The deadline for free registrations for the two international short film contests dedicated to the theme of travel expires at the end of the month: Rai Cinema Channel and Fondazione Ferrovie dello Stato are official partners of the initiatives.
Mediterranean: Journey of the Vicinity
“Mediterraneo: viaggio delle vicini” and “Viaggio in treno – Train Journey” are the two sections of the M2Filming Experience – Mezzogiorno e Mediterraneo, an international spin-off of the Premio Penisola Sorrentina, born in 2022 on the intuition of the patron Mario Esposito. This project accompanies the kermesse to its thirtieth anniversary edition, which will fall in 2025. Until July 31, it will be possible to register for free on the platform at www.filmfreeway.com/raccontidimare. Cash prizes are foreseen and the possibility of seeing your short films broadcast by Rai Cinema Channel and screened in the cinema room of the National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa.
The "Mediterranean: A Journey of Vicinity" Contest for Short Films and Documentaries
“Mediterraneo: viaggio delle vicini” is a contest sponsored by the Banco di Napoli Foundation, born in 2022. The awards ceremony of the first edition took place on board the Italian Navy’s Palinuro ship. The participating short films and/or documentaries must highlight and analyze what constitutes a great “capital”: diplomacy and cultural dialogue. This competition focuses on the fortunate combination of cinema and the Mediterranean, stimulating the creativity of the authors invited to create works that tell the story of the South in a Mediterranean vision.
The Contest Celebrating the Connection Between Cinema and Train
“Viaggio in treno” is a competition born this year, with the patronage of the Fondazione Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, created with the technical partnership of Ett spa, a leading company in the digital world of the Scai group. This challenge addresses, through creative content, the complementarity between subject and community in the context of an experience known to all: that of mobility and travel. In fact, travel has always been a cultural opportunity for discovery, knowledge and introspection, and the train has played a fundamental role in this area, since the first cinematographic works such as “L'arrivo di un treno alla stazione di La Ciotat” by Auguste and Louis Lumiere.
Selection of Winners and Awards Ceremony
The winners of the two contests will be selected by a technical jury and representatives of the Department of Political Sciences of the University of Campania Vanvitelli, directed by Professor Francesco Eriberto d'Ippolito. The official announcement is scheduled for the end of October, during a ceremony-show that will be held at the Teatro Comunale Tasso in Sorrento, presided over by the Mayor of Sorrento Massimo Coppola.
