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SIAE – the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers, in agreement with the Fondazione Cinema per Roma have instituted the SIAE CINEMA Award: the prize, which will be awarded during the eighteenth Rome Film Fest, will go to the best screenplay written by a screenwriter who is a citizen or permanent resident of Italy, and under the age of 35 at the time of application.
Well aware of the importance of discovering and supporting new-generation talent seeking to break into cinema, the Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori wishes to underscore and to promote the central role of writing in launching the creative process by supporting the production of a work with a prize in the amount of 150,000 euro, awarded to the Italian production team responsible for making the film based on the winning screenplay. The film must be directed by a filmmaker at his debut or sophomore film.
To participate in the call, the screenplay must have sparked the interest of a producer to make the film, and this producer must present – along with the screenplay – the contracts with the authors and director, the film’s budget and its financial plan. To be eligible, the screenplays must be for feature-length fiction or animation films lasting longer than 75’.
The projects will be judged by a jury composed of screenwriter Nicola Guaglianone, the film producer Carlo Cresto-Dina and the composer Pivio.
The deadline for submitting projects has been extended to Friday 4th August.
