Blog: Film festivals

The extravagance of proposing to two film authors who are friends of each other and deeply linked by their love for images, to cover the role of Presidents of the "Piccolo Cinema Paradiso Award", is confirmed in the Second Edition of the 2023/2024 Award.
Silvano Agosti and Franco Piavoli have realized during their lives, a filmography of exceptional artistic quality. To honor their participation, we will screen some of their short films that will open the day of the Awards for the best films selected by tue Juries. The preciousness of their presence pushes us to consider the PCP Award as a sort of legacy to the creativity of each one of those who will participate to the selection, sending us their creations made in compliance with the characteristics of Productive Independence. We are sure that supporting this type of Cinema is increasingly in tune with our present that is rich in proposals, but not open to their dissemination. For this reason we will strive to offer the winning film, a space in the programming of Sale D'Essai of the italian territory.
We are waiting for you, with the pleasure and desire to amaze us again.

Regulation and purpose of the "Premio PCP 2023/24" competition cinematographic at its Second Edition, aims to discover talented authors and to promote the winning works.

The Award is aimed at both italian and foreign authors.

The theme of the work to be send is free.

- The main pourpose of the Awards is to identify,encourage, promote directors and authors of all nationalities, and to make their works know.
- in this second edition no age limit is required (provided that partecipants are of legal age by teh day of registration for the prize)
- Works with a maximum duration of 15 minutes (including closing and opening credits)that have been made between 2020 and 2023 are admitted. The theme is free, wether it is fiction, animation, documentary, experimentation. Each partecipant can compete with only one work.
- A careful pre-selection of the works received will be carried out aimed at identifying 20 short films that will be considered in all respects "finalist". The films will be divided into 3 sections, and each section will have its own specific award.
Fiction and Experimentation section
Documentary section
Animation section.
- A special audience prize will also be estabilished.
- the Jury of the Premio Piccolo Cinema Paradiso 2023/24 II edition is composed of eleven (11) members who will selectthe most deserving works for each section.

The Jury of the Prize:
Silvano Agosti - Indipendent director and author, poet, writer. President of Jury.
Franco Piavoli - Director author, co-president of the Jury
Paola Agosti - Actress, segretary of the Jury, President of the Piccolo Cinema Pardiso Association.
Paolo Buzi - Arttist, writer, creator of the Prize PCP.
Filippo Schillaci - expert in cinematographic language, photographer, writer.
Antonella Gandini - Artist and Photographer.
Giacomo Andrico - Independent filmmaker.
Giacomo Colossi - Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, science fiction writer, film maker and video producer.
Federica Caggioli - Passionate about Cinema. programming consultant of the Piccolo Cinema Paradiso.
Giorgio Monticelli - Passionate about Cinema. programming consultant of the Piccolo Cinema Paradiso.
Daniele Lupi - Passionate about Cinema. programming consultant of the Piccolo Cinema Paradiso.

The films received will also be viewed and selected by a Publiv Jury chose and chaired by Vilma Razzi, professor of literature and History. Vilma, who graduate with a thesis on Cinema , has benn working for years on cinematography also within the public school promoting events and making short films.

The judgment of the 2 juries is unquestionable.