

Art. 2) The Festival is open to producers and/or authors of documentary films dealing with the humanistic aspect of culture.

Art. 3) Entry applications must be made on the appropriate form which must reach the Festival organization committee by June 30^lh 2001.

Art. 4) The closing date for the arrival of the films will be announced by June 30^th 2001. Art. 5) Only films in 16 mm. Or U-matic may be accepted.

Art. 6) All foreign films must be accompanied by the text written in English. The reading of the written text, translated into Italian, will be entrusted exclu­sively to the official speakers of the Exhibition.

Art. 7) Films from Italy should be sent to the following address:

Centra di Cinematografia

P.zza L. Da Vinci, 32 Milano 20139.

Art. 8) Films from abroad should be sent exclusively by air mail (not be surface mail/parcel post) together with the certificate of origin and warran­ty of guarantee to the Segrate or Malpensa Customs, to the following address: International Documentary Films Exhibition Via A Da Recanate, 4 MILANO.

Art. 9) The inclusion of the films sent to the Exhibition is entirely at the discre­tion of a special Selection Committee of expert.

Art. 10) The directors of the museums shown in the selected films will be our guests for the 6 days of the Exhibition in Sondrio (travelling expenses are not included).

Art. 11) The selected Films will compete for the Gold Plaque and also for the Hospitality Award. The Hospitality Award consists of a 6-day stay for two peo­ple in Sondrio, including a guided tour of the city. The prize includes return tickets to Sondrio.

Art. 12) The selected films will be seen in their original integral form by the in­ternational Jury. The organizing committee reserves the right to present ex­tracts to the public during the festival.

Art. 13) While the Committee undertakes to handle the copies of the films with utmost care, it declines all responsibility for any damage incurred in transpor­tation, projection and storage. Competitors are kindly requested to provide adequate insurance cover of the materials sent, at their own expense.

Art. 14) The Exhibition Committees reserves the right to duplicate the films selected by means of video tapes for further didactic and scientific use. The utilization of the duplicated films will be strictly limited to within the range of the activities of the Documentation Centre. The duplicated films will not be lent or duplicated further without the express permission of the authors.

Art. 15) The Exhibition Committee promises to return the films sent for the Exhibition at the Committee's own expense within a month of the closure of the Exhibition.

Art. 16) Films are requested for the Exhibition conditional to the full accept­ance of the above mentioned regulations. Failure to observe and comply with all the regulations will result in the disqualification of the film.