Submit your project to the 3rd edition of the Z-PITCH Contest

Entries are now open for the third edition of the Z-PITCH Contest.

The initiative – promoted by NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti and Fondazione Cinema per Roma – aims to bring the ideas of young authors and filmmakers to the attention of film and television professionals: the Z-PITCH Contest is in fact aimed at current and recently graduated students of Film and Media Design Schools in Italy.

Also for the third edition, the contest confirms the expansion to English-language projects to widen participation to international students attending English-language courses in Film Schools and Academies in Italy.

The contest, developed within the activities of Rome City of Film UNESCO, is carried out in collaboration with the Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli.

Registration for Z-PITCH is free of charge and will be open until Thursday, 7th March 2024 (by 6pm). The seven finalist projects, selected by a committee made of lecturers and industry professionals, will be announced by the end of March 2024.

A jury appointed jointly by NABA and Fondazione Cinema per Roma, in agreement with Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti and Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, will assign the two final awards: Best Pitch and Best Project.

For more info please write to: zpitchcontest@romacinemafest.org